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2004: What worked then does not work now.
Jeff (red shirt, with our team in Russia) and I started in the domain business some nine years ago, in November 1999. At the time I remember didn't know about the "dot com bust", I didn't know much about business either. Not knowing gave me the opportunity to start without worrying about the economy, about ...
After successfully completing a two-year quest to throw a party for domainers at the Playboy Mansion (accomplished last week at DOMAINfest Global), DomainSponsor's legendary Director of Business Development, Ron Sheridan, is moving on.
The Twitter application I talked about on Saturday was launched today at noon and already seems to be a tremendous success. Sorry for posting late on this, I was at Kyle Graham's house one of the creators of Viral Tweets to find out more.
After talking to Kyle the main idea behind this tool is to
A look back at the previous month in domain names.
2009 started with a bang in the domain name industry. Here's a look at the top five new articles (by views) on Domain Name Wire:
1. GoDaddy Takes on eBay, Amazon.com, and Yahoo - in a rather perplexing and unexpected move, GoDaddy launched an
RAI.mobi domain owner did himself a disservice in responding to UDRP.
It's difficult to win a UDRP domain arbitration case when you don't respond to the proceedings. (Difficult, but not impossible). But sometimes not responding to a case is a better idea than responding with a half-hearted story.
That's what happened in the...
As the curtain comes down, here's a look back at last week's conference in Los Angeles.
Oversee.net's DOMAINfest Global 2009 was an excellent conference. Now that I've had time to relax and reflect on last week, I'd say the conference deserves five stars. Of course, there's always room for improvement.
The Good
-Attendance was very strong...
An example of the confusion that will reign when new TLDs are launched.
This morning I saw an ad in the print edition of The New Yorker for Vogue.TV, the popular magazine's multimedia web site. Here's the ad:
Do you see the part of the ad circled in green? It's kind of small, so let
Domain name registrar files UDRP complaints for its trademarks. You won't believe where the domain names are registered.
Domain name registrar GoDaddy .com and its parent company have filed 4 UDRP cases with World Intellectual Property Organization this year. What's interesting isn't that a domain registrar is protecting its brands. It's that...
Twitter backlash at GoDaddy ads is amusing, but it won't add up to much.
The Monday after the Super Bowl is filled with analysis. Not about the football game, but the commercials. Domain Name Wire received literally thousands of search visitors Monday from people searching for GoDaddy's Super Bowl ad.
GoDaddy sturred up
I was one of the ten's of millions that watched the Super Bowl and the hyped Super Bowl commercials that come with the game. NBC has reported that all 67 ad spots were sold in the range of $2.4-$3 Million Dollars per spot that totalled up to $206 Million.
So what companies that paid these millions
I have to say that I personally love the eTrade.com commercials with the baby. They speak volumes and are simply Crazy Funny! The following is My Vote for the best Super Bowl commercial and it happened in the Pre-Game!
You can see more funny eTrade.com commercials via AOL video.
Okay, okay! This is my last post about the Super Bowl and it's ads! The only reason I am posting so much about them is you can LEARN so much about them!
According to Google Trends Feb 1, 2009 (rolling picture, day of the super bowl) the most popular search term for the 24 hours in
I think we can all agree that the Moniker live auction at DomainFest was pretty much a bomb, but I don't really think this is a bad thing for the industry. There weren't many bargains in the live auction, which shows that domain owners aren't necessarily losing faith in their investments and selling their domain
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I am sure a few people read this headline, and said "uh oh!"? Don't worry, no secrets shall be revealed in this blog post!
I wanted to share two stories from my evening at the Playboy Mansion last Thursday - one of which I think is funny and one of which is pretty cool.? As expected
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A couple of weeks ago, I listed TrickOrTreating.com for sale on my blog for $7,250 and provided my idea for the site. Additionally, a number of people commented about my business plan for the site and made recommendations.
After DomanFest and my trip to Burbank, I am motivated more than ever to keep on
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With a little about a day and a half left in its auction at Sedo, Dollars.com currently has a high bid of $385,990.? This domain name changed hands in July of 2007 for $650,000. This is a strong domain name, and I predict it will close near the previous amount at which it sold.
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I've had a couple posts mentioning ccTLDs in the past, so with the latest Rick Latona press release, I definitely had to give him some props and make a post "promoting" the information:
Straight from Rick Latona's Website (CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL RELEASE AND MORE INFORMATION):
Atlanta, Georgia USA ? January 26, 2009 ? Rick Latona...
Facebook is in control of the?Internet destiny. It took me until last week to realize this fact.
The networked society is the next generation.? Just ask Kevin Kelly.? Facebook has a massive head start in that they have networked everyONE within their product.
Facebook's evolution is the opposite of every other company. They got everyone to sign
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I have been waiting?to find?these studies for a while now.? I knew these were being done, but I finally was forwarded a story that referenced them as solid reason for support of Global Warming proof.
The international group set up by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations is called the IPCC (International Panel on
Related p...
There are still a large number of LLL.in available for hand registration - 1,325 as of around noon Eastern today.? A member of our forums, CNN, has kindly posted a list of which ones are available here.
We have an entire forum dedicated to discussing LLL.in and LLL.co.in, and you can find answers to your questions
Superbowl CommercialsSneak preview of Super Bowl Sunday's "GoDaddy-esque" advertising featuring GoDaddy Girl- celebtrity race car driver- Danica Patrick shower video ad. (click headline to watch vidcast)Source: CastTV.com
NFL News Feed: NBC Sells Out Super Bowl Ads - The League at washingtonpost.comTAMPA, Fla.--NBC has announced that it has sold all of its available ad spots for the network's Super Bowl telecast Sunday.The network generated a record $206 million in advertising revenue for the game telecast and $261 million for the entire day, NBC announced.- Washing...
What's Behind the First 3D Super Bowl Ads - News and Analysis by PC Magazine3D Advertising is an emerging trend as the 2009 Super Bowl debuts its first ever 3D Commercial. Super Advertising costs up to an all-time record breaking $3 million per 30-second commercial. Domain company- GoDaddy.com has been a consistent Super Bowl advertiser for 5 conse...
Travelzoo Purchases Fly.com Domain Name for $1.8 MillionNew York PRNewsWire 1/30/09- "Travelzoo (Nasdaq: TZOO), a global Internet media company, today announced that it has purchased the Internet domain name fly.com for $1,760,000 in cash. Travelzoo intends to use this domain name for a new information Web site to be launched"... Mega domain transa...
"Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running""Take a chance! All life ...
InternetRetailer.com - Daily News for Thursday, January 29, 2009A high percentage (84%) of Super Bowl advertisers last year integrated domain names into ads, as 70% ran paid search advertising to coincide with their 30-second TV commercials, which ran in the area of $2.7 million. This year, the 2009 Super Bowl 30-second spots run up to a record bre...
Naked Juice :: Naked(R) Juice Packs Antioxidant One-Two PunchBreaking News: "The latest addition to the popular line of "Machine" smoothies, Acai Machine includes a whopping 178 acai berries in every 15.2 ounce bottle. Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) is a small berry from the Amazon that tastes like a chocolate covered blueberry and is bursting with a...
A suggestion recently came from Kevin, one of my readers and I thought it might make for an interesting study. The general suggestion was that people are probably going to look for cheaper ways to entertain themselves during these difficult financial times. Card, dice and board games all came to my mind. Certainly this could
Morning folks!! It's the 4th quarter and what started as a post on reviews of the Superbowl ads got derailed by the possible lie that NBC is circulating about the ads sold and prices paid. I counted at least 20 some odd commercials of the 67 ads sold that were to companies related to NBC. Plus the NFL ads that are obviously gratis and part of any p...
Morning folks!! Let's face it 98% of the domain industry is incestuous. That means that most domain sales are to other domainsers. Nothing wrong with that. But don't be in denial either. The true test of 2009 and beyond is can the industry reach out to end users? Now I am not putting down anyone flipping domains inside the industry. Let's face it, ...
The silent or extended auction from domainfest.com ends this Thursday at 3:15pm EST, 12:15 PST and there are already quite a few domains with bids on? them including introduction.com at $117,650.
If you want to join any of these auctions, just click on the link below.
We will be publishing a list of our top picks for
Indiana brothers Joe and Dave Herbert entered a contest to create a Super Bowl commercial for Doritos.
Their commercial ?crystal ball",? was chosen from around 2,000 entries.
Doritos paid five finalists, $25,000, but promised to pay a contestant $1 million if the ad chosen to run during the game ended up as the No. 1 selection in
City Room: Taxing Plastic Bags, From Pennies Here to Millions There
By By Jennifer 8. Lee
Published: February 2, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg's proposal for a 5-cent tax on new plastic bags would not be limited to supermarkets. Estimates of bag use -- and revenue -- have also grown.
Can Buying Blind Save Web Ads?
Start-Up Offers Marketers Coveted Sites -- but They Don't Know Which Ones
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Blind faith.
It's not the way many do business, particularly in an age of return on investment and a stinging recession. But for one online-advertising start-up, that kind of faith -- among buyers, sellers and publisher...
Fortune: Recession of Biblical Proportions
Video: From recession to depression
Best of domains combines with the best of Twitter for this health and fitness "TweetUP"
History is now repeating itself. Just as Apple popularized the GUI on the desktop through the Mac, it's popularizing the GUI on mobile devices through the iPhone.
The mouse let users own the cursor and thus gave them direct influence over the UI by acting as their personal on-screen representative. Similarly, the touch screen lets users directly m...
Durring the broadcast of Superbowl 43, 30 second advertisements were going for three million dollars. When it came time to create a new campaign for Jack in the Box, they decided to drive traffic to the internet. The idea was reasonably simple. Create a commercial where Jack gets hit by a Bus and then have
When it comes to sex in advertising, Godaddy certainly has experience in the matter. Theyve had several commercials run durring the superbowl and all exploited sex to help sell domains and hosting. Can you blame them? Clearly its helped them to the top of the Domain world.
Many people write about how offended they are. They
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