Tag Archives: geodomains

Wed 14th October 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
GoDaddy Launching GeoDomain Search Tool - Registrar is launching tool to make finding location-based domain names easier. [Update: the tool is now live] Domain name registrar GoDaddy is launching a GeoDomain research tool to help domainers find local domains, such as cityHotels.com. The tool will be launched no later than Monday. Users enter a location (such as a city or state) and can also add keywords, such as “hotel”. The tool then loads a map of the area with pinpoints on each location, which represent ... read more ...
Wed 6th May 2009
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Hyperlocal News Trend Benefits GeoDomainers - As startup local news organizations launch, geo domainers are well positioned. CNN published a story yesterday titled Future of online news may be ‘hyperlocal’. The story discusses the crop of news sites popping up to fill the void not addressed by traditional media and the void left when local newspapers disappear. Geo domain owners are well positioned to take advantage of both the fall of traditional media and “hyperlocalization”. It was one of the ... read more ...
Mon 27th April 2009
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Newspaper Companies’ Most Valuable Asset: Land - Value of newspapers plummets to point that real estate is most valuable asset. An article in the Boston Business Journal suggests that the most valuable asset of The Boston Globe is the land it owns. The Boston Globe is anticipated to lose $80M in 2009, but its real estate holdings may be worth $65M. This is a common story. Because they need to be close to the action, many newspapers set up their headquarters near downtown. As city populations swelled and urban ... read more ...
Wed 10th September 2008
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How To Value City Domain Names - Mike! If you don’t mind me saying, I have to disagree with the metrics you have used to value a geo-domain or any domain for that matter. Let me explain why I think all these prior BR(Before Rick) valuation models are fundamentally flawed. Fair enough, when after market domaining started, we naturally had to use some measure to value domains and to be fair, natural-type in traffic is what a lot of domainers seem to have been using, because in a growing industry that is still highly ... read more ...
Mon 9th June 2008
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Can Marchex Pull it Off? - Local search evangelist pushes forward with Adhere. Is it enough? Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), the company that helped make domain portfolio sales popular with its purchase of Yun Ye’s portfolio, is moving forward with its local ad plans by integrating two platforms. The company announced today that it is combining its Industry Brains and Enhance pay-per-click services into a new platform called Adhere. The goal is to bring local online advertising to the masses in ... read more ...
Fri 14th March 2008
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Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not - A look at current trends in domain names. What are the hottest trends in domain names right now? Where are things headed south? Here’s a quick look. —–What’s HOT—– Four character domains – I’m not sure why everyone is jumping on this bandwagon. But it’s never pretty when most of the sales are between domainers. Do yourself a favor: unless the four character domain you’re buying is an acronym for several organizations or is a word, leave it ... read more ...