Monthly Archives: October 2011

Tue 4th October 2011
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Google Panda 2.5 Update: eHow & YouTube.com Win: Here Is a List Of The Winners & Losers - Google made a rather big update to Panda search metrics which is being called Panda 2.5 last Thursday. Searchmetrics.com listed the biggest winners and losers on it blog a couple of days ago. eHow owned by Demand Media, a company we cover in our domain name Parking Stock Index, was actually one of just a handful of winners listed as content farms by SearchMetrics.com although LiveStrong.com another Demand Media Property was a loser. Here are some of the biggest losers:   Here are some of the biggest ... read more ...
 
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WOW: 3gStore.de Sells for $180,000 Dollars & Name Administration Sells BreakdownCover.com For $25K - A huge sale just announced by Sedo.com,  the domain name 3gStore.de sold for 135,000 Euros or just about $180,000 dollars. The buyer appears to be a company out of Berlin called Teebik Inc Certainly a very strange sale when the world is waiting to switch over to 4g phones why would someone would spend this kind of money on “old” technology? Even if it was “new” technology domain,  Who amongst you would spend $180,000 for 4gstore.com (no we don’t own it) and no we wouldn’t pay $180,000 ... read more ...
 
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Frank Michlick Joins Sedo - Michlick joins domain name marketplace. I caught word earlier this week that domain name industry veteran Frank Michlick had joined Sedo. I emailed him yesterday for the story and today Sedo released a press release about it. Michlick will be working with the SedoMLS team at Sedo. SedoMLS is its domain sale syndication platform. He has been in the domain industry for years, including a stint of 5+ years at Tucows. He is also the main contributor to Domain Name News. He ... read more ...
 
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eBay and PayPal Relaunch X.com - Single letter domain name finally put to good use. It’s a shame to see a single letter .com domain name languish. So it’s good news that PayPal is finally putting its rare single letter domain name X.com back to use. The company, along with parent eBay, launched x.commerce at the domain name last month. The goal is to get developers to create applications for people to sell online. x.com is one of only three single letter .com domain names registered. The others ... read more ...
 
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Monte Cahn Calls Oversee’s Motion to Dismiss “Boilerplate” - Judge again to decide on motion to dismiss some of Cahn’s claims against his former employer. Monte Cahn has responded (pdf) to Oversee.net’s Motion to Dismiss certain claims in his case against his former employer. Cahn’s lawyers write: “As this is Oversee’s second Motion to Dismiss, Oversee has defaulted to boilerplate, insubstantial objections to Cahn’s claims.” The judge struck many of Cahn’s claims in Oversee.net’s previous motion to dismiss. ... read more ...
Mon 3rd October 2011
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FT.com: Average 1 Letter .Co.Uk Domain Auction Goes For $60K: Facebook, Mercedez Win; Google Gets Outbid - According to FT.com in a recently concluded auction, the average price for a single letter .co.uk domain name was £39,000 or roughly $60,000. “In all Twelve single-letter domains, including x.co.uk and 0.co.uk, fetched an average of £39,000 each in an auction run by Nominet, which administers the UK’s internet infrastructure.” “Including two-letter domains, 2,831 web addresses were sold, raising £3m for the Nominet (roughly $4.6 Million) “Notable buyers include Facebook, which bought ... read more ...
 
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British Airways, Financial Times, and Virgin Sidestep .co.uk Auctions - Some companies get short domains through sunrise instead of auctions. While some businesses paid hefty sums to win auctions for one and two character .uk domains recently — £3m in total — a few businesses took a cheaper route. British Airways, Financial Times, and Virgin Enterprises each got their short domain names through a trademark sunrise period. The airline picked up ba.co.uk and the financial pub grabbed ft.co.uk. Virgin scored a major coup by grabbing ... read more ...
 
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What Do You Think of a TRAFFIC Auction Lineup? - What do you think of the names and reserves in this auction? This year’s (only) TRAFFIC conference takes place in just a couple weeks in Fort Lauderdale. It will include the first auction run exclusively by TRAFFIC without an outside domain sales company. The list of domains is still fluid, but it seems that Rick Schwartz is delivering on his word to keep reserves relatively low. That doesn’t mean the domains will sell, though. Ultimately an auction is pretty ... read more ...
 
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Email Marketing Company Emma Sues Microstrategy, Owner of Emma.com - Emma, Inc. pays for not owning Emma.com. A heavyweight battle is about to ensue over the name “Emma”. Email marketing company Emma, Inc., which operates its main web site at MyEmma.com, has sued publicly traded MicroStrategy for trademark infringement (pdf). MicroStrategy has owned the domain name Emma.com since the 1990s but didn’t use it until recently. The company is no small fish; it has a market cap of $1.22 billion. At issue is MicroStrategy’s recent ... read more ...
 
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Top Domain Name Wire News Stories of September - A look at September in the domain name industry. The baseball playoffs are here, the temperature is cooling down, and the domain name industry is gearing up for an exciting fall. Here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire over the past month, ranked by page views. 1. Ready to Scream? After 14 Years, Guy Loses Screams.com in UDRP – owner of haunted house loses case for his Screams.com domain name, but he’s suing to avoid the transfer. 2. Here’s ... read more ...
Sun 2nd October 2011
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Mike Mann Sells ComeSee.com For $20K - Mike Mann has just announced another sale on his Facebook page today, ComeSee.com for $20K The domain is still owned by Mann company so we will have to see who the buyer is. I think its a nice price for a nice domain A close cousin to this domain would be Seeme.com which is owned by Key-Systems GmbH which just acquired that domain according to DomainTools.com in April of this year. Just saying.         Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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So What Happens If Alibaba Buys Yahoo? - According to several report the China Internet giant Alibaba Group is very interested in buying Yahoo. The Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Jack Ma, told reporters last week when he was speaking at at a forum at Stanford University in Silicon Valley that “We are very, very interested” in Yahoo. Alibaba dominates ecommerce in China with its C2C domestic Taobao auction site, B2B global Alibaba marketplace, and its B2C Taobao Mall marketplace for brands, along with its online payment service Alipay. Alibaba ... read more ...
Sat 1st October 2011
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Sedo.com Loses Another Top Broker As Frank Aiello Quits - Sedo.com has lost another top broker out of its Boston Office. Frank Aiello announced on this Facebook page that has left his job at Sedo.com Frank like Jeff Gabriel before him was my broker at Sedo.com and will be missed. In July another top broker, Ryan Colby announced he left Sedo Jeff Gabriel left Sedo in Janauary Tessa Holcomb who was Sedo’s top broker at the time left in 2010 and joined PPX International as did Mr. Gabriel Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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.Co Plans On Re-Auctioning 100 Land Rush Auction Domains - According to a blog post by Lori Ann Wardi, the .Co registry is planning on auctioning off around 100 former Land Rush domains that were in auction but never closes due to non-payment or other issues. The date and method for the auction was not announced. Here is the blog post:   As you may know, shortly after the global launch of .CO in August 2010, the .CO Landrush auctions commenced for the approximately 2,500 .CO domain applications that received multiple bids. The auctions took place throughout ... read more ...