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• Domain Name Scam Warning : Pumping and Dumping Domains
  In a fashion reminiscent of investment pump and dump scams, domain sellers list domain names for sale and pump cheap traffic to the names to make them look appealing and then dump the names on unsuspe…
• Other Domain Name News for Jan 1-4, 2009
  ICANN advertises new TLDs in The Economist (Stephan van Gelder) Bido.com to restart auctions on February 2nd, 2009 (Conceptualist) ICANN releases 2008 report Google apparently gives up on Gmail.de (Th…
• Innovative Mystery Domain Auction Site Launches
  John Motson, the domainer behind DnXpert.com and the ebook Domaining Manifesto has concocted a new domain auction site with a twist that should get people talking. The recipe?  Take 1 high value doma…
• FastCompany And TechCrunch On New TLDs and Cybersquatting
  Chris Dannen of FastCompany blogged his thoughts on the pending release of new TLDs . Dannen feels that the release of the new domain extension will spur a rebirth of cybersquatting.  Too bad Dannen,…
• Bodybuilder Found Guilty of “Cyber-Piracy” and Trademark Dilution in American Indian Tribe Domain Name Case
  According to the Miami Herald, bodybuilder Steven Thiele, has been found liable of cyber-piracy and trademark dilution.  He was ordered to pay $3000 plus legal fees.  Thiele had previously demanded…
• LiveDeal.com Sells YP.com for $3.85 million
  It was previously reported that LiveDeal.com sold YP.com to Yellowpages.com.  SEC filings by LiveDeal.com reveal that the recent sale of the YP.com website brought a sale price of $3.85 million. Our…
• JudicialWatch.org Claims Obama Illegally Granted Change.gov Domain Name
  Government watchdog JudicialWatch posted an article today declaring the domain name Change.gov, the location of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s newest website may have been illegally granted. …
• Reverse User Name Hijackings Next?
  Days after our post that social media user names are becoming more like domain names, an issue over a Twitter user name has piqued the interest of an internet heavy-weight.  According to a seesmic po…
• Verizon Wins $33 Million Judgement Against Registrar OnlineNic
  According to Businesss Week and other sources, Verizon has won a legal battle against registrar OnlineNic in a default judgement. The decision awarded Verizon $50,000 per domain name (663 in total). …
• Domainers Aren’t Early Adopters
  Some of the more outspoken veterans of the domain name business like to think of themselves as early adopters, likely because of their early awareness and insight into the power of domain names.  How…

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• A Bright Spot in the Current Recession: Marketers Plan to Spend Big on Content Creation This Year
  Despite the recession many marketers are planning to increase their spending in several areas online. Content creation will be one of the big winners in 2009 as advertisers invest in their own content…
• BusinessWeek Magazine Says Only One Ad Medium - Online - Will Grow in 2009 & The Others Will Never Be The Same
  The success of many domain and website owners is based on online ad spending. While ad budgets in general will be slashed in 2009, most experts agree that one medium will grow while the others all dec…
• 4th Quarter Tailspin Saddles 2008 Domain Aftermarket With a 10% Sales Decline From 2007
  DN Journal's latest free newsletter is being emailed to opt-in subscribers today. With the close of the 2008 domain sales season yesterday, this month's letter breaks down the final sales data for the…
• For the First Time the Internet Has Passed Newspapers As a Preferred Source of News
  The Internet has passed newspapers and now trails only TV as the most popular source for news according to a new report from the respected Pew Research Center. In just the past year, the web's mindsha…
• The Final Weekly Domain Sales Report for 2008 is Now Out at DN Journal
  The final weekly domain sales report for 2008 is now out at DNJournal.com. Moniker closed a $275,000 sale that took the lead position on our new Top 20 chart and the AfternicDLS weighed in with a soli…
• Ari Goldberger Called It 3 Years Ago: New Data Shows WIPO Cases Have Doubled Since the Current Domain Boom Began
  A new analysis of WIPO cases shows that the number of domain disputes has doubled over the past five years. The reasons are being debated but one of our expert commentators predicted it was coming sev…
• Comics.com Plays a Key Role in the Comic Strip Industry's Bid to Survive by Migrating from Print to the Web
  Yet another institution from traditional media, the venerable comic strip, is looking to the web for salvation as its current distribution platform, the daily newspaper, continues to crumble. A great…
• The Location and Dates for the 2009 GeoDomain Expo Have Been Announced
  The geodomain industry's premier event will be moving to the West Coast in 2009 for a spring time conference that will close the weekend before the next T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference opens in Silicon Vall…
• What Was OnlineNic Thinking!? And How Does Verizon Keep Getting Away With the Same Thing?
  Verizon wins the biggest cybersquatting judgment ever - more than $33 million in a suit against registrar OnlineNic.com. Our take on why, even though Verizon was right to sue, this is also a case of t…
• NameMedia Withdraws Its Planned $172 Million IPO
  Name Media has decided to pull their planned IPO offering citing market conditions. The Massachusetts-based domain conglomerate (parent company of BuyDomains, the AfternicDLS and several parking servi…

• Domains Defy Christmas Sales Slump With Five 6-Figure Sales Closing This Week
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. In contrast to retailers who are suffering through a dismal Christmas season domain sellers had a banner week with five names cracking the s…
• The 100 Oldest .Com Domains on the Internet: PC World Takes Us Back to the Beginning
  Do you know what the first .Com domain ever registered was? PC World magazine took us back in time with a new article published this week that runs down the 100 oldest .com domain names on the Interne…
• A Veteran Domain Investor Meets Israel's President and Explains Why Domains Rock (Even in a Recession)
  Veteran domain investor Mike Zappy Zapolin of the Internet Real Estate Group met Israeli President Shimon Peres last week when Zappy was in Tel Aviv to speak at a major business conference. While ther…
• How Acquiring and Developing High Quality Domain Names Gave Warren Royal Control Over His Own Destiny
  The new December Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. The plunge in parking revenue over the past year has left many domain owners looking for lifejackets. Warren Royal found his by developing Bobbleh…
• ICANN Plan for New gTLDs in More Trouble as U.S. Government Joins the Skeptics
  ICANN's plan to roll out an unlimited number of new global domain extensions starting next year has hit a major roadblock. The U.S. Government has joined the growing chorus of stakeholders expressing…
• Results from Thursday's Sparring Match Between GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons and Company Critic Andrew Allemann
  GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons invited a critic of his company, Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire.com, to be on his GoDaddy Radio show Thursday. In case you missed it, their sparring match is now available f…
• GreatDomains Auction Sales Dominate DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Chart
  A huge batch of completed sales from Sedo's GreatDomains.com premium auction site dominate the new weekly domain sales chart at DN Journal. We have expanded the all extension leader board from 20 to 4…
• GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons, Fresh Off a $2 Million Party for Employees, Spars With a Company Critic Today on His Radio Show
  GoDaddy celebrated a 42% jump in sales this year by throwing a spectacular $2 million holiday party for its employees. TDNAM auction customers can celebrate too. Starting bids on high traffic domains…
• National Advertisers and TM Owners Call on ICANN to Stop Its Planned Roll Out of New gTLDs
  A powerful trade association representing thousands of famous brands has called on ICANN to halt its plans to roll out an unlimited number of new gTLDS in 2009. The Internet Commerce Association also…
• Why There May Be a Silver Lining in the Dark Cloud Google Placed Over Parking Companies Last Week
  Google put a dark cloud over the heads of domain parking companies when they went into direct competition with their partners - but there may be a silver lining in that cloud for the PPC providers. Al…
• Are the PPC Companies Toast? DN Journal's Take on Google's New Parking Plan
  Anyone in North America (and eventually the world) who wants to park a domain can now go directly to Google and bypass the parking companies. Does that mean they are history? Here is our take plus com…
• Tribune Bankruptcy: "The notion that the local newspaper will always be there - no matter what - is no more."
  The ongoing migration of ad money to the web played a major role in the Tribune Company's stunning bankruptcy this week. One commentator observed that once offered a better and much lower cost Interne…
• Many Domain Owners Depend on Online Advertising But the Recession is Killing Ad Revs, Right? Wrong!
  The advertising industry's top forecasters are predicting that online advertising will keep growing at a healthy clip next year and, in terms if growth, will blow away everything else in 2009, rising…
• Past Week Produces a Trio of Six-Figure Sales Including One of the Year's Ten Biggest ccTLD Sales
  Domain buyers were busy last week, ringing up three six-figure sales including one of the ten biggest country code sales of 2008. That was one of seven ccTLDs to make DN Journal's all extension Top 20…
• DOMAINfest Global Registrants Are Looking Forward to a Special Party at the Playboy Mansion Next Month
  Those going to the DOMAINfest Global conference in Hollywood, California January 27-30 will be treated to a trip to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. The show's official farewell party will be staged the…
• A Webinar You Won't Want to Miss: Michael and David Castello on Developing Domains
  Brothers Michael and David Castello (who were the subject of a popular DN Journal Cover Story two years ago this month) will be the featured guests on a free webinar tonight at 9pm (U.S. Eastern Time)…
• Domain Thieves Becoming More Brazen with Hijackers in the Ukraine and Iran the Latest to Strike
  Tis the season to be jolly - unless you are victimized by one of several domain hijackers currently operating in the shadows of the Internet. One apparently based in the Ukraine temporarily took down…
• New Reports from Verisign and Nominet Size Up the Domain Registration Market as ccTLDs Continue to Rock
  New reports from Verisign in the U.S. and Nominet in the UK show total domain name registrations continue to expand but the growth rate is slowing down (country codes are outperforming the rest of the…
• Jon Lumpkin Leaves Richmond.com to Help Skip Hoagland Build an Ambitious Dual Purpose Site on Alexandria.com
  After award winning work at Richmond.com, Jon Lumpkin has left to join Skip Hoagland's Domains New Media where he will help build a new site on Alexandria.com. The project will serve two cities that s…
• Pair of $150,000 Sales From Rick Latona's Live Auction in Australia Lead This Week's Domain Sales Chart
  Though the long Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S. shortened the work week to just three days for most Americans a string of completed live auction sales filled DN Journal's weekly Top 20 chart with som…
• Rand Fishkin Says SEO is Hot Again and That the Recession is a Big Reason For the Boom
  Are Fishkin's comments counter intuitive? Not really. The web is the most efficient business platform in the world and thus the one best suited to help business owners survive the economic downturn.Li…
• Domainer Stephen Webb Turns to Development and Finds an Audience With WeAreRadio.com.
  Today in the Lowdown: An introduction to our new comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia, domainer Stephen Webb's Internet radio website WeAreRadio.com makes news…
• Fabulous Affair: DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under
  DN Journal has published its comprehensive review of the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held outside the United States. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under, ably staged by Fabulous.com, attracted domain o…
• The Economy Is Tanking But Online Ad Spending Is Expected to Set Another New Record in 2009
  Here is still another reason to be thankful this weekend - the continuing growth of the online advertising market. Despite the meltdown in the general economy, online search ad spending isl expected t…
• Egypt: An Inside View of This Stop on the Domain Industry's October/November World Tour
  Over the past few days, we've given you an inside view of domain events in Australia and on the French Riviera. Today it is on to Egypt where Directi sister companies Skenzo and LogicBoxes took delega…
• Country Code Domains Dominate DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Report
  Country code domains turned in the strongest performance we have seen since starting our weekly domain sales report over five years ago. The biggest ccTLD sale of the year led a country code charge th…
• An Inside Look at the 3rd Annual SedoPro Partner Forum on the French Riviera
  Photos from the 3rd Annual SedoPro Partner Forum held on the French Riviera make us wish we could have been there. A fabulous waterfront hotel, yacht racing, casino night and a chauffeured antique car…
• After a 32-Hour Trip Home Some Extra Photos and Notes from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under
  We're back from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia with some additional notes and photos from a fabulous show staged by, appropriately enough, Fabulous.com. You will want to check o…
• Final Notes Before Heading to Australia for Traffic Down Under and Kudos to Jeff Kupietzky
  I'll be spending the entire weekend flying to Australia to cover next week's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference for you. I posted some show notes before heading out and also details on a well deserv…
• Domain Development Trend Continues to Pick Up Steam as Domainers Roll Out New Websites
  Domain development is attracting more and more domain owners who are looking for ways to offset their PPC revenue declines. Well-known domainers Page Howe, Andrew Allemann and partners Ari Goldberger…
• How Domains Helped Michael Gilmour Bounce Back Bigger Than Ever After Losing a Fortune Overnight
  In 2003 Australian entrepreneur Michael Gilmour found himself broke after losing a fortune overnight. He took his last $100 and bought a domain name. Five short years later Gilmour is one of the most…
• Don't Look Now But Variable Domain Pricing Is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again
  George Kirikos, a veteran domainer and long-time ICANN observer, has spotted language in new gTLD contracts that could pave the way for Verisign to charge domain owners anything they want for .com and…
• Four Six-Figure Sales Totaling Well Over $1 Million Lead New DN Journal Weekly Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Four big six-figure sales, totaling well over a million dollars, lead the new Top 20 chart. There was a lot of variety on the all extension…
• Christmas May Suck for Brick & Mortar Retailers But Experts Predict Double Digit Growth Online
  Forecasters are predicting a bad Christmas season for retailers with one exception - online sales are expected to easily surpass last year. In another win for the web, the editor of our local newspape…
• Big Sales Week Shaping Up As Sedo Closes Two Deals Totaling $725,000
  DN Journal's next weekly domain sales report (due out tomorrow night) is shaping up as a strong one, especially after two big six-figure sales were just closed at Sedo today.
• Is SEO Dead? Micah Baldwin Says There Is a Better Way to Build Traffic
  If you do SEO for a living, you will be out of business or irrelevant in 3 years according to Lijit Networks exec Micah Baldwin. A lot of domain owners who want to develop their names have been thinki…
• Online Ad Network CEO Joe Apprendi Says Web Publishers Are Well Positioned to Weather the Recession
  The business pages are filled with bad news but here is some positive information for domain owners to mull over this weekend. Veteran online advertising exec Joe Apprendi has seen it all and he says…
• The ICA Corrects CADNA's Misrepresentation of Cybersquatting as a Criminal Offense
  The Internet Commerce Association has responded to a press release issued yesterday by the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) that erroneously portrayed cybersquatting as a criminal offense.…
• DN Journal Releases Latest Quarterly Analysis of Sales Trends in the Domain Aftermarket
  DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter breaks down 3Q-2008 domain sales to see what the numbers reveal about the health of the aftermarket. Plus, more info and photos from Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report From DNJournal.com
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Another big wave of completed live auction sales from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference dominates this week's domain sales chart. Monik…
• The Lowdown on Why GeoDomainer.com Has Been Down
  Today in The Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The scoop on why social networking site GeoDomainer.com has been inaccessible the past two weeks, details on a big .mobi auction starting tomorrow at Sedo and th…
• Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett Graduate From the Harvard Business School
  Doctors Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett have become Harvard Business School graduates after completing the school's intensely demanding Advanced Management Program. Also, our take on Media General's purc…
• BoycottKentucky.com Asks Domainers to Call That State's Governor Today
  BoycottKentucky.com is asking domain owners to call the office of Kentucky governor Steve Beshear en masse today to express their displeasure with his attempt to take over 141 gambling related domain…
• Our Early Voting Experience and Online Polls Where You Can Cast a Ballot
  The U.S. presidential election won't be held until Tuesday but thousands of web surfers have been casting their votes in online polls for weeks now. We'll tell you about a couple you can participate i…
• Daughter of Domainer Rob Grant is Breaking Out in the Music Business
  Lizzy Grant, the daughter of veteran domainer Rob Grant, is making a splash in the music business. Lizzy has just released her first record (available on iTunes) and also has a new video out that is c…
• A Quartet of Six-Figure Domain Sales Lead New DN Journal Chart
  The new weekly DNJournal.com domain sales report is out with four six-figure sales and a flood of completed live auction sales leading the aftermarket hit parade.
• Ari Bayme Replaces Geodomain Giant Dan Pulcrano as CEO at MovieTimes.com
  Ari Bayme, is taking over as CEO at Movie Times, Inc., a company that owns a portfolio of several thousand movie related domain names and operates the popular entertainment portal MovieTimes.com. Chai…
• New Photo Gallery Added to DN Journal's Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York
  We're on the first leg of a one-week vacation trip but before heading out we added an exclusive new Photo Gallery to our T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York coverage. We also posted a preview article that let's y…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under Preview: Australia Ready to Welcome Domainers From Around the World
  The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference heads overseas for the first time November 18-20 when Fabulous.com hosts the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference on Australia's famed Gold Coast. To get the inside scoop…
• Harvard Business School Bash Brings Domain Industry Execs Face to Face With Bill Gates
  Internet Real Estate Group President Andrew Miller and CEO Mike Zappy Zappolin were among the Harvard Business School graduates who got to meet luminaries like Bill Gates and Meg Whitman at last weeke…
• Kentucky Judge Rules Against 141 Gambling Related Domain Owners
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• Dr. Kevin Ham is Named an Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner
  Reinvent Technology CEO Dr. Kevin Ham, who was the subject of DN Journal's May 2008 Cover Story, has been named winner of the Pacific Region's prestigious Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year A…
• DOMAINfest Global 2009 Lands Apple Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as Their Keynote Speaker
  The DOMAINfest Global 2009 conference coming up in January has scored a major coup by landing Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as their keynote speaker. The show, sponsored by Oversee.net's dom…
• USA Today Columnist Tells Readers NOW Is the Time to Get a Domain Name and Build a Website
  In a new column today, USA Today business columnist Gladys Edmunds told her readers that NOW is the time to get a domain name and build a website to promote your company. A web address allows you to g…
• Back on Track - The Domain Aftermarket Rebounds Strongly From a Weak Outing Last Week
  The domain aftermarket got back on track this week with a solid outing led by one of the year’s five biggest country code sales at an eye-popping $300,000. A second six-figure transaction was booked…
• Big City GeoDomain Owners Face New Competition as NBC Unveils New Local Portals
  Big city geodomain owners will be facing some tough new competition as NBC-TV begins converting their local station websites into broad based city portals complete with new geo-oriented domain names l…
• Fabulous.com Announces a Live Domain Auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under to Benefit the ICA
  Fabulous.com has announced a charity live domain auction to benefit the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) will be held November 19th during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference that Fab will be…
• Domain Registrations in Latin America Soared Almost 18% in the Past Year
  Domain registration rates around the world continue to grow at a double digit pace. A new report from the Latin American region says total registration soared nearly 18% in the past year with Brazil a…
• Big Personnel Move Could Shake Up the GeoDomain Industry
  Two key members of the award-winning Branson.com team have left to help Skip Hoagland develop his portfolio of prime U.S. and International geodomains. Their first joint project will focus on turning…
• Exclusive Photos From Poland's First Major Domain Conference Last Weekend in Cracow
  DN Journal has exclusive photos from the MeetDomainers conference held in Cracow, Poland last weekend - including a live domain auction that saw some .pl (Polish ccTLD) domains fetch nice prices. Also…
• Weak Week For the Domain Aftermarket - The Question Is Why?
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This wound up being the weakest week of the year. There are two likely reasons for that, one being the meltdown in the general economy and t…
• The Kentucky Hearing Into That State's Attempt to Confiscate 141 Domain Names is Over
  The Kentucky hearing into that state's attempt to confiscate 141 gambling related domain names was held today with the judge deciding he would need 7 days to consider the issues before announcing a de…
• The ICA is in Kentucky Today Protesting That State's Attempt to Confiscate 141 Domain Names
  The Internet Commerce Association is in Kentucky today, protesting that state's attempt to confiscate 141 domain names from their rightful owners. Elsewhere, Forbes Magazine says the current credit cr…
• 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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domainnews.com

• .CO.NL Grandfather Period – only 9 days left!
  Amsterdam 5th January 2009 – The .CO.NL Grandfather period that opened on Tuesday November 18th 2008 was received with great enthusiasm, and the Operator wishes to remind holders of a .nl domain tha…
• .KE Reaches 10,000 Registrations Milestone
  While some of the larger ccTLDs note milestones of registrations in the millions, there are smaller ccTLDs whereby 10,000 registrations, given the economic situation and internet infrastructure, are m…
• Vint Cerf on US Chief Technology Officer Position
  Vint Cerf, father of the internet, former ICANN Chair and now Google's vice president and chief Internet evangelist, is rumoured to be on the short list for President-elect Obama's proposed chief tech…
• ICANN 2008 Annual Report Published
  The 2008 Annual Report for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been published online. The report covers in detail the organization's achievements and progress during 20…
• .IN Registry Seeks Arbitrators for Domain Name Disputes
  The National Internet Exchange of India, which operates the .IN ccTLD Registry, is inviting proposals from interested individuals who wish to apply as Arbitrators for the .IN Registry, and who have pr…
• 500,000 .cz Domain Names Registered
  In late December, CZ.NIC announced there were now 500,000 .cz domain names registered. The registration of .cz domain names has risen rapidly since October 2007, with the increase attributed to their…
• Royal Treatment: How Acquiring and Developing High Quality Domain Names Gave Warren Royal Control
  As the topic of Ron Jackson's newest cover story, Jackson discusses the precipitous plunge in parking revenue over the past year has left many domain owners looking for lifejackets and, more important…
• Verizon awarded $33.2M in Domain Name Dispute Case
  The U.S. District Court in California has awarded Verizon Communications Inc. $33.2 million in a suit against a San Francisco company OnlineNIC Inc. which set up at least 663 domain names that were ei…
• Securing your .co.nl domain
  November 18th it became possible to register .co.nl domain names. And until January 15th all .NL domain name holders are granted priority in registering. World wide there are already 50 countries that…
• GreatDomains Q4 2008 Auctions set Record Sales
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass., – Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced record sales for its signature GreatDomains auctions held in November and December. The…

• EuroDNS and new Internet extensions – Your Brand is Your Domain
  Luxembourg, 22nd December – EuroDNS, in cooperation with Deloitte/Laga and eBrand Services, has just launched the “dotBrand” project, which allows companies and brand holders to take advantage I…
• US Govt Advises ICANN Not to Risk DNS "Security and Stability" in gTLD Expansion
  The United States Department of Commerce has advised ICANN not to jeopardise the security and stability of the DNS if it goes ahead with its plan to introduce new gTLDs.
• Public Interest Registry Opens Call for Nominations for its Advisory Council
  [news release] .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the premier domain where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy, announces it is seeking Internet l…
• Nominet Renewals Research Survey
  [news release] Nominet is currently sending out a survey request to find out why people renew or do not renew .uk domain names. This type of research is part of their ongoing renewals activity with re…
• There's More .Me To Go Around At Second Public Auction
  [news release] The .ME Registry (http://www.domain.me/) announced today five highly coveted .ME domains will go up for LIVE auction at DOMAINfest Global ‘09 in Hollywood, CA. DOMAINfest Global ‘09…
• Image of fi-domain name surveyed
  [news release] FICORA has surveyed the interestness of private persons towards the fi-domain name and what their image of the fi-domain name is. The survey was implemented by an e-mail questionnaire s…
• ICANN - Second Consultation on Registry/Registrar Report this Friday
  Responding to community requests for additional dialogue about the requirements for the separation of gTLD registries and registrars, ICANN posted a 9 December announcement about two open consultation…
• ICANN - Revisions in Proposed Changes to Registrar Accreditation Agreement
  ICANN today posted a revised set of proposed amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. The amendments are intended to provide additional protections for registrants and improved enforcement…
• ICANN Advisory: Add Grace Period Limits Policy
  ICANN is today announcing the implementation plan for the new Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits Policy adopted by the ICANN Board on 26 June 2008. A grace period is a specified number of calendar days fol…
• Kredit.de Worth a Lot of Credit for Sedo
  Sedo had some big sales in the week to December 7, with kredit.de (credit) the biggest seller selling for €892,500 (US$1,244,700) followed by another six-figure seller, sc.com ($300,000). The former…

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domainnamewire.com

• Register.com’s Customer Service Lie
  J.D. Power should reconsider Register.com’s call center award. Domain name registrar Register.com likes to tout its J.D. Power and Associates call center certification. Perhaps their call center rep…
• Dough! Mrs. Fields Loses 1800cookies.com Case
  Cookie and gift seller loses arbitration for domain 1800cookies.com. Cookie and gift company Mrs. Fields has lost an arbitration case at National Arbitration Forum for the domain name 1800cookies.com.…
• ICANN Advertises to the Mainstream, Update on New TLDs
  Ad in The Economist likely the first of many. As I finished the Christmas Double Issue of The Economist, I flipped through the final pages of ads and was surprised to see this: Internet Corporation Fo…
• Mystery Domain Auction Shuts Down
  Mystery Domain Auction has shut down. After just 4 short days, John Motson has shut down his controversial Mystery Domain Auction site, according to a blog post on his site. Apparently Motson was worr…
• Mystery Domain Auction Isn’t About Domain Names
  My take on MysteryDomainAuction.com. John Motson of DNxpert.com launched his MysteryDomainAuction.com web site yesterday, and a blogging firestorm ensued. But before I get into that, let me tell you t…
• 5 Domain Name Resolutions for 2009
  Here are my five New Year’s resolutions for 2009. I’ve never broken a New Year’s resolution. That’s because I set the bar low, such as vowing not to eat seafood (I don’t eat the stuff anyway…
• 2008 Domain Dunce Awards: Fired.com
  “Sorely misguided” complainant loses bid for Fired.com. [This is the second Domain Dunce award for 2008. See the first one for Verizon.] What do you do if you want a domain that’s already regist…

thedomains.com

• Nielson Releases Search Data For November
  Nielson Research released its November search share ratings by provider today. The research shows that Google Year to Year growth was almost 22% while Yahoo search was down 1.5% and Microsoft Search w…
• China Cracking Down On Google, Baudi & Others For Porn
  According to Reuters, China has launched a crackdown on websites, with officials accusing search engines including Baidu and Google of spreading pornography and vulgarity, saying repeat violators and…
• iMode.com Starts the New Years off Selling for $17K at SnapNames.com
  While you were trying to get over your hangover on New Years Day, the domain iMode.com sold for $17,001. iMode.com was on our first list of top Snapnames domains. In a couple of other notable sales: S…
• Coming To An Interstate Near You, Pay To Use Public Highways?
  Off the topics of domains, but a thought I wrtie about a trend I’m seeing around the US, which may effect everyone of you in the NEAR future, is paying to use previously free interstate highways. In…
• Browser Wars: Internet Explorer Falls Under 70% Usage
  Net Applications released updated global browser market share numbers today, indicating that Internet Explorer is losing users at an accelerated pace. The browser’s share dropped from 69.77% in Nove…
• ICANN Publishes It’s Annual Report: Here is Ours
  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, published it’s annual report, The report puts a bright face on what ICANN calls the “organization’s achievements and progress duri…
• Has the Net Killed Brick and Mortar Retailing?
  According to a new report by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), up to 73,000 brick and mortar retail establishments could close in just the first half of 2009. The ICSC says there w…
• Top Domains At SnapNames.com: January 1 Edition
  Here is our second list of our top picks for domains available for backorder, or at an opened auction at SnapNames.com You can simply click on the link to backorder: cruises.org cif.com traveltips.com…
• Our “BigUps” for 2008
  For our last post of the year, I thought I would out give out some credit for some of the achievements in the domain space for 2008, in no particular order: Rick Schwartz.  I have been involved with…
• Know When To Hold & Know When To Fold
  David Castello, pointed out to me today an update on a story we wrote about a back in October, about a Steven Thiele, a body builder, who registered a several domains of Indian tribes in Florida; micc…

chefpatrick.com

• The Revolution Is Over
  It seems that the Domaining Revolution has ended. For those of you not familiar with the MysteryDomainAuction.com story please read here. This is directly from John Motson… “Following legal advice…
• The Truth About MysteryDomainAuction.com
  It is now day 2 of the “so called” Revolution created by John Motson and I wanted to share my two cents. I would have given my full opinion yesterday but I was upset about the launch and didn’t…
• NetFleet.com.au Press Release
  NetRegistry Joints NetFleet in Australian Domain Sales Industry Sydney, December 29th, 2008 - Netregistry, Australia’s leading domain name provider, has partnered with Netfleet to deliver a cutting…
• Another Million Dollar Site Scheme
  First let me say a few things,  Happy New Year to everyone.  Last night was the first time my five and six year old kids stayed up for the stroke of midnight, it was a blast. Also, I have some new y…
• Domainer Comic Strip #20
  Wednesday, here is your weekly domainer comic strip, enjoy. OK guys, this one came from a readers suggestion about two weeks ago. Because of their suggestion they will win a free domain name. Knowing…
• Page Rank Updated
  You heard it here first, check your page rank!!! I am pleased to say that DNKitchen.com is moving up in the ranks, now at a PR3 Thank you to my readers and everyone who has linked back to me.
• New Generic Top-Level Domain Plans Marred By US Government
  Earlier this year ICANN rolled out its plan to allow new “generic” extensions (suffixes) to be created in association with niches, geographical locations, or even corporate names. For example inst…
• Update and New Contest
  Sorry I have not posted in a few days, after my son opened miniature golf for his Nintendo wii we haven’t been able to put that thing down. Hope everyone had a great holiday. Now lets get everyone c…
• Happy Holidays
  
• Winner Of The Free Mini-Site
  Sorry I was not able to post the contest winner last night. A couple things held me back, besides the full day of Christmas shopping you guys didn’t make it easy to pick a winner. There were 300+ do…

dotsauce.com

• Interview With @NameCheap: The Most Popular Registrar on Twitter
  Many web developers, designers and now domainers are flocking like an army of little blue birds to Twitter, a social status service that allows you to share what you are doing in 140 characters or les…
• Parking Revolution Video Demonstration
  Here is a quick video screencast demonstration that shows a glimpse behind the scenes of Parking Revolution, an excellent new service for domainers which allows anyone to develop content rich mini-sit…
• Best of 2008 - One Year in Domaining
  A new year has almost arrived! It seems that not so long ago I was hanging out at DomainFest in Hollywood earlier this year, which was no doubt the highlight of my year.  We saw many events take plac…
• DotSauce Fundraiser - Offering Lifetime Access to Premium Domaining Content
  My fellow domainers, I am looking to raise some money to keep DotSauce.com afloat and provide more free tools, articles and resources aimed at helping you succeed and profit in our industry. I have ne…
• 5 Legal Tips for Protecting Your Online Assets
  If you’re a domainer, you have lots of online assets. But are you properly protecting them? There are a few legal steps you should take to ensure that your online property is secure. 1. Use Good Sec…
• Parking Revolution Delivers New Features and a Jolly Christmas Discount!
  Parking Revolution has announced some great new features and an exclusive 15% off discount code for the holidays.  Today you have the opportunity to be directly involved with Parking Revolution. The…
• Big Day In Domaining: Google Alerts Help Keep You Updated by Email
  I just received today’s email summary of domain industry news from Google Blog Alerts. Today’s update contained lots of great articles, news and resources from top blogs in the domain industry, pr…
• A True Domain Parking Revolution Has Come!
  I have been hinting at my involvement with a revolutionary product in domain parking and development for a few weeks now.  I am happy to announce the wait is over! Parking Revolution is now live and…
• Why AdSense for Domains is a Step in the Wrong Direction
  I mentioned in my last editorial, “The Evolution of Domain Parking and Mini Sites” that domain parking will gradually transition to feature rich mini-site development. Google recently announced th…
• Official Details on DOMAINfest Charity Party at Playboy Mansion
  On Thursday, January 29th, the last day of DOMAINfest Global 2009, a party will be held at the infamous Playboy Mansion! This year’s official DOMAINfest party combines good fun and good will, with D…

circleid.com

• ICANN Releases 10th Year Annual Report
  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has released its 2008 Annual Report marking the organization's 10th year anniversary. The 133 page report covers in detail the organizat…
• CircleID's Top 10 Posts of 2008
  Listed below are the most read news and blogs featured on CircleID in 2008. Top 10 Featured Blogs in 2008: North Dakota Judge Gets it Wrong by Al Iverson - Jan 16, 2008 Network Solutions Responds to F…
• Domain Name Disputes Doubled Since 2003, Origin of Most Cases in US
  Domain name disputes have been on steady rise for the past several years and have more than doubled since 2003. As reported today by Pingdom, while there was a period between 2000 and 2003 when the nu…
• Verizon Awarded More Than $33M in Largest Cybersquatting Case
  In the largest cybersquatting judgment ever, a federal court in the Northern District of California has awarded Verizon $33.15 million in a case in which an Internet domain registration company tried…
• ICANN's gTLD Proposal Hits a Wall: Now What?
  Michael Palage, an Adjunct Fellow at PFF’s Center for Internet Freedom, has just published the following piece on the PFF blog. Reproduced here with permission. ICANN's plan to begin accepting appli…
• Vulcan Golf v. Google Class Certification Denied
  Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc., 1:07-cv-03371 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 18, 2008). My previous posts on the initial complaint fuling and the ruling on motion to dismiss. This is a complex lawsuit by trademark…
• US Department of Commerce Doesn't Like ICANN's New Domain Plan
  ICANN's authority to manage top level of the DNS comes from a two-year Joint Project Agreement (JPA) signed with the US Department of Commerce in 1997, since extended seven times, most recently until…
• Banking: The Surprise Mobile Vertical
  Over the past two years of the .mobi domain, many of the first verticals that went mobile have not been a surprise because of the nature of their industries: travel (priceline.mobi), hotels (hilton.mo…
• ICANN Upgrades Domain Name Whois Inaccuracy Reporting System
  Today ICANN announced the launch of a new Whois inaccuracy reporting system (WDPRS) in an effort to improve the reporting system that allows general public to file reports against active domain names…
• US Department of Commerce Cautions ICANN on TLD Expansion Plan
  The US Department of Commerce has expressed concerns over ICANN plans for the expansion of Top-Level Domains (TLDs). According to DOC, ICANN needs to ensure that the introduction of new TLDs will not…

• Public Interest Registry Opens Call for Nominations for Its Advisory Council
  .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the premier domain where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy, announces it is seeking Internet leaders to fill…
• Disclaimer in Trademark Registration Sinks UDRP Action
  Ideation Unlimited, Inc. v. Dan Myers, Case No. D2008-1441 (WIPO November 12, 2008). A trademark owner who notices that someone else has registered a domain name incorporating the owner's mark can fil…
• ICANN Sets the Schedule to Kill Domain Tasting
  Domain tasting, as everyone probably knows by now, is the disreputable practice of registering lots of domains, seeing how much traffic they get, and then using the five day Add Grace Period (AGP) to…
• Clairmail Chooses Award-Winning DeviceAtlas to Grow Mobile Banking Business
  dotMobi's DeviceAtlas handset database now utilized by ClairMail to take their leading mobile banking solutions to the masses, regardless of handset dotMobi, the company behind .mobi – the only Inte…
• The ICANN New Generic TLD Process (Las Vegas Edition)
  I have not submitted any comments on ICANN's new gTLD process, mostly because many other people have said more diplomatically what I think, but I thought I could blog about it. My main concern from th…

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domainpulse.com

• .KE Reaches 10,000 Registrations Milestone
  While some of the larger ccTLDs note milestones of registrations in the millions, there are smaller ccTLDs whereby 10,000 registrations, given the economic situation and internet infrastructure, are m…
• Vint Cerf on US Chief Technology Officer Position
  Vint Cerf, father of the internet, former ICANN Chair and now Google’s vice president and “chief Internet evangelist,” is rumoured to be on the short list for President-elect Obama’s proposed…
• .IN Registry Seeks Arbitrators for Domain Name Disputes
  The National Internet Exchange of India, which operates the .IN ccTLD Registry, is inviting proposals from interested individuals who wish to apply as Arbitrators for the .IN Registry, and who have pr…
• 500,000 .cz Domain Names Registered
  In late December, CZ.NIC announced there were now 500,000 .cz domain names registered. The registration of .cz domain names has risen rapidly since October 2007, with the increase attributed to their…
• ICANN 2008 Annual Report Published
  [news release] The 2008 Annual Report for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has been published online today. The report covers in detail the organization’s achievements…
• Court Awards Verizon Largest-Ever Judgment In a Cybersquatting Case
  [news release] Northern California Company Ordered to Pay More Than $33 Million In the largest cybersquatting judgment ever, a federal court in the Northern District of California has awarded Verizon…
• US Govt Advises ICANN Not to Risk DNS “Security and Stability” in gTLD Expansion
  The United States Department of Commerce has advised ICANN not to “jeopardise the security and stability of the DNS” if it goes ahead with its plan to introduce new gTLDs. “It is unclear that th…
• Public Interest Registry Opens Call for Nominations for its Advisory Council
  [news release] .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the premier domain where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy, announces it is seeking Internet l…
• Nominet Renewals Research Survey
  [news release] Nominet is currently sending out a survey request to find out why people renew or do not renew .uk domain names. This type of research is part of their ongoing renewals activity with re…
• There’s More .Me To Go Around At Second Public Auction
  [news release] The .ME Registry announced today five highly coveted .ME domains will go up for LIVE auction at DOMAINfest Global ‘09 in Hollywood, CA. DOMAINfest Global ‘09 is set to take place Ja…

• Image of fi-domain name surveyed
  [news release] FICORA has surveyed the interestness of private persons towards the fi-domain name and what their image of the fi-domain name is. The survey was implemented by an e-mail questionnaire s…
• Revamped Whois Inaccuracy Reporting System Goes Live
  A redesigned system for receiving reports of inaccurate domain name registration data has gone live today. The Whois Data Problem Report System (WDPRS) has a number of advantages over the previous sys…
• Proposed .AERO Sponsorship Agreement Posted for Public Comment
  The proposed .AERO Sponsorship Agreement is posted for public comment and can be viewed here [PDF, 56K] and appendices here [PDF, 748K]. The current agreement was due to expire on 17 December 2006 and…
• ICANN Advisory: Add Grace Period Limits Policy
  ICANN announces implementation plan for new consensus policy ICANN is today announcing the implementation plan for the new Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits Policy adopted by the ICANN Board on 26 June 20…
• Kredit.de Worth a Lot of Credit for Sedo
  Sedo had some big sales in the week to December 7, with kredit.de (credit) the biggest seller selling for €892,500 (US$1,244,700) followed by another six-figure seller, sc.com ($300,000). The former…

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googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com

• Japanese WMC Blog launched
  Konnichiwa! Hajimemashite! *Hello, Nice to meet you!We just launched a new Webmaster Central Blog in Japanese. For those of you who feel more comfortable reading Japanese, and are interested in webmas…
• Feliz Navidad from the Spanish Webmaster Central team!
  About three and a half months ago we kicked off the Spanish Webmaster Central blog hoping to reach many webmasters. Given the time of the year, we would like to say a big ¡Muchas Gracias! to all our…
• Wishing you and your site a happy holiday!
  Your presence is our favorite present -- thanks for joining us for another year of making your site, and therefore the web, a better place. Every day we see new people commenting and joining the discu…
• Quick and easy tips for the holiday rush
  Season's greetings, webmasters! We've compiled a list of quick and simple tips for websites preparing for the holiday rush. For online and offline retailers, we understand that your website is a big p…
• Sitemap Submission Made Simple
  Submitting a Sitemap to Google just became even easier. No longer do you have to specify the Sitemap file type—we'll determine the type of data you're submitting automatically. Let's take a quick lo…
• Webmaster Tools in 40 languages!
  (Инструменти за уеб администратори, Eines per a administradors web de Google, Webmaster Tools, Googlen Verkkovastaavan työkalut, Εργαλεία για Webmasters, Ala…
• Message Center info through our API
  Recently we mentioned some updates in the Webmaster Tools GData API: we've just launched a whole new API, the Message Center GData API, as part of the Webmaster Tools API. The Message Center is the wa…
• Reintroducing your English Webmaster Help Google Guides
  When we announced our latest round of Bionic Posters in the old Help Group, an astute webmaster noted that we had never fully introduced ourselves to the webmaster community. With our announcement of…
• Friend Connect now available in beta to everyone
  If you've been looking for a way to grow traffic and make your site more interactive, check out Google Friend Connect -- now in beta and available to all webmasters. Remember that with Friend Connect,…
• One place for changing your site's settings
  One of the many useful features of Webmaster Tools is the ability to adjust settings for your site, such as crawl rate or geographic target. We've been steadily adding settings over time and have now…

• A new look for our Webmaster Help Group
  Googlers strongly believe in dogfooding our own products. We manage our work schedules with Google Calendar, publish our blogs on Blogger, and store scads of documentation on Google Sites. So, ever si…
• More control of Googlebot's crawl rate
  We've upgraded the crawl rate setting in Webmaster Tools so that webmasters experiencing problems with Googlebot can now provide us more specific information. Crawl rate for your site determines the t…
• Date with Googlebot, Part II: HTTP status codes and If-Modified-Since
  Our date with Googlebot was so wonderful, but it's hard to tell if we, the websites, said the right thing. We returned 301 permanent redirect, but should we have responded with 302 temporary redirect…
• Better targeting your indic language site
  A lot has been said about how to start a multi-lingual site and how to better target content through meta tags. Our users have raised a number of interesting questions about creating websites in diffe…
• On-Demand Sitemaps for Custom Search
  Since we launched enhanced indexing with the Custom Search platform earlier this year, webmasters who submit Sitemaps to Webmaster Tools get special treatment: Custom Search recognizes the submitted S…
• Google's SEO Starter Guide
  Webmasters often ask us at conferences or in the Webmaster Help Group, What are some simple ways that I can improve my website's performance in Google? There are lots of possible answers to this quest…
• Spookier than malware
  hotdoglion king...and infinitely more fun: webmasters and their pets incognito! Happy Halloween, everyone! If you see any costumes that would pass the SafeSearch filter :), feel like sharing a gripe o…
• Reflections on the "Tricks and Treats" webmaster event
  What featured over 750 webmasters and a large number of Googlers from around the world, hundreds of questions, and over one hundred answers over the course of nearly two hours?  If you guessed the Tr…
• Malware? We don't need no stinking malware!
  (Cross-posted from the Google Online Security Blog.)This site may harm your computerYou may have seen those words in Google search results — but what do they mean? If you click the search result lin…
• Webmaster chat event: Vote early and often!
  No matter where in the world you are, you can vote right now on webmaster-oriented questions by registering for our free Webmaster chat  (Tricks and Treats) which is scheduled for tomorrow at 9…
• Join us for our third live online webmaster chat!
  You know how some myths just won't die?  Well, do we have some great news for you!  A not-so-scary bunch of Gooooooooooooglers will be on hand to drive a stake through the most ghoulish webmastering…
• Where's my data?
  Today we're going back to basics. We'll be answering the question: What is a website?...Okay, not exactly. But we will be looking into what a website means in the context of Webmaster Tools, what kind…
• First Click Free for Web Search
  While working on our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful, we sometimes run into situations where important content is not publicly available. In o…
• Message Center warnings for hackable sites
  Recently we've seen more websites get hacked because of various security holes. In order to help webmasters with this issue, we plan to run a test that will alert some webmasters if their content mana…
• Video Tutorial: Google for Webmasters
  We're always looking for new ways to help educate our fellow webmasters. While you may already be familiar with Webmaster Tools, Webmaster Help Discussion Groups, this blog, and our Help Center, we've…

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adsense.blogspot.com

• Year in review: 2008
  As 2008 winds down, we'd like to follow tradition and close out the year with a look back at a few of the biggest happenings in AdSense.In 2008, we introduced new features like AdSense for feeds and a…
• Warm wishes
  From all of us here in Mountain View, have a safe and happy holiday season! (Members of the AdSense, DoubleClick, and Google Ad Manager teams pictured above.)Posted by Arlene Lee - AdSense Publisher S…
• Light up your site
  We all know how it feels to find the perfect gift. After scouring stores far and wide, suddenly your hunt is over: the stars have aligned to bring you just what you're looking for -- and not a moment…
• Western Union payment updates
  Do you use Western Union as your payment method? If so, we've just made a couple minor updates that we'd like to let you know about. Expiration date extendedWe've now extended the deadline to pick up…
• Spotlight on your content
  It's Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it readily available to all; as a web publisher, one of your goals may also be to make sure your content is readily available to all.…
• Extending AdSense for domains to all publishers
  Many publishers have approached us looking for a way to monetize their domains, and today, we're excited to announce the expansion of AdSense for domains. This product allows publishers to earn revenu…
• Make your ad cents (and dollars) count
  Back in May, we had tremendous interest from readers who asked if they could donate their earnings to help victims in China and Myanmar (Burma). We heard you loud and clear, and so we're happy to anno…
• Turkeys, thanks, and taxes
  This Thanksgiving weekend, we'd like to take a moment to ask our U.S.-based publishers to spend a little post-turkey time (when you're not watching football or taking advantage of those Black Friday b…
• Happy Thanksgiving from AdSense
  It's Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. tomorrow, and so we'd like to give thanks to all of our publishers (especially our dedicated blog readers!) for your participation in the AdSense program. If you're a…
• The forecast is clear in Google Ad Manager
  If you're a publisher who sells advertising space directly to advertisers, you might have experienced times when you've been unsure about how much inventory is available for you to sell. Google Ad Man…