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Been reading this thread on NamePros today. For one thing I'm grateful, it is our members who passionately continue and contribute to better the Bido platform.
Two areas I wish to address:
1. Inventory
ITo those who say Bido needs better inventory, my response is we certainly do, and it starts with you. Submit better inventory, protect it with a Bi...
By now, everyone on the planet, or at least the domain and adult world knows that Sex.com is in a foreclosure auction this Thursday. As Elliot Silver notes in his
Related posts:GreatDomains Auction Starts Today. How Can They Call This A Premium Auction?Sex.com at Foreclosure Auction?9 of 456 Domains Have Met Reserve So Far in Snapnames Domaine...
Sedo announced today that they are teaming up with Verisign (the operator of the .tv registry) to stage an exclusive auction for the entire available catalog of 115 premium .tv domain names. Unlike other premium .tv domains, those sold in this auction will have a standard registry renewal fee. The online auction will run April 1-8.
Press Release
Sedo, the leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced that it has teamed with VeriSign, the global registry operator for the .tv internet domain, to hold an exclusive auction for the entire available catalog of 115 premium .tv domain names at the standard registry renewal fee, which is a greatly reduce...
With just a little over 12 hours left before the auction closes today, the SnapNames auction currently has 24 bids on 523 domains, 21 of the bids coming in under the $1,000 mark.? All online auctions are know for last minute bidding, so you can expect more bidding later on today as the auction wraps
Search company granted patent for delivering ads based on user profile and behavioral information.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent 7,680,786 (pdf) to Yahoo! today for "Optimization of targeted advertisements based on user profile information".
The invention covers using both behavioral and user profile information in combina...
Tignes loses domain name dispute for Tignes.com.
Ah, France. Beautiful vistas, tasty food, and governments that think they have all rights to their city names.
Following in the footsteps of Paris, Tignes has lost a UDRP for the domain name Tignes.com.
Commune de Tignes originally filed a complaint against the domain owners in Tribunal de grande in...
A few random observations about SXSW Interactive.
Since I live in Austin, I often take for granted the size and scope of the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference. There are essentially three conferences in one: Interactive (tech), Film, and Music. Starting last Friday, there will be tens of thousands of techies, film buffs,
USA.canon instead of USA.canon.com?
Electronics company Canon has announced plans to apply for the .canon top level domain name, when such domain names become available. In a press release, Canon states:
With the adoption of the new gTLD system, which enables the direct utilization of the Canon brand, Canon hopes to globally integrate open
LogicBoxes powers .co registrar for transition of domain names.
LogicBoxes, a sort of "registrar/registry in a box" solution, announced today that it is the registrar backbone behind .Co Internet's transition of .co domain names from Universidad de los Andes to its own platform.
.Co is being commercialized into a global brand this year. As part of...
iPad-friendly sites are a reminder of mobile-friendly web sites.
In January I wrote about how the iPad could be bad for domainers because it will change the way some people navigate the web. Today news of a different sort regarding the iPad and web sites has surfaced: NPR and The Wall Street Journal will show
Only about 13 hours left at the moment of writing, 24 domains have received bids so far. One Billion Dollar Media domain, SteelheadLures.com, is being offered at no reserve.
Click HERE if you want to be taken to the SteelheadLures.com bid page or HERE if you want to be taken to the main auction page.
DomainReport.caFor those interested, the strange saga of the Sex.com story will be discussed on CBC radio tomorrow morning, March 17, with host Jian Ghomeshi. The daily show is called 'Q' and you can hear the podcast afterwards at:http://www.cbc.ca/q/Jian Ghomeshi should make it an interesting discussion, he is the same radio host who had the stra...
Because BuyDomains just has proven you can! Yes-You-Can.com recently sold via cross promotion selling at Sedo.com for $1,888 USD. BuyDomains.com owns over 900,000 domain names and what makes them purchase some of those domains makes me scratch my head, but it also makes me scratch my head to see a double hyphenated domain name like
I have obtained an exclusive sneak peek at some of the domains available through the Domain Madness 2 Auction, being held from from March 16th to the 23rd. The second annual conference will feature an online auction, with a live countdown show at 3pm CDT from the Palms in Las Vegas on the 23rd. A
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The United States Chess Federation seems to have let it's exact match domain name expire, and it's now scheduled to hit the Snapnames auction block. USChessFederation.com expired on February 8, 2010 and it is scheduled to be auctioned on March 18th. The auction currently has one bid.
Although the US Chess Federation uses USChess.org for it's
Rel...
Not sure if any of you saw the movie The Cove, but it won best documentary at the Oscars. The movie depicts a team of activists calling out Japan for killing dolphin's for meat and entertainment.
Interestingly enough, The Cove has become a major issue right here in Santa Monica. The filmmakers have called Read more articles on this topic at Green...
Sedo.com "The value of owning a top rate .tv domain includes brand recognition and improved traffic for domain investors, TV networks, movie sites, and other online content providers."- Sedo"When Major League Baseball wanted to create an online video hub for exclusive highlights, interviews, and in-depth coverage they secured MLB.tv. The site featu...
Domainers who focus on the ccTLD market will be happy to know that our T.R.A.F.F.I.C. schedule for Milan is once again focused on their market.
Amsterdam in 2009 was a great success and we want to carry on that momentum with our annual event about country-code domain names.
Like Amsterdam, we are getting commitments from the central
Good Evening Folks!! This sale won't be a cake walk. It may not even unfold as many think. According to Serge, the domain is cursed! Don't know Serge? Not my problem. But if he says it is cursed and then he may be right. I would imagine that Sex.com will sell for less than Porn.com. I think this is a tough climate for this particular domain north o...
Yesterday in a decision a sole panelist had some interesting words about the WIPO decisions:
"""This Panel is concerned that if panelists develop their interpretation of the Policy as they go along to meet the needs of trademark owners who are suffering at the hands of domain name registrants, a stage will be
According to the market research firm Hitwise, Facebook.com has overtaken Google to become the most popular website in the United States for the first time.
For the week ending March 13, Facebook had a? 7.07% market share, beating Google's 7.03% market share.
"The market share of visits to Facebook.com increased 185% last week as...
Now that Canon announced it will seek its own extension,? the question becomes is Canon just the first of many Fortune 500 companies that will apply for its own gTLD or just one of the few that will apply?
You can vote on the poll on the right and of course leave any comments below.
The Huffington Post marked the silver anniversary of the first domain name registration, by publishing what it calls, "The Most Inappropirate URL's On The Web" including pictures.
Ok so take a deep breath and either hope one of your domains is, or is not included, and check it out, its pretty funny.
The United States Trademark office denied Google?s application to trademark the name of their new phone ?Nexus One".
Integra, a provider of voice and data services was granted a trademark on the term Nexus in 2008.
The Trademark Office said that if it issued a trademark to Google it would confusion as? because both companies
Twitter has?become?an amazing way for me to grow my blog, minisites, and other web properties. For example my @TeenDomainer twitter account has over 7000 followers now. But what can one do with all of ones followers to make them become valued members of ones website?
First Interact with your followers you can read there tweets but
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I'm currently offering the following domains for sale, all with exact match search demand and many with high CPCs.??? All are well suited for SEO/SEM use, development or end user resale.
AltoHotels.com ($750)
AnnuityQuotation.com ($750) [$5+ CPC]
Borgotaro.com ($495) [GEO]
CelebrityEyeglasses.com ($395) [Potential for fashion blog or tshirtwatch.c...
I am starting a new series on my blog – Domain Monetization 101. In this series I will go-over many of the concepts I've learned over the last few years of testing different domain monetization strategies. Since my focus has never been on selling, I've been completely absorbed in monetizing my domains and have learned
For a guy that goes to bed early and wakes up at 4 am this is definitely the worst time of year.? It's practically light when I go to bed and dark for my entire one and half hour run.? I'm still trying to figure out why we still do this time change thing.? At
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