Tag Archives: services

Wed 3rd November 2010
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Why we Don’t Trust Mass Development But Appreciate Epik - My past experiences tell me you need to have a plan beyond Google. Last week I wrote an article about how some sites on Epik’s platform were de-indexed from Google but how I thought the company would be OK. A number of commentors disagreed, which is fine. But let me explain my take. I’ve written a number of articles about Epik as they’ve launched new services. I don’t believe I’ve ever “endorsed” Epik as a product. I’ve cautiously watched the company. ... read more ...
Thu 28th October 2010
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RSVP Now for Austin Domainer Weekend - RSVP today for next month’s domainer weekend in Austin, Texas. It’s time to make your plans to join us in Austin for the Austin Domainer Weekend, November 12-13. You can view the invite and RSVP here. Here’s a rough schedule of events: Friday, November 12 8 pm to 10 pm – Dinner at Iron Cactus Mexican Grill and Margarita Bar 10 pm to ? – Night out on world famous 6th Street Saturday, November 13 2 hours before kickoff – tailgate or pre-game party at Austin ... read more ...
 
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Epik Will Be OK, and Current Customers Will Win Big Tomorrow - Epik customers will get a free upgrade to full eCommerce stores. You might think that today would be a dark day for Epik.com customers after a number of Epik Product Portals were de-indexed from Google. But after talking to Epik founder Rob Monster moments ago, it’s not the nightmare scenario you might imagine. First things first, here’s what happened: a number of Epik-produced “Product Portals”, which include affiliate and CPC links to products, were de-indexed ... read more ...
Tue 19th October 2010
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TRAFFIC Awards Results Live from Miami - TRAFFIC awards ceremony concludes in Miami. Just moments ago TRAFFIC announced the winners of its annual awards at the TRAFFIC conference in Miami. The show organizers said they received a record number of votes. Best new monetization solution – Whypark Best overall domain solution – Sedo (second year in a row) Developer of the year – Rob Monster (with Epik) We get it award – National A-1 (owners of some of the best premium generic domain names) Best domain ... read more ...
Fri 15th October 2010
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Rick and Howard Pulling Out All a Stops for TRAFFIC Miami - Everything’s lined up for TRAFFIC Miami. It seems that it will deliver. I’ve been a vocal critic of some of the TRAFFIC shows in recent years. They seemed to have gone a bit stale and attendance had dwindled. That will not be the case with TRAFFIC Miami, which starts Sunday evening at the South Beach Loews. Perhaps Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu had something to prove. It doesn’t hurt that this is the only event they’re planning for this year (Rick Latona ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media Launches Blog Distribution Network - Blog network enables bloggers to syndicate their content across Demand Media web sites. Demand Media, which owns domain name registrar eNom, has launched a blog distribution network. Bloggers are able to syndicate their content across Demand Media’s properties including eHow.com and LiveStrong.com. Each syndicated article will include a backlink to the author’s blog. Bloggers will also share in the revenue Demand Media generates from ads alongside the syndicated ... read more ...
Sun 10th October 2010
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Could VeriSign Topple Web Traffic Ranking Companies? - VeriSign files two patents related to counting the web’s traffic. Web traffic ranking companies such as comScore, Alexa, and Compete.com all have limiting factors. They use various methods to figure out traffic, such as panels (people that let them track their site visits), search data, and ISPs. But this gets them only so far. Who has better traffic data? VeriSign, which is the registry for .com and .net. The company has filed two patent applications related ... read more ...
Fri 8th October 2010
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No Language Barriers in Prague - Plenty of translators on hand, but few have a need. Holding an international conference means many languages. In some ways all domain conferences are international, but it was even more the case with DOMAINfest Prague. The official language of the conference was English, but DomainSponsor wanted to make sure everyone could understand. So it had real-time translators for several languages. Attendees could wear a headset and tune into their language “U.N.-style”: Headphones ... read more ...
Wed 6th October 2010
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DOMAINfest Announces Shows in Barcelona, Las Vegas - DOMAINfest plans four shows for 2011. This morning at the DOMAINfest show in Prague, Oversee.net General Manager Peter Celeste announced locations for the franchise’s shows in 2010. Next year will kick off with the previously-announced main event in Santa Monica in February. Celeste said the party at the Playboy Mansion will return for the third year. In June 2011 DOMAINfest will return to Europe with an event in Barcelona. Barcelona was the site of the first ... read more ...
Tue 5th October 2010
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DOMAINfest Kicks Off in Prague with New Faces - Conference starts with local beer and appetizers. I get a lot of bang for my buck at domain name conference through the connections I make. But often times I have to search out new faces at the conferences — it’s the same people each time. That’s not the case at DOMAINfest in Prague. The event kicked off with a happy hour about 2 hours ago. About half the people haven’t been to a DOMAINfest before, but I’d say 75% of the faces I’ve seen tonight are ... read more ...
Mon 27th September 2010
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Pay for TRAFFIC Conference with Your Domains - Trade-in your domains for a ticket to TRAFFIC South Beach. This month’s Epik conference had a unique twist — you could pay for conference admission by trading in domain names. I was a bit surprised, yet excited, to learn this morning that you’ll be able to do the same thing for October’s TRAFFIC conference. Rob Monster has worked out a deal with TRAFFIC organizers to let you pay for admission with Epik bucks. To take advantage of the offer you need to send ... read more ...
 
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First Ever IDN Event and Auction on Tap for New York in October - New York City event will educate about Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Few topics have received greater attention this year than IDNs. So it’s fitting that the first ever “IDN Event and Auction” will take place October 30, 2010 at the Haru Restaurant in New York City at 7 pm. The event is organized by IDNTools and will be sponsored by Register.com, Moniker and SnapNames. The goal of the event is to educate domain registrants about IDNs, their value ... read more ...
Thu 23rd September 2010
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Hotel Sold Out (and Other Things to Know About DOMAINfest Prague) - DOMAINfest heads to Prague. Here’s what you need to know. Heading to Prague for DOMAINfest in two weeks? I hope you’ve booked your hotel since the Intercontinental is sold out. But if not, we’re here to help. Read on for alternative hotels and more information about your trip to Prague. I caught up with Oversee.net to get answers to some common questions: Is the hotel sold out or are just the discounted rooms sold out? Where should people look for alternative ... read more ...
Wed 22nd September 2010
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Energy and People Drove Epik’s First Developers Conference - My thoughts on last week’s conference in Seattle. I’ve re-written this blog post a couple times as I try to get my head around the Epik Developers Conference last week in Seattle. I’m reflecting on what it means for Epik as well as for the domain community. This is no easy task. So I’m going to punt and go with a stream-of-conscious. Let’s get the easy stuff out of the way first. Professionalism – this is something often lacking in the domain name community. ... read more ...
Tue 21st September 2010
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DOMAINfest Announces Prague Party Locations - Networking and partying gets underway in a couple weeks in Czech Republic. DOMAINfest has announced that it will hold networking events and parties at two exclusive locations during October’s event in Prague. On October 6, Moniker and SnapNames have obtained exclusive use of the National Museum in Prague’s Vaclavske Square for a dinner party. It’s the oldest and largest museum in the Czech Republic. On October 7, DomainSponsor will host a dinner and party at ... read more ...
Thu 16th September 2010
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Epik Conference Kicks off in Seattle - First ever Epik DevCon gets underway. The Epik Developers Conference kicked off last night with a welcome reception at the Edgewater hotel in Seattle. Right off the bat I’d say this is the coolest hotel for any domain name conference I’ve attended. The hotel is on the water — literally. It’s on a pier. You could literally drop a fishing line out the window and go fishing. (In fact, there’s a famous photo of The Beattles doing just that at the hotel). Here’s ... read more ...
 
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DomainConvergence Postponed Until Next Year - DomainConvergence postpones conference. DomainConvergence has postponed its conference originally scheduled for September 23-24. The conference will be rescheduled for next year. Event organizer Frank Michlick said it was postponed due to a personal emergency and lower expected attendance because of so many competing conferences in the same time of year. Michlick notified sponsors and attendees of the change. DomainConvergence was the first conference created in ... read more ...
Tue 14th September 2010
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Are we Going to Epik Developers Conference? - Conference starts Wednesday evening in Seattle. Tomorrow I’m headed to Seattle for Epik’s first ever user conference called “Epik Developers Conference“. As a user conference and a first go-round, I expect attendance to be modest but the attendees to be enthusiastic and involved. The conference also includes a number of firsts: -First conference you can buy a pass to by trading in your domain names instead of paying cash -First conference with a domain swap ... read more ...
 
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DomainTools Gets Patent for Reverse IP Method - DomainTools granted patent for reverse IP method. DomainTools‘ parent company Euro Convergence, SARL has been granted a patent for “Reverse IP method and system”. U.S. patent number 7,797,410 was invented by company founder Jay Westerdal. The invention is for a “new and improved domain name searching method and system” comprised of the following steps: (1) downloading all zone files, public and/or non-public, associated with one or more host names (2) performing ... read more ...
Tue 7th September 2010
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DNW Certified Stats Now Compatible with SmartName - Another domain name parking service added to stats sharing system. This past year has been a big one for domain name parking service SmartName. It has combined all of its parking brands into one as well as rolled out (or enhanced) both SmartName Shops and a content parking solution. Apparently a lot of people are using SmartName these days, as I’ve received lots of requests to add the service to DNW Certified Stats. The day has arrived — now you can use DNW ... read more ...
 
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Epik Takes Innovative Approach to Domain Trading - Epik pushes the envelop at next week’s Domain Swap. Domain lifecycle platform Epik likes to try new and innovative things. Next week’s Domain Swap event at Epik DevCon in Seattle is another example. The Domain Swap brings in much needed liquidity and a common currency to domain trading, something that has been absent from similar ideas in the past. Here’s how it works: 1. Send a list of domains you wish to sell to Epik 2. Epik will buy some of the domains ... read more ...
Mon 6th September 2010
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GoDaddy’s X.co URL Shortener Launches - X.co officially launches. A couple months ago I wrote about how GoDaddy had snagged x.co with plans to use it as a URL shortener. Late last week I noticed that @Godaddy was using x.co in its tweets; and now the service is officially open to all. x.co has a lot of the features you’ll find in most URL shorteners, such as robust analytics. You can easily create an x.co link by pasting a longer URL in at x.co. GoDaddy has been pushing .co domains and x.co will help ... read more ...
Fri 3rd September 2010
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Sedo Revenue Down But Earnings Up - Revenue slides but bottom line improves in first half of year. Revenue at domain name brokerage and parking company Sedo for the first half of 2010 was down compared to the same period last year, but earnings were up. Sedo Holding reported (pdf) revenue of 21.9M EUR for its Sedo division in H1 2010, compared to 22.6M EUR for H1 2009. However, profit increased from 3.0M EUR to 3.3M EUR. The company’s employee base dropped from 172 to 157 between periods. At the ... read more ...
Mon 30th August 2010
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DNCruise Giving Away Free Pass and Airfare - Cruise for domain industry sets sail in 6 weeks. The inaugural DNCruise sets sail October 11, and show organizer Chef Patrick is offering a free pass plus airfare to one lucky guest. In a post on his blog today, Patrick explains what you have to do to win the free pass. You’ll have to state your case on why you should get the free trip. Other than that the requirements are fairly minimal: you have to own 10 or more domains and have an interest in domaining. ... read more ...
 
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German Domain Conference Kicks Off Thursday - German domain conference and auction takes place this week. Germany’s only dedicated domain name conference, DomainvermarkterForum, will take place this Thursday and Friday in Munich. The event is at the five-star Hotel Sofitel Bayerpost. Gold sponsors for the event include PartnerGate and, as you might guess given its German headquarters, Sedo. Sessions include: advantages of your own DENIC membership, speed networking, info on VeriSign Internet Profile Service, ... read more ...