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Despite the recession, third quarter domain sales matched the year ago level for the same quarter and rose 15% from the previous quarter this year. On the flip side, while the total dollar volume of reported sales held steady, the median domain sales price dropped 8% from the same quarter in 2008.
As announced on The Domains earlier today, if you own a (Trademark)Sucks.com domain name and decide to park it, you're likely to lose it under cybersquatting and trademark infringement laws. This might be new news to you, but I'm not shocked by any means.
For years now, I have been waiting for the day that somebody
Latest ICANN guidance and remaining challenges means new TLDs are a long way away.
The introduction of new top level domain names, such as .green and .food, looks to be at least a couple years away from reality.
ICANN's latest draft guidebook for entities wishing to apply for a new top level domain name states that the
New draft guidebook doesn't adequately address concerns that VeriSign could hike .com registration prices.
Over the weekend, ICANN released its latest New gTLD Applicant Guidebook with guidelines for the introduction of new top level domain names such as .eco and .shop. Unfortunately, the guidebook still holds a time bomb for owners of existing do...
Cybersquatters not allowed to apply for new TLDs. Does that include domain registrars?
The latest version of ICANN's guidebook for new top level domain name applicants includes language to prohibit cybersquatters from applying for new top level domain names. This could have interesting implications if people get technical about it.
First, here's...
ICANN says ‘no' to wildcards.
Registries that are awarded new top level domain names will be prohibited from wildcarding unregistered domains, based on the latest version of ICANN's applicant guidebook.
The new registration agreement reads:
For domain names which are either not registered by a registrant, or the registrant has not supplied va...
Good values in six figure domain names as RSS.com sells.
RSS.com took home the top prize this week at Sedo, with the domain name selling for $125,000. TheDomains reports that the buyer is Ron Sheridan, one of the earliest employees at Oversee.net. Sheridan left Oversee earlier this year.
This is another example of the good
So my wife and I visited a local watering hole for a little beer and dinner this weekend. Before the food came out, the bar tender brought us a placemat and some utensils.
What caught my eye were the placemats because they were a flat sheet of paper, printed with ads. I liked the idea and
I have not used search.twitter.com for awhile so I thought I would give it a go today and see what people are talking about domain names. (search keyword I used was domain name).
I use to use this search all the time to offer assistance to people with the hopes of drawing some business out of
Although it's not considered a "best practice" to use a free email service as the administrative or registrant contact for your domain names, I know quite a few people who do use services such as Hotmail and Gmail.
This morning, BBC News and Neowin are reporting that account and password details from about 10,000 Hotmail accounts
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I love watching television shows like 60 Minutes and 20/20 because I always seem to learn something. Frequently, what I learn has nothing to do with the Internet or domain names, but on occasion, it can help with my domain investment business.
Yesterday evening, after watching football and while waiting for a food delivery, I tuned
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Everything went perfectly this weekend.? Thanks to everyone for all of the kind wishes and to our friends and family that came out to visit us.? We truly appreciate it.
We're around for a few days to recoup before we take off on our honeymoon.? I have a post or two in mind for the next Read more articles on this topic at Green TaxiPerfection
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Jessica Dicker of CNNMoneywrote today that Gourmet Magazine after 70 years of publication will be shut down despite over 1 million subscribers. In addition to Gourmet, parenting magazine Cookie and two wedding magazines, Elegant Bride and Modern Bride will also? be getting ?the axe.?
"The magazine industry is in a difficult position generally speak...
Hi Gang,
I was getting ready to submit over 500 of my premium domains (not in my future trend list) to Sedo, and I received quite a few requests from some pro domainers to see the list first. I thought, "what the heck."? So I'm dangling them out to the domain crowd before they have to
In a new ruling today on the domain radioshacksucks.com made it pretty clear if you own one of these company "sucks" domains if you park it you will lose it.
While such domains have been found to be fair use when there is a site with content related to fair critizim of the company, this WIPO
The Federal Trade Commission released guidelines today,? effective December 1, mandating that bloggers,? Tweeters and other "online marketers" will have to tell readers (consumers) when they are paid or given freebies to write positive reviews or online postings.
The rules also applies to "word of mouth" campaigns such as those carried out on socia...
Following up on a story we have been following for a while, according to mulitple reports ThePirateBay.org was shut down again, today,? after a group representing copyright owners forced the search engine's new bandwidth provider, NForce to cut off service.
At the time of publication the site is inaccessible.
Apparently there is a nonstop effort to...
Paws for a Cause From Milk-BoneBy STUART ELLIOTTPublished: October 5, 2009"Every time you buy Milk-Bone, a portion of the proceeds go to help the Canine Assistants organization give amazing service dogs to the people that need them."The campaign, created by the Irvine, Calif., office of Draft FCB, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, has a b...
Another example that Advertising changes the domain equations.We wrote about WhoCanISue.com last April after seeing their billboards and TV Spots. Last week we also wrote about "do it yourself" legal services gaining ground online.Now Kevin informs me that....The company's office on West Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton has 22 employees, the majori...
Few famous people draw as much controversy as Fox News? Entertainer Glenn Beck. This makes Glenn Beck?s website www.glennbeck.com a favorite target for cybersquatting. Currently, Mr. Beck?s trademark attorneys are pursuing glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com under the Uniform Domain Dispute Resolution Policy at...
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