Tag Archives: Ask.com

Fri 16th October 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
IAC To Spin Off Match.com, Tinder, OkCupid.com + 42 More To IPO Of The Match Group (MTCH) - IAC/Interactive (IACI) is spinning off 45 sites including Match.com, Okcupid.com and Tinder into a new public company called the The Match Group which filed for an IPO Friday, applying to be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker “MTCH.” The company has filed to raised up to $100 million in the IPO. According to the S-1, The Match Group had 4.7 million paying subscribers worldwide at the end of the third quarter. The company is reporting trailing twelve months revenue of $1 billion ending June ... read more ...
Thu 22nd January 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
IAC’s Ask Acquires Sendori - Ask Sponsored Listings, a division of IAC, acquires direct navigation company Sendori. Ask Sponsored Listings, a division of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), has acquired direct navigation monetization company Sendori for an undisclosed amount. Sendori offers an alternative to domain parking that automatically redirects type-in traffic rather than requiring a user to click on a sponsored link. For example, if you type in a car insurance domain name that would typically show ... read more ...
Thu 27th March 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Hey, Take a Chill Pill! - The domain industry isn’t perfect, but you need not run for the hills. I got a kick out of a message posted on Rick Schwartz’s blog after he announced he would stop blogging: I hope you all realize what is going on here. The message should be loud and clear. Rick has been warning everybody all year to help him mount a defense against what is coming. Very few are paying attention, and very few are helping him build the fort to protect against the coming invaders. ... read more ...
Wed 5th March 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Ask.com Advertising Feed In Limbo - Even “reduced” Ask.com feed may disappear. A number of domain parking companies were delivered a blow as of the first of this month when Ask.com discontinued syndicating its Google advertising feed. These parking companies were left with two options: take Ask.com’s own advertising feed (which has low click prices) or switch to another ad provider. Not coincidentally, Skenzo jumped to Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) this month. But a number of parking companies still use ... read more ...
Fri 29th February 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Leap Day News: DomainSponsor, Ask.com, Skenzo - War for parked domains escalates. Happy Leap Day! Here’s some domain name news you can use… Adam Strong wonders “If I register domains today does that mean I don’t have a renewal date for next year ? Do I get 4 years for the price of 1.” Good question, Adam… …Domain parking service DomainSponsor announced a promotion for March. New clients will automatically receive a 20% bonus on their March payouts for all domains transferred to DomainSponsor. ... read more ...
Mon 11th February 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Threats to a Domain Name Industry - Don’t get complacent; all is not well in the domain name industry. What keeps you up at night? As a business owner, I have lots of worries. If you are sleeping comfortably at night, assuming everything in the domain industry is swell, you might be in for a rough 2008. There are two main issues that keep me up at night. First, I’m becoming more and more concerned about hucksters and deep-pocketed corporations coming after average joe domainer. There are a lot ... read more ...