Tag Archives: services

Tue 1st July 2008
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Instant eCommerce Sites – Beyond Domain Parking - Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick.com provides a domain monetization update. SmartName is the premium service from Name Media – the parent company of Active Audience and GoldKey. They purchased the SmartName service that was originally developed by Ari Goldberger and Larry Fischer in March of 2007. NameMedia quickly moved the parked domains to their new system that offers over 500 themes (including all of the themes available at Active Audience and GoldKey and more). ... read more ...
Wed 18th June 2008
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2008 GeoDomain Expo Preview with Patrick Carleton - QA with Patrick Carleton, Executive Director of Associated Cities. The 2008 GeoDomain Expo hits Chicago July 10-12. Advanced ticket sales are hot, and Associated Cities’ Patrick Carleton expects attendance to be double last year. I recently caught up with Carleton to get a preview of this year’s conference. Afterward, Carleton did a lengthy interview that was published on the Associated Cities’ web site. You can read it here. Domain Name Wire: In the past, ... read more ...
Tue 17th June 2008
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XsitePro 2 Web Site Creation Software Releases to New Customers - Long-awaited upgrade to software released today. Web site creation software XsitePro, which Domain Name Wire has reviewed before, released its upgrade V2 to new customers today. V2 has been available to previous customers for about a month, so I’ve had a chance to test drive it. I’ve even read most of the 1,000 page manual. But it’s not that complicated — it’s only when you dig deep into the features that you even need to open the manual. Assuming you’ve ... read more ...
Fri 13th June 2008
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Coming Soon: Google Ads On Yahoo Parked Domains? - Yahoo-Google partnership may deliver Google ads on Yahoo-parked domains. Before everyone in the domain industry starts freaking out about the Google (GOOG)- Yahoo (YHOO) partnership (and there are plenty of reasons to worry), there may be some good news. I just finished listening to Yahoo’s shareholder conference call, and it’s clear that Google ads will also be shown on Yahoo’s publisher network. Whether or not that includes parked domains is unknown, but ... read more ...
Tue 3rd June 2008
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TRAFFIC Conference Goes To Brooklyn, GeoExpo Deadline Extended - Two domain name conference updates. The TRAFFIC domain name conference returns to New York City this fall, but this time it will be in Brooklyn. The conference will take place at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott September 23-26, 2008. Early bird admission is $1,495 through June 15. The price jumps to $1795 August 15 and full price is $1995. Hotel rooms are $299 per night. Here is Domain Name Wire’s wrap on the most recent conference in Orlando. You can also read ... read more ...
Thu 29th May 2008
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2008 GeoDomain Expo Coming to Chicago - Conference for “hot” sector of domain names returns in July. It seems like everywhere you look, domainers are talking about “Geo” domains. Those in the geo space will tell you it’s been hot since the beginning, but they probably enjoy finally getting the respect they deserve. And that will be on display at this year’s GeoDomain Expo in Chicago July 11-12 at W Chicago – City Center. (There is a cocktail party the evening of July 10.) I’ve decided ... read more ...
Wed 28th May 2008
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OVT Matcher Makes Finding Traffic Domains A Snap - I just checked The big NameJet pre-release list and 192 names have OVT an score. Here is the list and a bonus for all visitors to this page: The first Number is January, The second Feb, the third March bigbettysbingo.com, 0, 28, 0 isec.com, 0, 25, 0 mofairsfest.org, 0, 0, 33 thegreens.com, 105, 86, 83 usavoice.org, 1740, 0, 56 airdate.com, 98, 98, 91 eluxuryforless.com, 35, 28, 27 evom.net, 52, 39, 29 gospelnet.com, 315, 217, 280 greekwarez.com, 101, 82, ... read more ...
Mon 26th May 2008
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Final Thoughts on TRAFFIC East - A look back at the latest TRAFFIC domain name show. I’ve read a few blog posts this weekend from people giving their opinion on the TRAFFIC show that just concluded in Orlando. Of course, half of these bloggers weren’t even there, so I don’t know how they can pass judgment on the show. I’m going to give you my thoughts, up to the time I left Friday afternoon during the auction. (After that point my experience went downhill, since a bellman at the Grand Floridian ... read more ...
Sun 18th May 2008
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The Domain Game Books Releases Soon - David Kesmodel’s book to be released soon, more information released. Wall Street Journal reporter David Kesmodel’s book about the domain industry, “The Domain Game”, will be released soon. He just launched a web site about the book at theDomainGame.org. The start of the book reads: In the fall of 2002, a thirty-three-year-old man living in the Cayman Islands made a rather unorthodox financial decision. He took all of his family’s savings, which totaled ... read more ...
Sat 17th May 2008
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Domain Development is harder than Domain Parking - Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick details the trials and tribulations of domain development. by Leonard Holmes Are you getting tired of parking domains? Are you serious about developing? For the past 12 months I have been paying $800 a month to an educational organization to learn web development, Internet marketing, and SEO. This is a lot of money, and I ask myself every few months whether it is really worth it. So far I have decided that it is. Stompernet has been ... 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 ...
Tue 13th May 2008
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Website Magazine Ranks “Domain Registrars” - Website Magazine knows web sites. Not domains. Website Magazine is a great free resource for domainers looking to develop their domains. But don’t turn to the publication for good advice on domain names. In the May edition, the magazine profiles “Website Magazine’s Ranking of Domain Registrars” based on traffic to the registrars’ web sites. The problem is how the magazine defines “domain registrar”. For example, Sedo is ranked #3. Sedo is a great ... read more ...
Mon 12th May 2008
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Sedo Announces 2008 SedoPro Partner Forum - Domain parking and sales company announces location of next SedoPro event. Sedo has announced the location of its next SedoPro Partner Forum. This year’s event will take place in Côte d’Azur in the South of France October 26-28. Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on Cap Ferrat only a few miles away from Nice, Cannes, and Monaco, the event will be staged at the five star Hotel Royal Riviera. Sedo plans a variety of events including sailing on 44′ luxury ... read more ...
 
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TRAFFIC Does Disney - Domain name conference lands at Disney World next week. The domain industry descends on Disney World next week as the popular T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain conference arrives May 20. This should be an exciting show, in part because many of the industry’s top companies (Moniker, Parked.com, etc) have offices in Florida. It doesn’t hurt that the show is at Disney and is hosted at the top resort in the park. I will be at the show and on a couple panels. Additionally, ... read more ...
Tue 6th May 2008
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Analysis: Thought Convergence Acquires Name Intelligence - It’s official: domain monetization and management company acquires Name Intelligence. If “Thought Convergence” and “Name Intelligence” don’t mean anything to you, perhaps these two names will: TrafficZ and DomainTools. Thought Convergence, the parent company of TrafficZ, has purchased Name Intelligence, which is perhaps best known for its DomainTools services. Domain Name News first broke this story last month, but neither party would confirm the pending ... read more ...
Wed 30th April 2008
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Survey: Escrow.com Tops for Big Ticket Domain Name Transactions - Survey shows Escrow.com is leader at facilitating large domain purchases. 34% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s third annual survey said they prefer to use Escrow.com to safely pay for high dollar domain names they buy. Escrow.com is popular with domain owners because it was designed as a fully automated platform for escrow and has a particular focus on domain names. Pricing is also reasonable: $0-$5,000 3.25% $5,001-$25,000 $162.50 + 0.26% of amount over ... read more ...
Tue 22nd April 2008
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Firefox Plug-In a Must Have for Domainers - Simple add-on lets you search domain name availability of any text in browser. Sometimes the simple tools are best. That’s the case with Richard Kershaw’s “Domain Lookup” for Firefox browsers. Here’s how it works. Say you’re reading this great article on Domain Name Wire. The article is about trends in domaining, and you see the term “methodical domaining”. You think that term might catch on, so you want to register the domain. Instead of firing ... read more ...
Mon 21st April 2008
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A Google – Yahoo Partnership That Makes Sense - How can Yahoo team up with Google? Think international. News reports suggest Yahoo’s two week trial running Google ads is going very well. So well, in fact, that the companies are discussing expanding the relationship. That news should scare anyone in the domain name industry and any publisher that uses Google Adsense. If Yahoo exits the stage, look for payout percentages to decrease. But there is one partnership deal Yahoo (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) could strike ... read more ...
Fri 18th April 2008
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Survey: Sedo Top Domain Name Parking Service - For the second year in a row, Sedo tops the Domain Name Wire survey. Sedo is the top choice for parking domain names, according to a survey of 841 domain name industry participants. 48% of those surveyed picked Sedo as the best domain name parking program. Last year Sedo was the winner as well but only garnered 32% of the vote. In the 2006 survey Sedo only pulled in 19%. With domain parking in upheavel, Sedo has escaped relatively unscathed. Sedo provides ads ... read more ...
Mon 14th April 2008
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Should Companies Let Affiliates Use Trademarks in Domain Names? - Companies need to be careful when allowing affiliates to use their trademark in domain names. I do a lot of “affiliate arbitrage” by promoting affiliate programs through paid search platforms such as Google Adwords. This used to be really easy. But then Google decided to limit identical “display URL” for each search term to one. So if you were promoting Orbitz.com then you had to use a different domain name to direct traffic to the landing page. If you ... read more ...
Wed 9th April 2008
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Is Direct Navigation Too Expensive? - High domain prices might make purchases for direct navigation too costly. At an entrepreneurs’ retreat in Mexico earlier this year, I stumped about domain names and how entrepreneurs can use them to their advantage. One of the topics was using generic domains for “direct navigation”. For example, an entrepreneur who sells sports equipment might use BaseballBats.com to direct targeted traffic to his site. One of the entrepreneurs in the room was a successful ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo May Outsource Pay-Per-Click to Google - If expanded, deal would hurt domainers. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has started a test with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to determine if it can make more money using Google’s ad feed than its own, reports Wall Street Journal. The deal involves 3% of search queries on Yahoo’s site, which will show Google Adsense for Search ads instead of Yahoo’s own search ads. Yahoo is trying to show that it has greater revenue potential that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) gives it. Essentially, ... read more ...
Fri 28th March 2008
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Chitika Launches Domain Parking Program - Company lets domain owners create stores for each of their domains. Online advertising company Chitika, which has long been an alternative to Google Adsense, has launched a program for domain parking. This is good news for domain owners who have seen parking revenues drop due to changes at ad providers. The Chitika program essentially lets you create an on-the-fly “store” at your domain using the company’s ShopLinc technology. You get paid based on clicks, ... read more ...
Wed 26th March 2008
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TRAFFIC Down Under Preview - A preview of TRAFFIC’s upcoming Australia show. The popular TRAFFIC domain name conference heads to Australia this year for the first TRAFFIC Down Under November 18-20. The event is being promoted by Fabulous.com and TRAFFIC founders Rick Schwatz and Howard Neu. I recently caught up with Fabulous to understand how this show came about and what we can expect. Domain Name Wire: How did this event evolve? Fabulous: There has always been a lot of interest from the ... read more ...
 
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Communicate.com Changes Name, Announces Acquisition - Company built on generic domain names continues string of major announcements. Communicate.com (CMNN.ob) is changing its name to Live Current Media, Inc., the company announced today. A name change was hinted at during an interview with Kiplinger earlier this year. The company also announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Auctomatic, an early stage start-up funded by, among other investors, Y Combinator LLC. Auctomatic has developed commerce technology ... read more ...