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Sendori?s model makes perfect sense as an option for those that have not built a relevant site for their domain. They take the direct navigation traffic that comes from generic domains and automatically direct that traffic to sites that relate to the generic domain, thereby enhancing the user experience. Today, Ask.com, realizing the value of such ...
Michael Collins has resigned as Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association in order to work on transitioning a retail business he owns from brick and mortar to the Internet. Collins delivered he news in an email to ICA members.
About two weeks ago Bob Parsons insinuated on his video blog that the domain extension .TV would vanish with the sinking island of Tuvalu. Because of this brand new discovery (sarcasm) Bob is jumping ship and getting on the .me wagon. You can watch for yourself below.
It is true that Tuvalu is sinking, this
At a time when web retail sales are diminishing, GoDaddy is hoping it can translate its home page traffic into general goods sales on its newly launched web marketplace.
The company launched the Go Daddy Marketplace on Tuesday letting users list as many things as they want for a monthly fee of $5 and 10% commission on any sales made. GoDaddy has no...
Ask Sponsored Listings, a division of IAC, today announced they have acquired Sendori.com - the exchange for direct navigation search - as reported by CNET News.
Sendori is an alternative unused domain monetizer - it sends qualified visitors from undeveloped web domains directly to advertiser websites. Founded in 2006, the company developed the pat...
I just checked my Feedburner account and noticed an notification in a yellow bar at the top of the screen telling me that Feedburner accounts are moving to Google.
Basically what is happening is Google is merging Feedburner accounts with Google accounts so users will be able to monitor their feed stats and make use of other (new) features via their...
With just hours remaining, several good domain names have met their reserves.
Sedo 's January Great Domains auction concludes at noon EST today. With just hours to go, several high quality domains have met their reserve prices and should go much higher in the final hours.
I'm surprised to see that Fired.com had such a
He are a dozen expenses domainers should consider when filing taxes.
It's 1099 season, when domain parking companies send a flurry of 1099s to U.S. unincorporated taxpayers informing them how much they paid them in 2008.
Although it's not fun paying the associated federal income taxes (and self-employment tax), here are some expenses you can likely...
Web site tops Great Domains auction.
The web site FindaDate.com has sold for $31,000 in Sedo 's Great Domains domain name auction that ended earlier today. Here are other tentative sales results that I was able to collect:
Starship.com - $22,500 - this seems like a lot of money for this domain. But it
A new domain buying inquiry makes the rounds.
Michael over at Coin Network has received several domain inquiries lately with an interesting twist. The buyer says his or her first name is the domain name they want to buy. Here's an example:
Hello,
My name is Latroy Beneters and Im interested in buying your domain www.latroy.com
The now notorious islander domainer Frank Schilling, left us with what now may be one of the most important posts ever written about the business of domaining. I won't go too much into what Frank said, but if you have some free time and you haven't read his last post in a while, go check it out again. His words got me thinking harder about my domai...
Domainers that don't live in the United States have often reaped the benefits of the currency market.
With world markets going up and down like a game of Donkey Kong (well actually more down than up) its having a serious impact on our cost of goods.
As of today, 1 USD = 1.52384 AUD (Australian dollar), or
The word is out, direct navigation from domain names is hot!? It's why Google recently launched AdSense for Domains and its why many people are pumping out mini-sites and landing pages for their high-traffic generic .COM names.
Ron Jackson at DNJournal has just broke the news that Ask.com has acquired Sendori, a direct navigation company.? The...
It just so happens that a new domain news aggregator site has been created and it offers something that I think you are Really going to like!
Not only is the site design very clean, NameBee.com gives you Options!
An option that I grew to love nearly instantly is the option to Add Your Own Feeds. This
SnapNames.com is now making it Much Easier to list your domain names for sale in partnership with it's parent company Moniker.com . Although not currently live, it will be shortly.
The process is explained very well here https://www.snapnames.com/updates200901.jsp
I really like using both Moniker and SnapNames. I have had some luck selling domains ...
If you watched the inauguration of Barack Obama, Aretha Franklin sang the song "My Country, Tis of Thee". She also happened to be wearing a custom hat with a bow on it with some Bling!
I have no idea how somebody would know who made it or even how to get ahold of the company or
I don't edit comments that readers post on my blog, because there isn't a reason to do it.? Once or twice a day, I check my blog's spam filter for posts that were inadvertently flagged as spam.? If you post more than one link, or if the filter thinks your link is spam, it will
Related posts:Uneducated Comments from Amateurs These past couple wee...
Before you buy a domain name, especially an acronym, check to see what is currently being displayed on the website to make sure it's not infringing on another company's mark. If you buy a domain name that had infringed on a company's mark in the past, you could be held liable for the domain name's
Related posts:Possible Liability for "Holding" D...
I have had the pleasure of being involved in a discussion with an ICANN employee, Kieren,?over the last several days.? I would like to encourage everyone to read the article and the ensuing commentson TheDomains.? Kieren has been the first public persona I have seen out on the general public Internet forums?from such a big
We've begun accepting Landrush pre-orders for .tel domains. TEL is a very special type of domain name that allows both individuals and organizations the ability to have their contact information on the web without the need to build a website. By utilizing the telHosting Platform you can easily enter and format information in a clear
Well I?m not going to lie to anyone ? it?s been a pretty tough couple of weeks. I haven?t had any serious enquiries on my names, but I have had a couple of $200 offers on my CC.coms and about 5 other ridiculous offers.
This is a second post analyzing a Google document from 2007 entitled ?Google Guidelines For Quality Raters?which somehow found its way onto the Internet. In second half of this document, some common examples of spam websites are described. Understanding the signs of spam websites will help you avoid problems as you develop your websites.
Webspam
"W...
dotMobi, the registry for .mobi, announced that they will make available .mobi domain names with one and two alphanumeric characters, such as q.mobi, k9.mobi, 13.mobi or ny.mobi.
Companies may submit expressions of interest for a one or two character .mobi domain by visiting http://dotmobi.mobi/onechar.
dotMobi will respond to requests from interes...
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear's staff filed a notice yesterday that they will appeal the ruling of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
In announcing the appeal, Michael Brown, Secretary, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet said:
?The Commonwealth will continue its action to protect Kentucky citizens from illegal internet g...
Microsoft announced today it is cutting 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months.
The layoffs, 1,400 of which come immediately, appear to be a first for Microsoft.
The company also announced a drop of 11% in second-quarter profits, which fell short of Wall Street?s expectations.
Microsoft said it was being hurt by deteriorating global economic c...
Moniker.com has released the domains that will be auctioned off at the premier live domain auction at DomainFest next week.
The auction will be held at Thursday Janaury 29, 2009, at the DomainFest show in Hollywood, CA at 1:30-5:30pm PST.
Live and online remote live bidding through snapnames.com will be available for this auction.
There are some gr...
Michael Collins the Director of the ICA sent out a letter tonight announcing that he is leaving.
In his letter Michael said the following:
"""I have mixed feelings as I announce that I am leaving Internet Commerce Association as Executive Director to work on developing some of my own domain names. I am excited about my
Several auctions of NameJet.com that were suppose to end today were extended due to technical problems.
In a note send by NameJet.com tonight to customers they said:
"""Due to a configuration issue one of our web servers became unavailable during a portion of the auction process this afternoon. ?Customers that had established a connection using on...
Google said fourth-quarter profit, excluding one-time charges, was $5.10 a share, beating the average analyst forecast of $4.95 according to Reuters Estimates.
Revenues rose 18% to $5.7 billion, in the 4th quarter up from $4.83 billion in the 4th quarter of 2007.
Google owned sites generated 67 percent of revenue, or $3.81 billion, rising 22 percen...
One of the coolest APPS on the iPhone isn't pandora or Facebook. It's recipes and shopping lists from Kraft Singles, Jell-O gelatin and Minute Rice. As a result Kraft hits on the KILLER APP for iPhone marketing, and delivers one of the top 100 PAID APPS on iPhone.
See this is what they meant by CHANGE!
One member of the White House new-media team came to work on Tuesday, right after the swearing-in ceremony, only to discover that it was impossible to know which programs could be updated, or even which computers could be used for which purposes. The team members, accustomed to working on Macintoshes, found c...
Ask Sponsored Listings Announces Acquisition Of Sendori
Oakland, CA – January 22nd, 2009
Ask Sponsored Listings, a division of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), today announced the acquisition of Sendori - the next generation exchange for direct navigation search.
Sendori sends qualified visitors from undeveloped web domains directly to advertiser websites. ...
Company Culture Fuels Debut As Highest-Ranking Newcomer of 2009
Zappos.com Debuts at #23 on FORTUNE Magazine's List of 100 Best Companies to Work For" List
Zappos.com, a leader in online apparel and footwear sales, announced today that the company debuted on FORTUNE MAGAZINE’s Annual “100 Best Companies to Work For??? list as this year’s highest-...
Wow a hyphenated dotTV domain. Be-AT.TV aims to recreate the club experience online. And to spite the name, it's a GREAT site- a way to go to the places you always dreamed of being instead of where you are right now.
Offering an experience that's as close as possible to the real thing, Be At TV offers full-on video coverage of some of the world's ...
By CATHERINE RAMPELL NY Times
In response to an article about how service-oriented businesses are hurting, a reader named Thomas A. Boyd writes:
Can anyone point to any industry or profession that has NOT felt the effects of this recession? I’m really curious about that.
I receive lots of news releases from companies claiming that, despite the po...
Source: Search Engine Journal via Alltop
2008 proved to a historic year for Twitter both in adoption through the sheer number of twitter users signing up to the services, but also as evidenced by many influencers writing about using Twitter for PR, Social Media, Branding and other such purposes. With such an influx of great information, it often b...
Now that I’m back into the swing of things again I wanted to continue the series that I began last year on risk. Towards the end of last year I covered the different business models that are evident in the domain industry. This article will begin to explore the risks...
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