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You know what RT* when it comes to Twitter, but ever seen a blog RT? From Andrew Allemann, Domain Name Wire:
Visit Bido today to get your share of 100 Bido credits.
I?m sponsoring Bido.com today and giving away 100 free Bido credits. Here are the details:
About Bido credits: When you submit a domain name to Bido, it needs to receive enough votes fr...
Owners of ten .info websites have been named finalists in the 2009 .INFO Awards Contest. That group will be whittled down to three winners in public voting this week. The developers of the three winning sites will split $15,500 in prize money with $7,500 going to the first place finisher.
On day one of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference held in Brooklyn New York last week, I had the pleasure of spending some time with Michael and David Castello. Let me just tell you, in all sincerity, these guys are two of the nicest people I have ever met. I had a great time speaking with them
With the popularity of minisites rising, there's no question that many minisites need to take their content, operations and functions to the next level in order to compete well. Thinking about this made me ask myself, how exactly does a person take their minisite to the next level? What can be done to help take
A new month and a time to list some new and old yet working Godaddy coupon codes for your registering pleasure. I tested these and they are working at the time of writing this post.
geo199 -> register 1 .com domain name for $1.99 (plus ICANN fees)
2NCS749 -> $7.49 .com registrations (plus ICANN fee)
gdr149a -> $7.29
Vacation rental directory loses domain name dispute.
HomeAway.com, Inc. has lost its domain dispute for HomeAwayFromHome.com against Frank Schilling's Name Administration. Name Administration was defended by domain attorney John Berryhill.
Name Administration bought the domain name for $1,400 in an expired domain name auction in 2005. HomeAway.co...
Visit Bido today to get your share of 100 Bido credits.
I'm sponsoring Bido.com today and giving away 100 free Bido credits. Here are the details:
About Bido credits: When you submit a domain name to Bido, it needs to receive enough votes from the Bido community before it goes to auction. A credit lets
WIPO plans to make fast-track UDRP on its own.
Managing Intellectual Property published an article today saying World Intellectual Property Organization will offer a fast-track UDRP starting next year.
No, this is not the proposed "Uniform Rapid Suspension". And, according to the article, WIPO says it can introduce this "Fast Track" without any in...
Read on if you're interested in finding out how I managed to only pay reg fee for a domain for which the owner wanted 4 figs and was not willing to budge.
I don't want to reveal the name right now because doing that would kind of make the previous owner "look bad", let's call it
With Windows 7 rolled out, Microsoft dug into it's bag of premium domain names and pulled out Windows.com to help promote the new Windows 7 OS.
Microsoft is running several different TV spots and most of them include Windows.com in the ads!
I am happy to see that Microsoft is using Windows.com in it's ads. People visiting
There are currently 25 domain names out of the 1,891 domains in the extended auction on SnapNames.com that currently have at least one bid for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction.
The highest bid of any domain in the auction currently is for Figures.com with a current bid of $110,890
2 domains have more than one bid and include:
SSSA.com with
During the Traffic conference, I learned quite a bit about The Water School, a non-profit organization whose mission is to "provide simple, safe, strategic, and sustainable clean water solutions to the developing world." A number of prominent domain investors have been actively supporting the project, and a special domain investor climb of Mt. Kili...
I was doing some domain research, and I noticed that Vaccination.com is now registered to a company known as Media Market of Boise, Idaho. As of September 24, 2009, the domain name was registered to Internet REIT, but on October 20, 2009, the domain name changed hands and is now registered to Media Market.
I don't
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Vendor: DJ Casey Connor
Type: DJ
We selected DJ Casey Connor as our wedding DJ and?she was?the last vendor we had to hire. She has worked hard to gain publicity, although most of it is from performing at clubs or other events, not weddings. Even so, she lived up to our expectations and more with the job Read more articles on this topic at Green Tax...
On 3 November 2009, SGNIC announced the launch of Chinese Domain Names (CDNs). The launch will take place in the following phases:
Phase #1: Government Applications 23 Nov 2009 – 31 Dec 2009
Phase #2: Trademark Owners Applications 7 Jan 2010 – 18 Feb 2010
Sunrise: 25 Mar 2010 – 6 May 2010
General Launch: 10 June 2010 onwards
Regis...
Seoul, 25 Oct
IDN Implementation Status
? With responsible rules and oversight, significant consensus to launch Fast Track process soon
? The Board will consider launching that process at this meeting
? Additionally, significant progress has been made towards the launch of the new gTLD process, including the delegation of IDNs
? Culmination of year...
Seoul, Oct 27
Andrei Kolesnikov
THE .?? PROJECT
? October 30, 2009 ?you know?
? As soon as Fast Track opens, all documents ready
? Accept financial conditions
? November 2, 2009 -? start accreditation of registrars forIDN ccTLD.??
? 25 of November, 2009 ?25 of March, 2010 ?priority registration for Cyrillic TM?s
? April 12,2010 -auction with fixed ...
Seoul,? Oct 26
Tina Dam
Sr. Director, IDNs
What is the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process
? Process to introduce a limited number of IDN ccTLDs, that
? are associated with ISO3166?1 two?letter codes
? are comprised of non?Latin characters
? includes government and community support
? represent country/territory names
? ensure...
Hello everyone,
Unfortunately, our advertising partner seems to have had some Halloween gremlins over the weekend and are late with the revenue update for Saturday's stats.
We expect that they will update it throughout the course of Monday and we will update the revenue for Saturday and Sunday once the stats come in.
We apologize for any...
Shoemoney had a good article about a new service which matches advertisers with popular tweeters. For those of you don't know Ad.Ly – is the new service matching advertisers (including many A+ clients like NBC, Universal and Microsoft with tweeters.
According to Ad.Ly's website the service works as simple as you can imagine
"Ad.ly automatical...
First, I swear I didn't register this name myself. My disdain for .mobi names has been well documented.
It was part of a large portfolio of names that a customer had defaulted on.
When I saw it in the pending expiration list I litterally laughed out loud. A mobile site about Amish furniture?
Priceless.
In the coming weeks and months we'll be putting out a lot of press regarding T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas which will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino January 21st - 23rd of 2010.
Rather than inundating you with a lot of information that will get lost in the noise we'll release one interesting thing
Well, not really. However, the seller of this ultra-premium ecommerce name is willing to offer 5 years financing at the low rate of 7% per year with only the first payment down. That means, to qualified individuals, that you could secure this name for just $35,642.16.
That would also be your payment for 60 months or
*In this image you can see how far back the glaciers were from the summit I was standing on.
As I type this; there is an article headlining the home page of cnn.com. It's titled "Glaciers disappearing from Kilimanjaro".
I can tell you that from my own experience, the guides on my journey had all said they
Morning Folks! You may laugh, but this is no joke. I am serious. This is an idea that I have carried with me for well over 3 years. Ask around and see. In 2006 we were in Silicon Valley when I first had this idea. I shared it the last night of the show with folks like Larry and Ari and Marc and others like Franky and Kevin and all that would listen...
DirectNIC, Ltd., announced today the "directNIC, Ltd. Win a Trip to Domainer Mardi Gras 2010″ promotion.
The promotion will reward one directNIC, Ltd., client with a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana to attend the Domainer Mardi Gras 2010 conference which will take place from February 11 – 13, 2010, and which occur simultaneously with Mard...
Michael Jackson This is IT: never-released "This Is It." This song is featured in the film's closing sequence and includes backing vocals by Michael's brothers, the Jacksons.
Via Sandhill.com: Box.net Lands $7,109,999 New Round. Launched officially in March of 2006, Box.net currently provides secure online file storage and sharing functionality to over 500,000 registered users, serving files to millions of people across the world. Box.net's unique platform allows personal and commercial content to be accessible, sharabl...
Circle ID has posted an article about the status of domain names as personal property and the fact that they are subject to the claims of judgment creditors. To illustrate this point, the article examines the recent Chris Bosh case...
Chris Bosh, NBA star of the Toronto Raptors, wins his Federal case to acquire ChrisBosh.com. According to the New York Times, a California judge has order Luis Zavala to turn over the domain name to?Chris Bosh along with 800 other domains corresponding to the names of other athletes, celebrities, and entertainers.
Mr. Bosh has offered to
Overstock have launched their new online sales channel, O.biz. Overstock is the internet retailer who offer a wide variety of discounted consumer products. Their O.biz will offer quality, brand-name merchandise at discount prices, but focus on bulk and business-related purchases.
Initial offerings through the new site will be in the categories of: ...
All of the websites are coming along nicely and I have a feeling that many more will be getting rolled out by the thousands soon! Have a look at examples such as ErectileDysfunction.com GastricBypassSurgery.com BuyStock.com CheapLifeInsurance.com FreeOnlineDegrees.com AffordableCarInsurance.com and so on. This is a huge step and in the right direct...
Just a quick note for you coming in and wondering what the heck you are seeing. Last night Tia Wood and I worked to get my new custom wordpress theme up and running. There are still several tweaks to make but for those that have been here before it will be a bit different than
One thing I think many of us with a background in technology or a bit of development experience take for granted is that everyone understands how to FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or upload files to web hosting providers. For many of use we have been doing this for years and it is something we do not even think twice about. So, before I go any furthe...
Some of you may have noticed that many of our tools that do bulk domain availability lookups (like our Type In Traffic Finder) don't support .org domains. The reason for this is because the .org WHOIS servers have very tight quotas for checking .ORG domains (essentially, one search on our Type-In Traffic Finder would
"Business Owner to SEO to Domainer vs Domainer to SEO to Business Owner" Wow, if this title doesn't confuse you then please immediately submit a guest post so that I can replace your post with this one… Just kidding!
Alan Dunn had written a post earlier about Ad.ly that had a great little statement in
It wasn't until about a year into my Domaining career that I started to pay attention to Alexa Rank. When I first learned about Alexa I thought the number was meaningless and biased since a very particular demographic had the Alexa toolbar on their browser. Regardless, I saw people reference this more and more with
If you've been using Wordpress for a while then you are probably used to upgrades. If you are lucky then your upgrades have gone smoothly…but what if your upgrade doesn't go according to plan? Luckily Wordpress is a fairly easy system to setup and troubleshoot however your first time can be a bit daunting.
So first
Whenever you use Sedo.com to sell your domains there is a fees you will have to pay. The Sedo fees for domains(.com, .net, .org etc) parked with them are $50 or 10% of the Sale Price whichever is higher meaning the minimum Sedo fees is $50.
Recently Sedo announced there won't be any minimum fees if
So, I've setup my Bido auctions using the new Bido Credit system. I used 5 credits to set reserves for each of the following domains that will all be auctioned on Friday, November 13 (lucky Friday the 13th!). If you've been following me on Twitter you'll notice some of these are recent hand reg's and some are drop catches. It may seem far fetched t...
ICANN has many problems and I could go on all day with the problems but I thought this group CADNA, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, did a great job of compiling a list of their top ten lists of problems with ICANN.? Here is their list
ICANN is a captured regulator: ICANN's Generic Names Supporting
I purchased a domain last week on DnForum.? It was exactly what I was looking for.? I PR5 and DMOZ listed domain that is garden related.? Perfect for linking to sites I have and to further develop into a nice gardening site.? I sent the money and soon after the seller realizes he can't push
Lately I've been reflecting on why I decided to become a domainer and how this blog has actually helped me network with some of the brightest individuals the domaining industry has seen.? One of the stories that goes untold till now is how I initially tried to acquire domainpimp.com from its current owner.? So sit
I'll get right to it.? My favorite show might not return for another season if there is not enough support from the community which has grown to love it.? Apparently the ratings are not as high as ABC expected and since this is the case, they have not renewed the contract for season 2.
If you
The new domain name auction website www.dnaffiliates.com launched approximately 3-4 weeks ago. As with any new website or business, DN Affiliates is growing over time. To date, several domain names have sold for moderate prices. New features have added to the appeal of the website. Features such as:
? The ability to set a starting price
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