Monthly Archives: April 2011

Sat 9th April 2011
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Quick Poll: How Much Will 3D.com Sell For? - With the news yesterday that the domain name 3D.com is up for sale and being brokered by Sedo, the question now becomes how much will it sell for? 3D Domains certainly have a lot of interest inside the domain community as our post on the subject of July of 2010 has generated over 2,500 comments.  While many of the comments are just people talking about 3D domains they registered there are also links to literally hundreds of stories written about new 3D products and the future of 3D so if you have ... read more ...
Fri 8th April 2011
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How do You Use Premium Domain Names To Help Maximize new gTLD Registry Profits? Here Is Your Invite To The Webinars - Recently in a CircleID blog, Alexa Raad, CEO of Architelos pointed out that applying for a new Top-Level Domain (TLD) is an expensive and lengthy process, costing an estimated $500K for application and various legal and professional services and that is assuming there is no other applications for the same string, nor any objection to the string being filed. Ms. Raad pointed out that one of the biggest profit centers for any new gTLD will be the proper placement and sale of its premium domains. Alexa ... read more ...
 
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If You Want To Buy BX.com You Better Bring Some Cash, As Top Bid Hits $272,000 - As reported by Kevin Murphy earlier today the domain name BX.com is up for sale by its owner through a “sealed bid process”. However, I just spoke to Mark Shapiro, President of  BX.COM, Incorporated who told me he already has a bid of $272,000 for the two letter domain. Mr. Shapiro also informed me that there is a trademark on the term which “is available to be purchased with it (actual legal expenses for the transfer will be charged to the purchaser)” and that “The bidding closes June ... read more ...
 
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Story Of The Year? Court Orders Google To Disclose Parked Domain Metrics - Media Post May have just found the story of the year for domainers. A judge presiding over a potential class-action lawsuit by search marketers against Google,  has ordered the company to divulge financial metrics associated with its parked domains program.” “The data that Google must disclose concerns its assessment of the quality of sites within its AdSense network, including its parked domain and errors pages. ” “Among other information, Google must reveal the “conversion score ... read more ...
 
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3D.com Domain Name Goes Up For Sale - Ryan Colby scores 3D.com brokerage contract. Whether or not you think 3D is the next big thing in entertainment (and a lot of domainers apparently think so), you have to admit that the domain name 3D.com is a winner. Sedo domain broker Ryan Colby just got the domain name under an exclusive brokerage contract to sell. Compete.com estimates that the site gets thousands of unique visitors per month, and that’s without an active web site. Take a look at 3D.com to view ... read more ...
 
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Could Amazon or Facebook Challenge Google on Ads? - Two powerful technology companies could make a run at Google. Domain name owners often complain about the duopoly of ad syndication options from Google and Yahoo/Bing. Lots of ad networks have tried to compete but have been unable to. But could two large web companies make a run at it? Facebook and Amazon are the best contenders, and I’d actually place my money on Amazon. Amazon recently started a self-serve pay-per-click ad network, and may be gearing up to create ... read more ...
 
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Bob Parsons Threatens Copyright Infringement Over Elephant Hunting Videos - Go Daddy founder sends infringement notices to web sites hosting stills of his video. Video of Bob Parsons’ elephant hunting trip in Zimbabwe has made the rounds on the internet over the past week, with many people posting screenshots from it on their web site. Now Parsons is sending infringement notices to sites that are displaying stills from his video. Below is a partial copy of an email sent to alleged infringers. I have verified with BayTSP that it is working ... read more ...
 
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DOMAINfest Barcelona Registration Opens and TRAFFIC Price Increase Imminent - Registration is now open for DOMAINfest’s return to Europe, and prices are about to increase on TRAFFIC. Registration for DOMAINfest Barcelona is now available for $695 through the end of April. The event takes place June 7-9 at the Pullman Barcelona Skipper hotel. Barcelona was the location of the first ever DOMAINfest. Group rate hotel reservations are also available for EUR 195, but you must download and email/fax a reservation form. Elsewhere on the domain ... read more ...
Thu 7th April 2011
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“The Donald” Trump Grabs Trump2012.com Just in Case: But Trump2020.com Is In Pending Delete - There has been a lot of speculation whether “the Donald”,  that is Mr. Trump will make a run at the Republican nomination for President in 2012. According to radaronline.com he secured the domain Trump2012.com just in case. It loos like the domain which was registered since 2004 was just secured by “the Donald” in December 2010. However it appears Mr. Trump may have not been as forward looking, as Trump2016.com was just  registered in October last year by someone else. There is some good ... read more ...
 
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China’s Sina Goes With Weibo.com For Its “Twitter” Product - According to china.org.cn,  China’s Sina Corp’s which runs one of China’s biggest web portals, just reveled the new domain name of its “Twitter” like microblogging service and its: Weibo.com. Sina started its microblog service in August 2009,and has more than 100 million users. “It’s a milestone for Sina Weibo,” said Sina president and CEO Charles Chao, adding that the company will continue to invest heavily in microblogging services. “The launch of weibo.com was advertised ... read more ...
 
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US Not The Only Country To Seize Domains: Nominet Shuts Down More Than 3,000 .Co.Uk Sites - According the telegraph.co.uk, Nominet, the not-for-profit company that controls the registry of “dot uk” domain names, held a meeting in London on Monday, with authorities including the Metropolitan Police and the Serious and Organized Crime Agency which both lobbied for a new system that would allow them to suspend “dot uk” domain names to tackle online crime. At the meeting Nominet said they have already shut down more than 3,000 websites in cooperation with investigators. While ... read more ...
 
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TribalWars Loses Fight Against BuyDomains for TribalWars.com - Popular online game will need to pay if it wants .com domain name. MMORPG TribalWars has lost an arbitration case over the domain name TribalWars.com, which is owned by BuyDomains. InnoGames, the company behind the game, filed the dispute at World Intellectual Property Forum in January. The arbitration panel determined that the domain name was not registered in bad faith because it was acquired prior to TribalWars gaining any sort of global rights in the name. In ... read more ...
 
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EFF: Certificate Authorities Signing Non Existent Top Level Domain Names - EFF says digital certificate signers aren’t doing their job. SSL certificate providers gain trust by validating the domain names they are signing. So you might be surprised that they’re signing certificates for domain names that can’t even exist. Electronic Frontier Foundation dug up over a thousand certificates for domain names attached to non existent top level domain names. Many of these were probably entered in error, but consider “TLDs” such as .trust, ... read more ...
 
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National Arbitration Forum Gets The Headline Right - UDRP filings up. That doesn’t mean cybersquatting is increasing. Today National Arbitration Forum released statistics about its UDRP caseload from 2010. It was up 24% from 2009 to 2,177 cases. The group’s press release headline is: National Arbitration Forum Reports a 24 Percent Increase in Domain Name Dispute Filings in 2010 This is an accurate and factual statement. Compare this to World Intellectual Property Forum’s headline when it released numbers last ... read more ...
 
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Elephant Shooting Kerfuffle Doesn’t Hurt Go Daddy’s Business - Controversy doesn’t have noticeable affect on domain registrar’s business. Was Bob Parson’s elephant hunting video a stealth PR move? Maybe a little bit, but given that he posted a similar video last year and nary an elephant lover noticed, I’m not sure how he could have predicted a different result this year. But one thing’s for sure: it hasn’t had a significant negative impact on Go Daddy’s business. I’m been tracking DailyChanges.com over the past ... read more ...
Wed 6th April 2011
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Playboy Launches Playboy.Mobi - Its been a while since I have seen a press release announcing the roll out of a major .mobi site but today both AVN.com and Xbiz.com are reporting that Playboy has launched Playboy.mobi. “”Playboy Webmasters has announced its newest addition to the family—Playboy.mobi, the mobile version of Playboy.com.” “Forecast to be the number one method of internet access by 2013, mobile devices have quickly become the go-to choice for millions of consumers around the world.” “With an estimated ... read more ...
 
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Video From Phoenix Forum On .XXX Panel Is Posted, All 2 1/2 Hours Of It - Last weekend as part of the Phoenix Forum an adult Internet industry show, a panel discussion was held about the newly approved .XXX extension. Representative from ICM Registry the company that will run the .XXX registry, were on the panel as well as adult industry representatives, lawyers and others. Xbiz.com just posted the 2 1/2 hour video of the session and the discussion that took place which was often combative. The contract with ICANN was signed the day before the session. To summarize the ... read more ...
 
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HealthCarePayments.com Sells For $35K on Sedo.com - The domain name healthcarepayments.com just sold on Sedo.com for $35,000 The domain is currently parked and looks like it has little to no traffic. A really nice price for the seller IMHO. Congrats   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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TechCrunch: “3.4 Million .EU Domain Names Registered In Five Years we Call Dismal Failure” - Shortly after EURid the .eu top-level domain (TLD) registry, sent out a glowing press release marking the domain’s fifth birthday, TechCrunch blasted the extension and the press release in a post entitled  “3.4 Million .EU Domain Names Registered In Five Years I Call Dismal Failure” In the Press release EURid said: “Today we celebrate .eu’s public launch five years ago. Steady growth since then has reinforced .eu’s position as one of the world’s ten largest ... read more ...
 
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Are The National TV Ads For MyMarriageMatters.org Really An Anti-AshleyMadison.com Campaign Or Great Guerrilla Advertising? - I’ve noticed over the last few days a commercial that’s running on National Television, principally CNN, for the site MyMarriageMatters.org. The Commercials which seem to have been running for a few months is essentially a commercial against AshleyMadison.com, the site whose slogan is life is short, have an affair. The site itself, MyMarriageMatters.org, is pretty bare, just having the commercial that is airing and a link to sign a petition. Here is what you get if you click on the sign the petition ... read more ...
 
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ICANN 2010 Annual Report Just Published & They Close The Year With $64 Million In Net Assets - ICANN just published its annual report (pdf), including its financial’s for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. ICANN finished its fiscal year with $64 Million in assets, including $17 million in cash, investments of over $45 million or a total of $63 million. For the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2009, ICANN had $27 million in cash but only $30 Million in investments or just $57 Million. Expenses were also up in 2010 to over $58 Million dollars from just $51 million in 2009. ICANN gained over ... read more ...
 
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PLA.com Lawsuit Against Nat Cohen’s Telepathy Dismissed - Project Leadership Associates drops case over PLA.com. In September Project Leadership Associates Inc. sued Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc. in an effort to get the domain name PLA.com. After many months of back and forth, including counterclaims by Telepathy against Project Leadership Associates, the case has been dropped. Cohen released the following statement: Project Leadership Associates and Telepathy Inc. are pleased to announce the dismissal with prejudice of ... read more ...
 
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5,800 New .Jobs Sites Created for Veterans - Group activates 5,800 second level domains to target jobs to U.S. veterans. DirectEmployers Association and .jobs registry Employ Media need to do something to bolster a “do-good” status, and they may have found something: use .jobs domains for military veterans. They just created 5,800 sites for veterans and their families, including veterans.jobs. There are sites for each Military Occupational Classification (MOC) Crosswalk, e.g. www.42F.jobs, www.25B.jobs, ... read more ...
 
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Time Warner Cybersquatter Uses a “I Could Have Been Worse” Defense - Guys actually tries to defend himself in no-brainer cybersquatting case. Last month I wrote about how Time Warner filed a UDRP to get 41 domain names including its brands and “3D”. It just won the case, which comes as no surprise. But it’s a very entertaining read. The registrant of the domain names must have read stories about cybersquatters striking it big by selling domains to trademark holders. The panelist sums up his defense as: a. Other domain names ... read more ...
 
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Sahar Sarid’s Conceptualist.com Goes Dark - Blog turns into a parked page. Is this the end of blogging for domain name investor Sahar Sarid? A reader tipped me off today that Conceptualist.com no longer resolves to his blog. Instead it points to a DomainSponsor parked page. The page has one of those banners that says “This Domain is Not For Sale unless you know us”. The mailing address for the privacy service on Conceptualist.com’s whois record changed earlier this year. This all seems a bit odd to me, ... read more ...