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The current argument over the Snapnames rebate seems to be that there is more than meets the eye in the recent Nelson "Halvarez" Brady scandal.
Both victims and non-victims of the "Hank Alvarez" scam, which materialized while he was a VP of Engineering at Snapnames, seem to want a lot more beyond transparency from Oversee –...
Michelle and I took a weekend getaway trip for my birthday (getting older here, am now 35!) to the beautiful Sanibel Island, FL.. We went Shelling, Kayaking, walking Wildlife Drive @ The J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, visited a couple of local restaurants, and finished the trip with an amazing sunset cruise at Tarpon Bay. It was a s...
Few more pics (and a video) for the day, these are from a weekend getaway trip to Epcot Michelle and I went with Jarred Cohen and Alexis (wife) a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time and sure look forward to more in the near future.
From left: Sahar, Michelle, Alexis, Jarred
Jarred, Sahar
Sahar, Michelle, on Maelstrom ride @ Epcot
With ...
When I first started out building my domain name portfolio, it was with the intention of using the Internet to sell the services I was offering at the time, which was professional recruitment.
At the time, I was running and IT recruitment business with my brother, something I did for 10 years until 2002. My brother
Nice list. I think good values in instantmeeting.com, Flydrive.com and bankruptcylawyers.orgDomain name .Price ,Currency.COMslafontaine.com50,000USDdeputy.com27,500USDmeeter.com25,0 00USDflydrive.com21,000USDpratique.com19,000EURbuy24.com18,000USDgroov es.com16,853USDmanhandle.com15,000USDujam.com9,500USDaffiches.com8,300 USDqparty.com7,000EURgreen-po...
Steve Morales has resumed his geodomain duties at SimplyGeo.com LLC after a U.S. Army mission abruptly took him away for seven months. While his absence disrupted activity at the company's main sites, his service earned Morales a commendation from the Commanding General of the Quartermaster Corps.
In August we told you about the arrest of Danny Goncalves, the man accused of stealing P2P.com and selling it on Ebay for six figures. This evening we are happy to report that Goncalves has been indicted by New Jersey's Attorney General - the first known instance of a domain thief being indicted on criminal charges.
As many of you already know, I am a believer in .TV and would love to see it succeed. Well, a couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with four members of VeriSign about the domain extension .TV. We talked about the good and the bad and hope to work together in the
I just got back from my trip to Orlando the other day, and I had quite the time there. Outside of our hotel was a line of taxis. Each had a mini billboard on top of it advertising a law firm, which I am not going to say the name of. At first thought, that's
Egyptian communications minister Tarek Kamel has announced that Egypt will launch the world's first purely Arabic domain extension.
The extension ".Masr" written in Arabic, which translates as ".Egypt" will launch today, Monday 17 November 2009 starting from 2200 GMT.
"It is a great moment for us… The internet now speaks Arabic," Mr Kamel sai...
The next LiveDomainAuctioneers.com auction is coming up in 5 days time, on 22 November 2009 at 13:00 PST to be precise.
Amongst the names on auction with no reserve are PrecisionCustoms.com, LoanExpertise.com, ParentPost.com, PhotographyInnovations.com, CarMadness.com, JustSaySold.com, PinkShades.com…
You can view the entire catalog here.
Once again Sedo was so kind to provide us with selected information about domain sales in the previous week. The chart is lead by LaFontaine.com for $50,000, which does mean Fountain in French, but aside from being the last name of German Politician Oskar Lafontaine also is the last name of a car dealer in
The SnapNames November Domain Auction Showcase ends tomorrow at?Nov 17, 2009 12:15:00 PM PST and has not been able to attract too many bidders so far, most likely due to the bidding scandal uncovered earlier this month. Out of the 240 domains in the auction, only 12 have been able to attract bids so far.
The following is a guest post by Venkat Balasubramani ? Venkat is a co-founder of Focal PLLC, a law firm focused on internet and technology issues. He blogs at Spam Notes and Professor Eric Goldman?s Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Follow him on Twitter: @VBalasubramani. This post was previously posted at Professor
New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram announced in a press release today that Union, New Jersey resident Daniel Goncalves was indicted today.? Criminal Justice Director Deborah Gramiccioni stated that the Division of Criminal Justice Major Crimes/Computer Analysis & Technology Unit obtained a seven-count state grand jury indictment.? Goncalv...
CitizenHawk founder created competing firm for typosquatting recovery.
This morning I was reading a couple articles about FreeCreditReport.com's win of over 1,000 domains in a single UDRP. (See DNW's story here.)
I was going to write a post about how so many blogs get information wrong, spreading falsities. These aren't willful, but still hurt co...
Rate of cybersquatting continues decline.
The rate of cybersquatting, as measured by arbitration filings under Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy, has hit an all time low.
A Domain Name Wire analysis of UDRP filings dating back to 2000, the first year UDRP was widely used, showed marked declines. UDRP filings were compared to the total number of...
LaFountaine.com leads sales chart, but also interesting .cc and .mobi sale.
Sedo has completed the sale of LaFontaine.com for $50,000, its top reported sale of the past week. LaFontaine is a common last name, and means "fountain" in French.
The domain broker also completed a number of sales from its one and two character
Don't expect an explanation from Nelson Brady any time soon.
When I cover a major domain industry event, I like to get both sides of the story. So when the news about the SnapNames insider bidding scandal broke, one of my first calls was to the man allegedly at the center of the controversy, former
Domain owner: pack that in your pipe and smoke it!
Comedy duo Cheech & Chong have won rights to the CheechandChong.com domain name through arbitration at World Intellectual Property Organization.
Did you ever think you'd see "Cheech & Chong" and WIPO in the same sentence?
I first wrote about this story back in September, predicting that t...
New Jersey hands down first every indictment for domain theft.
New Jersey today handed down an indictment (pdf) against Daniel Goncalves, alleged thief of the P2P.com domain name. The Division of Criminal Justice Major Crimes/Computer Analysis & Technology Unit obtained a seven-count state grand jury indictment for theft by unlawful taking, t...
Live Current Media pulls out a profit after cutting costs.
Live Current Media has reported a profit for the third quarter of 2009. The company released earnings of $703,000 on quarterly revenues of $1.757 million.
The move from the red to the black wasn't due to a better top line; it was due to drastic
Most domainers think that only type-in traffic deserves their attention but that?s just not true. Even if you want to limit yourself to being an investor (strictly buy and hold), it?s still important to understand how things work when it comes to other traffic sources and here?s why:
(In Most Cases) End Users CARE
First of all,
Being a domain name investor and finding the perfect buyer is not always an easy task. When this perfect buyer comes to you, all the better!
I always think that waiting is the right thing to do when selling anything that is specific and one of a kind. If an end user really wants something, they
I have been real busy the past 3 weeks and it has not been domaining or DotWeekly that is taking up all my time. I would like to be domaining and working more on DotWeekly but I just have not had the time.
You may have noticed that I have not been posting all that much
I pay very close attention to UDRP filings on generic domain names. I receive a daily email with UDRP decisions and frequently visit the NAF and WIPO websites to see what UDRPs have been filed. Oftentimes, the complainant feels the domain owner is infringing upon its trademark rights by displaying advertising of related products or
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My most popular blog post to date, both in terms of pageviews and discussions started amongst friends, was on the Garbage Soup out in the Pacific Ocean.? Well, it looks as if the New York Times?has finally picked up on the story and the issue is gaining some interest in more mainstream news lines.
There is Read more articles on this topic at Green...
As we (at ICANN staff) have been preparing for the Fast Track launch, for tomorrow, it was suggested to me that I write a blog post about it. I could have written about all the hard work, the long hours, the aggressive testing of the online system, keeping it simple and yet flexible for all
16 November 2009
ICANN is pleased to announce the launch of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process.
Non-English speakers across the globe will soon have access to the Internet addresses completely in their own language. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization charged with overseeing the Internet?s naming and n...
Egypt will open the world's first Arabic language internet domain, its communications minister has said.
Tarek Kamel said the new domain name would be ".masr" written in the Arabic alphabet. It translates as ".Egypt".
"It is a great moment for us… The internet now speaks Arabic," Mr Kamel said.
Last month, internet regulator Icann voted to al...
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) today will apply for the top-level Chinese domain name "Zhongguo"(written in pinyin), to key Internet oversight agency the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), www.people.com.cn reported.
Global netizens may be able to log on to the Internet with the new domain at the beginni...
The IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process was successfully launched, as planned on 16 November 2009. It was done at exactly 00:00UTC with a very joyful count-down by the Fast Track Staff Team ? followed by a wooohooo
The launch went smoothly. We have since monitored the system and everything is working.
As of 10pm Pacific time
In October there were several four figure Indian domain sales.? Leading the pack was Roulette.in which won 1,161 Eur or $1,737 at Sedo.
Following closely behind was ForexBroker.in, which traded for $1,500 at Sedo.
Another great sale was Leasing.in, which went for 960 Eur or $1,436 at Sedo.
Rounding out the month was Christians.in, which sold for $1...
Morning Folks!! There is a smaller and smaller group questioning the motives of my posts. I admit I may not be the best person to be so outspoken because of the way it might look, but sitting on the sidelines while the biggest scandal ever is rocking the industry just ain’t my style and this is way too important to worry who will say what and all t...
The tag line, taken from the popular 1939 movie, "Wizard of Oz", Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!?was customized to communicate my take of the?events that?have taken place in the Domain Industry?in recent weeks.?There already has been quite a bit said on the recent?SnapNames.com/Oversee.net Scandal, here, here, and here, so I will not go in...
The SnapNames.com monthly showcase auction closes tomorrow, Tuesday November 17th at 3:15pm EST, according to snapnames normal closing procedures.
As we typically do, we have selected some of what we regard to be the better or more interesting domains.
The first domains currently have bids on them and if they have hit reserve they will have an...
Matt Cutts from Google gave a video interview last week discussing what changes lay ahead for Google for the new year.
According to Mr. Cutts, the most important new factor for SEO rank maybe the speed at which your site loads.
"We are thinking more and more that site speed should be a factor in search ranking."
"Maybe
Earlier this year Time Warner, Inc. announced that it would be spinning AOL off back into a separate public company.
Today Time Warner announced that AOL will begin trading on December 10th, 2009.
It will mark the return to the stock market for AOL, which was bought by Time Warner about 9 years ago in what
Lafontaine Automotve Group a Michigan holding company owning a variety of auto dealership brands, purchased its surname from Sedo for $50,000 and quickly forwarded it to their legendary ad campaign call-to-action FamilyDeals.com.It's a great thing when an end user understands the role of domains in direct response advertising. Examples:LaFontaine ...
As seen on TV the call-to-action for all the depressed among us to participate in a clinical trial for a new med to treat depression.
We believe that the easiest way to change people's behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory. Do you have an idea that uses fun to change behaviour? Enter now for the chance to win €2500. http://www.thefuntheory.com.
I just received an email from Mike Robertson at Fabulous.com which I think could be of interest to all domain owners.
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Just a quick reminder that our $6.99 .com new registration promotion is only valid until the end of November.
That's right, you still have just over two weeks to take advantage of this special.
It's ...
It still amazes me (ok, probably not actually) that people ask me why I took the time to start a business on a dot me domain name. Why waste the time???
Well, as I have mentioned in past posts, the first thing domain investors need to do when they start to think about building a business is step outside of the inward focused thinking we all do sin...
As the holidays fast approach we have been getting several content requests from customers who are wanting to optimize some of their new site content around Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas 2009, and the New Year.
As the first year that I have had a company that created content for other people it has been interesting to see the types of requ...
After seeing all the downloads of my original free E-book on how to create a Wordpress news aggregator in 15 minutes I realized that it was probably time for an update. In this version I will show a more streamlined approach to creating the news aggregator, once again it is not my place to judge the value of Wordpress news aggregators, people love ...
As I'm sure most people are aware the snapnames monthly showcase auction is going on right now and just by looking at the list of names with bids and some without, there are definitely some deals to be had.
There are some really good no reserve exact match product domains that I want to highlight really
Related posts:How I Got a Name in the Snap...
One of the things I like the most about the upcoming LuxuryNames.com domain name auction to be held at SnapNames.com from 11/18/09 to 11/24/09 is that according to the list I have reviewed 80% of the reserve prices are less than $1,500 AND the focus of the auction is strictly on .com, .net, and .org
Since I'm in Australia I thought it would be fitting to report some Australian Domaining news. Dark Blue Sea launched Drop.com.au which now allows Australian Domainers to nab some excellent .com.au and .net.au domain names. The credit for breaking this news goes to DNXpert which first reported this in his post today – Aussies Rejoice...
I had a pretty busy weekend.? I built the pond you see to the left, redesigned domainshane,? and put up a website.? It was the first weekend I had some free time in 6 months so I thought I would put it to use.? The pond is 28 ft X 18′ and the center piece
My 9 year old daughter thought my site and logo looked bad so I told her she was free to do better. She did,? so I changed it over the weekend.? I let her choose the theme and design the logo and draw a wonderful picture.? The results were exactly the personal touch I was
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