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The last two day's lists of available domain names have been a little light. No worries, things usually bounce back pretty strong after periods like this. These domains have the highest monthly Google search volume: AustralianRulesFootball.net 5,400 (Check TM's on this one), BurgosHotels.net 4,400, ProjectorTv.net 2,900, DownAlternative.net 2,400, ...
The Associated Press is reporting that the former chief of U.S. cyber security is the leading candidate to become the next CEO of ICANN, replacing Dr. Paul Twomey. Meanwhile, an ICANN VP confirms they want to change the UDRP rules in favor of a URS that would drastically reduce your rights.
It's official, Aftermarket.com's Domain Roundtable 2009 auction is over. Grand total with 92 domain name sales is $580,974. The highlight of the auction was the sale of Contests.com for $380,000.
The below results are directly from Aftermarket.com.
Domain Name
HolidayLoan.com
SleepSafe.com
Slices.org
AdvisoryFund.com
AffordableTrip.com
AnyCash....
Media company loses attempt to get domain names through arbitration.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has lost a domain name dispute over the names EverydayFood.com and Everyday-Food.com. The company operates a magazine and TV show called "Everyday Food".
Martha Stewart Living didn't just lose, it choked. A three person arbitration panel found th...
Woods loses domain name arbitration case.
Golfer Tiger Woods has lost an arbitration case to get the domain name that matches one of his kids' names.
The case involved Woods' second son, Charlie Axel Woods, and the domain name CharlieAxelWoods.com. To make his case, Tiger Woods claimed the domain name was confusingly similar to his trademark...
Man slated for CEO position at ICANN uses fake information for his web site's whois record.
Rumor has it Rod Beckstrom, former cybersecurity director for the US Department of Homeland Security, will be the next ICANN CEO. Before he takes over the reigns, he really needs to clean up the whois information — especially since
Buying a domain name is no easy task for the everyday average person that does not practically "live" online. I think the first thing one needs to understand is not only today's need but down the road as well.
Deciding if you really need to spend a fair amount of money for a quality domain is
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has hired three new executives focused on Web search and Internet from Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), according to a report in TechFlash and confirmed by Microsoft.
Kevin Timmons has joined the data center group of Microsoft's Global Foundation Services. Timmons led the build-out of Yahoo?s data centers and infrastructure. Before th...
A couple of weeks ago in the comment section of a blog post I wrote, someone asked if I could provide a sample email I've written to end users to sell domain names, and I am happy to oblige. Most of the time, my emails are short and to the point, as I know an
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Hello everybody,
Just to let you know - due to a delay by our advertising partner we haven't been able to update the revenue statistics for Tuesday the 23rd yet. Updated statistics will be available as soon as we get our hands on them.
Apologies for the inconvenience,
Mister B
Morning Folks!! The #1 question I always hear is basically how do you pick great domain names? To that I can say it is all about nouns, adjectives and verbs. That is my guiding light of picking domain names. My foundation. The best domains other than 1 word nouns, adjectives and verbs are 2 word domains. A noun.com preceded by an adjective or a ver...
Back In March we posted a blog, about the problem that NameJet.com was having with? non-paying bidders.
Today NameJet.com announced, a tougher new policy towards deadbeat bidders (my term, not NameJet's; Namejet calls them non-paying or defaulting bidders)
NameJet.com amended its TOS, regarding payment, as follows:
"""2.?? Payment For Domains.
2.1....
Just to warn everyone, there is a phishing attacked underway, aimed at Godaddy.com account holders.
I received over 100 e-mail overnight purporting to be from Godaddy.com seeking you to log in to your account, however the link in the e-mail goes the domain cyber-edge.com which is unrelated to Godaddy.com but which is a domain registered with
Back on June 1 we told you about a new proposal by the IRT a group of trademark holders who have committee status with ICANN and their proposal for a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) for all new gTLD's.? In that post we told you that this was going to be a problem for all domains
According to reports Google unveil a beta version of AdSense for Mobile Applications yesterday which allows companies that develop mobile applications that run on devices like Apple's iPhone and Google's Android system.
AdSense for Mobile Applications allows developers to integrate AdSense network ads into their mobile applications and to allow adv...
"Since your website speaks for your company on a 24/7 basis, finding the right designer is critical. "Take your time and find the design firm that truly fits with your company and understands your needs," advises Feakins.Anyone can claim to design websites. So before you hire a designer, it's important to ask a few key questions. Oliver Feakins of ...
Here's a creative use of Twitter during recessive and competitive times: Clubs are sending tweets to followers with access codes to relay to the doorman to bypass the line and get in free, and others to signal the bartender for free or discounted drinks. A great way to drive traffic offline by using online promotion.Zappos is known to do this to in...
Dominik did a great job of expanding on our short piece about Pizza Hut rebranding as Hut. But due to the social media backlash (as well as the realization that they failed to think about, let alone, secure the necessary domain names), It seems to have created a bit of an identity crisis for industry leader Pizza Hut.Pizza Hut has developed a new l...
Apple has finally allowed pornography into the iTunes App Store. The application, called Hottest Girls, costs $2 and includes “2200+ images of topless, sexy babes and nude models???.MORE
HomeAway is launching a new campaign that encourages travelers to take a summer vacation. On June 2, HomeAway is inviting Americans to “Save Our Summer Vacation??? by petitioning Congress to declare August 7 a National Vacation Day. As an added bonus, we’re also giving travelers the opportunity to share why they are most deserving of a vacation....
Sometimes my readers send me the strangest things to publish. Keep em coming!
Congrats to Bill McClure for winning today?s giveaway ? a GEO SITE valued at $549!
Bill is our 3rd winner through our week long giveaway promotion for the launch of AEIOU.COM v2.? We have already given away both versions of our eCommerce sites – and now a GEO site, we still have the Directory, Info and
Congrats to Sam Silverman for winning today?s double giveaway – an Info Site & a Squeeze/Landing Page!
Sam joins 3 other winners from this weeks contests.? Leaving us one day left and a free Directory site to giveaway.
You have until tomorrow at 5pm ET to sign up to win!
May was a crazy busy month with all of the new updates and services that we rolled out. June was a huge month too where we grew our client base by over 100%! Currently we are running a big promo exclusively for new clients. You get 10 free domains mass developed on your first order of 10 minimum. No tricks. No gimmicks. With this limited time promo...
Small post today but it gets across a big message… You have to know when to sell and sometimes waiting isn't the right thing to do. Take a look at this article on BBC News right back at the peak of the Dotcom Boom.
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Today Domainvestors.tv reports live from UCLA Medical Center shortly after it was reported that Michael Jackson passed-away. Since I live very close to UCLA I was able to get over there quickly and record my first news report for Domainvestors.tv.
I'm not much of a news reporter – but hey, it's my first news report.
Can there be difference between the stats from Google Analytics and Awstats?
That is what most will be seeing. Infact in most of the cases, Google Analytics will be showing only 1/3rd to 1/10th of the volume compared with Awstats.
Is this difference ok?
Yes. This is perfectly fine as they both work in a very different
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