Tag Archives: Marchex

Thu 6th May 2010
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Marchex Sells Another $1.3 Million in Domain Names - Marchex beats analyst expectations for Q1 and sells more domain names. Local marketing company Marchex sold $1.3 million worth of non-strategic domain names during the first quarter of 2010. This is in line with previous quarters. In an earnings press release, the company continued to note that “There is still significant demand for high quality domains and Marchex believes that will remain the case for the foreseeable future”. Marchex is known for only responding ... read more ...
Wed 10th March 2010
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Marchex Gets UDRP Win with Clara.com, Robot Blocking Justified - Company defends generic domain name and explains legitimate reasons for blocking robots.txt from parked domain names. Marchex subsidiary MDNH has successfully defended the domain name Clara.com from an attack by a magazine publisher in Spain. Complainant Rba Edipresse, S.L. owns a magazine called Clara, and argued that it should get the domain name because it has trademarks for the term “Clara” and that Marchex hadn’t used the domain name since it was registered. ... read more ...
Fri 19th February 2010
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Tucows and Marchex See Shares Bounce on Earnings - Market happy with results at two domain name companies. Two publicly traded domain name companies have seen a nice bounce in their stock prices after reporting earnings. Tucows reported net income of 3 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2009 on February 16 after the market closed. It also reported $2.88 million of cashflow from operations. Shares of Tucows bounced 15% the following day to $.77, and then another 21% the following day to close at $.93. That’s ... read more ...
Tue 5th January 2010
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Ranking Domain Name Stocks in 2009 - Mixed results for domain name stocks in 2009. The U.S. stock markets returned about 35% in 2009. Domain name stocks were a mixed bag, however. Here’s how six publicly traded companies fared last year, based on the closing price December 31 of 2008 versus 2009. Tucows (AMEX: TCX) – Up 106% – Tucows aggressively bought back shares in 2009, reducing its shares outstanding and thus increasing their price. But the buybacks only tell part of the story; the company ... read more ...
Mon 30th November 2009
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Blockbusters: Russia.com Sells for $1.5 Million, Marchex Sells Dominio.com for $250,000 - Two big domain name sales over holiday week. In what should have been a lackluster week thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, Sedo turned in one of its best performances of the year for domain sales. Leading the pack was a sale you’ve probably read about already, Russia.com at $1.5 million. The buyer wants to remain anonymous, and is using GoDaddy’s whois protection to shield their identity. The domain currently points to a basic GoDaddy parking page. Another ... read more ...
Fri 23rd October 2009
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End of Yahoo Paid-Inclusion Hurts Marchex - Marchex takes a big hit from product change at Yahoo. Back in August I wrote about potential exposure Marchex has to the Yahoo-Microsoft search deal, particularly around Yahoo’s paid inclusion service. Marchex grossed about $2 million from the product in the second quarter of this year, but the product’s future was up in the air with the search deal. Now that Yahoo has announced the end of paid inclusion at the end of the year, look for Marchex’s revenue and ... read more ...
Fri 7th August 2009
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Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Could Cost Marchex $8M Revenue - Paid-inclusion’s future is questionable. Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) saw its revenue plunge 44% this quarter compared to the same one last year, and the Yahoo-Microsoft search deal could make a further dent when it goes into effect. On its earnings conference call this week, Marchex CFO Michael Arends said: Furthermore, during the second quarter, Yahoo! Search Submit Pro, also known as Paid Inclusion, which is a product that provides distribution within the Yahoo algorithmic ... read more ...
Wed 5th August 2009
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Marchex Revenue Falls 44% - Revenue in free-fall, but company still generating cash. Domain name and local search company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) today reported a 44% drop in revenues for Q2 2009 compared to the same quarter last year, but the company still managed to generate cashflow and carries no debt. The company posted $21.1M in revenue for the quarter, compared to $37.4M in the same quarter of 2008. For the first half of the year revenue dropped to $47.7M compared with $74.4M in the first ... read more ...
Tue 7th July 2009
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Most Domain Stocks Down in First Half of 2009 - Domain stocks fail to keep up with broader technology index. The NASDAQ was up 16% in the first half of 2009, but the rally didn’t extend to most domain name companies. Here’s a look at how they fared. The Winners Tucows (AMEX: TCX) jumped 27% to 42 cents a share at the close on June 30, 2009. The company stabilized over the period, but the stock jump was aided by aggressive stock buybacks. AdLINK (DUS: LKI), the parent company of Sedo, saw its price increase ... read more ...
Wed 6th May 2009
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UPDATED: Marchex Revenue Sinks, Sells $1M in Domain Names - Earnings miss estimates while company sells $1M in non-strategic domain names. Online advertising company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) missed analysts’ adjusted earnings estimates by 3 cents per share, earning only 2 cents per share in the first quarter of 2009. Analysts had predicted earnings of 5 cents per share. Revenue fell 28% compared to the same quarter last year, coming in at only $26.6 million. During the quarter Marchex sold $1M worth of domain names: In ... read more ...
Wed 25th March 2009
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Marchex Defends Frontrunners.com Domain Name - Arbitration panel determines Marchex can keep domain name FrontRunners.com. If there ever was a frontrunner for “dubious UDRP domain arbitration case”, FrontRunners.com may be it. Bradley D Mittman MD dba FRONTRUNNERS has a trademark to the term FrontRunners for use in connection with educational conferences and services in the field of medicine, including tutorial sessions and correspondence courses. But you’ve probably never heard of the company or any ... read more ...
Tue 13th January 2009
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Marchex Named in Complaint to FTC - Amended complaint from consumer groups targets call tracking technology. The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG) amended a petition to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today to launch an investigation into mobile advertising and privacy concerns. The report calls out domain name company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) for its VoiceStar subsidiary. According to the complaint: …Marchex surreptitiously gathers data ... read more ...
Fri 12th December 2008
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Microsoft Could Use Domain Channel to Get Leg Up in Search - Is Microsoft looking to buy into the domain market? It could be a winning strategy. You may have read a few rumors lately that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be getting into the domain name business. The last time I talked to a Microsoft representative on the record, he said the company was very interested in the domain channel but had no immediately plans to provide an ad feed to parked domains. Would Microsoft be so bold as to buy up hundreds of thousands of generic ... read more ...
Fri 5th December 2008
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Marchex Lays Off 10% - Marchex latest domain company to announce layoffs. Domain name and local advertising company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) has laid off 10% of its workforce, reports The Pugent Sound Business Journal. About 35 people are losing their jobs, although some of those are contract workers. Marchex has made a series of acquisitions, so some of the jobs were redundant. But it’s also working to maintain a strong cash position in the 12-month old recession. Shares of Marchex ... read more ...
Mon 24th November 2008
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Local is a New Black - Marchex thinks “Local is the New Black”. Is it right? 2008 has been a hot year for geo domain names as internet advertising experts push local advertising as the next wave of internet advertising. Call it a coming out party: people have been successful with geo domains for over a decade but are finally getting recognition. Perhaps it’s fitting that local-centric domain name and advertising company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) filed a trademark for the term “Local ... read more ...
Thu 20th November 2008
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Marchex Scales Back Domain Parking Service - Sitebox rapidly scaling down as it is no longer strategic to company. Local search and advertising company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) is scaling down its third party domain name parking service Sitebox. Company executives believe the service is no longer strategic to the company. Sitebox produced revenues of $5 million in the first half of the year, but less than $1.5 million in the third quarter. The company expects revenues to drop further to $0.5 million in the ... read more ...
Tue 7th October 2008
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Domain Stocks Pummeled - Domain name related companies get pummeled on Wall Street. Google’s 52 week stock performance(from Yahoo.com) The stock market is in a free fall, and domain stocks are no exception. Shares of Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) dropped 12.5% yesterday to close at $8.28. At one point it dropped to $7.75. It’s down 27.5% since the beginning of September. Tucows (AMEX: TCX) shares continue to drop, and closed at just $.35 yesterday. The stock has been as high as $1.00 over ... read more ...
Fri 25th July 2008
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Ex-Marchex Employees Pay Up For Competing Web Sites - Pair allegedly copied code and set up competing web sites while working at Marchex Does Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) have a good business plan? A couple of its former employees think so. The pair have agreed to pay $100,000 after allegedly copying Marchex code and creating competing web sites, reports Puget Sound Business Journal. They also agreed to take down the competing web sites. The article states: Publicly traded Marchex says it first got wind in November that ... read more ...
Thu 17th July 2008
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Domain Name Stocks Pummeled in 2008 - Stocks of domain name companies take beating with the market — and beyond. It’s been a rough year for stock markets, and domain name companies’ stocks are having a tough run as well. The good news is that two “pure play” domain companies’ stocks are performing much better than the market overall. Here’s a quick run down of domain related stocks and how they are doing year-to-date as of yesterday’s close. For comparison, the SP 500 is down 15% this ... 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 ...
Thu 15th May 2008
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Arbitrage is Alive and Well on Google’s Content Network - Google’s content advertising network is full of pay-per-click arbitrage ads. I recently bought a web site about 529 college savings plans (more on that later) and added Google Adsense (NASDAQ: GOOG) ads to it. For the first couple days, almost all of the ads Google showed were for pay-per-click arbitrage sites. Most of these ads had generic descriptions such as: Looking for information on 529 plans? Learn more about 529 plans. Expert Advice. www.some-long-keyword-infused-url.com Now ... read more ...
Fri 15th February 2008
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Marchex Reduces Dependency on Yahoo - Company continues to build its own ad network, reducing dependency on Yahoo. Direct navigation and domain name companies typically get pay-per-click ads from Yahoo (YHOO) and Google (GOOG). As I pointed out earlier this week, this duopoly is dangerous for domain owners. Domain company Marchex (MCHX) realizes that, and is increasingly focused on building its own ad network. In Q3 the company received 28% of its direct navigation revenue from Yahoo. Q4 numbers aren’t ... read more ...
Tue 12th February 2008
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Yahoo Kills Domain Arbitrage: Fallout for Google, Others - Yahoo will stop allowing arbitrage as of this Friday, will affect other major companies as well. In a major move sure to have ramifications across the online advertising industry, Yahoo (YHOO) has told its advertising partners that it will no longer accept “arbitraged” traffic as of this Friday. Here’s a look at what this means for domainers and even the revenue of big online advertising companies. Arbitrage Explained Click arbitrage involves buying an ad click ... read more ...