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How big is the new TLD opportunity? TLDH valued at $60 million

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:05 AM

Domain Name Wire : Publicly traded new TLD company has a solid market value. Top Level Domain Holdings, a pure play company focused on new top level domains, has a market cap of around 39 million. That's over $60 million USD. We're talking about a company that basically has no revenue. So far it has just been spending

What I have seen from Google Penguin

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00 AM

Teen Domainer : The best way I can describe the Google Penguin update is chaos. Having almost 50 of my own websites to look at traffic data,analytics, and ranking reports for has provided me with some interesting insight into how I think the update worked. Each one of my sites was not effected in the same way and Related posts:Google Updates PageRank For the First

Neustar hires Becky Burr as privacy chief

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:51 AM

DomainIncite.com : Neustar has recruited one of the ICANN community's bestknown lawyers as its new chief privacy officer. Becky Burr is set to join the company June 1, reporting to general counsel Scott Blake Harris, according to a Neustar press release. Burr is wellknown in the domain name industry. While at the National Telecommunications and Information Administra

Judge Dismisses Facebook Vs Faceporn Case

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:58 AM

The Domains : Back in October 2010 we told you about a lawsuit for trademark infringement that Facebook filed against the site Faceporn.comYesterday a federal court affirmed a lower courts order throwing the case out for 'lack of personal jurisdiction' against the owner of Faceporn.comThe owner of Faceporn is Thomas Pedersen of Bergen, Norway.According to federa

ICANN ReOpens TAS System For New gTLDs

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:13 AM

The Domains : In a statement in the middle of the night EST ICANN annoucned that they have as promissed reopened the TAS system after taking it off line for almost 6 weeks.'The TLD Application System, or TAS, has reopened. All registered applicants can now log in, review and submit their applications.The system will remain open until 23:59 GMT/UTC on 30 May 2012

My Godaddy Auction Picks for Tuesday, May 22nd 2012

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:15 AM

Bill Eisenmann : I'll give Tuesday's Godaddy list a lukewarm rating. There are some good buying opportunities but top to bottom I think the inventory is rather average. Maybe I'm getting spoiled by the NameJet inventory I've been seeing lately.An affiliate developer could corner the market on guitar effect pedals today. There are at least 4 domains fitting

Battle over .jobs to drag on into 2013

Tue, 22 May 2012 04:50 AM

DomainIncite.com : Employ Media's fight to avoid losing its contract to run .jobs won't be resolved this year, according to the latest batch of arbitration documents published by ICANN. February 2013, two years after the the battle was joined, is now the absolute earliest the company could find out whether ICANN has the right to shut down Related posts:.jobs takes IC

Tuesdays Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 52212

Tue, 22 May 2012 04:26 AM

Domain Shane : Not a lot of goodies up at auction today. It took twice as long to find half as many good names. We all have those days. Remember you don't HAVE to buy names. If you find something you like then buy it but don't buy just to buy. Save the cash for a better name. With that being said, these names below offer some value for a flip or purchase at such

TAS reopens after humiliating 40 days

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:03 AM

DomainIncite.com : Forty days after it was taken offline for a bug fix, ICANN has reopened its TLD Application System, giving new gTLD applicants a week to finish off their applications. TAS will now close May 30 at 2359 UTC, which is 1559 in California next Wednesday afternoon. But applicants are being warned that waiting until the Related posts:It's worse than you

Domainer Profiles: Rick Schwartz

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:24 PM

DomainGang : After yesterday's coverage of Elliot Silver, today we continue our humorous ‘Domainer Profiles‘ series, with no other than Rick Schwartz – the Domain King. Rick Schwartz started working at a young age and judging by his sale of Men.com for $1.32 million and Candy.com for $3 million (plus future earnings) he is one hell of

Viacom company buys Film.com

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:48 PM

Domain Name Wire : NextMovie picks up Film.com. MTV Networks site NextMovie has acquired Film.com, the company announced last week. MTV Networks is part of publicly traded Viacom. This was not a domain name purchase; it was a full fledged web business. Film.com has a U.S. Quantcast rank of about 15,000. Still, it's always noteworthy to see web sites

User Experience Part 3: Getting Down the Bones

Mon, 21 May 2012 05:41 PM

Name.com : In my last UX blog post I discussed defining the strategy of a project by inquiring about user objectives and company objectives. Im sure you all went out and immediately started scheduling stakeholder meetings, agreed on a strategy, and then … Continue reading →

Baylor Sucks (again) with BaylorSucks.com

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:54 PM

Domain Name Wire : Baylor University gets 'sucks' domain back after letting it expire. It's pretty easy to sit down here in Austin and say that Baylor sucks. You can get on its case for yanking a gay student's scholarship. And for waiting until the 90s to lift a ban on dancing on campus. There's also that little fact

Another contention battle confirmed as Starting Dot reveals five gTLD bids

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:52 PM

DomainIncite.com : Portfolio gTLD applicant Starting Dot is to apply to ICANN for five new generic toplevel domains, catering mostly to vertical industries and professions. The Francebased company wants .archi, .bio, .design, .immo and .ski. The first thing to note is that we now have another confirmed contention set Starting Dot's .immo application is not the Relat

Back From School and Ready to Go

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:19 PM

Teen Domainer : I arrived home from Emory yesterday and after a great year I am ready to spend the summer focused on domains and development. I am hoping to apply some of the lessons I learned inside and outside of the classroom to my business. This summer I am going to focus on a few main projects. Related posts:Back from Alaska and Colorado and Back to Domaining

Mondays Top Picks From NameJet PreRelease Domains 52112

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:52 PM

Bill Eisenmann : In the short time since I've started posting the NameJet PreRelease lists it's become obvious to me that the overall quality of domains in their inventory is significantly better than those available in the Godaddy expired domain auctions. The obvious downside is the $59 minimum price tag is almost three times the amount of Godaddy's.$59

How NOT to name your company and secure your domain

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:45 PM

Domain Name Wire : When you know it's time to select a different company name… A Colorado company just lost a UDRP for Qwizzle.com, and it's a great example of botched company naming. The company, Qwizzle, LLC, knew that Qwizzle.com was taken when it came up with its name. It tried to contact the owner of Qwizzle.com but had

196 .COM Keyword Godaddy Closeout Domain Names

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30 PM

Bill Eisenmann : I've got 196 keyword domains that are in Godaddy closeout status and are available for 'buy it now' purchase. I've been monitoring these domains over the past 5 days or so. These listings are first come, first serve so once the buy it now option is executed, they disappear. These domains range in price

Daily SitePicks: Mondays Hot List of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:05 PM

Domain Shane : Each day I take a look through Flippa and other sites that have websites for sale and try and drill down the names that I present an opportunity for long term income or a flip. There are a ton of websites for sale but I've tried to rule out the sites made in the last few weeks or no verification of stated numbers. Like any purchase that you make, m

$500 For The Best Domain Industry Account Manager

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:47 AM

Eilliot's Blog : In my opinion, a great account manager is someone who helps you with account management tasks, keeps you up to date on special promotions, cuts through company red tape, and helps resolve account issues, all in a timely manner. There are quite a few excellent account managers in the domain industry. Last week, I asked

Berryhill Beats Back UDRP On The Dictionary Word Masai.com

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:29 AM

The Domains : A three member UDRP panel had held in favor of the domain holder on the domain name Masai.com which was represented by John Berryhill.The complaint was brought by Masai Clothing Company of Copenhagen, Denmark which holds several community trademarks from 'several European countries' on the term Masai.Masai is also a dictionary word for the name of

Running A Domaining Business? Make Sure You Set Goals Early

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:27 AM

Domainvestors.tv : When I was in 7th grade our school gave out free planners for us to help organize our schedules. Of course as a 7th grader you really don't have a very hectic schedule, but having a planner just made you feel a bit more organized. I can still remember what it said on the back

My picks for Sedos Great Domains auction

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:21 AM

Domain Name Wire : Great Domains auction ends Thursday. Here's what I like. This month's Great Domains auction at Sedo ends on Thursday. The lineup doesn't include as many big ticket domains as usual; there's only one domain with a reserve over $25,000. But that's OK, there are some good domains worthy of attention. Here are ones that popped

Zumu.Co Running National Ads On ESPN

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:08 AM

The Domains : Since Overstock I haven't seen a national ad on TV for a .Co site until today.I just saw an ad for a site Zumu.Co running nationally on ESPN.No Zumu.co does not own Zumu.com nor does it own Zumo.co or Zumo.comZumu.Co is a way to sell your used Games, Dvd's and Cd's for cash or they will contribute the funds to a charity.The company is headquartered

Make a Wish.co.uk and Build a $1MM+ Business in Less Than 12 Months With Richard Kershaw and Stephen Pavlovich

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:05 AM

DomainSherpa : When Richard Kershaw and Stephen Pavlovich bought the Wish.co.uk domain name in a Sedo auction for around $12,000, they knew it would be critical to the growth of their 'day experience' ecommerce business (think Groupon without the expiration issue). In a mere 12 weeks, they had purchased the domain, developed a website, signed their first supplier

TLDH adds .budapest to its location top level domains

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:54 AM

Domain Name Wire : TLDH adds to its stable of geo top level domains with .budapest. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), parent company of Minds + Machines, announced today that it has applied for the .budapest domain name with the blessing of the city of Budapest. The city will earn a revenue share from the deal. TLDH is

Page Rank: Where Ego and Monetization Collide

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:00 AM

eBusinessDomains : Guest post contributed by Kimberley Myers, on behalf of Name.com. Bloggers and webmasters constantly look for signs of success. PageRank is one thing that is often thrown around in the world of SEO as an important ranking factor. It also sounds cool to have a high PR on a site or blog. However, PageRank isn't

Three South African city gTLDs announced

Mon, 21 May 2012 06:03 AM

DomainIncite.com : UniForum, which runs South Africa's .za country code, reportedly is applying to ICANN for three local city toplevel domains. The company, which also goes by the name of ZA Central Registry, is going for .capetown, .durban and .joburg (for Johannesburg), according to a report in MyBroadband.co.za. That's in addition to its controversial African Unio

TLDH signs another city gTLD .budapest

Mon, 21 May 2012 05:39 AM

DomainIncite.com : Top Level Domain Holdings has been backed by the city of Budapest as the official applicant for the .budapest generic toplevel domain. If the application is approved, TLDH subsidiary Minds + Machines will run the backend registry and the city will receive a share of the revenue. TLDH has previously announced deals with local governments Related pos

Mondays Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 52112

Mon, 21 May 2012 04:35 AM

Domain Shane : This weekend kicked my ass. Hot and humid, sun beating down, and Daddy was tired. It doesn't help that I am an idiot and tried to squeeze in a 5 mile trail sprint Saturday before work and a 50 mile bike ride before work Sunday. Combine those with the above sun,walking 10 miles on the lot helping customers and loading plants, so you can see why I ma

Statsupdate

Mon, 21 May 2012 04:07 AM

NameDrive Update : Weve been experiencing problems with our statistics updates for 17th and 18th May. We are working on resolving this issue as quickly as possible and we will keep you posted. Your parking will not have been affected at any point.Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience caused.Mr B

DomainDiction hires industry vets to market gTLDs

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:24 AM

DomainIncite.com : DomainDiction, a new marketing company set up to help new generic toplevel domain registry, officially launches today. The largely European company, headed by Francebased CEO JennieMarie Larsen, says it is 'the first marketing consultancy dedicated solely to Top Level Domains'. Larsen started off her career in the domain name industry at NeuStar, a

Small Business Sunday: Update On My Experiences With Media Piston

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:03 PM

Domainvestors.tv : Back in April I wrote an article about a new content writing services I was trying out called Media Piston. I've now had over a month to use the platform and I have to say I've been very impressed and it's quickly becoming our goto source for articles. I startedout by placing template orders, these

Domainer Profiles: Elliot Silver

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:02 PM

DomainGang : Welcome to the first DomainGang edition of 'Domainer Profiles' – an open series describing the online footprint of domainers. The series does not aspire to deliver plain and dry biographical information, but rather, a humorous domainer profile that describes them best. We begin the series with no other than Elliot 'new dad' Silver. After work

SOPA, .Com, and URS Beware Bait and Switch Domain Censorship

Sun, 20 May 2012 05:47 PM

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Quick On the Draw, Domains Registered Upon News of ExPATRIOT Act

Sun, 20 May 2012 12:36 PM

DomainAnimal : On May 17th, a new law was proposed called the ‘ExPATRIOT Act‘ (Expatriation Prevention by Abolishing TaxRelated Incentives for Offshore Tenancy Act) that would affect people who decide to expatriate and renounce US Citizenship. Apparently this bill was proposed in the wake of a recent announcement by Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin

Sunday Updates & Tips

Sun, 20 May 2012 09:34 AM

Eilliot's Blog : Hope you're having a nice weekend! Here are some brief updates and a tip on buying domain names. I recently bought a domain name that I had been trying to buy since 2007. Since I use Gmail, all of my sent and received emails are archived, so I can easily search for an email from

Sunday Headlines

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:25 AM

NameTalent.com : It's a beautiful, sunny Sunday morning here in Denver, Colorado. Hoping you're having a great weekend! It was a busy week in the domain name industry! Recapping some of the top stories: Michael Berken's announced last week that Most Wanted Domains will be publishing domain sales in realtime on its MWD Twitter handle and corresponding

Loob.com and CyberMusic.com Plus 80 Others at NameJet.com Today

Sun, 20 May 2012 06:50 AM

Bill Eisenmann : The PreRelease lineup at Namejet is worth checking out today. First up, a nice 4 letter, pronounceable .com, Loob.com is on the auction blocks. CyberMusic.com sounds so 1999 but I still thinks it's a good domain worth looking into.A few others worth noting are: CdBuy.com, GedTutor.com, LatestStockPrices.com, and TopAnnuities.com. Have a great Sunda

Sundays Shortlist of Godaddy Expired Domain Auctions 52012

Sun, 20 May 2012 05:50 AM

Bill Eisenmann : A soso lineup at Godaddy expired domain auctions today. Aquatics.net is a nice dictionary.net that probably won't come cheap. GalleryPrint.com is also receiving a lot of bids in the early going.I'm partial to CancerQuestions.com, JapaneseSushi.com, RefinanceExperts.com, SeoPundit.com, and TurboRush.com myself.116 domain auctions are listed below. T

Sundays Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 52012

Sun, 20 May 2012 04:08 AM

Domain Shane : I wish it would frickin rain. Internet people could care less if it ever rains but a guy with millions of plants cares. I find my self hoping for sunny days and rainy nights but I'll take rainy anything right now. My sun is a leathery brown and my plants are sending me suicide notes. Yes I have irrigation but as all you single men can attest, there

An Open Letter to Adam Dicker: Get Rid of the Blue Shirt Guy On All Your Sites

Sat, 19 May 2012 07:34 PM

Domain Shane : I am only speaking for myself but I may be speaking for a lot of people…..Adam Dicker, you need to get rid of that video of the guy in the blue shirt from all your sites. He is annoying and I'm pretty sure that Internet users absolutely do not pay attention to those types of videos. On the contrary, a new user will automatically associate spa

InTrust Domains: Dont Get Mad, Get Even

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:10 AM

DomainAnimal : Yesterday, instead of purchasing shares in the Facebook IPO, I registered a domain name for under $10. Hopefully, for me, a wiser investment. This post is about how you can turn the tables on spammers like InTrust Domains and beat them at their own game. The nature of these scammers, most commonly by the name

Dow Jones Industrial Average Companies That Own Stock Symbol Domain Names

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:32 AM

Eilliot's Blog : There are many publicly traded companies that own the .com domain name that match their stock symbol. One example, of course, is Facebook, which acquired FB.com last year and now trades under the FB symbol on the NASDAQ stock exchange. I thought it would be interesting to do an analysis of the 30 companies that

G.me Domain Name Purchased By Google?

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:07 AM

Dot Weekly : The single letter domain name G.me was reserved by the .me registry for several years but a recent change in whois has me thinking that a new owner is in the works! G.me moved from the .me registry to a generic whois contact information for brand protection company MarkMonitor. Google Inc. just so happens to

Did Google just buy G.me?

Sat, 19 May 2012 08:45 AM

Domain Name Wire : G.me now registered to brand protection company. The whois record for the domain name G.me recently changed to DNStination Inc., which is the proxy service for brand protection company Mark Monitor: The change was just triggered on DomainTools yesterday, although the record shows it was altered on April 20. The domain name was previously a