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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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• Cloud Hosting – Does it live up to the hype?
  I have been using cloud hosting for my sites for the past year, and the short answer is “yes”, i…
• How To Sign Contracts Online
  Because I sell 5-10 domain names a month, I frequently need to sign domain name sales contracts. The…
• Some Websites Are Just Not Worth It
  Sometimes after I create a site, running it turns out to be more trouble than it is worth, so I shut…
• 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…

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• Giving You a “RoundToIt” : Thursday’s Hot List of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net Today
    Each day I take a look through Flippa and other sites that have websites for sale and try and dri…
• Thursday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-17-12
  Wow there are a ton of great names at auction today. I could put 50 strong names up today with no pr…
• 4.cn Reports The Sale of 999.com for $632,772
  I just received an email from 4.cn proudly announcing that they had just finished brokering the sale…
• Wednesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-16-12
  Half of May has gone away and its been a heck of a month. Great sales, great weather, and not any ti…
• Sedo’s Weekly Sales Surpass $2 Million: Ahha.com Nets $112,000
  Great week for Sedo and the sellers as the sales hit $2.1 million.  Just under 1000 reported sales…
• Tuesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-15-12
  If you missed the article/advertisement about the history of Mama.com you need to check it out.  It…
• 10 Things I’m Noticing in My Business That May or May Not Help You
  I’m been running a business (or helping run) for the last 15 plus years.  My viewpoints are diffe…

• Today’s Picks Of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net
        For those of you looking to diversify or gain some monthly income then buying aged, income…
• Monday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-14-12
  Pretty good day today for domain pickups.  I will be putting in a couple bids for myself today.  I…
• Sunday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-13-12
  Had a great day yesterday.  Nursery was packed and my daughter’s school won the Middle School Sta…

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• .mobi, .biz, .co, .xxx, RIP, .COM, .TV, .ME, PARTY HARDY!
  Morning Folks!! Numbers have always been my road map. Numbers cut through all the motives, agendas a…
• The Front Door, The Back Door, The Side Door. The History of Doors in Stores!
  Morning Folks!! If you have no sense of history it is hard to know where the future is going. I look…
• Juan Calle of the .CO Registry DISSES Domainers!! UPDATED!!
  Afternoon, Want to know what Juan Calle thinks of Domainers after taking MILLIONS of our dollars???…
• Let's Have a Meeting! Then Another and Another. Afraid to Make a Decision?
  Morning Folks!! I don't do well with morons. Especially when they are disguised as professionals tha…
• Candy.com Poised to hit $6 Million in Sales in 2012
  Afternoon Folks!! I was just sent this a few minutes ago and wanted to share a story about Candy.com…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. RETURNS to Las Vegas in 2013. Last Call for $1295 Tickets for 2012
  Afternoon Folks!! As you might have heard, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Returns to Las Vegas in 2013. We will be r…
• My Top 10 Domain Purchases, The Prices I paid. The $$$ they earned. The New Ones I am Buying.
  Morning folks!! I was looking for a post I thought I already wrote announcing our plans for 2013 and…

• What does the Next 20 Years Look Like? A Business Plan Too Simple to be Respectable.
  Morning Folks!! If your goal is to have a commercial and worldwide presence then dotcom is the domai…
• The Saveme.com Response. Short, Sweet, Masterful!
  Morning Folks!! On Tuesday I published our response that we submitted to WIPO and our "Friends" in B…
• RicksBlog.com 5 Years Old TODAY!!
  Morning Folks! Wow, I just noticed that exactly 5 years ago today Ricksblog.com had a "Grand Opening…
• Don't Wander off the Yellow Brick Road of Progress. First Things First.
  Morning Folks!! In every project the FIRST thing you should do is to identify the "Time Sensitive" e…
• Online Property Rights Threatened As Government Body Agrees To Hear Saveme.com Complaint
  Morning Folks!! This Press Release will be coming out on Monday Morning. Here is a sneak peak to sta…
• Is SaveMe.com Action a Premeditated Hit on Rick Schwartz, and Domaining Itself?
  Morning Folks, So I pose the question: Is SaveMe.com Action a Premeditated hit on Rick Schwartz and…
• Márcio Mello Chaves Resorts to FABRICATIONS to TRY and Make His NEW CASE!
  Morning Folks!! So our "Friend" Márcio Mello Chaves has resorted to FABRICATIONS this time to TRY a…
• What Does a "20 Year Plan" Really Mean Through My eyes?
  Morning Folks!! I don't have all the answers and I don't have to. Just a few will do. Like you, I ca…
• 5 Day Stay of Execution for SaveMe.com as Márcio Mello Chaves Claim "Deficient"!!
  Morning Folks!! The Poster Boy for Reverse Domain Hijacking, Márcio Mello Chaves, has hit a little…
• Márcio Mello Chaves is a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and I am Going to Make him and Saveme.com.br Famous.
  Afternoon Folks!! So today I get a WIPO action from a company in Brazil I never heard of until today…
• One of My Cheapest DotCom Domain Purchases EVER!
  Morning Folks!! So as I told you last month I finally made a list of all my domain name purchases fr…
• Birdie in The Mine DOA. We Now have a CAUSE of Death!
  Morning Folks!! It has been no secret where I stand with the O.co debacle. I have written extensivel…
• My First List Ever Made of My Aftermarket Domain Purchases from 1996-2012
  Morning Folks!! The way I have always looked at the domain game was not in a contemporary manner. I…

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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 Google Penguin Update was No Happy Feet
  *** Please note the title and small parts of this article were modified since its initial post. App…
• 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…
• 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…
• Geo Domains may Lose LOTS of value
  People buy GEO domains for two reasons. One is the obvious authority factor by having a domain like…
• $2 Million Dollar Sale ..
  In only a few short years a $2 million dollar sale happens and changes you overnight. All the work p…

• Google Taking Over Lead Generation – Bad News for PPC and SEO
  Ask anyone using the Google Adwords program and you will quickly find many people building businesse…
• Sex.com .. No, A Much Bigger Sale has Happened
  Forget about sex.com – some of the most valuable domains in this world surround lead generation. A…
• 18k Visitors and 70k year – Why the Web Rocks
  Every year people come up with great ideas to make money online which do not involve parking and the…

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chefpatrick.com

• Sedo Is In The Porn Business?
  Wait a minute, what? When did Sedo become a porn website? ***WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW – DO NOT…
• 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…

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morganlinton.com

• Buying Expired Domains? Make Sure To Do Your Research
  Buying expired domain names is a great way to pick up some good deals on domains that could make gre…
• WordPress Wednesday: Three Great Creative Business Themes
  Hello and welcome to a little weekly segment I’ve decided to call WordPress Wednesday’s. People…
• What Happened To DNFBlog?
  One of the newest and most active blogs to enter the Domaining Blog space this year was DNFBlog.com…
• Should I Publish A Book Of My Favorite Blog Posts?
  I have been thinking about this for over a year now so decided to share it with all of you before ta…
• The Difference Between Exact And Broad Match Search Volume (Video)
  At the beginning of this month I did a post about the difference between exact and broad match searc…
• What Happened To WeddingFlorist.com?
  As many of you know I held an exciting contest on my blog to buy a domain name for $1,200 from one o…
• Happy Mother’s Day and Hello From Sonoma’s Wine Country
  Well I decided to cancel Small Business Sunday today because this day should be about one thing and…

• Weekend Musings
  Wow – what a week! A lot has happened this week and a lot is happening this weekend, in fact right…
• Three Ways To Help Your Site Rank Better In A Post-Penguin World
  Like it or not, Panda came and changed the face of search forever. Now Penguin has come and it looks…
• My Picks For The Sedo .ME Auction Starting May 24th
  For those keeping score, .ME has been having one heck of a 2012 with strong support from major start…

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• Frank Schilling to launch Domainer Airlines!
  Popular domain investor, Frank Schilling, is known for approaching business with a “shark tank”…
• Freedom of speech? Dot pirate new TLD in the OpenNIC universe
  OpenNIC – the alternate root registry - has launched .pirate as a TLD that would appeal to free sp…
• GoDaddy account holder to sue for physical injury
  A GoDaddy user is getting ready to sue the biggest domain registrar in the world, reportedly for mil…
• ICANN: Relaunch of the entire com/net/org namespace feasible
  ICANN might be facing problems launching the gTLD namespace, what with the TAS Labs product being me…
• BabyButtWipes.com is now available for less than $10.00
  After seeing Andrew Chazen’s incredible post about how BabyWipeCase.com is available for less than…
• Bad news? Brazilian Internet infrastructure getting better
  These days, anything related to Brazil brings back memories of the Brazilian brothers behind SaveMe.…
• Canadian domainers celebrate 25th anniversary of .ca
  It was 1987 when .ca – the ccTLD for Canada – was allocated by one of the godfathers of the Inte…

• Pooper Scooper: Elliot rolls out new money-maker web site for dog lovers
  Popular domain investor, Elliot Silver, is not content with past laurels, acquired through the devel…
• Just reported 10 trademark violation auctions on Flippa
  After a year plus of allowing the listing of blatant trademark violations at its marketplace, Flippa…
• BuyDomains wishes you HappyMothersDay dot com
  Yet another generic, HappyMothersDay.com, is currently undeveloped and parked; at least, it’s offe…
• New presidential movies this season – Snatch the .com!
  With the upcoming release of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter on June 22, there are plenty of opportu…
• Frank Schilling’s DomainNameSales knows the negotiation game!
  Frank Schilling has done a remarkable job with the communication form available through his domains…
• Sedo adds several new options to seller’s response menu
  Sedo, the online marketplace for selling, reselling and hopefully buying domain names, has added sev…
• PC.net – How much did it sell for?
  Per Christensson – the developer/musician with the unique initials “PC” – acquired PC.net tw…
• ICANN documents point to secret Area 51 link
  ICANN and its TAS Laboratories snafu brought to light a stack of secret documents, related to the ea…

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• Appraiso Integrated Into Protrada
  One of the benefits of using Protrada is the ability to create websites. Although I have not created…
• Who is Your Favorite Account Manager
  I’m going to give out an award honoring your favorite account manager, account executive, or accou…
• BankAds to Acquire CreditCards.net
  I just received a press release announcing that BankAds, a company I previously covered, “has sign…
• Bari Meyerson Hired By Enom
  I have some nice news to report this afternoon. Bari Meyerson, my former Account Executive at Monike…
• Guest Post: Chad Fisher
  Chad Fisher helps build and promote web sites in a number of different verticals, everything from fi…

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• 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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• Google's not perfect and I'd just wish they'd realise that
  I was checking out my Google+ account…..something that I thought was long overdue. Naturally I tho…
• Saturday Musings – playing netball
  My daughter Elise played netball (like basketball but without bouncing the ball) today and her team…
• Saturday Musings – The Baby out with the Bath Water
  Over the last few months I’ve seen a sharp increase in Google marking domain traffic as SPAM and t…
• Saturday Musings – Learning to Lose
  I have a confession to reveal…..I absolutely love computer games. Since I was ten years old I’ve…
• Saturday Musings – Where’s the Innovation
  A number of years ago I used to be on the professional seminar speaking circuit and speak with execu…
• Saturday Musings - Clawbacks
  I’m sitting at my desk reflecting on the past week and what has been transpiring in the world of d…
• Saturday Musings – Working the trend not the impulse
  Many years ago when I was at university studying electronics I came across the concept of an impulse…

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• 9i.com Now for Sale + 100 Other Top Names
  The domain 9i.com is now for sale at a very competitive price. 9i.com is one of the most memorable c…
• 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…

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dmueller.com

• Factors Of Gold Investments
  The following is a guest post by BullionVault.com. Among investors and traders, one of the most inte…
• “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…

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domainanimal.com

• Remembering Gunman
  A Domain Campfire Story Recently I tried to dump a handful of domains that were soon to be dropped,…
• 5 Months Exclusivity On a Domain Auction? Surely You Jest
  I saw that there is an upcoming Moniker & NameDrive Premium International & ccTLD Auction in July. …
• Recently Expired .TV Domain Captured and Placed On Reserve By the dotTV Registry
  A couple days back I had an expiring one-word .tv domain on my watchlist – Auctions.tv.  It was d…
• Did Name.com Just Step Up Their ccTLD Game?
  It looks as though domain registrar Name.com pushed out several new ccTLDs onto its platform today,…
• .NAME Registry Releases Numeric Domains
  With little fanfare and on a completely first-come, first-served basis, it appears the .NAME registr…
• Is Precognition Real?
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