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• .OM Registry Contract Awarded
  Qinetics, a registry solution provider in Malaysia, announced on Sunday that they have been awarded the contract to manage the .OM ccTLD for the country of Oman.  The entire company press release can…
• Verisign Acquires .Name TLD
  Verisign has closed a deal to acquire Global Name Registry, the London-based company that runs the .name registry. This move adds to Verisign’s control over the domain industry, as the company alrea…
• Hitfarm Prepares to Launch Parking Indices and Hitfarm 2.0
  Hitfarm, a company specializing in domain parking, is releasing two major domain market indices - the Reinvent Index (RVT-200) and the Hitfarm Composite Index (HCI) - so domainers can increase the per…
• New Association for Canadian Domainers
  A new association is being launched to help Canadians domainers protect their investments and increase the value of their domain names. The Domain Owners Association of Canada will have its inaugural…
• Domain Convergence Conference Adds Live Auction
  Fusu, a domain aftermarket specialist, will hold their first live auction at Domain Convergence, an industry conference held in Niagara Falls from October 6-8. Domain Convergence has lined up numerous…
• Sedo sales of the week up to September 29
  The top Sedo domain sales are listed after the jump… Domain Price Translation/Other Type .COM revenueshare.com 15,000 USD vetement.com 14,000 EUR “Clothing” in French wyominginn.com 11,000 USD g…
• Several Websites Launched by Future Media Architects
  Future Media Architects, an internet development company led by Thunayan Khalid AL-Ghanim, has announced the release of several websites: AI.com: News and information about artificial intelligence. Co…
• Moniker Premium Live Auction Results (Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C.)
  Once more we will were be live blogging the auction results of the auctions at the Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York, this time for the Moniker Premium Auction. Names not sold in this liv…
• What you’re missing by not being at TRAFFIC
  Conference attendees at the Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference received one of 250 Rick Schwartz DomainKing bobbleheads. The other 250 bobbleheads of the batch are available for sale at bobbleheads.co…
• How to advertise your Domains at a live Auction
  Domainer Mike Ambrose continued to draw attention to his name cleaning.com with the help of his lovely assistant. The names listed by him and his partner at no reserve in the Moniker Premium Live Auct…

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• New DN Journal Cover Story: At T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Domainers Thrived While Wall Street Dived
  The new October Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Our comprehensive review of the 2008 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference explores why show goers felt so optimistic at a time when the financial wor…
• Moniker Releases T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Online Auction Results & Canadian Domainers Form a New Association
  Moniker has released the results from their T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York online auction. Coupled with their two live auctions in the Big Apple, Moniker wound up booking close to $4 million in domain sales.…
• Stephen Douglas and Jay Westerdal Settle Their Lawsuit and the AfternicDLS Expands
  Former Domain Roundtable producer Stephen Douglas has settled a lawsuit against Name Intelligence, the company behind the 2007 conference he directed, and its CEO Jay Westerdal. Elsewhere, NameMedia a…
• Cellphones.mobi, Games.mobi and XXX.mobi Will Go on the Auction Block November 5
  Some of the .mobi registry's best domains, including cellphones.mobi, games.mobi, blackjack.mobi, doctors.mobi, quotes.mobi and xxx.mobi will be auctioned off by Sedo on November 5. The registry says…
• New DN Journal Domain Sales Report Covers the Past Two Weeks of Market Activity
  We were away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference last week so our usual weekly domain sales report was delayed until today when we published an expanded double length report that will brin…
• Two More Domain Conferences Will Get Underway Over the Next 7 Days
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is over but two more domain conferences will get underway outside the U.S. over the next 7 days. We have details on those events in Poland and Canada (both of which will includ…
• Sedo Has Completed the First Seven-Figure Domain Sale Since the First Quarter of 2008
  Sedo has just completed the first seven-figure domain sale since the first quarter of this year - moving Invest.com for $1,015,000 through their GreatDomains premium auction site. The news come from S…
• $3 Million Moniker Auction and Annual T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Awards Cap Successful Show in New York
  Organizers of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference completed their 12th successful run this morning in New York City. We have photos and highlights from the past 24 hours, including presentation of the annua…
• Photos and Highlights from the First Full Day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Wednesday
  Here are DN Journal's photos and highlights from the first full day of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York Wednesday, including two live auctions, Barbara Corcoran's well-received keynote speech…
• Opening Day Photos and Highlights from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference in New York
  The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference got underway last night. DN Journal has some photos and highlights from the opening activities and a look ahead at today's agenda for the first full day of the e…

• Some Final T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Notes Before Boarding a Plane for Show Week in the Big Apple
  Here's a rundown of what's on tap for day 1 at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Tuesday and some notes on why this conference is shaping up to be an especially interesting one.
• A Record Number of Top Tier Domain Names Are Being Offered For Sale In The Week Ahead
  Between the latest premium domain auction currently underway online at Sedo's GreatDomains and the quartet of live auctions coming up at next week's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York, a remarkable…
• Research Firm Says .Com City Domains Could Surpass Local Newspaper, Radio & TV Outlets
  Research firm Borrell Associates has added their voice to the chorus that believes .com city domain names are superbly positioned to one day succeed local newspapers, radio and TV stations as the pref…
• Half-Million Dollar Sale, ccTLDs and GeoDomains Headline DN Journal's Weekly Sales Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We saw a 2-letter .com change hands for $500,000 in one of the year’s 10 biggest sales as well as a country code deal that ranks as the ye…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Opens One Week From Today - Here's What's On Tap in the Big Apple
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is just seven days away. We run down some of the anticipated highlights as show organizers promise to shake things up in the Big Apple. There's also more information on the Mar…
• How Directi's Divyank Turakhia Earned His First Million at 18 and Went On to Build a Company Valued at $300 Million
  Divyank Turakhia gives new meaning to the term meteoric rise. As a 16-year-old high school student in 1998, he co-founded the Directi Group with a $600 investment (a seed that sprouted a global conglo…
• BusinessWeek Has Named a 22-Year-Old Domainer One of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs
  California real estate loan broker and domain investor Daniel Negari has been named one of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs by BusinessWeek magazine. The public will choose five finalists that will…
• New Pew Research Survey Illustrates Why Ad Dollars Will Continue to Flood the Web
  Every two years Pew Research releases a definitive survey showing where the public goes for news and information. The first report since 2006 is out and it has some stunning data that underscores why…
• Development Partnership Frees Premium Domain Owner from Dependence on Google and Yahoo
  Another owner of a top generic domain name has taken his asset to another level by teaming up with a partner that brought site development, capital and business relationship expertise to the table. Th…
• Sedo Announces $500,000 Sale of LI.com
  The domain aftermarket continues to hold strong despite the downturn in the general economy and falling PPC revenues in the domain industry. Sedo CEO Tim Schumacher said, We have seen increased partic…
• $325,000 Sale Leads Trio of Six-Figure Domains to the Top of DN Journal's New Weekly Chart
  It was another solid outing for the domain aftermarket with a trio of six-figure sales leading this week's DN Journal sales report.. One of those, a two-word .com, rang up $325,000 to rank among the 2…
• ICA Board Member Ron Jackson Comments on Co-Founder Rick Schwartz's Resignation
  Internet Commerce Association Co-Founder Rick Schwartz announced his resignation from the domain industry trade group today. ICA independent board member Ron Jackson comments on the departure and wher…
• .Pro ReLaunched With Lower Prices Today and Bido.com Has Bowed Out of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Live Auction Line Up
  If at first you don't succeed - relaunch. That is what the .Pro registry did today, hoping to lure buyers in with lower prices. Elsewhere Bido.com is out of the live auction line-up for this month's T…
• Parked.com Brought Florida Domain Owners Together for a Party Last Night in Tampa
  In the kind of local gathering that will become more common as the domain industry continues to grow, Parked.com brought Florida domain owners together for a dinner party Thursday night in Tampa. Here…
• Verisign's Latest Domain Name Industry Brief Shows Registrations Continue to Boom
  Verisign has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief covering the second quarter of 2008. The new report shows demand for domain names continuing to surge at double digit rates. We…
• The Domain Aftermarket Held Steady Despite the Long Labor Day Break
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A six-figure sale at SnapNames led the hit parade and headlined a new all-extension Top 20 chart that saw a pair of country code domains amo…
• Another New Domain Conference Has Just Been Added to the Crowded Industry Calendar
  Is the world ready for still another domain conference - especially one that will be staged on just four weeks notice? Before you run screaming for the exits, hear me out. This one will be staged in a…
• Inside "The Domain Game" - What David Kesmodel Went Through to Get His Book Published
  David Kesmodel had to overcome a string of obstacles to get The Domain Game into print. He tells DN Journal how he managed to keep the book alive after the original publisher bailed out, what he would…
• Intercosmos Media Group Crew is Blogging Live from New Orleans Today as Hurricane Gustav Storms Through the City
  As Hurricane Gustav is slicing through Louisiana today, an Intercosmos Media Group team including Parked.com CEO Sig Solares is currently in New Orleans where they are posting storm information on a l…
• Rick Schwartz Is Mad As Hell And He's Not Going To Take It Anymore
  Rick Schwartz is on the warpath. In an exclusive interview for our new August newsletter previewing the Sept. 23-26 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York, Schwartz laid into cyber squatters, PPC compa…
• Rise of the Web Prompts a Popular Newspaper Columnist To Abandon Ship Before It Sinks
  A prominent newspaper columnist has abruptly quit because he said sports journalism has become entirely a website business. Jay Mariotti, who also appears on ESPN, said of the sinking newspaper indust…
• Why Microsoft's New IE8 Browser Could Be a Knee to the Groin for Google
  A new feature in Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 8, (released in beta yesterday) could spell trouble for their arch-rival Google. Here how InPrivate Browsing could short circuit Google's…
• DN Journal Exclusive: Dr. Kevin Ham and Dr. Chris Hartnett Are Heading Back to College!
  Two of the best-known figures in the domain industry are heading back to college this fall even though they both already hold doctorate degrees. Here's our exclusive report on Harvard's new BMOCs (Big…
• Stephen Douglas and Sam Nunez Step Into Key VP Roles at WhyPark and Sedo
  Two well-known domain companies have filled key executive positions by naming new Vice Presidents. Stephen Douglas joins WhyPark.com as VP of Business Development and Sam Nunez moves from Oversee.net…
• Blockbuster Sales Pace Another Big Week for the Domain Aftermarket
  The usual summer doldrums were sent packing again this week as a quartet of huge six-figure sales led another banner outing for the domain aftermarket. Two of those transactions rank among the ten big…
• Bad Times? BS! The Opportunities We Have to Choose From Are Unprecedented
  Some old friends who are worried about their jobs disappearing have been asking me if there are still opportunities to make a living with domain names or on the Internet at large. This is what I told…
• Radio Ad Revs Sink Leaving the Internet as the Only Medium Still Enjoying Double Digit Growth
  First it was newspapers, then magazines, then TV. Now it's radio singing the declining ad revenue blues - but there is one bright spot on that industry's latest report card - rapid growth online. With…
• My iPhone 3G Arrived Today. Is This Device the .Mobi Killer So Many People Say It Is?
  A week after ordering it, my iPhone 3G showed up today. Here are some initial thoughts on whether or not this is the .mobi killer some claim it will be. Also, the agenda is posted for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. D…
• Latest Live Auction Lays an Egg and Geo Domain Sales List gets a New Administrator
  In today's tardy Lowdown post Moniker's latest live auction fails to stir an SEO crowd, we spend a day at a local car lot and Page Howe takes over administration of an interesting geo domain sales let…
• Bido's Blues Lead to Auction Hiatus and the AfternicDLS Signs a Big Distribution Deal with Name.com
  A second straight day of technical snafus has led Bido.com to pull the plug on the online auction service for the time being. Elsewhere Name.com will start offering 800,000 AfternicDLS domains to thei…
• New DNJournal Weekly Sales Report: One Buyer Doles Out Over a Million Dollars For 11 Domains
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and it is a jaw-dropper. We saw a half-dozen six-figure sales this week and all of those domains were purchased by the same person. In fact t…
• Latona Laments a Missed Opportunity in ccTLDs and IDNS. We Add Some Thoughts to the Mix
  Rick Latona, one of the world's most successful .com investors, spends a lot of time traveling around the globe. While hopping from one country to another he has been seeing ccTLDs and IDNs blossom be…
• Oversee Executive Talks With DNJournal About Layoffs at the Company Friday
  One of the world's leading domain companies, Oversee.net, reduced its workforce by 10% Friday. Oversee VP Mason Cole spoke with us about the tough decision to lay off team members.
• A Cure for the Sinking PPC Revenue Blues? Sendori.com Thinks They Have the Right Prescription.
  Sendori.com has come up with an innovative domain monetization system that bypasses Google and Yahoo by allowing advertisers to bid directly on traffic from high quality domain names. Since the traffi…
• John Berryhill Foils a Reverse Hijacking Attempt With a Swift Kick to the Beech-Nuts
  Attorney John Berryhill has foiled another reverse hijacking attempt, perpetrated this time by a Swiss company that makes Beech-Nut foods. They tried to use the WIPO process to steal the domain Hero.c…
• The Countdown to T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is Underway With a Free Hotel Offer and Live Auction Preview
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is just five weeks away and the promotional drumbeat is starting to build. Show sponsor TrafficZ is offering their customers two free nights at the conference hotel. Meanwhile…
• Howe About That! The Inside Story of One Man's Rise From Low Budget Domain Flipper to Million Dollar Dealmaker
  In four short years Page Howe has become the poster boy for the amazing things that are possible in this business. This is the previously untold story of how Howe discovered domains and went on to bec…
• Survival Has Become "A Struggle of Epic Proportions" for Newspapers Hammered By the Web
  A a struggle of epic proportions. After laying off 36 more people, that's how the publisher of a local newspaper owned by the New York Times described their battle to survive in a media world increasi…
• Three-Word Domain Sells for $260,000 to Top New DNJournal Weekly Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. One of the largest three-word domain sales we’ve ever seen took the #1 spot on our Top 20 chart after changing hands for $260,000. Another…
• Magazines: The Hits Just Keep on Coming (Hits That Hurt) As Readers and Advertisers Head to the Web
  As the foundations of traditional media continue to crumble, print magazines are the latest to find their necks in a noose. A new report covering the first half of 2008 showed big declines in both cir…
• Forbes.com Readers Love Domains - New Article is #1 on Their Website Today
  Forbes.com writer Charlie Foster just posted a new article about the domain business and he says it became the top-ranked story on the influential business news website today.
• A New Study Says Ad Spending on New Media Will Climb 21% This Year As the Web Continues Its Historic Rise
  The general economy is sputtering but the media industry continues to be among the fastest growing industrial sectors in America. Better yet, a new study says the biggest waves within the media busine…
• Auction Fever Heats Up in August with Live and Online Events Popping Up Everywhere
  August is shaping up as one of the busiest months ever for domain auction activity. You will need several scorecards to keep up with the action and we have links to where you can find them. Also today…
• Dutch Treat: Netherlands ccTLD Takes the Top Spot on DNJournal's Weekly Top 20 Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The top domain is a Dutch country code name that ranks among the 12 biggest ccTLD sales so far in 2008. The new all extension Top 20 has 14…
• The Domain Roundtable Conference is Heading East - Washington D.C. Will Host the 2009 Show
  The 2009 Domain Roundtable conference will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel June 14-17. This will be the first Roundtable on the east coast and the first staged by new owner Though…
• New Solutions Seek to Counter Declining PPC Revenues
  As PPC revenues continue to sink, solutions to improve domain monetization are springing up from within the domain community. Portfolio Help from Bido.com and a quick and easy domain development plan…
• Entrepreneur Magazine Highlights Opportunities in the Domain Industry
  Entrepreneur Magazine has published a very nice article on the domain business by Laura Tiffany titled Imminent Domaining. The piece does a nice job of explaining this industry to the magazine's audie…
• Generic Domain Names Under Attack: An Alarming Trend in UDRP Proceedings
  With the rise of domain name values in recent years people who would like to separate domain owners from their assets without paying fair market value for them are coming out of the woodwork. Even gen…
• Seven Key Building Blocks That Can Help You Construct a Winning Website
  If you are ready to tackle developing one or more of your domain names, Stoney deGeyter has written a concise new series of articles called Seven Building Blocks of a Destination Website that will hel…
• The U.S. Has Put a Damper on ICANN's Dream of Running the Domain Name System As They See Fit
  The United States has made clear that it has no intention of giving up oversight of the Internet's Domain Name System and they let ICANN know that was the case in a letter sent to the oversight body W…
• A New Report Says the Yellow Pages Are About to Take a Fierce Beating from the Internet
  The next traditional ad medium likely to be slain by the Internet is the Yellow Pages according to research firm Borrell Associates. Over the next five years, we are expecting 39% of the ad spending o…
• Action.com Attracts 230K to Top DNJournal.com's Weekly Domain Sales Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The top dog this week was a one-word .com domain that attracted close to a quarter of a million dollars in one of the year’s 20 biggest sa…
• Matt Bentley, One of the Industry's Brightest Young Executives, Is Leaving Sedo
  Effective Friday (August 1), Matt Bentley is leaving his post as Chief Strategy Officer at Sedo. In his 6 years with the company Bentley has compiled an exceptionally impressive record of success.
• The Computer DN Journal is Written On Died Over the Weekend. Here's Why I Built the New One from Scratch
  When I returned home from the GeoDomain Expo my home computer refused to start. Needing a quick replacement but finding nothing but plastic junk in the big box stores I set about building my own. Here…
• MySpace Boss Peter Chernin Thinks the Site is Underpaid for Ads But Video and Mobile May Change That
  MySpace.com is wildly popular but Peter Chernin, the President of parent company News Corp, says ads on the site don't generate the kind of money they should. He thinks video and mobile may be the key…
• Drop Wizard Gordon Martin Puts All of His Chips on Country Code Domains
  Drop Wizard Gordon Martin is back in the saddle. After closing his popular drop catching service in 2004 he quietly switched his focus from .com to country code domains and now he has rolled out a new…
• Rick Schwartz Has Sold Property.com In a Deal Believed to Be One of the Biggest Ever
  Buyer Brad Geisen, the founder of Foreclosure.com, plans to roll out a revolutionary new real estate marketplace on Property.com in 2009.
• Early Statistics From the .ME Launch Show 50% of the Registrants Came From the United States
  .ME is the country code for Montenegro but when the extension was relaunched in a new disguise last week half of the registrants came from the U.S. See more early .ME stats at DNJournal.com.
• Lightning Strikes Twice: DNJournal.com's New Weekly Domain Sales Report Is Out
  6-figure .org sales are rare but this week TWO of them hit the top of the chart. It was also a huge week for the country codes as seven ccTLD domains made the all extension Top 20. The country code ch…
• The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper - Will Geo Domains Replace Them As King of the Local Media Hill?
  Our local daily continues its anorexic decline. Meanwhile another major publication hopes to survive with a new model that will debut tomorrow. As the future unfolds geo domain owners may be in the ca…
• O2 Cool - Veteran Domainer Howard Hoffman's New Relationship With Actress/Author Mariel Hemingway
  Major congratulations go out today to long-time domain investor Howard Hoffman (who also operates PPCIncome.com). In addition to his domain endeavors Hoffman owns a fast-growing bottled water company…
• DN Journal's Inside Look at the 2008 GeoDomain Expo Has Just Been Published
  DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2008 GeoDomain Expo in Chicago has just been published. We have behind the scenes details and dozens of photos from the landmark event that you won't find anyw…
• End of the Week Tidbits from the Lowdown at DNJournal.com
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York sells a fourth live domain auction seat for their September conference to Bido.com, the domain business heats up in Brazil, .pro gets ready to relaunch and a fish tale from the…
• Rick Latona Fills the 3rd Spot on T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s New Roster of Five Live Auction Providers
  Moniker.com has always been the only live auction provider at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences but the show's organizers have decided to let up to five auctioneers set up shop at the next show in New York C…
• Why are Many Potential Registrants of .ME Domains Crying "Woe Is Me" Today?
  Registration of .ME domains opened to the public today but a lot of potential registrants are crying woe is me after paying for domains at GoDaddy only to learn later that someone else got the names t…
• Have Bad Times Hit the Domain Industry Yet? Here's What the Latest Sales Data Shows
  DN Journal has compiled and released the latest domain sales data for the first two quarters of 2008. We give you the facts and figures on how the domain market has been faring at a time when the gene…
• Trio of Six-Figure Sales Highlight Another Strong Week for the Domain Aftermarket
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and once again it was a solid week for the aftermarket. A trio of six-figure sales included one that ranks among the year's 12 biggest sales.…
• Star-Crossed Domain Video.us is Up For Grabs Again
  For the third time in 15 months, the highest valued .us domain to date - Video.us - is up for grabs. The two previous owners had the name stripped from them by the registry for WhoIs or Nexus violatio…
• Another Major Player Has Entered the Domain Conference Promotion Game.
  Parked.com and Modern Domainer Magazine will sponsor a show in New Orleans during Mardi Gras week February 19-21, 2009. Parked.com and Modern Domainer share New Orleans roots though Parked.com moved m…
• Photos and Highlights from the Final Day of the 2008 GeoDomain Expo in Chicago.
  The 2008 GeoDomain Expo closed in Chicago Saturday (July 12) with a 12-hour day packed with big events. It opened with a morning session featuring stories from five geodomain pioneers and also include…

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• Rss.com Up For Auction on Sedo
  Rss.com is to be put up for auction this month on GreatDomains.com this month with a US$750,000 reserve. RSS is the abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication, the delivery of those automated news ser…
• Views on Kentucky Gambling Domain Name Seizure Differ
  Lawyers acting for both sides in the dispute where the Kentucky Governor managed to obtain a court order seizing over 140 online gambling-related domain names differ widely as to whether the state's o…
• Bodyguard Cybersquats Indian Tribe Domains
  A bodyguard who registered the domain names miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and billycypress.com is refusing to give them up to the tribe for less than $500,000 according to a report in The Miam…
• Hurricane Katrina Cybersquatting and Fraud Leads to Jail
  Two brothers who registered the domain name salvationarmyonline.org on 3 September 2005, less than a week after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, were sentenced to jail for more than eight…
• Beware of Online Brand Scams and Frauds
  For all the good of the internet, like probably any thing, place or activity, there is also a dark side. This article from Law.com looks at the bad side of the internet and gives a layman's descriptio…
• Part 6 - The Pressures on PPC
  Despite the robustness of the online advertising industry the current negative economic sentiment will flow and is flowing through to the domain industry. There are two reasons for this: Google and Ya…
• European Hosts Sought for October 2009 Meeting
  Are you interested in hosting an ICANN meeting in 12 months' time? Are you based in Europe? If so, ICANN's meetings team would like to hear from you. From 25-30 October 2009, ICANN has scheduled its 3…
• Verisign acquires the .Name Registry
  This is unofficial, but according to Verisign's latest e-mail to registrars around the world, they claim to have acquired the London-based, Carlyle-backed company that runs the .name top level domain.…
• DNJournal releases 2 Week Sales Report
  DNJournal.com just posted a completely up to date with a new double length report published today that covers all of the notable sales reported over the past two weeks since their last report was file…
• PremierDomains.com selects NameMedia’s AfternicDLS Domain Sales Platform as Premium Domain Supplier
  NameMedia today announced a strategic domain marketing agreement with the newly launched Internet domain marketplace, PremierDomains.com. Under the terms of the agreement, NameMedia’s Afternic DLS g…

• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Moniker Extended Auction Results
  Moniker’s Extended Online Auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York concluded last night with total sales of more than $900,000, bringing the total sales for Moniker’s live and online domain auctions to…
• ICA to Participate in State of KY Domain Seizure Emergency Summit
  In our contiunued coverage of the domain seizure request by the State of Kentucky we are informing you that the Internet Commerce Association, a non-profit trade organization representing domain name…
• McCain and Palin Gun for MILFs with VoteForTheMILF.com
  There are reports such as one in The Huffington Post that with Sarah Palin's hotness, among some, has led to the McCain campaign registering the domain name voteforthemilf.com. Currently this forwards…
• Which region is taking the lead in IPv6 deployment?
  With the depletion of IPv4 addresses meaning the conversion to IPv6 is becoming vital, Leo Vegoda writes on the ICANN blog where IPv6 deployment most evident.
• .SE releases reserved geographic domain names
  On December 16, .SE releases reserved geographic domain names.
• Has the time come to redelegate IE namespace?
  Michele Neylon believes the time may have come for the current .ie registry operator to be changed, believing that while the current registry operator, IEDR, has improved over the last few years, it i…
• Remembering Jon: Looking Beyond the Decade by Vint Cerf
  Jon Postel died ten years ago and Vint Cerf has posted on the ICANN blog a piece remembering Postel and his legacy, and looks forward to the next decade of the internet. Cerf looks at Postel's backgro…
• EuroDNS offers 50% Discount for .Asia
  Luxembourg 1st October - EuroDNS/AsiaDNS is pleased to announce a great .Asia promotion starting on the 1st of October. Register .Asia domain names for only 9 Euros, using promo code: GOASIA9.
• WIPO Domain Name Dispute Decision September 29th - October 3rd, 2008
  Most recently notified WIPO Domain Name Decisions between September 29th and October 3rd, 2008: silvasspitroastcatering.com.au (http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2008/dau2008-0013.html…
• New DOAC Association looks out for Canadian Domain Name Owners
  Niagara Falls, Ontario - At long last a new association promising to address the concerns of Canadian domain owners is being launched. In order to represent the interests of Canadian domain name owner…

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• Google-Yahoo Deal On Hold
  Google has agreed to delay the start of a Web advertising partnership with Yahoo to give U.S. antitrust regulators more time to review the deal. Two weeks ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told The Associa…
• ICA File’s Brief in Kentucky Domain Seizure Action
  The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) filed a “friend of the court” brief yesterday on the Kentucky domain name seizure. ica-amicus-brief (Adobe Reader Required) The brief attacks the governor a…
• Would You Turn Down $100K for a Domain You Might Lose?
  An article in the Miami Herald yesterday talked about the story of Steve Thiele who registered the domains miccosukeetribeofindians.com, miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and a site named after tr…
• Kentucky Domain Seizure Update: ICA Gets Involved
  Today is the deadline set by the judge to file briefs in the Kentucky domain seizure action. Phil Corwin, legal counsel to the Internet Commerce Association (the “ICA”) was preparing to submit a b…
• Moniker.com Silent TRAFFIC Auction Scores Big: $960K
  The silent auction from the TRAFFIC show held last week in New York just completed and the results are a whopper. In a week where the stock market has tanked, commodities sank and the everyone in the…
• TRAFFIC Silent Auction Ends Tomorrow: Our Picks
  The silent auction from the TRAFFIC show held by Moniker.com, will close tomorrow Thursday October 2nd. All bidding for the silent auction will be conducted by SnapNames.com All bidding will conclude…
• Microsoft Launches SearchPerks.com
  Microsoft launched a rewards promotion today called SearchPerks to lure Internet users away from Google. SearchPerks, which runs through April 15, is similar to airlines’ frequent flyer programs. Ev…
• Members of Calif. House Says Allow Google-Yahoo
  Some members of the California delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives have warned regulators not to block a controversial advertising agreement between Google. and Yahoo. In a letter sent to…
• Cameroon (.com.cm) Domain Sunrise Period Opens October 15th
  NETCOM.cm Sarl, the official registry in charge of the Country Code Top level Domains of The Republic of Cameroon, proclaimed today that it will launch second level .cm domain name registrations on 15…
• $18 Million For Three Weeks On The Job: No Wonder The System is Broken
  So as you know by now there was a blood bath on Wall Street Today with the Dow recording its largest one day point loss.  Larger than any day during the great depression, larger than the first day of…

dotsauce.com

• Introducing AQDN.com - Affordable Quality Domain Names!
  AQDN.com is a private marketplace featuring high quality .COM domain names at affordable reseller pricing. I would like to invite you, DotSauce readers, to be the first to browse our initial quality d…
• Great News! Register .ME Domains for Just 1 Year
  The .ME domain registry has just announced that the registration length requirement has been reduced to 1 year!  If you missed out on the landrush now is the time to register .ME domain names at GoDa…
• Don’t Miss Joe Davison’s Live Domaining Webinar on Oct. 10th
  Joe Davison, internet entrepreneur and domainer, recently published an excellent editorial entitled “28 Symptoms of a Serious Crisis in Domaining.”  If you have not had a chance to sit down and r…
• How To Register Domain Names Through Cell Phone Text Messages
  Michael from DomainRaiders has an interesting tutorial to share with us today.  Yes, it is possible to register a domain name virtually instantly with a simple text messaging service!  He wanted me…
• “TheSecondWeb” is Offering YOUR Domain Names For Sale
  According to the website, “TheSecondWeb is a completely new World Wide Web. A new Web Browser, a new domain name system and completely new websites.” It is essentially a web-based “browser” wi…
• Facebook’s Lexicon Keyword Tool to Get Some Great Updates
  You heard about the launch of Facebook’s Lexicon first here on DotSauce in April. This keyword tool tracks the popularity of words used in comments on Facebook friend profiles. Some big news for Lex…
• Live Preview of Professional Domain Appraisals by midFlux
  We would like to introduce to you our latest sponsor, midFlux, a company who offers professional and innovative domain appraisals at an extremely affordable price.  For the next few months you will s…
• IZEAFest 2008: Helping You Grow Traffic, Build Your Brand and Network With Top Bloggers
  IZEAFest is a three-day event to educate and connect bloggers and advertisers.  This exciting conference is hosted by IZEA, parent company of Pay Per Post and Social Spark.  The conference kicks off…
• Live Video of Woopra Website Analytics During a Digg Front Page
  Woopra, a website analytics application currently in Beta testing, is gaining popularity very quickly.  Instead of the traditional web based statistics, charts and graphs that you will find in servic…
• The Greenest Domains on Earth: A Look at Premium “Green” Dot Coms
  Green.com | For Sale | Registered in 1999 The Green.com website currently resolves to a glorified “domain for sale” landing page which I believe is using some Jedi mind tricks.  Below the fold is…

dnkitchen.com

• Short Domains - Both Sides Of The Coin
  A conundrum presented itself long ago - There simply aren’t enough Tier 1 Generics to go around and lesser premium multi-word domains often evoke preconceived expectations and biased opinions in vis…
• Results From NamePros Auction 10/2
  Tonight was a great auction, some really good domain names sold. Below are just a few of the better domain names and the sold prices. Coru.com $950 ***Not Sold - Auction Buyout*** NamesSold.com $85…
• NamePros Live Auction Tonight
  Every two weeks NamePros.com holds a live two hour auction. The time has come for another auction, check it out tonight at 6pm est. From the looks of it, it is not too late to add a domain to the auc…
• What Makes A Premium Domain Name
  Hello to all at of the DN Kitchen readers… First of all, I wanted to thank Patrick for having me here at this “stew pot” of the domaining industry. I am usually uncomfortable in the kitchen, but…
• Domainer Comic Strip #8
  I have to say this is my favorite domainer comic strip so far. Submit a suggestion for my next comic strip to win a free newly registered domain name of your choice with GoDaddy. Thank you for the sec…
• Interview with Jamie Zoch of DotWeekly.com
  I came across Jamie’s work while visiting Domaining.com.  For those of you not familiar with Domaining.com it is a site that showcases the latest headlines via RSS feeds of all the major blogs.  I…
• Check Your Page Rank
  You heard it here first, check your page rank!!! I would say this comes to us all as a big surprise.  The last page rank update was only about six weeks ago on August 5th.  I discovered this purely…
• Rick Schwartz Has A Big Head
  This was just too funny yet genius not to share. I think by now everyone knows Rick Schwartz for his high end domain sales, T.R.A.F.F.I.C events and countless other things he has done for the domain…
• Domainer Comic Strip #7
  My favorite time of the week, Wednesday comic strip. I have to say this one is funny, but next weeks is hilarious. Stay tuned for that one!!! Click on the image to enlarge. Submit a suggestion for my…
• Sell Your Domain Names For $5!!!
  This week I made a few improvements to the site. The main improvement was the new fancy menu bar with drop downs. This will make navigation to our links and sponsors a lot easier. Another feature that…

circleid.com

• How Can ICANN Improve Institutional Confidence?
  This week ICANN held a public consultation in Washington, D.C., where ICANN's President's Strategy Committee (PSC) solicited remarks from a packed audience of intellectual property (IP) lawyers, domai…
• ICANN Slaps Joker.com and DNS.com.cn
  If you have rules and regulations but don't enforce them then there's little point in having any rules or regulations in the first place. One of the criticisms that is often leveled at ICANN is with r…
• dotMobi Announces 2.0 Release of Award-Winning DeviceAtlas Mobile Device Database
  Tthis 2.0 release moves DeviceAtlas from a read-only database to a read-write version with the introduction of a variety of technical enhancements, including automated phone capability tests, advanced…
• 10 Years of ICANN
  ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, was officially incorporated on 30 September 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation. Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California,…
• Delayed Enforcement Blocks Domain Name Lawsuit: Southern Grouts v. 3M
  I'm often baffled by lawsuits over domain names and keywords because they just don't seem to make any economic sense. This lawsuit is especially perplexing given the plaintiff's delays and the seeming…
• Who Should Bear Domain Name Risk?
  Domain owners are bearing tremendous risk that someone else is better equipped to absorb. In this post, I outline the motivation of risk ownership, the sources of risk associated with owning a domain…
• Time to Redelegate IE Namespace?
  I've written extensively about Ireland's country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) '.ie' and its current registry operator IE Domain Registry (IEDR) in the past. While I've always tried to be fair and bal…
• Kentucky Governor: All Your Gambling Sites Belong to Us
  According to news reports, the governor of Kentucky has filed a suit in state court to seize 141 gambling domain names. His claimed authority is a 1974 law against gambling devices, on the theory that…
• Hostway Offers Discount on Newly Expanded .Pro TLDs
  Hostway Corporation, the global Web services leader, has begun accepting registrations for the .Pro top-level domain (TLD) under new rules that extend .Pro eligibility to a wider global audience and o…
• dotMobi Announces Special Online Premium Domain Name Auction with Leading Auctioneer Sedo
  dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi internet domain designed to help consumers find mobile-friendly content, today announced a special online auction for 200 highly desired premium .mobi domain name…

• Japan Domain Market Demystified
  Ever sat at one of the VeriSign State of the domain meetings at any of the ICANN meetings? Or read their reports about countries with the greatest opportunity in domains? Almost without question you w…
• Mapping Google
  Byte Level Research has released a new version of its world map illustrating country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) in use by Google for its local search engines. Using information available on Googl…
• Recent Bank Merger Names Already Cybersquatted
  Domain names related to recent bank mergers are already being hoarded and sold online reports BBC News. Domain names for the merged Bank of America/Merrill Lynch as well as for Lloyds TSB/HBOS have be…
• Aggressive Fake Antispyware Seller an Authorized Domain Registrar
  A group known for aggressive distribution of bogus anti-spyware programs through hijacked and malicious websites is found to be also an authorized reseller of domain names. Brian Krebs of Security Fix…
• DomainPeople Celebrates the Availability of .Pro Top Level Domains with a Limited Time Discount
  DomainPeople announced today it is now able to accept registrations for .Pro domain names under the newly expanded registration criteria. And for a limited time, DomainPeople is making .Pro domains av…

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domainpulse.com

• European Domains Dominate Top Sedo Sales for the Week
  The latest of Sedo’s top domain name sales is below. Sedo’s top three sellers this week were all European ccTLD names - allgemeine.de (€14,000), rachat-de-credit.fr (€13,500) and sexe.ch (€1…
• Rss.com Up For Auction on Sedo
  Rss.com is to be put up for auction this month on GreatDomains.com this month with a US$750,000 reserve. RSS is the abbreviation for Really Simple Syndication, the delivery of those automated news ser…
• VeriSign Acquires .Name
  VeriSign has advised registrars it has closed an agreement to acquire Global Name Registry, Ltd. The email to registrars says this include management of the .name TLD as of October 1, 2008. There are…
• Views on Kentucky Gambling Domain Name Seizure Differ
  Lawyers acting for both sides in the dispute where the Kentucky Governor managed to obtain a court order seizing over 140 online gambling-related domain names differ widely as to whether the state’s…
• Bodyguard Cybersquats Indian Tribe Domains
  A bodyguard who registered the domain names miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and billycypress.com is refusing to give them up to the tribe for less than $500,000 according to a report in The Miam…
• Moniker Online T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Auction results
  Moniker’s Extended Online Auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York concluded last night with sales of more than $900,000, bringing the total sales for Moniker’s live and online domain auctions to nearly…
• Hurricane Katrina Cybersquatting and Fraud Leads to Jail
  Two brothers who registered the domain name salvationarmyonline.org on 3 September 2005, less than a week after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, were sentenced to jail for more than eight…
• Beware of Online Brand Scams and Frauds
  For all the good of the internet, like probably any thing, place or activity, there is also a dark side. This article from Law.com looks at the bad side of the internet and gives a layman’s descript…
• European Hosts Sought for October 2009 ICANN Meeting
  Are you interested in hosting an ICANN meeting in 12 months’ time? Are you based in Europe? If so, ICANN’s meetings team would like to hear from you. From 25-30 October 2009, ICANN has scheduled i…
• McCain and Palin Gun for MILFs with VoteForTheMILF.com
  There are reports such as one in The Huffington Post that with Sarah Palin’s hotness, among some, has led to the McCain campaign registering the domain name voteforthemilf.com. Currently this forwar…

• Which region is taking the lead in IPv6 deployment?
  With the depletion of IPv4 addresses meaning the conversion to IPv6 is becoming vital, Leo Vegoda writes on the ICANN blog where IPv6 deployment most evident. Surprisingly AfriNIC, the Regional Intern…
• .SE releases reserved geographic domain names
  On December 16, .SE releases reserved geographic domain names. When .SE began applying the new and more liberal rules for domain registrations in 2003, the board of directors decided to put a bar on c…
• Has the time come to redelegate IE namespace?
  Michele Neylon believes the time may have come for the current .ie registry operator to be changed, believing that while the current registry operator, IEDR, has improved over the last few years, it �…
• Remembering Jon: Looking Beyond the Decade by Vint Cerf
  Jon Postel died ten years ago and Vint Cerf has posted on the ICANN blog a piece remembering Postel and his legacy, and looks forward to the next decade of the internet. Cerf looks at Postel’s backg…
• ICANN Seeks Interest in IDN ccTLD Fast-Track Process
  The IDNC WG recommended that as part of the implementation plan of the IDN ccTLD “fast-track” process a request for information (RFI) is sent out to all territories to gain an understanding of the…

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sevenmile.com

• Domain Names, New and Old - Everybody Sells
     What does a guy who is well known for “not selling domains” know about selling domain names?  Well I might just know a thing or two.  As the title of this post states:  Everybody sells. It…
• What Happens in Vegas .. Happens Everywhere
  I just spent a few days in Vegas at the TRAFFIC convention..  man that town will chew you up and spit you out if you let it. The night I left town Josh sent me this link which focuses on an interes…
• My Kingdom for An Eyeball
  What a world we live in..  and what a great deal a man (or woman) can learn in a month away from the blog-sphere.. Deals announced, partnerships strategized and all roads lead to the ability to reac…
• 2008 and Beyond
    It’s wonderful being back after an extended vacation break. I used to scoff at vacationing (vacations are for the weak), but I was amazed that those friends and colleagues who took longer absence…
• Christmas Vacation
  Folks it’s time for me to recharge the batteries..  I’ll be leaving the blog today so that I have some time to wrap up a few left-over items..  then I take to the skies for my Christmas vacati…
• Disruptive Technology to Change Advertising as We Know it
  http://domainstate.com/showthread.php3?s=8444324b3e3a6a31b47609a0ffc57499&threadid=84905 We can all feel the changes reverberate across the Web..  Domain names registered by small registrants and lar…
• Monday Linkfest
  Elliot blogs about the 3 letter .com realm. http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/12/10/b-king-on-three-letter-com-sales/ ***FS*** There are only 17,576 3 letters in .com ..  This piece probably…
• A Visit to Art Basel in Miami Makes Mike Berkins Appreciate how Cheap Domains Are
     http://www.thedomains.com/2007/12/08/domains-are-cheap/ This piece deserves to be set apart from the Linkfest..  Berkins has that “oh-my-gosh” moment and realizes how cheap domain names are…
• The Blind Leading Those Who Can Not See
   Beware of Domain Name Traffickers. by John F. Letchford: (From the Archer and Greiner Intellectual Property website.) Excerpt: “”Domain parking sites collect and index additional links where dom…
• The Gift That Keeps on Giving
  Conor writes: “”I am giving fullname.com domains as gifts for Christmas this year. Any suggestions on how to give as a gift? I am thinking about just registering and hosting myself and if they wan…

• Yet Another Reason to Buy J&J Stock
  Danno writes:    “”Watched a TV comercial this morning, advertising this website: http://www.discovernursing.com/ Johnson & Johnson ‘gets’ generic domain names. Maybe someone should invite t…
• When Domain Managers Go Bad
  Andy sends link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_microsoft_domain_fraud.html    ***FS***  So much loose money and price swings in the domain business…  a perfect opportunity for ne…
• Weekend Linkfest
  Everyone is Doing It http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/12/07/everybodys-doing-it/ ***FS*** Investing in domain names that is Domain Valuations : Chris Stewart Domain Value (DV)=Traffic Value (…
• Chris Stewart’s New Blog
  http://marketforlemons.com/?p=4  Domainer Chris Stewart runs through the numbers for us and explains why Name Media’s leveraging up is a “good thing”. Chris is a very bright guy and this is an…
• The Donald Does Some Frontrunning
   http://thesuperficial.com/2007/12/donald_trump_is_a_big_tipper.php Witty commentary from this blogger …  link courtesy of Adam ***FS*** I left a $15,000 tip at “Light” in Las Vegas once..  b…
• Thursday Linkfest
  Invest.com bid up to 431k at Auction auction is still live. 4 hours to go, as of 10 a.m. EST. Friday, Dec 6, 07  Reserve is 200,000 - 499,999. http://www.greatdomains.com/auction/auction_detail.php?l…
• The 20 Most Influential People in Domains
  Nice list.. missing the founders of Domainstate.com and also I think Paul Sloan/ Josh Quitner (writer and former editor) of Business 2.0 should have made this list..  Their coverage of the disruptiv…
• WIPO Increasingly Says Okay to Using Trademark Brands as Protest Tools
  http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39291329,00.htm This is the kind of direction we need to see more of..  It’s an unhealthy and unsafe dynamic when brand holders can beat you up because…
• Larry Flynt joins Paul Allen in Cayman
    Paul’s still here.. and last night Larry popped onto the island..  He had dinner at my favorite spot (Pappagallo).  The world seems to be decending on the island..  makes me wonder why I’m l…
• Fairwinds Sending Spam to Drum Up Memberships?
  http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2007/12/is-fairwinds-pa.html Those trying to do good, caught doing bad? .. I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried..  as reported on Rick’s blog.  Let he who…

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battellemedia.com

• Know, Really
  So many things to miss when you're not reporting news anymore - some of these are old, but they stood the test of time: Larry Page, Google, Watch these White Spaces, and Prop 8 in CA Is Deeply Dumb an…
• Google Diaspora
  Good piece on Merus Capital, started by folks who used to be in Google corp dev. Merus Capital, as it happens, is itself a new Google product. Or, to be more specific, Merus Capital is the product of…
• Super Cool
  Mac OS on a Dell. Wonder, does this fix all the poewr management and battery issues I have with my MacBook? (Thanks Andy)...
• CM Conversation: Laura Desmond, CEO Starcom MediaVest Group
  FM's third CM Summit is just two weeks away (register here), and as I have in the past (and will with other speakers as well as folks I'll interview at Web 2), I turn to the collective intelligence of…
• TweetSense
  I think the business model at Twitter is going to be really, really interesting, and I think it's going to leverage search, but search as a proxy for data and pattern recognition. We get an inkling of…
• All Algorithm, No Voice
  That's how Fred describes Google's new blog search, a supposed Techmeme (or Technorati or Blogs.com) - killer. It's a very good description of Google's services....
• Time Machine
  I've wanted a time axis for the web for, well, for ever (OK, since 2003 when I got the idea). Google has given us at least one point on that axis, 2001. What a nutty time. Check out a vanity search fo…
• World Inside Out
  Over at the Amex Blog we're starting a conversation about how this financial crisis effects small business. The site has given me a chance to think more deeply about what it means to run or be part of…
• Dear Google: Either Drop PageRank, or Give It More....Granularity
  I'm a seven, I think. Danny was too, but now, for some reason, he's a six. Mike's an eight. Google, natch, is a Ten (one of only two that Amit could find). PageRank is the unofficial, and official, an…
• We don't have enough proper data to come close to solving the death problem
  Why I love Kevin's work, part umpty billion....

• Congrats, SpaceX
  Elon Musk will be at Web 2 this year, and his SpaceX (one of three companies he's started since leaving PayPal, including Tesla and SolarCity) today had its first successful launch. More at BoingBoing…
• The Web 2 Launch Pad: Deadline Is This Week, Submit Your Company!
  It may seem like a long way off, but the Web 2 Summit is in less than six weeks - right after the general election. And this year's Launch Pad, where we honor six of the best companies in the space, w…
• The Case for Local Conversation: Saving Corbet's Hardware (Latest Open Forum Post)
  (image credit Marin IJ) I've just posted my latest missive on the American Express Open Forum blog, where I Think Out Loud about my local hardware business, which just might be forced out of business.…
• On The Google Hive Mind: There Is a Center
  Yesterday Danny posted a typically thoughtful piece on Google's success, on the occasion of its ten year anniversary. Titled The Google Hive Mind, the piece addresses an age-old question about Google:…
• Google's Project 10^100
  This will be interesting to watch: To mark our 10th birthday and celebrate the spirit of our users and the web, we're launching Project 10^100 (that's ten to the hundredth) a call for ideas that could…

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elliotsblog.com

• Impetus for our Economic Woes - “Free Money”
  About 10 months ago, I wrote a guest post on Owen’s Blog about people who were “lucky” enough to receive lines of credit by accident at K-Mart. While everyone is pinning the credit problems the…
• Selling A Few Names
  I am selling some domain names that I don’t think I’d ever get around to developing. They are registered at Moniker for an easy push. Shoot me any questions you might have about these names. First…
• ICA to Participate in Emergency Summit
  News release from MarketWatch: FRANKFORT, Ky. & WASHINGTON, Oct 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Internet Commerce Association, a non-profit trade organization representing domain name investors and d…
• You Choose the Topic
  I am working very hard on re-launching a completely new Burbank.com, so my brain is fried. A number of people have asked me various questions about domain investing in the past few weeks and I’ve tr…
• Investing During Tough Times
  During these tough economic times, I am spending a good deal of money investing in my own business (via development) rather than buying new domain names. Although the TRAFFIC auctions were relatively…
• Domain Convergence, Great Learning Opportunity
  There are just a few days remaining to register for Domain Convergence, an intimate gathering of domain investors and developers just over the border in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada from October 6-8…
• Domain Beginnings: Andrew Allemann
  The domain industry is made up of a diverse group of people with vastly different backgrounds. I’ve always found it interesting hearing about how domain investors became familiar with domain names a…
• Domain Beginnings: How I Started Investing in Domains
  The domain industry is made up of a diverse group of people with vastly different backgrounds. I’ve always found it interesting hearing about how domain investors became familiar with domain names a…
• LifeInsurancePolicies.com Nets $15k for ICA
  An anonymous donor auctioned the domain name LifeInsurancePolicies.com at the TRAFFIC auction, netting $15,000 for the Internet Commerce Association. I didn’t notice this auction benefitted the ICA…
• Domain Legal Advice
  “I’m not a doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.” I admit it, I still get a kick out of those commercials. Even when they aren’t on television, I am reminded of them when…

predictivedomaining.com

• Does your domain name “suck”?
  The National Arbitration Forum maintains a Domain Name Dispute Proceedings and Decisions searchable database and of course I couldn’t help poking around. Domains Suck I searched for cases involving…
• Super Parents online
  Parenting is the number one online activity cited by moms, ahead of search, e-mail and news in a new study by AOL’s Platform-A and global communications agency OMD. More than half of moms use the In…
• Medical symptoms as domains
  More and more people are getting medical information on the web. Surveys have suggested that at least 50% of patients are getting medical information from the web. Direct to consumer (DTC) advertising…
• A medicated life
  I was skimming through an issue of Scientific American and was reading an article entitled “The Medicated Americans: Antidepressant Prescriptions on the Rise“. Some frightening statistics in there…
• Premiumisation and Recession
  Premiumisation (or premiumization) has been a major trend for marketing this year especially in the food sector but also in many other areas. An article on premiumisation in the New York Times today c…
• Google Suggest
  I recently talked about Google Suggest from Google Labs and now this tool is going mainstream. According to the offical Google Blog, this will now be the default for the Google search box. You can tur…
• Wellderly and illderly
  I discussed in my last post the trend towards increased lifespan and the associated consequences including elderly health. I was interested then to see that the Aug 6th issue of Nature had a article e…
• CDC media releases and predictive domaining
  One place I like to check for inspiration for predictive domaining now and again is the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in the US. They have a media relations section that is well regarded and spurs…
• Disease associated domain names
  I want to have a look at domain names associated with diseases and what to look for in those domain names. Domain names associated with diseases may be worth investing in. In the latest issue of Scien…
• Google Labs
  Google Labs - Google Suggest I always like taking a look at what Google is testing out. Google Labs Suggest tool is an interesting concept. As you type in your search term, it will suggest terms to yo…

domainersgazette.com

• Oh, The Domains Some Folks Will Buy
  I’m still scratching my head on this one.. Perusing the Pre-Release list at Namejet this morning, I couldn’t help but notice this winner, stuck directly below the active bid names..(and no, this n…
• Oh, The People You’ll Talk To…
  When I stumble across a domain name I’d like to acquire, I tend to email the owners - to check and see if it might be for sale (obviously).. Oftentimes lately, though, I simply call ‘em up. Grab t…
• CTOPD - UncleSam.com
  (CTOPD is our hobby project … read more about it here) we’re headed into an election year, so what better time to visit UncleSam.com.. and per wikipedia: He is often depicted as a serious elderly…
• Drop What You’re Doing, Watch This Video
  don’t wait DomainWeek uncovered a gem take a peek at this Oscar worthy commercial aimed at domainers.. http://www.domainweek.com/2008/09/03/funny-video-the-domain-name-dollar-store/ if this ain’t…
• Square Pizza (.com) Gets It
  I ran over to Oxford Mississippi last weekend to see some friends, and grab a few stories for the site.. For those who haven’t visited — downtown Oxford is centered around an idyllic town square,…
• It’s Baaaaack … DomainerCon 2 !
  Ryan and I had a blast throwing the last DomainerCon, so we’re doing it again.. Wednesday 9/17/08, from 5pm till whenever.. [UPDATE: We had a scheduling conflict, might be winter before the 'Con is…
• C’mon Bido.com! C’mon!
  shameless self promotion here.. I bought eDaycare.com about a year back, had big plans to build a daycare directory out of it.. but with Inspection Scores, and my city sites, it fell by the wayside..…
• Beware of My Henchman
  don’t even think of outbidding me at auction… or even sniping a domain from an at-large mom and pop consumer before me… or else I’ll sic Olivia and Oglethorpe on you.. and they will knead you…
• What Part of ‘No Thank You’ Did You Not Understand?
  So, I was bored the other day, and googled ‘domainer’ to see who was coming up in the serps.. wikipedia, domainer.com, dailydomainer.com, domainersmagazine.com, etc.. then a paid ad caught my eye.…
• Introducing: InspectionScores.com
  Elliot has his Lowell.com, Sahar has his Bido.com, Latona has his DigiPawn, and MacDonald has his Marietta.com. Me? Well, sure I’ve got developed domains, but over the years, I’ve been searching f…

dmueller.com

• TRAFFIC NYC 2008 Domain Auction Results
  What follows are the results of the domain auctions held at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain conference in New York City this year: Overall, three auction houses were selling domains at TRAFFIC NYC 2008: Ric…
• Domain Strategies launches Tanning.com
  Tanning.com, LLC and Domain Strategies, Inc. announced today the launch of a new marketing and information portal designed to educate consumers and generate leads for tanning salon owners at www.Tanni…
• Sedo to auction off 200 .mobi domains
  Domain marketplace Sedo is going to auction off 200 .mobi domains in cooperation with the DotMobi registry. The auction inventory includes generic domains that were previously reserved by the registry…
• Everybody Pays (.com)
  Everybody pays, and Sony Pictures wisely paid for a generic and yet brandable domain name. Namely, Sony is using the domain EverybodyPays.com to promote its action-thriller movie The International, wh…
• No more Seinfeld in Microsoft Commercials
  http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/17/its-over-for-seinfeld-but-crispin-porter-keeps-microsoft-business/ TechCrunch reports that Jerry Seinfeld won’t be appearing in the commercials of Microsoft’s…
• The Art of Making Mistakes
  http://www.dnforum.com/f557/domainers-start-mistakes-thread-323531.html In this thread on DNForum.com titled “Domainers start with mistakes?” a forum member asks if he was the only one who registe…
• Domain Strategies Launches Slideshow.com
  From a Parked Domain to Business Poised for Growth in 45 Days. Slideshow.com, LLC and Domain Strategies, Inc. announced today the launch of a new internet business - Slideshow.Com – created to be th…
• Strong Domain Sales Offer Positive Outlook
  There have been some very strong end user domain sales that were reported during the past week, which proves that domains continue to increase in value despite the slowdown in the economy. First, TopM…
• Jerry Seinfeld helps Microsoft waste $300 million
  Today I read about Microsoft’s new TV ad with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld, which was aired for the first time during yesterday’s National Football League broadcast. I then went online looking fo…
• Funny (or Die) Domain Video
  Via FunnyOrDie.com: See more funny videos at Funny or Die Copyright (C) 2003-2008 Dominik Mueller. Funny (or Die) Domain Video

trenddomaining.com

• A Domainers Long Hard Look At Bail Outs Part 1: The Auto Industry
  The auto industry is hurting: it’s down 20% from this time last year.  In case you don’t know how auto dealerships work, here it is: dealerships don’t own the new cars on their lot.  Who can a…
• How To Research A Keyword Geodomain Before You Buy It
  To start, this post isn’t about pure geo domains.  Those are no-brainers.  This post is intended to help you decide if a geo+keyword.com is worth picking up. Since I found the new Name.com tools I…
• I’m Back! And I Have A Couple Great New Tools
  I have electricity once again after Ike took it from us for 11 days.  The site was also down today.  Apparently the Google positioner plugin I use stopped working and made the entire site go poof. …
• My Running Diary Of Hurricane Ike
  Sorry for the off-topic post. This isn’t about domaining, so if you’re sick of Ike now would be the time to click elsewhere. I wrote this post and after I was done I decided to change it a little.…
• Free Unique Content: Themed Restaurants
  This is a pretty small niche, but interesting nonetheless.  Web Urbanist has posted 15 of the strangest themed restaurants.  And when I say themed restaurants, I’m not talking Hard Rock Cafe or Ra…
• Of Hurricane Ike And Disaster Domains
  Hurricane Ike is headed my way.  It’s current target is Freeport, Texas, which is just 70 miles south of Houston.  Many of you have not heard of Freeport yet, but you will eventually and not becau…
• Do Technology Trends Have Their Own Hype Cycle?
  Found a neat chart over at TechCrunch on technology hype cycles, pulled from the Gartner Consulting website.  For those of you who do not know about Gartner, they are an IT consulting group that are…
• Social Trendcasting Site Is Great Tool For Domainers
  Ran across a nifty site today; I have no idea how it slipped by me.  It’s called Edopter.com and they brand it as social trendcasting.  You are able to browse and follow trends, even submitting so…
• Labor Day Recap: Vinyl Wall Art Is Now My Top Search Term
  Nice to have a day off!  Good luck to people being affected by Gustav today and the upcoming days.  Being in Houston, what has happened to New Orleans could just as easily have happened to us. Back…
• Tattoos And Piercings Are Just Two Elements Of The Body Art Trend
  I’ve had this article in my vault for about a month now.  Since I saw a company I was going to write about included in TrendWatching.com’s latest report, I figured I ought to push this out sooner…

isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com

• Greetings Fellow Citizens
  Sorry ive not been about much, but ive a new job/s. More details to follow over the following week/s or so.. In any case, Ive been online today and spun about the discussion boards only to find this w…
• Back in the day…
  When i first started out buying domain names (before the “how long did it take you to invent that collective noun” term “domainers” was invented) my sole focus was on the acquisition of domain…
• Domain Parking Changes Part2
  Last night I met for drinks the source who gave me the insider take on Google looking to dump all the tail end domains from their system. Inevitably the chat soon turned to domain parking and the reas…
• Google Knol - a Wikipedia killer??
  Apparently so. Dont forget you can throw into the mix the likes of wordpress and yahoo answers as well - apparently both these should be going to the sword any day soon .. Ive often wondered about Goo…
• Thanks Google..! Did i really just say that?
  Against everything you’ve seen from Google in the past, well, forever…. Google have actually decided to give out some pertinent information that will be of benefit to domain owners. Yes, you heard…
• Google Parking Changes Approaching
  I promised you guys some news last week which sounded important at the time, well here it is. From a reliable source Im told that Google has had enough of domain parking, though not all elements of it…
• Your DNS is broken - and it cannot be fixed… Oops!
  Occassionally, I’ll republish someone elses work if i feel it important enough. Ive been tracking this news for several weeks now and, whilst initially I thought it was some sort of scam/prank/hot a…
• Internet procrastination has a detrimental affect on you wealth and wellbeing, but now there’s a self help solution
  Today is Sunday and, unusually for me, I’m looking forward to next week. Cant say too much at the moment but there are a few snippets of news that have come my way since Friday that I will share wit…
• Why do they bother…?
  Another thing thats really annoying me at the moment are internet start up’s that attempt to give the impression they are a large organization… I cant for the life of me understand why they do thi…
• namepros.com
  Just a short post to say congratulations to namepros.com for achieving 100,000 registered members. For a forum of just 5 years old, i think its fair to say that namepros.com is by far the most renowne…

ricklatona.com

• Get Your Name in Print
  The TRAFFIC Down Under show in Brisbane Australia is just around the corner. Specifically, it’s November 18th through the 20th in Brisbane. If you’d like to submit domains to our auction there, I…
• Auction Results and Final Thoughts - NYC 2008
  It’s time to leave New York and go home. Overall, I think it was a very successful show. I cut a lot of deals, developed and strengthened strategic relationships and had a good time. Before I go on…
• Last Minute Addition - Seoul.com
  Rick Latona Auctions is proud to announce the last minute addition of Seoul.com to our T.R.A.F.F.C. New York auction. Seoul is the largest city in South Korea as well as the 2nd largest metropolitan a…
• Anxiety Level at All-Time High/Email Down
  So, last night I had a dream that Audits.com and Audit.com, two fantastic names, sold in the millions at the auction. Then the dream turned into a nightmare where nothing else sold. I wake up and go t…
• Bidding Starts NOW!!!!!
  We’ve done one more thing to change the way domain auctions should be run. Our main competitor throws names that don’t sell into an online bidding system and runs them for another week. We are sta…
• Here We Go Again!
  I swear I’m not schizophrenic. I know it can appear that way when I change my newsletter design so frequently. This time it is a bit different as my organization continues to reinvent itself. This i…
• Financing Options at Rick Latona Auctions are Better
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rick Latona Auctions Partners with Domain Capital. Atlanta, Georgia USA – September 10, 2008 – Today, Rick Latona Auctions, LLC and RickLatona.com, LLC announced a partnersh…
• See You Down Under. Rick Latona Auctions Lands Another Contract
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: RICK LATONA AUCTIONS TO FEATURE AT TRAFFIC DOWN UNDER DOMAIN CONFERENCE Atlanta, Georgia, USA (September 8, 2008) – Rick Latona Auctions will be holding an auction at the TRAF…
• I Predict an Incredibly Good Week!
  When I was selling cars, back in the day, a bird flew by and took a dump right in the very center of the tie I was wearing. My sales manager walked by, pointed at it and told me, “Son, you are goin…
• Want a piece of domaining history? A few more names that will be auctioned off in New York.
  On the 11th of July, 1985 the domain mcc.com was registered. It was only the 4th .com domain ever registered. Today that name generates around 100 dollars a day in revenue and it will be auctioned off…

isquattedyour.eu

• New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched
  John McCormac has been collecting and processing statistics on domain registrations and hosting for as long as I can remember. He is probably best known for Hackwatch and WhoisIreland, which produces…
• Swedish Registry To Release Geographic Names in December
  The Swedish domain registry has announced its plans to release roughly 4 thousand geographic domain names in December. In common with several ccTLDs a block list forbidding their registration had been…
• ICANN Slaps Joker.com and DNS.com.cn
  If you have rules and regulations but don't enforce them then there's little point in having any rules or regulations in the first place.One of the criticisms that is often levelled at ICANN is with r…
• Has the time come to redelegate IE namespace?
    I've written extensively about the IE namespace and its current registry operator - IEDR in the past. While I've always tried to be fair and balanced in my coverage of the issues facing the IE…
• IEDR Completely Offline
  The IE Domain Registry is currently completely offline with all services down:whoisapiall web servicesUPDATE: Services are now available again...
• Maxlock - Protect Your Domains
  Moniker has launched a new service to help domain holders protect their domains from hijacking and other issues.Maxlock, which retails at $59.95 per domain per year is aimed at offering domain holder…
• Vint Cert Visits Nominet and Oxford Internet Institute
  Image via WikipediaThe Nominet management blog is always a good source of thoughtful and interesting posts.The latest one, by Lesley Cowley, Nominet's CEO, covers Vint Cerf's recent visit to their off…
• AFNIC Issues Phishing Warning<