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ICANN's plan to roll out an unlimited number of new global domain extensions starting next year has hit a major roadblock. The U.S. Government has joined the growing chorus of stakeholders expressing reservations about the wisdom of flooding the market with new gTLDs.
Last night I sold xoda.com, a four letter domain name purchased a few months back for $815. I sold it for $640 which is a $175 loss, but guess what, I'm happy to take the loss. Not happy to lose money but happy to to gain that budget for future investing.
Here are a few
How much time are you wasting watching TV?
I did some research and found that the average adult watches almost five hours of TV every day. Another source stated that the national average is 20-26 hours per week. After doing the research I looked at myself to see if this is true. It is, I watch
Wow, thank you everyone for the comments about the new theme, site name and direction. I am still making some updates and changes so bare with me over the next few days.
As you already know from my previous post the direction of this site has changed a little. Instead of strictly talking about domain names
SURPRISE!
DNKitchen.com is no more. As you can see I created a completely new site with a new look and feel to it. Most of you already know me as Chef Patrick so this should be an extremely easy transition. Plus don't worry, all the old links and feeds will continue to work.
I created this
Whenever evaluating a domain name, whether you are buying one or selling one, there are certain things you should always look for, in order to give yourself the most accurate appraisal of a domain. While reading my tips, keep in mind that while all of the things outlined below are extremely important, value is in
Chef Patrick has announced that he will be moving his popular domain blog, DNKitchen.com, to a new domain that's new theme is "Dishing Out the Ingredients for Success". Here is Chef Patrick's press release below:
January 5, 2009
2009 is going to be the start of something new for many people all over the world.? The internet...
Many people hate being critiqued? on their services, websites, content, or other business related aspects. But what you always must keep in mind is that complainers are the most important people to listen to. The people who complain about different aspects of your business will teach you the most. Bob Parson's said it in his
I just read Mike's "01/05/2009: Domain Newbies and Junkies… When is enough, enough?" post at wannadevelop.com where he talks about "domain junkies" and "domain newbies".
I know Mike probably doesn't know me from Adam, but I just wanted to set the record straight that this "DomainJunkies" doesn't fit the profile of the "domain junkies" that Mi...
Denmark company tries to grab GetMore.com domain name at arbitration.
Picture this.
You own an online electronics store called GetMore.dk. After a few years you realize you probably should own GetMore.com as well. So you find out the owner of the domain has listed it for sale on Sedo . You
Two domain conferences on agenda for next 6 weeks.
Domain industry professionals have two conferences on the agenda from now until the end of February.
In less than two weeks, DOMAINfest kicks off in Hollywood, California. DOMAINfest, organized by DomainSponsor , is the largest industry conference by attendance. DomainSponsor will spend about $...
Co-founder of MP3.com becomes senior advisor to WhyPark .
Domain Name Wire has learned that Rod Underhill, one of the founders of MP3.com, is joining domain parking alternative WhyPark as a senior advisor. The company will make an official announcement on Monday.
Underhill is an attorney who gained fame as co-founder of MP3.com, which skyrocketed...
Two celebrity domain name scuffles get media attention.
Can't bid for her name.
Two stories hit the online world today about pseudo-celebrities battling to get their names as domain names.
First, there's an Associated Press article about former eBay CEO-turned-politician Meg Whitman. She filed for WIPO arbitration to get MegWhitman.com. The case ...
VeriSign sends notice about changes to add grace period rules.
As required by a new ICANN policy, VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has notified its registrars about changes to the Add Grace Period policy. These changes were made to limit the practice of "domain tasting", which is registering a domain and returning it for a refund within
I did a quick poll on Twitter the other day asking my followers how many of them planned to launch a new startup in 2009. 100% of respondents stated that they would indeed be starting new businesses this year! I wasn't very surprised, as those who did not have plans probably didn't respond.
Another new appraisal scam email is going around as of Yesterday 1-8-2009. This time the email is starting off pretty odd and is the following:
‘Hello,
My name is Tom Myers and I'm interested in the domain mentioned in the
subject line. I'm a cybersquatter but never use domains in bad faith etc.
Working according the law
Another great video blog by Bob Parsons, The CEO of Godaddy.com . Several of the Ding Dong awards go to Godaddy.com but they also are very clear about several topics that were brought up in our industry. Standard Tactics is one and Godaddy employees bidding on TDNAM auctions. DNW.com brought both into the clear!
Good companies
Online branding starts with a quality domain name. End-users/companies are not necessarily more concerned about using a domain name to generate more sales, but rather using domain names as part of their branding strategy.
The main objective of any company is to maximise shareholders? wealth. Sometimes to achieve this does not necessarily mean makin...
Fellow domainer Patrick, AKA Chef Patrick has rebranded his website and blog, changing the name from DNKitchen.com to ChefPatrick.com.
Of course if you are a fan of his domain cartoon strips like I am, then you would have most likely visited his blog in the past.
Patrick has cited that the rebranding exercise has more to do
If you are planning on launching an ebusiness niche website, it will be vital for you to buy a niche domain name.
A lot of planning and decision-making will be involved in the design and development of an ebusiness niche website. You will have to decide what type of site to build, how content will me
Over the past couple of months, I've been working with a company called TinBu on my Burbank and Lowell websites, and I really like their product and customer service, and on top of it all, they are cool people. TinBu is a Florida-based company that provides interactive content modules for developed websites.
Some of TinBu's modules...
BuyDomains.com is running another small business webinar, ""Analytics for Your Small Business Website." This will be helpful to people who run websites and want to learn more about Google Analytics, which allows website owners to analyze how visitors are finding your site and what they are doing once on your site. While the webinar is...
Being a domainer, I normally have my eyes open at all times domains. It's actually pretty annoying… especially when staring at company trucks to see what domain they have chosen to be plastered all over their trucks. For example, I was out for dinner two nights ago. After ordering, the waitress was taking away the
Well, I made that long post regarding companies that get it and what exactly "it" is to me. I used some examples of some companies and the domains they chose, but an absolutely WONDERFUL example of a domain branding and its absolute best is FreeCreditReport.com. I swear, these guys hit the gold mine with their
As you may have noticed, I have been off the grid so far this year.? I am currently vacationing in Lahaina, Hawaii and enjoying every minute of it.? Will be back next week with plenty of thoughts, some special news, pictures and video galore, and some amazing stories.
Happy New Year to all!
During the Cairo meeting in, ICANN together with Domaine.info produced a number of videos covering the main sessions and topics, with each video fronted by a member of either the staff or a chair of the relevant supporting organization or advisory committee.
You can find all of those videos posted on the Cairo site at http://cai.icann.org/video, a...
Obama's BlackBerry Endorsements Worth Up To $50 Million (RIMM)"You can't buy this kind of marketing: Talk that Obama is a BlackBerry addict. Or that Obama is fighting to keep his beloved smartphone, something his handlers are against.But let's say you could: How much is the "Obama and his phone" storyline worth to BlackBerry-maker Research In Motio...
I have talked previously about how to obtain free content for domain development. A couple of questions were asked and I wanted to provide the answers here to ensure that no one takes action that might result in copyright infringement.
Free information for website development
You can read the full posts by clicking the links below but
Here is a list of 10 things people often buy online according to RTE.ie. Quality domains in these areas are always well worth looking for.
The lipstick effect is the theory that when facing an economic crisis consumers will be more willing to buy less costly luxury goods. Instead of buying expensive fur coats, women will buy expensive lipstick. I set out to see if I could find any data to back this theory and to see if it is
As thrifty customers turn to secondhand goods, resale stores are profiting from the recession.? It seems a lot of people are looking to cut back on their spending and actively searching for ways to save money. What better way to save money than to buy secondhand online?
Secondhand store bargains
With the worry about job security and
I have read before about optimizing your AdSense ads including position, color etc and read the stories of big success mostly on the AdSense website. I always passed it off as not being terribly important to the bottom line but when redesigning one of my websites recently, I decided to play with the position. The
I'm in the market to buy an existing registrar with customers and revenue.?
It's the next evolution of our company. We want it for security as well as a host of other reasons that I don't need to go into here.
The natural thing to do would be to keep it a secret that I was getting
Seriously, since every industry is going for a bailout, we might as well propose and apply for one. The economy has dealt us multiple blows. PPC has declined or vanished in some cases. Infact I have recorded a few days now with 0.00 earnings for the day from PPC.
To make matters worse, the landscape is
Have you ever wondered if? it is just you or the rest of the world does not get it? Have you ever told someone the url of a site. Let us use PetHall.com for example. Why will the person go home and type PetHall.com into Google? What is your browser for?
If you already know the
Yes we heard you loud and clear. We have decided to change the name of our bid for contract website from Vowels.me which got little love to DNoptimizers.com which shows a lot of potential.
From day one, almost every domainer complained about the name Vowels.me, for non domainers, I always had to explain the story behind?
Long time no post again, eh? So I recently launched a couple of projects about things that interest me. I'm sure most would agree that the subject matter plays an important role in the long-term viability and success of any web development project. That is why I generally try to work on websites that are
We reported a couple of days ago, that China threatened to punish or shut down 19 sites including Google and Baidu, for allowing ?vulgar content" to appear on its sites, unless they quickly purged the offensive content.
Today China, called out another 14 sites, including MSN.com for the "large amount of inappropriate images on its film...
According to the New York Times blog, Google had 1 million advertisers in 2007, 600,000 in 2006 and 360,000 in 2005.
At that rate, UBS Analyst Ben Schacter told the Times, Google probably had between 1.3 million and 1.5 million advertisers by the end of 2008.
Between 2003 and 2007, Google advertisers spent, on average, about $16,000
As a proud member of the Gator Nation, I have to brag on my boys winning their second National BCS Football Championship in the last three years, by defeating a very good Oklahoma Sooners team, in Miami Thursday night, 24-14.
Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin and a stellar defense, made Coach Urban Meyers, the first coach to
According to USA TODAY, the NASDAQ started the Government Relief Stock Index, that tracks the performance of publicly traded companies that have accepted government bailout money, under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Currently index is comprised of 24 companies, but more will be added as additional companies accept TARP money from the Go...
The Sovereignsociety.com, a group whose fundamental purpose is to give advice regarding asset protection, issued an advisory yesterday, telling its members, that in light of the Kentucky Domain Seizure, they should register and host all of their domain names outside of the US.
In its post, the SovereignSociety, in calling the Kentucky seizure actio...
Verizon Wireless announced a five-year deal with Microsoft to be the default search provider on the wireless carrier's phones, as well as handling mobile advertising services.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the deal Wednesday in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Effective in the first half of 2009, Microsoft will power search on Ver...
We are always glad to see the domain industry get coverage in non-domain publications.
The E-Commerce Times, just published a story discussing the value of buying a good domain name, highlighting the purchase of Bobblehead.com and Bobbleheads.com last year.
According to the story both domains were purchased by Warren Royal, last year at Sedo.com fo...
Today The Public Interest Registry ("PIR"), the company which runs the .Org registry, announced a Domain "Anti-Abuse Policy", effective 5 February 2009.
In announcing this policy PIR is taking a strong stand against what is defines as Domain Abuse and it gives itself the right to cancel,? any .org, domain registration which is...
According to a new report by JP Morgan's Imran KhanWhile,? entitled "Nothing But Net", online ad spending is projected to continue to grow.
However the report warns that the contraction of the general economy will put even greater downward pressure on the price of both online display and search advertising.
"Although the economic news cycle is...
The live domain auction for the adult Internext show in Las Vegas was released today.
This is a preliminary list and is subject to change.
The auction will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 3:00 p.m. PST, 6pm EST and remote bidding will be available through the SnapNames.com interface.
Warning (especially in China)? the following domains contain sexu...
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