Monthly Archives: May 2010

Mon 3rd May 2010
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
FreshDrop Shows How to Handle a Site Outtage - Company communicates well during database restoration. It’s never fun when a subscription-based web service goes down. But FreshDrop should be applauded for how it handled a data problem last week. Other companies should take note. Last Thursday Freshdrop President CEO Tan Tran sent an email to customers stating that there was a database problem and data wasn’t being updated. The email stated: 1. What happened 2. What is being done to fix the problem 3. When ... read more ...
Sun 2nd May 2010
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Number Madeness At NameJet.com as Five, 4 Number Domains Sell For $43K - Well it was 4 number .com madness today on NameJet.com when five, 4 number .com’s sold for a combined price of over  $43,000. The highest price domain, 9944.com sold for over $13K. Wow I’ll be the 1st to day it, I don’t get it. 0606.com for  over $6K? Anyone have any idea of what I’m missing here? Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
A Week With My iPad: Is It A Game Changer? Not Yet - I being playing around with the Apple iPad for a little over a week and although I like it everyday more I use it I would say its definitely not a game changer out of the box  like the iPod or the iPhone were, but it sure will be one day. When your talking about the iPad, the discussion has to start with it as a e-book reader and the natural comparison to Amazon’s Kindle. Although actually there is no comparison; the iPad Kicks the Kindle’s ass. The iPad certainly looks and feels like a book. It’s ... read more ...
Sat 1st May 2010
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Tahoo.com! With Plenty of Traffic & Liability Sells For $12K On NameJet. WhoIsIt.com Goes For $17K - The domain name Tahoo.com sold today on Namejet.com for $11,701. The domain gets plenty of traffic according to Compete and Alexa. Compete has the domain getting over 13,000 visitors last month and Alexa ranks the domain as the 580K busiest site on the net. However Tahoo has at least a little trademark infringing feel from Yahoo, don’t you think? If you do a search on Google for Tahoo what is the first result you get? Yahoo.com. What is the second result you get on Google for the term mail.Yahoo.com The ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Top Domain Name News Stories for Apr 2010 - A look back at the top five news stories from April. Is April over already? Yep. Here were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked based on views. 1. Warning: YH.com Domain Name Stolen – YH.com was stolen. The good news: it was recovered and returned to its original owner. 2. 5 Alternatives to Traditional Domain Name Parking – domain parking earnings got you down? Try one of these alternatives. 3. CamRoulette.com: Understanding Domain ... read more ...