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Everybody else is putting out "Top 10″ domaining stories of 2009.? Well, we here at INForum.in had to do them one better – so, here is our first annual "Top 10″ domaining stories, not just of 2009, but of all time. 1.? GoDaddy Girls.? After years of being dull as dirt, Bob Parsons kicked the excitement

Following our October sales report, November was a quieter month in the .in world, but Read more

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...

Last week we covered summer sales of .in and .co.in domains.? Now let's look at what happened in September.? Sales volume picked up quite nicely with summer ending.? September sales included many end user sales, which is always good news and highlights the growing importance of .in internationally. Headlining the month was a nice LLL.in sale...

It has been a while since I did a sales report, so there are lots of results to report.? While the summer was slow, things have really picked up in the autumn.? Today I'll cover the summer, and I'll follow this up with a post of autumn sales soon. June There was one more sale in June

As many of you are aware, Chef Patrick cooks up a weekly video of the latest domain news with his co-anchor Tia (pictured left). Watching his weekly Friday video is a great way to keep up with what's going on in the domain world in an interesting and enjoyable format. INForum is proud to have sponsored the

It has been a while now since my last roundup of Indian domain sales.? A lot has happened in the .in world since then. The highlight was likely the Amsterdam cctlds TRAFFIC conference, where I gave a talk about Indian domains.? There were several really good sales of .in domains, both at the live auction and

I think that people so far are glossing over just how big the introduction of .crap really is.? Let?s face it:? .crap is a game changer.? It merits looking into further. Never before in the history of domains has there been an extension with as much potential as .crap.? It?s obvious that within a few years

Why .us not doing well and will that change?? .com is America's extension, not the global extension.? Rick is not a .us fan. .us adviser now in Obama administration.? .us may just need some promotion.? All the good terms are owned by speculators. .us reserved for govt use in US until spring 2002.? Ron Jackson a big

6.9 million .de domains have a hypen in them.? Hyphens are very popular in .de. Hyphens popular in .at. 18% of all Dutch people own domains. % of domain space being monetized by PPC?? For .nl is 15-20%.? For .uk is 19%.? For .de - data not collected, but more than 10%.? For .at 14-15%. Impact of global recession??

7.5 million domains registered and still growing. Nominet in business since 1999. Liberal registration requirements - anyone can register. Pricing reasonable - 5 pounds for 2 years. 72% of consumers when surfing in UK likely to click on .uk domain name as that's more relevant, local and trusted. Large businesses want .com, smaller businesses...

Since our last Indian domain sales report there have been a lot of four figure .in domain sales.? The market seems to be picking up steam again. The top seller was ARE.in which sold for ?2,600 or $3,458. In second place was PLR.in, which was purchased by a member of INForum for $3,400.? He will be using

These blogs are essential reading for anyone interested in money, business, economics, investing, and finance in India. Here are the top 15 blogs talking about money and business in India, arranged in no particular order: 1. Abhishek Rungta's Blog Abhishek Rungta's Blog by Abhishek Rungta in Kolkata. This blog is a useful, informative, and enter...

After obtaining the right domain name for your business, the next step to getting online is to get quality web hosting. When choosing a web hosting service for your website, you need to make sure that the server is fast, reliable, and comes with all of the features you need. Stability is important, because when the

Today at Bido, the domain Success.co.in sold for $292.? It was Bido's first Indian domain auction, and I think it went well.? I was in the bidding, but stopped at $250.? There was a lot of bidding in the last few minutes, and the domain was sold to Adams Consulting.? Congratulations to both the buyer

I recently blogged that Bido has started accepting .in and other cctld domains. Well, the big day is finally arriving - on Friday at 1.00 p.m. EST (10.30 p.m. IST) Bido will auction its first Indian domain - Success.co.in. INForum is the sponsor for the day, and as you can see, Bido has skinned their site with

Google has changed its Adwords Keyword Tool so that it now provides less data when looking at search volumes in particular countries. In the past, the Tool would provide the most recent month's search volume and the average month's search volume for that country. Now Google has replaced the average month's search volume with "Global Monthly Search...

A number of recent INDRP cases have raised concerns in the domaining community about loss of generic domains.? To understand these decisions, it is important to understand how Indian law considers trademarks, particularly well known trademarks.? While this blog post is a little bit technical I think anyone seriously invested in the Indian domain ma...

The Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League has shown that when it comes to an internet presence, they get it! We reported the sale of KKR.in that occurred in September 2008 for $1,958.? At the time we did not know but the purchaser was none other than the popular Kolkata Knight Riders IPL.? Based

Yahoo! India has announced that they have appointed Arun Tadanki, age 38, as Managing Director and that he will be starting in one month's time. Arun Tadanki's current position is President and Managing Director of the Asia Pacific division of Monster.com, a position he has held since 2004.? Previously, he had been in charge of Monster...

Here is a report of the publicly known Indian domain sales since our last report. The top sale was RobotShop.in, which computed 1,500 Eur or about $1,971.? There was another four figure sale - Color.in for $1,750 through Afternic.? It's rare to see a .in sale at Afternic and hopefully this is the start of a

I've always had a special place in my heart for Bido.? They have taken domain auctions to another level with a series of innovations that most (all?) other domain auction houses would be unwilling to try.? Plus they actively listen to feedback from the community, and take action on it. One drawback of Bido, however, has

It has been a while since our last sales roundup.? There were a few larger sales, as well as a steady flow of smaller sales.? Compared to the battering that many other domain extensions have taken, .in seems to be holding up reasonably well in these difficult economic times. The highest sale was RedTube.in, which sold

Many people have asked me for a zone file for Indian domains - a list of all .in, .co.in, .net.in, etc. domains that are registered. Now, INForum is proud to offer a zone file.? It is absolutely FREE to all members and provides a strong competitive advantage in doing research about Indian domains.? If you are

What does it mean to be like Rick? Rick Latona is one of the world's most successful domainers.? In less than 5 years, he has managed to become the largest domain broker in the world, to become the largest domain pawnbroker in the world, to run successful live domain auctions and also to run a

There are still a large number of LLL.in available for hand registration - 1,325 as of around noon Eastern today.? A member of our forums, CNN, has kindly posted a list of which ones are available here. We have an entire forum dedicated to discussing LLL.in and LLL.co.in, and you can find answers to your questions

Since our last sales report, there have been a few decent Indian domain sales.? The largest one is IKA.in, a great three letter domain beginning with "I" for India, for $1,500.? Trivandrum.in, the English version of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala and with a population of about 750,000, sold for $1,000. A number of smaller sales...