January 18, 2009 Posts

I like NameJet for a single reason: it offers the pre-release of aged, really old domain names; some from the late days of pre-commercial Internet - circa 1992-1995. Yeah, that era of Al Gore and "Information Superhighway" when gas was 95 cents a gallon and a burger cost $2 bucks. Or something like that. I've spent

Domain name registrar and hosting provider GoDaddy.com, was hit by a DDoS attack on Wednesday affecting a number of its shared hosting clients for several hours. GoDaddy?s Communications Manager Nick Fuller confirmed the attack and responded to several questions about it as reported on ZDNet and CNET News. When asked whether Wednesday?s GoDaddy.com...

I have largely been quiet on ICANN related issues on my blog and in personal conversations I've had with other domain investors. Truth be told, I know about how ICANN works and what their role is as it relates to domain names, but I have very limited knowledge about the internal politics at ICANN Related posts:CircleID: ICANN Fee Will End Domai...

In case you have not seen this video yet, it is very interesting.? From the pilot to the ferry operators to the crew, everyone involved seemed to do a great job managing a difficult situation.

Many of the bloggers in this industry spend hours every day writing good articles and some great stories but many also fail on maximizing the potential to engage their audience. As the expression goes ?if you will build it they will come? however if you make it easier for readers to come back then it

We wrote a post back in October,? citing this free cool tool we found, DNFAME.com, which uses a lot of data to determine how "famous" a particular site or domain is. Since then, the site was purchase, and now totally reconfigured and relaunched. According to the designer DNFAME.com is "the most comprehensive aggregator of site and domain...

Australian hip-hop artist Al Bino created this video in collaboration with hip-hop artist and producer Lyrics Born. Yes it is summer down under right now. It’s a Beautiful Day for Cancer. Cover yourself. According to the Lyrics Born website, the video was created for an “Australian skin cancer benefit project.???

Barack Obama has only four years to save the world. That is the stark assessment of Nasa scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen who last week warned only urgent action by the new president could halt the devastating climate change that now threatens Earth. Crucially, that action will have to be taken within Obama's first administration, he...

There's a lot of talk in the Domain community about building mini sites as the next evolutionary step for domain names, particularly if you have a large portfolio of properties that have taken a beating by PPC.n n We actually prefer to go with an optimized landing page or a fully developed internet property, versus spending time and money on a mini...

We had recently purchased several military related domains including: NavalShips.com, ArmyVehicles.com and WarJets.com. We had plenty of options at our disposal, but decided to start with the first name we had acquired from NameJet: NavalShips.com. Military enthusiasts love photos and videos and much of what's available on the internet is disorgani...