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The end of 2008 is nigh and big name banks and business are falling apart around our ears.This week alone has seen the collapse of three national retail chains in the UK and so the face of the High Street looks set to change forever.Soon we'll be dealing with just two or three mega retailers. It's our own fault, we've let the likes of Tesco, Sainsb...
Those going to the DOMAINfest Global conference in Hollywood, California January 27-30 will be treated to a trip to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. The show's official farewell party will be staged there January 29 in conjunction with a fundraising event for autism.
Domain buyers were busy last week, ringing up three six-figure sales including one of the ten biggest country code sales of 2008. That was one of seven ccTLDs to make DN Journal's all extension Top 20. .Com led the way with a $300,000 sale and the world’s most popular extension went on to take a dozen entries overall. .Mobi also scored with a $44,0...
Earlier this year ICANN rolled out its plan to allow new "generic" extensions (suffixes) to be created in association with niches, geographical locations, or even corporate names. For example instead of using a .com domain a business could apply to create its own extension like .furniture or .detroit and corporations could apply for TLD's...
Government watchdog JudicialWatch posted an article today declaring the domain name Change.gov, the location of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's newest website may have been illegally granted.? According to the site, Obama's team initially requested and was denied use of the domain name Change.gov, but the domain was later granted after pressure...
It was previously reported that LiveDeal.com sold YP.com to Yellowpages.com.? SEC filings by LiveDeal.com reveal that the recent sale of the YP.com website brought a sale price of $3.85 million.
Our divestiture of our Internet property ?www.yp.com? could adversely impact our revenues.
On November 5, 2008, we entered into an agreement to sell our In...
According to the Miami Herald, bodybuilder Steven Thiele, has been found liable of cyber-piracy and trademark dilution.? He was ordered to pay $3000 plus legal fees.? Thiele had previously demanded the Indian tribe pay $500,000 each for the domain names miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com, miccosukeetribeofindians.com and billycypress.com. The tr...
As the year crawls to a close, here's a look back at the most viewed stories of 2008.
Good riddance.
That's what most people are saying to 2008. After losing half their retirement savings, seeing the value of their homes plummet, and fearing for their futures, most people want to forget 2008 ever happened.
But the domain
GoDaddy tops last year's giving by $300,000.
With all of the negative news I've written about Go Daddy this year, it's nice to end the year on an up note. Today the company announced that its total philanthropic giving for the year is $1.7M, topping last year's $1.4M in giving. That's about
This one is hot off the press and will be of interest to all those Aussies in the .au space, as well as those wanting to diversify their portfolio. Both Netfleet (new .au marketplace) and Netregistry have formed a joint venture. Here's what they bring to the table:
Netfleet reports that it has 7,500 quality domain
There has always been a mystery and myth surround the use of hyphenated domain names. Does it really matter if you use or don?t use a hyphenated domain name?
I personally don?t use hyphenated domains, except for domain/brand protection reasons.
For Search Engine Optimisation purposes, there are some experts who believe that search engines prefer hy...
Al Gore wrote into the New York Times as an Op-Ed Contributor to help explain his new energy proposal back in November.? In the piece titled, "The Climate for Change", he laid out his views for the world to read.
While I do not agree 100% with Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth, I do think his purpose,
Happy New Year!?? In the holiday spirit, I would like to update my resolutions and hopefully provide a few suggestions for a great 2009.
Re-align my personal, work, and blog time by adjusting to 5 blogs per week, one each weekday
Make Neptune Ventures?completely self-sufficient
Travel to one new country
Introduce my girlfriend to one or two new co...
MediaPost Publications - JWT Forecasts 2009 Trends - 12/30/2008JWT, an advertising agency giant, forecasts solar, environment & mobile as among the next few big things. "The future belongs to those who capitalize on emerging trends"..."T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oil billionaire, has invested $58 million in promoting the "Pickens Plan." His goa...
During the 12 Days of Domain Names promotion earlier this month we were overwhelmed by the response for $.25 .CN domain names. As such we decided to extend the promotion for the remainder of the year. So please take advantage of these last few hours to register .CN domains at ultra low prices here at
David Castello, pointed out to me today an update on a story we wrote about a back in October, about a Steven Thiele, a body builder, who registered a several domains of Indian tribes in Florida; miccosukeetribeofindians.com, miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and a domain named after tribe chairman Billy Cypress, billycypress.com.
In the Octobe...
Read why call-to-action domains are the most lucrative 6-figure plus opportunity in domain names today
Via AdAge:
Pepsi-Cola's New Year's resolution: Using the new call-to-action domain "refresh everything (.com)", boost soft-drink sales and capture consumers' attention with a new logo and upbeat advertising. So what better place to kick off that ...
It should be noted that although not public information or ever reported in DNJournal, most of these call-to-action domains showcased here are either purchased or created by ad agencies and resold to end -user clients for six-figures or more.
The parent company of belly-busting chains KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and A&W is bandin...
Customers at a condom store in Germany walk out with more than rubbers and S&M gear as the raunchy retailer uses crotch-handled shopping bags for purchases. Nothing says “I just came out of seedy sex shop??? quite like gripping a thigh-high clad woman’s crotch while strolling down the street.
Source: Truemors
Chevron joins Pepsi and KFC showcased here earlier today to demonstrate how to spite economic downturn, call-to-action domains to extend advertising campaigns online and facilitate response, are the fastest growing and most lucrative opportunity in domain names today.
In Will You Join Us (.com) Chevron asks customers to use LESS gas!
WillYouJoin...
Whether you’ve just bought a domain name to launch a new online business or you want to sell a name for the highest price, nothing makes a name more real — or gives it more value — than a professionally designed logo.
VIA Montreal Gazette: Twitter squatters can hijack your brand
Web-savvy companies have realized the importance of reserving Internet addresses of the company name and spelling variations. As a hedge against potential smear campaigns, some have gone as far as reserving malicious addresses.
Google did this by registering the domain names googlebl...
A quote from the Fast Company Article: "To top it off, domain names are already something of a recession-proof business, making squatting an even more attractive prospect, according to Forbes. And when we discuss buying and selling domains, we're only talking the first tier of monetization; many squatters make their bread off of people who navigate...
ON the blog Mrs. O, fans of Michelle Obama’s style can view photos of the outfit she wore on a recent date with the president-elect and find out where to buy the same purple designer coat.
The advertising agency behind the blog, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, does not work for Mrs. Obama or for the fashion designers the site features. In fact, mrs-o.org is...
Whopper Virgins (.com) & Subservient Chicken (.com) are new domains from Burger King.
With 2008 coming to a close, people are publishing oodles of "Best of" and "Top 10″ lists.? Back in May on the third post I ever made on this blog, I talked about Top 10 lists and why domainers should read them, even if they are a bit lame or biased.? This still holds true
Here are a few more names to end the year with. I will have them posted to the domains for sale page in the next few days. Feel free to contact me if you see something you want before I get them listed.
TraileringAccessories.com
CollegeCoeds.co.uk
PremiumBrewed.com
DeiselMechanic.com (typo domain)
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