August 19, 2009 Posts

(image source, partially from Targeted Traffic) Paul Sloan & David Carter are putting a new venture out called "Playing The Angles". David Carter, on his blog, gives further information: There will be people out there kicking themselves when PlayingTheAngles.com opens with Paul?s interview with Frank Schilling because it?s not every day that y...

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The new column actually covers the past two weeks of action in the domain aftermarket as Ron Jackson was away on vacation last week. At a time when things are usually slow, buyers were busy snapping up 6-figure domains and dozens in the five-figure range.

The headline at TechCrunch says it all: "AOL Thinks It Owns All Advertising Domains". The company is not only partly responsible for the $1.4 million sale of Ad.com falling through, but it is now suing Advertise.com for trademark infringement and unfair competition based on the domain name similarities to AOL-owned Advertising.com. As reported at D...

Twitter founder Biz Stone announced in a blog post on July 1 that they "have applied to trademark Tweet because it is clearly attached to Twitter from a brand perspective." However, after diligent research by Sam Johnston of SamJ.net, it turns out that Twitter had their application rejected by the USPTO that very same day. This

FreshDrop to include NameMedia domains in its powerful domain search tool. FreshDrop, a search tool primarily used for finding valuable expiring domain names, has inked a partnership with NameMedia. This will allow FreshDrop to include BuyDomains and AfternicDLS domains within FreshDrop, making it very easy for domain investors to scan these domai...

Car company wants Boxter.com domain name. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG has filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization to get the domain name Boxter.com. Boxter is one of the company's popular cars. I remember back in the bubble days earlier this decade it seemed like most cars pulling out of tech company garages

I just listened to a report on NPR where a Clinton, Michigan florist named Judy Van Fossan, has been receiving hundreds of calls a day from people inquiring about the GM rebate program after the company began advertising a national toll-free cash-for-clunkers toll-free number that's nearly identical to the shop's toll-free number. The floral shop's...

I wanted to share two recent inquires that I had with two different domain names with two different styles of contacts. The first contact came from my little system that I have set up. With this, they used the contact form on my MustOwn.com page for the specific domain and not either of the links provided

NameMedia today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with www.freshdrop.net to provide premium domains for purchase through FreshDrop?s Domain Marketplace. "This is truly a breakthrough in the domain industry. By combining NameMedia's domain inventory with FreshDrop's innovative search technology we are now able to empower domain i...

Show me one example of progress that the government has made where they have not just shifted the credit risk?of our economy?from one entity to another, or from the private sector businesses to the taxpayer.? Still looking, I know. Well, it looks like Ginnie Mae, or the Government National Mortgage Association, is the next big systemic Read more ar...

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Good Evening Folks!! The following is a guest post by my friend and partner Howard Neu and his take on the ad.com lawsuits. Tomorrow it will be my take. It is quite different. Howard attacks the legal aspects. I attack the industry and others for forming a circular firing squad. This is much bigger than just the 4 parties. All of the litigation tha...

Flowbee is the latest company to file suit against Google for selling sponsored search ads to competitors under its trademarked keyword. The suit filed in federal district court in Corpus Christi, Texas argues that people are confused when they search for Flowbee and see a "sponsored" ads for competitors. "On information and belief," the company a...

My good friend David Carter has been talking to me in confidence for months about a very exciting project that he is joining forces with award-winning journalist Paul Sloan to launch.I am pleased to announce that the gag order has been lifted and PlayingTheAngles.com is about to take-off. Paul is really ited, because he’s just interviewed Frank Sch...

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If you have not subscribed to the RSS feed of Darren Rowse AKA "ProBlogger" over at problogger.net then I would strongly recommend that you do so. His latest post is a great example of not only top notch content on how to monetize domains with the Amazon Associates affiliate program but also a case study

First for those interested, I have my domain CheapCars.info at Bido's no reserve auction on 21st August 2009 i.e on Friday this week. I was going through this week's auction list at Bido. The following are the ones that caught my eyes. 1. GoldTrends.info This name definitely has development potential. I love Gold, well who doesn't. 2. 3CU.com 3. Z-...

Welcome to another What is Domaining Wednesdays Podcast here at DNPimping.com!? It's hard to believe that this is already the third podcast.? Another caller is featured in today's podcast.? If you are like me, the definition the caller provides for domaining will impress you. As always enjoy and if you didn't get a chance to listen...