May 26, 2010 Posts

I've no doubt that on July 20, hordes of domain investors will attempt to secure a portion of the new ccTLD pie, .co Staged as the new alternative to .com, the Colombian national TLD understandably launched an intense marketing campaign to ensure that it is not going to fall flat on its face, like other registries

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A dozen .coms took places on our latest Top 20 Chart with the ccTLDs also turning in a strong showing with six chart entries. A pair of .nets gave the non .com gTLDs representation on the elite list as well.

VeriSign celebrates 25 years of .com this evening. I'm off to San Francisco for the 25 Years of .Com Gala this evening. The event will be hosted by one of my favorite comedians, Dana Carvey (Saturday Night Live, Wayne's World, etc). The evening will celebrate the ".com 25″ honoring "remarkable innovators, entrepreneurs and companies...

Epik adds to development capabilities. Rob Monster's Epik has acquired domain name development company DevRich. The transaction was an all-equity transaction and the valuation was not disclosed. This is both a talent acquisition and a technology acquisition. Luke Webster, President of DevRich, will become SVP Operations of Epik. He will continue...

Thought Convergence, Inc. purchased the domain name Aftermarket.com at the Moniker Domainer Meeting in Paris in 2008 for $125,000 USD and put the domain name to work for a live domain auction platform using another company they own (DomainTools.com)  previous auction system that was in place. The DomainTools.com auction system as far as I know...

I'm sure domain name owners all have some funny ass stories about offers they receive on our domain names and the comments that come with them on why they may need the domain name or you are crazy for a specific offering price etc. I always get a kick out of the ones that state: "Nobody

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the .CO Registry's Founder's Program, a program in which web developers with a great plan can be awarded a .CO domain name before others have the opportunity to acquire them. Techcrunch was recently awarded Disrupt.co, and the company has used the domain name for its Disrupt conference currently Related posts:WhyPa...

According to a post on the anonymously written* Fusible blog, "Elliot's Blog experienced a big drop in traffic, going from over 46,000 unique visitors in March to under 21,000 visitors in April. Other blogs experienced significant falls in traffic – with Mike Berken's popular TheDomains.com blog showing a difference of 20,000 visitors." As I...

Here?s another Arezzo alllowercase folly. Let?s hope the art doesn?t leave as much room for misinterpretation as the URL does.

This one features great presentation with Leading Caps but I?m not sure about pairing English words with a .it domain? That would be like having a glass of Chardonnay with a beefsteak.

We stumbled upon this URL in the train station at Vernazza, which is one of the small fisherman villages in Cinque Terre, located on the Italian coast, just East of Pisa. The ugliness of this URL was a stark contrast to the natural beauty of this region. Clearly, it?s aimed for tourists, so it?s a good use of dot-com but squeezing the words togethe...

This sign was promoting rooms available in La Spezia near the train station. Once again, a few Leading Caps would?ve gone a long way. Maybe all the way to La Luna.

I saw quite a few URLs on Vehicles in the bigger cities in Italy. This one was promoting the Instituti Di Vigilanza Reuniti D?Ital. Can?t fault the URL selection here but I don?t love the alllowercase display. I much prefer ALLCAPS when it comes to Abbreviations as that makes the series of letters much more recognizable as an abbreviation and not s...

Here?s another bad Florentine URL. This one uses the native TLD (.it) but fails to use Leading Caps to distinguish the words. With a name like Optik, that has the inverse of the TLD buried in it, the result is an optical illusion in which the ?ti? and the ?it? can easily become inverted. This Mister could stand a little fiber-optics in his diet.

If you're one of the half a billion people accessing the internet on a mobile device, then you've probably had the frustrating experience of a website that either doesn't work or is just plain hard to use. This can be especially trying when all you want to do is view the menu of a restaurant

Morning Folks!! Every once in a while the real world cuts to the chase and here is one of those moments. So if you want to see Michael Arrington get taken to the shed, this is your chance. There is a 57 second clip here and the entire 25 minutes here. Enjoy! Have a GREAT Day! Rick Schwartz PS: I like women that know how to say F**k and Sh*t in busi...

The domain BiBi.com dropped today and SnapNames.com successful registered it, starting the 3 day auction at $59. Just hours into the three day auction and the domain already has a high bid of $12,500. There are over 250 people in this auction. BiBi is certainly a nice LLLL domain. BiBi.Org is a pretty popular site with a compete estimate

Yes, you read the title right... For the next 5 days only we will be offering all Domain Mass Development services to new clients at 50% off regular prices. This is the lowest prices ever that have been offered and this is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to get the most bang for your buck. So why right now you ask? I say why the hell not? It...

One of the hardest part of my business is it is completely dependent on weather.? Hot or rainy days equal much lower sales.?? Weekends like the one coming up, sunny and mild, HUGE sales.? Let's hope it actually happens.? Domains and the Internet aren't as dependent on the weather (except for summer when not as Related posts:A Few Nice Domains Dr...