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It's only been about 75 days since we started the multiple auctions per day format. Every month we look back, analyze the data, learn, adjust, adapt, hopefully helping more buy & sell in the process. Looking quickly through the CLOSED tab on Bido for September, I'm shaking my head at some of the deals some buyers got. I understand the whole in...
So, you thought shows like TRAFFIC and Domainfest Global were extravagent?
When Paul Sloan and I launched PlayingTheAngels.com last month, it was with something very specific in mind.
We wanted to?create a mix-up?of big name?Internet Marketers and the domain community – there's always been some parity and I've always kind of straddled the two...
Internet Commerce Association Legal Counsel Phil Corwin says the new Agreement of Commitments between ICANN and the U.S. Government that was inked Wednesday could speed up the introduction of ccTLD IDNs but is likely to further delay new gTLDs.
The following article is a guest post by my friend and fellow domain blogger Morgan Linton. Morgan is the publisher of Domainvestors.tv as well as author of Domain Flipping available at DNFlipping.com.
If you are just getting started in the Domaining world then you?ve probably gone on the famous Domain Name Buying Spree. This is
BuyDomains.com announced the availability of premium domain names Biking.com, Cycling.com and MountainBiking.com.
These category defining and key word rich domain names represent a unique opportunity for an online bicycle retailer to capture the leading online destinations in the $6 billion global cycling industry.*
Ownership of an industry leading...
As I read domaining blogs and visit a variety of websites on more of a regular basis, I am used to seeing ads all over the place. That's how many websites make their money. But as I take a look at almost every single ad, many are missing the essential basics of advertising.
There's 5
Sedo parent company AdLink announced yesterday it has purchased the remaining 24% of Sedo shares from it's original founders.
In a deal worth 4.25 million newly issued shares and ?5.5 million in cash Sedo Managing Director and founder Tim Schumacher also moves to AdLink as a CEO.
As reported by us a month ago, Neustar (the .BIZ registry) and Sedo partnered to auction off 31 one character .BIZ domain names in an auction that ended yesterday.
The auction raised a massive $360,000 in what should be deemed a great success by all involved.
The top selling name was e.biz bagged for $66,001 –
A look at the top five news stories on Domain Name Wire in September.
It was another strong month for traffic at Domain Name Wire. Here are the top five articles for the month, ranked by traffic.
1. Go Daddy Files Patents for Enhanced Whois and DNS Records – Go Daddy has filed for a few
Arbitrator rules against foundation on all three counts in UDRP.
The Napolean Hill Foundation has gotten rich off its namesake's timeless "Think and Grow Rich" book. But an arbitrator with National Arbitration Forum has ruled that it doesn't have a lock on the term "and grow rich".
The foundation filed a claim against the owner of...
Utah company loses its frivolous UDRP complaint.
No surprise here. But still a sad, abusive story to report.
Media Rain, LLC has lost its arbitration proceedings in which it tried to obtain the domain name Rain.com.
The facts were quite damning. Rain.com was registered back in 1990, 18 years prior to Media Rain's formation.
Response filed in Glenn Beck domain dispute.
Most UDRP domain dispute proceedings make for dry reading. But when someone who has created a bitingly satirical web site works with his lawyer to put pen to the paper, the end result can be quite amusing.
Such is the case in Glenn Beck's fight for the domain name
Two domain conferences hit the United States in October.
Casa Marina Resort in Key West
Two major domain name events are taking place in October.
Sedo will hold its annual SedoPro Partner Forum October 7th – 9th at Casa Marina Resort, located on the island of Key West, Florida. This invitation-only event is limited to Sedo's big
Photon launches takeover of Dark Blue Sea.
Photon Group has launched a takeover bid for Dark Blue Sea, parent company of Fabulous.
Photon currently owns 30.55% of all issued ordinary shares of Dark Blue Sea. The company is offering to buy outstanding ordinary shares for 30 cents per share, which it says is a 56% premium
Much was made of the inclusion of SmartPhones.com into the RickLatona.com live domain auction at TRAFFIC Silicon Valley. The domain name received the standard domain industry press, and knowing Rick Latona, I am sure there were many end users emailed, called, and notified in other ways (probably some face to face meetings as well).
A competition
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Back in January of 2007, much was made of the Tandberg.com purchase for $1,500,000. The domain sale led the DNJournal weekly sales chart, and it was one of the five largest publicly recorded domain sales of the year. The domain name was sold by Tandberg Data to another company from Norway known as Tandberg, a
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New study is out that says internet ad clicking is down by 50%.
The percentage of U.S. Internet users who click on display ads has fallen 50 percent in the last two years, according to a study by comScore, Starcom and Tacoda. (link)
The big takeaway from researchers is that display ads should be measured by
According to a report by analytics firm StatCounter, Bing.com's share of the Internet search market decreased by more than 1 percentage point in September.
Bing had 8.51% share in September compared with 9.64% in August.
So you must think that Bing's decline helped Yahoo.
No.
Actually, Google's share of the U.S. search market increased to 80.08% in...
Ron Sheridan, formerly with Oversee.net, announced today that he has completed the purchase of the domain name RSS.com for $137,500, including commission, from Sedo.com.
The asking price of the domain, RSS.com which I believe was as high as $750K, was dropped to $250K on July 10, 2009 and then to $125K on September 14, 2009.
Ron Sheridan
As most of you know, the Olympic Committee will announce Friday, its decision on where the 2016 summer Olympics will be held.
The 4 finalists are Chicago, Rio, Madrid and Tokyo.
I have to admit, I'm not impartial.
Why?
Domain names.
The most popular tourist Geo domains, other than the actual city .com,? is the Visit……com.
May cities and...
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