Aussie Giant Woolworths Wins WIPO Claim In .AU On July 5, 2011, the Domain Name resolved to a web page containing sponsored advertising links, including links to the Complainant and its competitor, Coles.
Domainer Income - Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 6:37
49 Cent .Info Domains – Get In Quick Some people love .info domains, especially for their SEO factor on places like Bing. Right now Godaddy have a deal on their checkout page that gives you .info domains for just 49 cents! No coupon required. Here is how to get the offer. In order to get the deal, just type in a .com
Domainer Income - Saturday, September 3, 2011 - 23:0
DNForum and ParkLogic Team Up DNForum and ParkLogic have just announced a strategic partnership. Through the partnership, DNForum will now be offering members its own branded domain management and monetization platform which takes advantage of the highly advanced ParkLogic systems. The ParkLogic platform is the result of many years of development and will provide...
Domainer Income - Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 18:42
Advertisers Call On ICANN To Abandon New TLDs The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) recently issued an open letter to ICANN. It argues that “implementation of the ICANN program is economically unsupportable and is likely to cause irreparable harm and damage to its membership and the Internet business community in general”. Bob Liodice, President and CEO, ANA ...
Domainer Income - Friday, August 5, 2011 - 0:11
Domain Thief Gets 5 Years Prison It’s been reported this morning that Daniel Goncalves was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing the domain name P2P.com. The domain was reported as stolen from Marc Ostrofsky and sold on eBay.com for $121,000 to former NBA basketball player Mark Madsen. This sets a major precedent as its believed to be the first
Domainer Income - Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 20:11
Domain Broker Spam – Riverside This morning we received an unsolicited email (below). The email appears to have been sent to us because we own a different extension of the same keyword domain. The reality is that you can use a backordering service or hand register the domain name yourself, if it expires. Given the hype around the new TLD’s,
Domainer Income - Friday, July 22, 2011 - 20:14
Council Spends $55 Million Then Closes Website It’s been reported that the “Brisbane City Council lost $55 million running ourbrisbane.com over the past ten years”. After spending $55 million, you would have expected that they could have bought Brisbane.com. “In the last council budget, an expected loss of $2.352 million for ourbrisbane.com over the 2009-2...
Domainer Income - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 0:51
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 better LISTEN UP as this will be the BIGGEST THREAT you will face in the next 12 months. Did you know that every time you buy a .au domain name, included in that price is a hidden
Domainer Income - Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 1:11
Godaddys Biggest Mistake Ever For many years we have been supporters of Bob Parsons, having watched Godaddy evolve. In fact, his “16 Rules of Success” is framed on our office wall. Unfortunately all that business experience has now fallen by the wayside. Earlier today we discovered a video clip whereby CEO Bob Parsons took a trip “to Zimbabwe an...
Domainer Income - Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 7:4
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 buzzwords like “digital red-light districts“, its parents and the general public who are both concerned and confused. The Christian Post says it “creates more porn“. The Obama Admininstration says “This dec...
Domainer Income - Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 23:53
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 buzzwords like “digital red-light districts“, its parents and the general public who are both concerned and confused. The Christian Post says it “creates more porn“. The Obama Admininstration says “This de....
Domainer Income - Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 23:53
More Lies and Coverups This is a great analysis of the Schwartz / Ruddell issue in which an employee allegedly accessed a Moniker customer’s account. The article goes deep into the ethics and what you REALLY agree to when you register a domain name.
Domainer Income - Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 5:13
Federal Judge Rules On Contributory Cybersquatting Instructing people to register a trademark-infringing domain name is just as unlawful as registering a domain name that infringes someone’s trademark, according to a ruling by U.S. Federal Judge Ricardo Martinez. Check out the article and analysis on contributory cybersquatting at Kikabink News.
Domainer Income - Sunday, March 6, 2011 - 20:52
New Email Scam – Domain Recovery The email below was sent to our whois contact for a particular .net domain that we own. It states that the organisation has “secured” the “.com version of your domain”. In fact they have done no such thing. The .com is available for anyone to register at any registrar. If you click on the link,
Domainer Income - Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 16:43
What Do You Want To Know? Just a quick note to say that I’m “coming out of the bunker” and will be speaking at Ed Dale’s Challenge Conference on Saturday 26th. If there is anything specific that you want me to cover on the topic of domain investment, please feel free to post a comment or contact me privately. This is
Domainer Income - Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 22:29
Isn’t It Time Bloggers Declared Conflicts Of Interest? In the mid 90′s the news media was having a heart attack (behind closed doors) about the Internet. Many journalism purists believed that people wouldn’t read websites, largely because they were not trusted and Internet wasn’t far reaching. In general, the news media believed that the people behind those early websit...
Domainer Income - Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 19:23
Isn’t It Time Bloggers Declared Conflicts Of Interest? The heart of the issue is around separating out commentary (opinion) from advertising, special interests and those who seek to influence discussion. Here are a few areas to watch out for ...
Domainer Income - Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 18:23
When Offline Marketing Fails This massive billboard caught our attention recently. It lasted a few weeks (on a busy highway) and is a textbook case of what NOT to do when it comes to promoting your website. This would have a cost the company a truckload of money. What’s wrong with it? Look at the ad for 2 seconds,
Domainer Income - Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 18:22
