Monthly Archives: September 2010

Mon 13th September 2010
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Who Might Buy Godaddy.com? The Fool.com Puts Up Its List - The Fool.com just published an article listing who they think might be the buyer for Godaddy.com In its article entitled “Whose Hot For Godaddy”, the Fool.com lays out what they consider to be the most likely buyer of Godaddy.com. The Fool.com came up with these companies: Google, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Oracle,  Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft. To read about their reasoning for their picks you will have to check out the full article. How about Yahoo, Network Solutions, Register.com? Who ... read more ...
 
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SearchEngineWatch.com: 15% Of All Searches Include The Domain Extension & Not Just .Com’s - A VERY interesting post tonight by Search Engine Watch on people’s search patterns and how often people include the domain extension while searching and which extension they include. The author calls it “Navigational Search” when someone goes to a search engine like Google and searches for say Amazon.com rather than just Amazon. “A navigational search is defined as any search phrase that doubles as a website address (think anything containing the suffix .com, .net, .org, etc)”. The author ... read more ...
 
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Worst UDRP of 2010? Testosterone.com Awarded to Complainant - All I can say is “wow”. We have a new candidate for worst UDRP decision of 2010: Testosterone.com. National Arbitration Forum panelist Fernando Triana Esq. awarded the domain name to Monsterops, LLC, despite the respondent having registered the generic name three years prior to Monsterops’ using the trademark in commerce. The registrant of the domain name registered it way back in 1995, yet somehow Monsterops was able to snag this generic from him 16 years ... read more ...
 
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A Trademark Sunrise for One Character Domain Names? - Plan sends wrong message about trademarks and domain names. Nominet, which oversees the .uk namespace, will begin releasing one and two character third level .uk domain names later this year. The process for releasing the domain names includes two trademark sunrise periods. A sunrise period is smart for the release of most new TLDs, as it gives rights holders the ability to protect their brands. But a sunrise for one and two character domains? That seems silly. ... read more ...
 
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Flying.com Owner Buys AircraftForSale.com - Mark Horne adds to collection of top aircraft domain names. Mark Horne, who’s company Flying Online, Inc. has purchased many domains including Flying.com for $1.1 million, has acquired the domain name AircraftForSale.com. The exact price was not disclosed, but Horne told me it was between $50,000 and $150,000. Horne told Domain Name Wire that “aircraft for sale” is the top search term for his space. The domain name also passed his “name recognition test”. The ... read more ...
 
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Man Chastises Disney’s Club Penguin, Gets to Keep Domain Name - Calling Club Penguin’s membership base “minuscule”, domain owner convince arbitration panel to let him keep domain name. Calling Disney’s Club Penguin and its 2.6 million registered users in 2006 a “minuscule and insignificant number”, a Florida man has convinced an arbitrator to let him keep the domain name ClubPenguin.mobi. The domain name’s owner, Pedro Sierra, told a National Arbitration Panel that he registered the domain name to “market images ... read more ...
Sun 12th September 2010
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Wired.com Blasts Demand Media: Whats Hiding In Demand Media’s Finances? - A post by Wired.com, pretty much blasts Demand Media over their S-1 they filed to go public, and previous statements made by co-founder Richard Rosenblatt regarding the profitability of the company: “”Several commentators noted the absence of profits, (in the S-1) which sat oddly with co-founder Richard Rosenblatt’s public pronouncements over the years” “Rosenblatt has been describing Demand Media as profitable for a long time. The earliest reference I’ve come across dates back to ... read more ...
 
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What A Goddady Sale Could Mean For The Domain Industry - Love him or hate him you have to admit that Bob Parsons has bought attention to domain names to mainstream America like no one before him. That’s why the story by the Wall Street Journal yesterday saying that Godaddy was going to place itself in an auction to sell the company, is one all domainers should follow. Godaddy is not just a company in the domain space it is a company responsible for over 50% of all new domain registrations. If Godaddy.com sells to a wall street investment firm or to a ... read more ...
 
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Vibram FiveFingers Are Hot and So Are Its Cybersquatters - Barefoot alternative is hot, but company is challenged by counterfeits and cybersquatters. Vibram FiveFingers “shoes” are all the rage these days. The shoes are kind of like gloves for feet with five separate toe compartments. Barefoot running is popular, and FiveFingers are pitched as an even better alternative. Although my podiatrist tells me to skip the hype, Vibram FiveFingers are selling like hot cakes. And that means lots of knock-offs and counterfeits. ... read more ...
Sat 11th September 2010
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.Co Land Rush Auctions Ring Up Another $500K In Sales - The .Co registry just released another round of results from the Land Rush domain name auctions totaling $480K in sales. The top sale as we reported yesterday was mesothelioma.co which set a Land Rush Auction record of $76,000. Despite most domainers believing that Slots.co would easily sell for more money than Denver.co (see the poll results on the right), Denver.co in fact fetched $50K while Slots.co ended at $41K. Insure.co sold for $60K compared to the $16 Million QuinStreet bought Insure.com ... read more ...
Fri 10th September 2010
Written by The Domains in EN
WSJ says Godaddy is adult for Sale for $1 Billion Dollars; Seems like they left off a zero - The Wall Street Journal is reporting that GoDaddy.com, has put itself up for sale in an auction that could fetch more than $1 billion according to the journal Qatalyst Partners has been hired to shop The Go Daddy Group. Private-equity firms are expected to bid for the company, which currently has more than 43 million domains under management. If anything $1 Billion seems a low figure for a business that has a greater than 50% market share off all new registrations, especially with all the new extensions ... read more ...
 
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New Record For A .Co Domain $76,000 - There is a new record for a .Co domain. The domain name Mesothelioma.co just sold at the Land Rush Auction for $76,000. Mesothelioma is one of the highest paying PPC keyword in the world. Legal domains continue to shine on .Co Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Google Instant Doesn’t Like Adult - One of the early observations many have made about Google Instant is that is doesn’t seem to like adult terms. Unlike non adult terms that start showing search results as you type as well as offering your suggested search terms, when you type in an “adult” term Google Instant doesn’t make suggestions or show results. Try typing in the “f” word , no suggested results or suggested terms. Try typing in the group pussy cat dolls slowly and you will see no suggested results. So whatever effect ... read more ...
 
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The Stories Your Missing If Your Not Following Us On FaceBook - Just to let you know we post other stories and news on our Facebook page that we don’t publish on the blog. In the last few days here are some of the stories we have shared on Facebook: There’s even a App for placing your bets (only if you live in Nevada for now). The New York Times Says It will Go Out Of Print Godaddy Is Still Handing Out Big Bonuses Bob Says In TV Interview The Owner Of TeaParty.org makes a business out of his domain name The Web Is Dead What that Means For Icann and the New ... read more ...
 
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WSJ: Go Daddy is Up For Sale - WSJ reports that Go Daddy is up for sale. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that The Go Daddy Group is putting itself up for sale, citing unnamed sources. The Go Daddy Group runs domain name registrar GoDaddy.com. These sources tell WSJ that the company has retained Qatalyst Partners, a firm run by veteran technology banker Frank Quattrone, to shop the company. WSJ’s sources quoted 2009 revenue for the company of between $750 million to $800 million. These ... read more ...
 
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New York Times Partnering For News Service during News.me - .Me gets another vote of confidence. The New York Times is collaborating with technology incubator Betaworks for a new services at News.me. This comes from a reliable source: a blog at The New York Times… Mr. Zimbalist said that The Times Company, which participated in Betaworks’ most recent round of financing, struck an arrangement where Betaworks would buy a prototype of the app that was created by members of The Times Company’s development labs, and that ... read more ...
 
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National Car Rental Fails to Show Rights in National.com Typo - An interesting UDRP case for car rental chain. Vanguard Trademark Holding, which holds the trademarks for National Car Rental, has failed to win the domain name Natonal.com in a UDRP. This is despite: – Natonal.com resolving to a parked page full of ads for car rental – The domain owner not responding to the UDRP So why did Vanguard fail? It based its premise primarily on Natonal.com being confusingly similar to the company’s “National Car Rental” mark. ... read more ...
 
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ICM Registry Responds to Free Speech Coalition on .XXX - ICM responds to Free Speech Coalition. ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley has lashed back at Free Speech Coalition for its latest attempt to delay or kill .xxx. In a letter to ICANN Chairman of the Board Peter Dengate-Thrush, Lawley refutes many of Free Speech Coalition’s (FSC) claims. Lawley says FSC’s claims have long been addressed. He also points out that FSC does not represent the entire adult entertainment industry and is U.S. centric: …while the Free ... read more ...
 
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Asia Trademark Domain Scam Now Spoofing WIPO - Scam ups the ante by pretending to be World Intellectual Property Organization. The Trademark Domain Name Scam is upping the ante, now pretending to be an email sent from World Intellectual Property Organization. In this scam, an entity that usually says it’s located in Asia says that someone has applied to register a number of domain names that include your “trademark” (really just the second level of one of your domain registrations). You can see an example ... read more ...
Thu 9th September 2010
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Quick Poll: Slots.Co At $41K, Denver.Co At $40K; Which One Will Sell For More? - The auctions for both Slots.co and Denver.Co are in overtime and each are scheduled to end in the next day. Currently Slots.co has a high bid of $41K and Denver.co has a high bid of $40,050. So like a horse race they are here neck and neck coming down the stretch. The question is which of these 2 domains will sell for more, Slots.co or Denver.co Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Buyer Beware: If You Buy A Zuccarini Domain At Latonas Expect To Be Sued - Buyer Beware That’s the only advice I can give anyone planning on buying one of Zuccarini’s domains now held by a receiver if they are auctioned off at Latonas. If you buy one of  these domains at Latonas auction expect to be sued. I confirmed with John Zuccarini today that he is planning on suing anyone who buys one of the domains at auction. John also states that he will file motions asking a court to place all of the earnings of any of the purchase domains into escrow while the suit(s) are ... read more ...
 
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DomainFest Prague Catalog Released, Auction Opens For Prebids & Mx.Com Gets A $250K Bid - Pre-bidding has just opened for the Live auction which will be held at DomainFest Prague on October 6th at 10am EST. There is already a pre-bid placed for $250,000 on MX.com. MX is of course among other things, the country code for Mexico. The domain has a reserve range of $250K-$500K and appearently has a reserve higher than the $250K bid. Only 40 domain are currently listed for prebidding, but I’m told additional domains will be added to the live auction You can view the domains open for prebids ... read more ...
 
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JustBallGloves.com Covers Bases With JustGloves.com - Sports company buys necessary but costly domain name for its business. JustBallGloves.com is an online store that sells, well, just ball gloves. The site features baseball and softball gloves from all the major manufacturers. Compete.com suggests the site gets about 10,000 uniques a month. But let’s face it, JustBallGloves.com is probably often remembered as JustGloves.com. Compete.com shows the latter gets about 1,000 uniques a month. The solution? JustBallGloves.com ... read more ...
 
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Texas Lottery Hits Jackpot, Wins 3 Domain Names - Texas Lottery wins three domain names in arbitration. The Texas Lottery Commission has won a big prize, taking home three domain names through arbitration — including one that gets over 65,000 visits a month. The group filed the complaint against The Lotto Report for LottoTexas.com, LottoTexas.net, and Megaplier.org. Megaplier is the name of a lotto add-on in the state that lets people multiply their winnings. LottoTexas.com is a big traffic domain, and Compete.com ... read more ...