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• Domain Name Observations and News Bits
  Several domain blogs & TechCrunch reported last week that the premium domain name, RealEstate.com (…
• Ron Jackson and Mark Ostrofsky on DomainSherpa.com
  DomainSherpa.com is a domain name information website which features interviews with domain name inv…
• Geo Domain Enthusiasts
  Geo domains are a niche within the larger domain name industry pertaining to domain names containin…
• Two Letter Domain Names Make for Memorable Addresses
  Rheumatoid Arthritis is one of those medical phrases that take an extra few seconds to type in order…
• Several Recent .BIZ Sales Via Sedo
  Several notable .BIZ domain sales were picked up the other day by Domain Name Wire. Casinos.biz was…
• Sedo Comes Through, Afternic Out To Lunch
  The old adage “There’s only one chance to make a good first impression” can certainly apply to…
• Domain Name and Website Optimization in Bing
  Most people are aware of a search engine technology merger having begun between Yahoo and Bing. Des…

• Domain Registrations Continue During Recession
  As an observer of domain name news and as a domain investor/developer, I check the number of total d…
• Real Estate Domain Sells for $60,000
  Ron Jackson of DNJournal wrote about a significant sale in the geo-targeted domain name category. Ro…
• Methadone Domain Name Aims To Educate
  Menius Enterprises acquired the domain name Methadone.US some months ago. I have been developing the…
• .US Rolls Out New Logo
  The Neustar registry has created a new logo for the .US web address. The new logo contains a fitting…
• Catchy Domain Names Have Value
  PremiumDomains.biz usually write about high demand generic domain names since these are the stock-in…
• Hotel Domain Names
  Hotel domain names are a specialty niche in the domain name market. There are generic super premiums…
• Premium Domain Names Built On Popular Keywords
  The culinary arts are of interest to many people. And this phenomenon seems to be catching on across…
• Playboy Launches .TV Domain Name
  The ubiquitous publication of many decades has launched its sexy array of beauties via Playboy.TV. P…

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• KindActs.com
  I launched a new site today at KindActs.com, to help motivate people to do random acts of kindness.…
• Big Domain Purchases – Part 2
  Earlier this year I bought some big domain names (such as Physical.com – see my blog posting about…
• How I Was Scammed Out Of $2000
  In my 15+ years of doing business online, I have lost money to scammers many times, so I thought I w…
• Domain Names I Recently Sold – September 2011
  Below is a list of some of the domain names that I sold in the past 9 months: WebStartups.com – $5…
• Big Domain Purchases
  I have some interesting news to report. In a previous posting I wrote about how I was unsure what to…
• Interviews and Publicity – Do They Bring Fame and Fortune?
  I was recently interviewed about my domain name business, and although doing any interview is always…
• My 9000 Domains – Part 2
  In a previous posting, I pondered What To Do With My 9000 Domain Names?. It has been 6 months since…

• What Domain Should I Use For My TV Site?
  One of the goals of my blog is to give people an inside look at how an Internet business is run. So,…
• The Website Content Controversy
  Google’s recent changes to their search rankings (see details here) to reduce spammy content (main…
• Domain Names I Recently Sold – January 2011
  Here are some domain names I sold in the past 4 months: WebFlings.com – $5,000 OnlineInvoices.com…
• SantaBot.com is coming to town
  In two of my previous postings, I wrote about my attempts to create viral videos: http://www.impulse…
• What To Do With My 9000 Domain Names?
  I own several hundred domains that have real websites on them, such as Dumb.com, Adoptme.com, and Ch…
• Big Domain Development – Part 3 (WatchMovies.com)
  In one of my earlier blog postings I talked about how I converted WatchMovies.com from a parked doma…
• New Website Projects – September 2010
  In one of my previous postings, I gave away 11 new business ideas that I had thought of, because the…
• Domain Names I Recently Sold – August 2010 Update
  Here are some domain names I recently sold: BuyBirdhouses.com – $5,000 SkinWrinkles.com – $5,000…
• The Death of the Publishing Industry?
  In the past few years there has been a lot of talk about how newspapers and magazines are being repl…
• How To Get Rich Online – Book Epilogue
  A few weeks ago I posted the introduction to my book. Below is the epilogue (the end part) for the b…
• How To Get Rich Online – Book Introduction
  I have been thinking about writing a book. It would be called “How To Get Rich Online” and would…
• Why I Hate Partnerships (an inside look at my Cyberworx partnership)
  In a previous posting about partnerships, I wrote about various partnerships I entered into over the…
• Giving Away My New Business Ideas
  In the spirit of a recent TechDirt article about giving business ideas away for free, I have decided…
• Viral Videos – Part 2
  In a previous posting, I talked about my attempt at launching a viral video. It was a modest success…
• Viral Videos – OK Go
  Most viral videos are just a one time thing for the person who created it, and much of the time goin…
• Bone of the Month Club
  Many of my blog postings are stories about sites that I created. This one is about a site I wanted t…
• Expanding Your Internet Business
  In my previous posting, I talked about how it is hard for many websites to take things to the next l…
• Taking Your Business to the Next Level
  One of the biggest problems in running an Internet business seems to be in taking it to the next lev…
• Big Domain Development – Part 2 (WatchMovies.com)
  In one of my earlier postings I talked about how I had not had much success developing my domain nam…
• Domain Names I Recently Sold – Part 2
  Below is a list of some of the domain names that I have sold over the past few months. These are all…
• The Risks of Buying a Company
  I have bought around a hundred websites over the past few years, but I have never bought any compani…
• Viral Videos (The Story of “Pimp My Sleigh”)
  A few years ago I decided to take a shot at creating a viral video, to get extra traffic to Bored.co…
• Sometimes Little Things Can Make A Big Difference
  For many years I have had most of my 10,000 domain names “parked”, which means they basically ju…
• Partnerships – Part 3
  I am not a big fan of partnerships. I know many big companies (Apple, Google, etc.) have been built…
• Amazon Kindle Review
  I am not much of a book reader, but I like to read the business books when I travel or am in the car…
• Domain Names I Recently Sold
  Here are some of domain names I sold over the past few months: Taboo.net – $15,000 NoPrivacy.com �…
• Mechanical Turk
  Back in 2005 Amazon.com launched a website they call Mechanical Turk, which is basically a job posti…
• Domain Flipping
  I rarely buy domain names anymore, but recently I bought GameTheory.com for $6901 at a Sedo.com auct…
• Web Hosting Sucks
  I have been running websites since 1995, and I can easily say the biggest headache I have had over t…
• Fake Passwords
  I have a webmaster secret that I will reveal here for the first time. As far as I know, I am the onl…
• How I Bought A Flower Store
  One of my crazier business ventures was buying a florist even though I had never owned a store befor…
• The Story of DigiCredit.com
  In the late 1990s, virtual currency sites such as CyberCash.com and DigiCash.com were all the rage,…
• Business Books
  Since I started my business in 1995 I have read very few books, maybe 3 or 4 at most. Instead I cons…
• How A Domain Sale Works
  You might be wondering how I sell a domain name. Most of the time, the buyer looks me up as the owne…
• Are Website Makeovers Worth It?
  Many people will probably disagree with what I am about to say, but I think people place too much va…
• FindInfo.com – My Human Powered Search Engine
  I have owned the domain name FindInfo.com for many years, and have tried creating various search eng…
• The Psychology of a Multi-Million Dollar Sale (Bored.com)
  In January 2008 I sold Bored.com and 170 related sites for $4.5 million. This represented over half…
• How to Get Rich Online
  Because I run my own Internet company, I often get asked the best way to make money online. Oddly en…
• Big Domain Name Development
  I have heard that some domain owners make a lot of money by taking one big domain, putting lots of c…
• Domain Name Development
  I own over 9500 domains (see my list at NameShopping.com), and only around 500 of them are developed…
• Free Web Hosting Sites
  Free Web Hosting Sites Over the years I have bought several free web hosting sites, where users can…
• Free Image Hosting Sites
  I bought several image hosting sites 3 or 4 years ago, but I eventually ended up selling them for le…
• Making Money With Domain Name Parking
  I own around 9,500 domain names, and 9,000 of them are parked (unused) and the other 500 I use for r…

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domainshane.com

• Time To Blog Less And Do More
  This past week was a game changer.   The positivity and the business relationships built at … FU…
• The Weekend’s Big List of Domains At Auction and Dropping on the Net
  Great week this week. Fantastic for Shane the businessman and domainer, bad for Domain Shane. … FU…
• Feds Seize 307 Sports Related Domain Names Just Before Super Bowl Weekend
  Wired is reporting that Feds have seized 307 sports related domain names just days before … FULL A…
• Thursday’s Big List of Domains At Auction and Dropping Around the Net 2-2-12
  Another fantastic night last night with exotic cars, Sam at the Viper room and after … FULL ARTICL…
• Some Of My Favorite Sites On The Web
  You may have noticed that I’ve been slackin’ on the writing lately. Sometimes I feel … FULL AR…
• For That Price Should Bargin.com Come With Bargain.com?
  Bargain.com is one of the bigger names up for sale at the upcoming DomainFest auction … FULL ARTIC…
• Wednesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 2-1-12
  You may have noticed I didn’t have a list yesterday. If you’ve ever been to … FULL ARTICLE »

• I Finally Did It…I Joined Twitter
  I realize many won’t see this as they’re traveling to DOMAINfest, but I finally did … FULL ART…
• Monday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 1-29-12
  As you’re reading this I’m on my way to LA for DomainFest.  That does not … FULL ARTICLE »
• A Quick Poll: Will These Three Names Sell at DomainFest?
  It’s simple.  Click yes or no……..and one personal question at the bottom .. . And … FULL AR…

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ricksblog.com

• Defining a New Mission, New Path for a New Era vs. "A Kodak Moment"
  Morning Folks!! Mission Accomplished. I had time to think, reflect and verify. Mission Accomplished.…
• My Personal Pick for Rookie of the Year in Domaining for 2011
  Morning Folks!! I never did this before. But it has been several years since someone new in the doma…
• The FUTURE Will be in Sub-Domains and I have PROOF! R.I.P. iReport.com
  Morning Folks!! No, I am not blogging again. But as I said, I would chime in from time to time when…
• Mission Accomplished! My Last Regular "Daily" Blog Post.
  Morning Folks!! It's December 1, 2011. I started writing this post weeks ago and waiting for just th…
• Some of My Most Satisfying Posts. My Top 20, Right Here!
  Morning Folks!! The past few months I finally have some satisfaction in that the posts I made were s…
• The Early 70's and Living in a Trailer Park. High School in New Hampshire and California.
  Evening Folks!! I never discussed my early life but as I put things together on this blog to fill in…
• Most Expensive "Grass" EVER! Marijuana.com sells for $4.2MM
  Morning Folks!! Can't make this stuff up. Marijuana.com sells for $4.2MM. Let's Party! http://techcr…

• It Starts with an Idea and Ends with an Equation. Key to Success in Domains and Beyond!
  Afternoon Folks!! An idea does not mean much unless you follow thru and the EQUATION works. Equation…
• A Job that was a Matter of Life and Death. Circa 1979
  Morning Folks!! So earlier I told you the story about my 1977 Cadillac. But that story led to other…
• The New Orleans 1977 Pontratrain Cadillac Story
  Morning Folks!! In September of 1976 I left the furniture factory in Miami and decided to trade in m…
• My Goal of Getting a Stutz Blackhawk VII Realized 25 Years Later.
  Evening Folks!! After my Saturday blog post, I ran across a few other old photos of cars and such I…
• Are you a Domain Investor or a Domain Flipper?
  Morning Folks!! Have you ever stopped to think long enough whether you are a "Domain investor" or a…
• Lord Knows I Can't Sing. Introducing "Sampson" and "Ribeye" Circa 1975
  Morning Folks!! I can't sing. I was kicked out of the Glee Club for 2 years in a row in 7th and 8th…
• .Whatever in 2000 and .Whatever in 2012. The Same Story, the Same Stubborn Domainers.
  Morning Folks!! My views back in the 1990's only get stronger today with more and more proof. My wor…
• Think of "Domains" Like you Think of "Diamonds"
  Morning Folks!! If you want to know what makes one domain have great value and one domain have almos…
• Thankful for being in the Greatest Industry in the World!!
  Morning Folks!! I have seen a lot of Thanksgivings come and go since I started investing in domain n…
• Mainstream FAILS AGAIN! Christmas Online Still not Ready for Primetime?
  Morning Folks!! 17 Christmas Seasons online and I am still waiting for mainstream to get it right. W…
• $4 Billion a DAY Pissed in the Ocean. Let's get Political
  Morning Folks!! I just don't get it. Like you, I am ripping my hair out. Folks want to save the worl…
• Property.com Launches as Category-Defining Portal for Massive Commercial and Residential Property Market
  Evening Folks!! eReal Estate Holdings, LLC, owner and operator of Condo.com and Houses.com, today an…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Announces Award in Memory of Bandit Berkens
  Afternoon Folks!! Not often do friend and foe alike unite in a common feeling of loss until there is…
• R.I.P. Bandit Berkens. A Tribute
  Morning Folks!! I wrote this Saturday Night just minutes after we learned that Bandit had passed. Mi…
• December is Time to Reflect. So Let's Reflect a Little Early.
  Morning Folks!! Just days away from December and every year I use the month of December to do two ma…
• The Non-Disclosure Clause is Bullshit
  Morning Folks!! You read that right! Non Disclosure Clause is Bullshit. It can actually be a benefit…
• Rick Answers Domain Gang! Friday Fun.
  Afternoon Folks!! So why ask a question and then close comments? Maybe just an oversight. But I will…
• .Whatever and the BIGGEST Losers! What does this New Info Mean?
  Morning Folks!! Never confuse the customer. That's just one of the takeaways from the O.co disaster.…
• How to Make Money During a Time of Uncertainty. A Guide for Going Against the Grain.
  Afternoon Folks!! The biggest cloud we all have over us is the uncertainty of the future. The world…
• What's the Damn Rush? Business needs 18-36 Months to Gel. This is How I see it.
  Morning Folks!! The #1 problem people in business have is they would rather do it FAST than do it RI…
• Annie Leibovitz The Great Photographer Suggest Best Camera is the iPhone
  Afternoon Folks!! So I am watching the evening news last night and they interview Annie Leibovitz th…
• Rick's University of Domain Names. FREE 90 Day Course!
  Morning Folks!! Would you like to get a "Rick Schwartz Degree" in domain names? Want to know what I…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. and a Return to Las Vegas
  Morning Folks!! Howard and Barbara have been in Las Vegas for the last 2 weeks scouting for venues a…
• Obituary: The Birdie in the Mine DEAD at just 11 Months of Age. Now What?
  Morning Folks!! What happened with O.com is very significant. I mean O.co. Now that we have new fact…
• Is it Over for .CO? Big Fanfare Turns Embarrassing and Costly with O.co CONFUSION!
  Morning Folks!! As was reported yesterday, the grand experiment of O.co has crashed and burned to pu…
• My Take on O.co Revisited as They go back to the Future! .COM 1 .CO ZERO
  Evening Folks!! Less than a year ago I said this about Overstock.com and O.com and the confusion tha…
• Property.com Live and Now in Beta
  Morning Folks!! Property.com 1.0 is now live and in Beta. The site opened Friday, 11-11-11. Like eve…
• Make a Million Dollars in Domains. 12 EASY steps and 36 Months! REALLY!
  Morning Folks!! This is simply one of the most valuable posts I have EVER made. Today you can plant…
• Are you Time Based, Productive Based or Just Marking Time?
  Evening Folks!! We have turned from a TIME BASED society to a PRODUCTION BASED society. But few know…
• Want to have Successes or is being Defeated More Comfortable? Here is your Blueprint of how NOT to Think. It's YOUR Choice.
  Morning folks!! I wrote this post a week or two ago and like so many posts I have been deciding to p…
• Meet.me Through my Eyes......
  Afternoon Folks!! As Mike Berkens article points out the sale of Meet.me is now final and an investm…
• Words that Live, Die and then Forgotten.
  Morning Folks!! My biggest challenge in writing is patience. While I have patience for domains to ri…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. App Update and Sponsoring Opportunity
  Morning Folks!! As is the way I view life and business the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. App is out there and worki…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. May Offer up to $25,000 CASH PRIZE to Best Developers of OUR Domains!
  Morning Folks!! Thinking out loud mode ON......... It all starts with an idea. An unpolished idea. B…
• When you Celebrate Great Success One of Two Things Happen.
  Morning Folks!! When you celebrate great success one of two things happen. You either help folks in…
• You Can't Control What you Can't Control. So why do so Many Try to Control it? DUH!
  Morning Folks!! There is a big difference in what you can and can't control and otherwise smart peop…
• My First DAY in Business. Everything Starts with an IDEA/PRODUCT and a SALE..
  Morning Folks!! I never told this story before and it is just one story embedded in all the other st…
• The March of .Whatever and what it Means to Domainers
  Morning Folks!! I think we can safely say that we are all veterans of the next extensions. We have s…
• The Most Tumultuous Year in OUR Lifetimes Starts TODAY. Here's What I See and Why.
  Morning Folks!! 1 year from today the United States will have the most anticipated election in histo…

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• Meet.ME Proves It’s About Vision
  As I sit here in the Newark airport tonight exhausted from a busy week and knowing I have a long tra…
• Occupy This! A Guest Post By Sean Stafford
  I want to thank Sean Stafford from DomainGraduate.com for allowing me to post his comment on a Faceb…
• Salesmanship: Ultimately Nothing Else Matters
  Yesterday Owen Frager sent out a great read in his newsletter, after reading I asked for permission…
• Long Term SEO Planning For Content Sites
  In a world that is lead by real time information and search and reacting to friends posting links on…
• Facebook Cover Photos Create A New Business Overnight
  If you are on Facebook or pay attention to social media news whatsoever you have taken a look at Fac…
• FBYou.net Misses the Mark with Domain Name
  I have not blogged about domain names much lately but to my domainer friends, do not worry, my heads…
• Facebook Change Haters I Have A Copy of Windows 95 For You
  If you did not watch the Facebook F8 Keynote today you missed out on the major changes coming to Fac…

• ITEXPO West Kicks Off in Austin TX
  I am in Austin, TX for the next few days attending ITEXPO West, its a great event with a ton of forw…
• Road Ragers Learn They Messed With Wrong Cyclist
  As many people that read my blog know I am an avid cyclist. I have been on the bike for years and ob…
• GENBAND Unveils 2011 GENFuzion Developer Challenge Winners
  Top app developers from GENFuzion Developer Community recognized for innovative applications powered…

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newfoundnames.com

• The Real Elliot Silver and More
  Some domainers have been around for years while others are just learning how to spell GoDaddy howeve…
• Angry Birds Fly – a 5 minute break from domain names
  Seriously we could all use one especially with the amount of pointless chatter in this space. Let’…
• AutoInsurance.org sells for $440,000
  Car insurance never stops and 360 Quote LLC has done it again with the purchase of AutoInsurance.org…
• LasVegasHotels.com, CarInsurance.com > What 2010 was!
  In my opinion 2010 will go down in history books as the year when many of the world’s best names w…
• CarInsurance.com sells for $49.7 Million
  According to MarketWatch.com Quinstreet has purchased CarInsurance.com for $49.7 Million. The Press…
• A $21,000 Click
  I totally forgot about this until someone contacted me this morning. Around 4 or 5 years ago when we…
• KEY SEO Tool – View your SEO Page Score inside WP Admin
  I rarely post articles about products to use but earlier today I was told about Scribe SEO and can s…

• Google Mocks me – Mind Readers those Larry and Sergey guys!
  I love the original Google Adwords keyword tool but looking up a particular set of keywords yesterda…
• 2 Top Videos to See – Google’s Evil Side
  What a great video to display Google’s evil powers to the world. Too funny .. and if you are a DAD…
• Going to the EPIK Conference – Top 10 Questions to Ask!
  There are well over 100 conferences annually for online development. Whether it’s the Search Marke…

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chefpatrick.com

• Submit A Domain Name For Sale On Domaining.com’s Newsletter Today!
  Francois, owner of Domaining.com, has organized a special domain name sales newsletter that will ben…
• .ME’s Premium Auction At Sedo Closed With $167,708 In Sales
  Although the .ME registry completed their premium .me domain name auction last week, I haven’t see…
• Less Than 24 Hours Left For .ME’s Premium Auction At Sedo
  Can’t afford to buy that premium .com domain name? .ME might be the perfect alternative for you. A…
• Monday Is The Last Chance To Grab Your .XXX Domain Name During Sunrise Period
  As reported on ElliotsBlog.com, .XXX Sunrise period which originally was to end today, has been exte…
• Netflix.com Forgets To Renew Its Domain Name
  Ok no, Netflix.com did not forget to renew its domain name, but this is funny. Still, within the hum…
• .XXX Sponsoring A Boat, Second One In The Last 30 Days
  The news of .XXX sponsoring a powerboat broke late last week, so I am a little late to posting. Alth…
• DOMAINfest Officially Not Returning To The Playboy Mansion
  Earlier today Oversee.net sent out a press release announcing DOMAINfest’s Global 2012 date, Janua…

• Jeff Kupietzky Is Voluntarily Leaving Oversee
  I just received the following email from Mason Cole, Oversee.net VP of Communications & Industry R…
• DNCruise Money Back Guarantee (Comic Strip)
  Wow… it has been a long time since I have posted a comic strip. Actually this one was prepared for…
• Long Running “Domain Masters” Returns To WebmasterRadio.FM
  Victor was a great host of the Domain Masters show for many years, the industry is lucky to have him…

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morganlinton.com

• Weekend Musings
  Well it’s 10:37PM which means the day is almost over, and I still haven’t had a chance to sit do…
• Reflections On DOMAINfest Global 2012
  Wow – this week flew by! I went to sleep at around 6AM so today has been a bit of a blur, now I fi…
• DOMAINfest 2012 Day Three – Live Auction
  2011 was plagued with some fairly disappointing auctions so I was pretty excited to see how we kicke…
• DOMAINfest 2012: Keynote By Biz Stone
  Wednesday night was a blast beginning at the Petersen Auto Museum and ending at the Viper Room in We…
• DOMAINfest 2012 – Day Two In Review: Part Two
  As day two winds down I made my way to PITCHfest, one of the coolest events at DOMAINfest! Entrepren…
• DOMAINfest 2012 – Day Two In Review: Part One
  Day two of DOMAINfest 2012 started-out with some big news – Snapnames and Moniker are being sold t…
• DOMAINfest 2012 – Day One In Review
  Day one is winding down after a great day of seminars and networking. I spent most of my morning hop…

• Domainers Converge In Santa Monica – DOMAINfest Day One Preview!
  If you head to Santa Monica right about now you are bound to bump into a Domainer, or two, or ten. T…
• Weekend Musings – Free Beer On Me For Blog Commentators!
  Wow – what a weekend it has been! Last check out MeetUp group had hit 109 RSVP’s and DOMAINfest…
• Southern California Domainer MeetUp Gets 100th RSVP!
  Tomorrow is going to be a day to remember as our little MeetUp group, which started with about ten o…

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elliotsblog.com

• Willis McGahee in Name.com Spoof of GoDaddy .CO Super Bowl Commercial
  The tradition of spoofing Go Daddy’s .CO commercial has continued in 2012. Name.com posted this hu…
• Super Bowl Sunday Updates – GO PATS!
  I think my favorite day of the year is Super Bowl Sunday, especially when my New England Patriots ar…
• I Wouldn’t Want To Be in The Domain Registrar Business Serving Domain Investors
  I was going to write this long comment/rant in response to a couple of the comments left in the Moni…
• Video: Lana Del Rey on Letterman
  By this point, I would bet you’ve heard of Lana Del Rey. Lana has a new album called Born to Die,…
• After the Sale, Are You More or Less Likely to Use Moniker?
  I’m sure you’ve already read the news that Moniker and Snapnames were acquired by KeyDrive in…

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dannosblog.com

• Video: Anonymous Message To Congress
  'Anonymous' now claim's to have access to the servers of ~ YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, U.N., US Bank…
• MegaUpload Take Down Details
  Three well done articles by Torrent Freak ~ takes a look at how MegaUpload was/is being taken down.
• SOPA Protest Blackout ~ January 18 2011
  The official SOPA/Protect IP blackout is set,major websites as well as many smaller websites are par…
• SOPA Author Is A Pirate ~ A Repeat Offender
  While the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) continues to dominate the news, the people responsible for t…
• Please Tweet @ The Senate Today
  The Senate is threatening to pass its version of the Internet censorship bill ~ The Protect IP Act ~…
• NinjaVideo Founder Sentenced To 22 Months In Prison
  A outspoken founder of NinjaVideo, one of the first domains to be targeted in the ongoing Operation…

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whizzbangsblog.com

• Flying to DomainFest
  Once again I find myself in the Melbourne, Australia Qantas club about to board QF93 to LA and Domai…
• Interview on Domain Sherpa
  Michael Cyger recently interviewed me for his fantastic videoblog site domainsherpa.com. During the…
• Domain Optimisation - Part 1
  Earlier today I was interviewed by Michael Cryger for Domainsherpa.com and he asked a number of ques…
• Saturday Musings - Being a Servant
  I was sitting at my desk today and for some reason turned on Facebook and read a tremendously inspir…
• Domain Portfolio Management
  While at TRAFFIC I talked to a lot of domain owners and was amazed at the number that either:1.  �…
• Yahoo’s not dead….just confused
  Many people that I’ve spoken with at the recent TRAFFIC conference have suggested that Yahoo is de…
• TRAFFIC - Oct 2011
  After a 33 hour plus journey I managed to arrive home from TRAFFIC! Hooray! If you’ve never suffer…

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namecake.com

• ICANN Make FIFA Look Legit! In My Opinion
    If you’re a soccer/football fan you will be aware of the current debate about FIFA and the corr…
• Caveat Emptor ~ “Let The Buyer Beware”
    We all know domain thieves abound. Oftentimes they do it via something as simple as a run of the…
• Who Says There’s No Money In Domains Anymore?
    I read with interest Rick Latona’s recent post which stated more or less that he’s had it wi…
• Develop, And Do It Right ~ Here’s A Prime EXAMPLE !!!
    How much are Premium Domain owners leaving on the table? Development is the way to go, especially…
• Natural Born Gamblers?
    Dress it up however you like, Domainers are natural born gamblers. If polls were taken on the typ…
• N.D.A’s Are A Drag But A Necessary One
  Aside from deals falling through at the last minute, buyers not keeping their word, sellers changing…
• If You Don’t Ask For Good Money You Will Never Get It
  All Domainers are equal but some are much more equal than others. Most domainers will never hit the…

• Proactive? Reactive? Or Plain Old Inactive?
    The World doesn’t owe any of us a living, in fact it doesn’t owe us anything! Anyone with ha…
• Short Domains ~ The State Of The Nation
    Many domainers consider three letter coms to be the "Gold Standard" of the domain industry. A bar…
• We Are All Selling Something - Hopefully!
    We are all selling something, and if we’re not we’re in trouble! If you’re a Car mechanic y…

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dmueller.com

• “Super Committee” fails to agree on deficit-reduction plan
  As reported by Reuters, the so-called congressional “Super Committee” failed to reach a deal on…
• Pivotal moment for the euro zone
  Stock markets in many parts of the world closed higher on semi-positive news from the US labour mark…
• Markets await Greek Vote on Austerity Plan
  As Greek unions continue their 48-hour general strike before the vote by lawmakers on the proposed f…
• Stock Markets Down on Fed Projections
  Stock markets are down worldwide today after yesterday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) June…
• Social Networking Bubble Inflating
  Technology companies like LinkedIn, Pandora, Groupon and Facebook are being valued at mind-boggling…
• No more domain names
  Dear readers, As many of you will know, I quit brokering domains a while ago – and I stopped activ…
• 28% of one- & two-letter .DE domains grabbed by one company
  Last Sunday I commented on DENIC releasing one- and two-letter domains as well as pure number domain…

• DENIC to make million-dollar domains available for the first time
  DENIC, the registry of Germany’s .DE top-level domain, has announced that it is going to make one-…
• Tim Schumacher kommentiert den Domainhandel
  In einem Gastkommentar auf der deutschen Webseite von Dow Jones kommentiert der Sedo-Geschäftsführ…
• Economy may be recovering, says Google
  Search engines have access to tons of valuable information, treasure troves full of clues to human b…

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domainanimal.com

• The Strange Case of Dinheiro.info
  (Editor’s note: Dinheiro is the Portuguese word for ‘Money’.) While doing some research I cond…
• The Trend In Audio Advertising: There Isn’t One … Or Is There?
  I got interested in audio advertising back around late 2007/early 2008 when a company called NetAudi…
• 15 Months Later: 3D Acolytes and the Most Commented Domain Blog Post In The History of the Internet
  I told you so. No, this isn’t one of those mean-spirited “I  told you so”s, rather just a “…
• September GreatDomains Auction
  September’s GreatDomains auction is now under way, having started yesterday September 15, and runn…
• Gettin’ Jiggy With the Link Requests
  I run several websites, one of which is focused on Distance Learning. You may recall I wrote early l…
• A Tribute To DomainGang
  A  special pictorial tribute to the humor of DomainGang.com and why satire should never go under-ap…
• The Art of Domaining
  Lying in bed this morning I was pondering the impression some people may have of what I do for a liv…

• How HTTP.com makes MONEY
  Today I was updating a website for someone, and I came across a broken link which had a double http:…
• How Did You Make Your Millions?
  I just watched for the first time, a new show on CNBC called How I Made My Millions.  Each week the…
• Peering Into My Crystal Ball
  A peek into the future at what this year’s GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial will look like I LOVE to…

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ebusinessdomains.com

• Domain Acquisition Versus Branding Costs
  It is yet again another new year and by all accounts it will be a promising one. It will also be a v…
• Aeroplanes.com Launches New Meta-Meta Search Engine for Flights, Hotels and Car Hire
  Press Release London, UK (PRWEB) August 15, 2011 The team behind Aeroplanes.com is pleased to announ…
• Branding Is All About Concepts and Strategies
  When a visitor lands at your website, they spend less than a second to make a decision about your we…
• Brand Development is Pure Fun
  Brand development can be fun, if you know what you are doing. There is a lot of talk about branding…
• The Aeroplanes.com Brand is Taking Shape
  It is now 2 months since our soft launch of Aeroplanes.com. We have been busy behind the scenes doin…

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internetnews.me

• Peter Vergote New Chair of CENTR
  Peter Vergote has been elected chair of CENTR. Mr Vergote works in the legal and policy team with th…
• Use It Or Lose It? UDRP Hits New Low
  Kevin tweeted a link to this decision earlier today and it scared me. It really did. What’s so sca…
• Nominet Publish Draft Member Code
  Nominet, the domain registry for the .uk ccTLD, has published a draft “member code”. Nominet’s…
• Kroes Says No To EU SOPA
  EU commissioner Neelie Kroes has been critical of SOPA and suggests that the EU would not introduce…
• Want To Run ICANN?
  If you’re interested in heading up an international organisation, like plenty of travel and a nice…
• This Site Is Going Dark
  This site will be “dark” tomorrow from 8am to 8pm Irish time in protest against SOPA and similar…
• First Decision Under New French Dispute System Published
  AFNIC’s new dispute resolution system, Syreli,  is now live with one decision published so far. T…

• Afilias Acquires .Pro
  Afilias has acquired .pro (RegistryPro) I assume they’ll move the registry backend to the Afilias…
• Fox Files UDRP Over XXX Domain
  From the “told you so” and “some domainers are really really dumb” department .. Yes – fox…
• Wikipedia To Go Dark In Protest Against SOPA
  Obviously I’m not the only person who is more than a little cynical about SOPA, or the retraction…

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dyatloff.com

• Why end users will never buy your domain names.
  Because end users are developers and don’t care for your domains and don’t really want them (and…
• A little development goes a long way with WordPress
  Case in point 1: EnergySuperpower.com Take a generic term domain that’s been dropped repeatedly by…
• UnemploymentMeter.com domain development case study, monetizing the economic downturn
  If you’ve followed anything I’ve written here so far, you probably know that I am huge on develo…
• USniper expiring domain auction service
  Seth over at FreshDrop tipped us off to a new domain tool they’ve been working on called USniper.c…
• A new development underway
  UnemploymentMeter.com has just launched. Over the last couple months, I kept trying to come up with…
• Clerical Fundraising… and DOMAINING!
  Thought this would be an interesting story to share. A couple of New York Times articles about the r…
• Registering .co.uk domain names from abroad, possible trademark issues
  Being the curious little domainer that I am, I like to stay abreast of all of the world’s happenin…

• The Joy of Development…
  Long time no post again, eh? So I recently launched a couple of projects about things that interest…
• When you have nothing but lemons…
  Back to development directions… There is never a shortage of demand for information. Especially in…
• Example of non-commercial mini-site development
  Funny how development seems SO EASY when you do it “just for fun”… Had to create a little webs…

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predictivedomaining.com

• The quirks of metric versus imperial measurements in search engines
  I was working on a client’s website recently when I ran across a problem that raised an interestin…
• Gaming Google
  I was particularly intrigued that Business Week listed a company set up to game the search engines a…
• Encouraging good anchor text for inbound links
  How many times do you get an incoming link using your website name? To succeed with a website these…
• Entertainment websites SEO trick?
  An SEO (search engine optimization) manta that still seems to be doing the rounds, was to put a keyw…
• Cross-linking your own websites
  Cross-linking your own websites is an issue that comes up quite a lot. It seems logical to cross-lin…
• My favorite development tools are set to merge
  I missed the announcement earlier this year that WordPress and WordPress MU would be merging. The le…
• Fixing out of date software
  What have you done to secure your websites? One of the common suggestions is to hide the version num…

• Hostelworld.com sold to US firm
  A short sweet post. These are the kind of stories that keep everyone going. A lot of hard work final…
• A word from the wise
  I attended an advisory board meeting yesterday and it reminded me that we all need some independent…
• Outrunning the lion
  You may have heard the joke about two men faced by a hungry lion. One starts putting on running shoe…

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isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com

• Domaining is as about as much fun as watching some obscure cable channel at 4am
  Is it just me or does the whole “domaining” industry – if i can call it that – nowadays just…
• Yahoo Search Marketing Gets Tough
  Or so it seems. I’ve been tracking this for the past few weeks, a little cynical that what I was h…
• US.com and UK.com Domains Feel A Microsoft Wrath
  Havent blogged for a while but I thought this newsworthy enough to come out of my self imposed exile…
• Oasis.co.uk – Overturned On Appeal.
  In one of the most remarkable domain disputes ever seen (certainly for the UK name space), the domai…
• Vulgar and Offensive.. How one CEO took to treating his staff like dummies
  I’m not sure if any of you guys have been following the story of CEO Mark Hurd over at HP  .. ? T…
• Gotta love the hypocrisy
  Seemingly well regarded PCWorld.com writer David Coursey gets mixed up about cybersquatters, ahem do…
• Some Chemisty.. A minor interlude in proceedings
  Just got this sent to me by an ex fellow student. It’s from a question given to students in a Univ…

• How One Brand Is Raising Visitor Awareness Of Typo Traffic
  Albeit in a tongue in cheek way. UK Price comparison site comparethemarket.com has been running adve…
• Cybersquatting.. Sometimes I Just Don’t Get It…
  Last week, my boss spent the evening in London with some prominent domainers – and by all accounts…
• The Finest Names… Ermm, wasted?
  Ok, just a short post.. I intend to compile a top ten of the best domain names (that I want, of cour…

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domainsuccess.com

• Free Sample: Howard Neu Bares All
  As co-founder of T.R.A.F.F.I.C, son of a Cantor, singer, musician, actor, former mayor and pioneerin…
• Free Taste Test: Saviour A Power Lunch With Danny Pryor and Morgan Linton
  Great Power Lunch last week with Morgan Linton and special guest Danny Pryor. This was one of our be…
• Power Lunch With Colin Pape
  Recently appearing on DomainSuccess.com’s March Power Lunch program, Colin Pape is the Founder and…
• George Pickering: Who Said It Was Too Late To Buy Great dotCOMs?
  Starting in 2005, buying his first domain (agents.net) from Michael Mann for $2500.00, recent Domain…
• When Gilmour & Sequin Speak– Others Listen
  When Michael Gilmour with Australia’s Park Logic and Rob Sequin of Cape Cod, Mass., discuss domain…
• Andrew Warner: Doing Better By Doing Good
  Andrew Warner, when in his 20s, used credit cards and ingenuity to create an internet business with…
• Mike “Zappy” Zapolin: Create Value and Wealth Will Follow
  “Create value and wealth will follow.” Michael “Zappy” Zapolin didn’t coin this phrase, bu…

• Enrico Schaefer: “Protecting Domain Assets”
  Countless would-be entrepreneurs are trying to hit it big in the domain space. Problem is, most are…
• Bruce Turkel: “Putting Heads In Beds”
  Bruce Turkel has spent 25 year in the advertising business. And this marketing communications pionee…
• Rick Schwartz: Go Where The Money Is
  One phrase most deftly describes Rick Schwartz: Go Where the Money Is. The 800 King-turned Domain Ki…

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domainerincome.com

• Aussie Giant Woolworths Wins WIPO Claim In .AU
  On July 5, 2011, the Domain Name resolved to a web page containing sponsored advertising links, incl…
• 49 Cent .Info Domains – Get In Quick
  Some people love .info domains, especially for their SEO factor on places like Bing. Right now Godad…
• DNForum and ParkLogic Team Up
  DNForum and ParkLogic have just announced a strategic partnership. Through the partnership, DNForum…
• Advertisers Call On ICANN To Abandon New TLDs
  The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) recently issued an open letter to ICANN. It argues tha…
• Domain Thief Gets 5 Years Prison
  It’s been reported this morning that Daniel Goncalves was sentenced to five years in prison for st…
• Domain Broker Spam – Riverside
  This morning we received an unsolicited email (below). The email appears to have been sent to us bec…
• Council Spends $55 Million Then Closes Website
  It’s been reported that the “Brisbane City Council lost $55 million running ourbrisbane.com over…

• The Biggest Threat To Australian Internet Business
  Do you have an Internet business? Are you an Internet Marketer, domainer or an SEO company? Then you…
• Godaddys Biggest Mistake Ever
  For many years we have been supporters of Bob Parsons, having watched Godaddy evolve. In fact, his �…
• What’s Wrong With XXX ?
  Over the past few days it has been open slather in the media about the ICANN approval of XXX. With b…

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directnavigation.com

• Steve Jobs Has Died
  Steve Jobs, one of the greatest visionaries of our time has passed away. He was just 56 years old. T…
• US Online Ad Revenue Soars
  For the six month period ending June 30Th,2011, online ad revenue hit a new all time record stopping…
• A Typo Can Ruin You Life
  First, the following article is not about typo domains. It’s about a young mans world being destro…
• SelfEmployed.com Leads Sedo’s Sales at $58,000. Rome.net sells for $30,000.
  In this terrible job market, a domain like SelfEmployed.com can be very useful. $58000 seems like a…
• Domainer Marc Ostrofsky to Keynote Affiliate Summit East 2011
  Most of the domain community has been looking for additional ways to monetize there names. Marc Ostr…
• From $1,500,000 to $120,000 – A Domain Lesson Learned
  I still buy domains. I keep a list on my desk and every so often I go through it. The problem I have…
• Demand Media Loses A Billion Dollars In Valuation
  Five months ago, Demand Media went public at $17 per share. Within a short time, the stock hit a hig…

• Google To Show Domain Names In Adwords HeadLines
  How many times have you click on an adwords ad link thinking you were going to a certain website, on…
• DomainFest Barcelona Announces Speakers and Agenda
  Domainfest Barcelona has announced the agenda and list of speakers for their June show. In addition…
• Sedo’s Six figure Sale leads Big Week for Salesing
  Sedo’s list of sales starts with the sale of consolidation.com for $220K USD. This is a good gener…

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ricklatona.com

• Own sopa.com today
  Latona's has secured the listing for sopa.com. There's something about this name that I like and tho…