Twitter Expands Link Wrapping Service T.CO E-mail from Twitter this morning indicates that all links within tweets will soon be wrapped and delivered using t.co. The purpose is actually to deliver longer, less obscure looking links to the web or application users. Soon, twitter will be analyzing every link clicked for validity and malware, wrap it with a t.co URL and
NameTalent.com - 2 hr 21 min ago
TheRegister Article Sparks Debate about Domainers and Domaining Kevin Murphy, author of the newer domain blog DomainIncite.com also writes for TheRegister.co.uk. I came across an article written by him over there this morning titled “Nominet Chief Tells Domainers to Grow Up”. The article highlights how the CEO of Nominet.com Lesley Cowley spoke at MeetDomainers conference and requeste...
NameTalent.com - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 14:1
TheRegister Article Sparks Debate about Domainers and Domaining Kevin Murphy, author of the newer domain blog DomainIncite.com also writes for TheRegister.co.uk. I came across an article he wrote this morning titled 'Nominet Chief Tells Domainers to Grow Up'. The article highlights how CEO of Nominet.com Lesley Cowley spoke at MeetDomainers conference and requested that domainers be more mature...
NameTalent.com - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 14:1
Poll: Will DomainName.com Sell? DomainConsultant.com will be auctioning DomainName.com today (8/31). Auction opens at 10am EST and will conclude 3pm EST. The starting bid price and reserve is $1 million.
Will there be a $1 million bid? Several bids?
Final selling price?
My prediction....
NameTalent.com - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 1:46
Domain Sales Updates, .MX Follow Up and More I’m home and somewhat rested after a busy and fun trip down to Cancun. Ready to get back to work! As promised I am following up on my last post about .MX domains and how prevalent they are in the part of Mexico I was visiting. Unfortunately, I did not come across any .MX domains
NameTalent.com - Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 13:2
.MX ccTLD Report From Mexico! I promised in my last post that I would report on the .MX cctld when I return from vacation. Well, I had a little free time this morning so I decided it would be a good time to report what I have learned about .MX and it’s usage in Mexico so far. Basically, so far it’s non existent
NameTalent.com - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 12:51
The Domain Name Industry – Closer to the Public Eye This week’s DomainFest Conference in New York attracted quite a bit of media attention to the domain industry as a whole. I’ve seen more non domainer news sources publishing stories/blogs relating to domain names in the last few days than I can remember for a long time. ADDED: Jeff Kupietzky of Oversee on CNBC (from earl...
NameTalent.com - Friday, August 20, 2010 - 14:52
The Domain Name Industry – Closer to the Public Eye This week’s DomainFest Conference in New York attracted quite a bit of media attention to the domain industry as a whole. I’ve seen more non domainer news sources publishing stories/blogs relating to domain names in the last few days than I can remember for a long time. ADDED: Jeff Kupietzky of Oversee on CNBC (from earl...
NameTalent.com - Friday, August 20, 2010 - 14:52
Re-Un-Confirmed - Owen Frager Leaving the Social Scene? Correction: sorry for the hype.. got misdirected by a tweet, a strangely worded blog post and a reply to my inquiring e-mail today from Owen which looked more cut and pasted than something written to me.
Didn't mean to give your advertisers a heart attack Owen! You didn't know I may publish our email conversation..? I was contac...
NameTalent.com - Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 21:24
Sedo’s ccTLD Roundup, Reported Sales August 1st – 15th As usual I like to keep my eye on and report Sedo’s ccTLD sales. No sign of slowing down this month! The top sale I could find was an Austrian ccTLD, Tracker.at which sold for over $23k USD, congrats to the seller. Germany’s .de had another strong showing as handwerkerfinden.de was sold for roughly $17K USD, the words...
NameTalent.com - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 10:41
Saturday Tidbits * I won and purchased my first domain from the BargainDomains.com auction platform last week. First of all, I am very happy with the name and price. The purchasing experience was a little rough since it seems that Francois has to manually facilitate the entire sale process. I didn't get confirmation that I made payment until about 24...
NameTalent.com - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 15:38
Did Toni AKA ‘Lappanion’ Register the World’s Shortest Domain Name? -.kg If you've spent any time on a domain forum it's very likely you have come across a few posts by Toni, his user handle was and still is on some forums ‘Lappanion’. Toni is truly one of the nicest and most honest guys in this industry I have had a chance to do business with
NameTalent.com - Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 19:15
Discovery Channel Scares Fan Site into Submission, Claims Embedding YouTube Videos is Infringement The Discovery Channel has done a complete three sixty on its stance and relationship with one fan site for the popular show “Deadliest Catch”. DeadliestCatchTV.com has been live since 2007 frequently posting updates and commentary after each episode. John White, the fan site administrator announced the other day that D...
NameTalent.com - Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 7:39
The Alarm.com Story Alarm.com is a firm that generates millions of dollars in yearly revenue by offering customers the ability to monitor their house via mobile devices like cell phones, smart phones, etc. Rewind ten years, the company MicroStrategy (microstrategy.com) saw the domain name Alarm.com for sale and acquired it for what they figured to be a ...
NameTalent.com - Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 11:3
The Alarm.com Story Alarm.com is a firm that generates millions of dollars in yearly revenue by offering customers the ability to monitor their house via mobile devices like cell phones, smart phones, etc. Rewind ten years, the company MicroStrategy (microstrategy.com) saw the domain name Alarm.com for sale and acquired it for what they figured to be a ...
NameTalent.com - Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 11:3
The Alarm.com Story Alarm.com is a firm that generates millions of dollars in yearly revenue by offering customers the ability to monitor their house via mobile devices like cell phones, smart phones, etc. Rewind ten years, the company MicroStrategy (microstrategy.com) saw the domain name Alarm.com for sale and acquired it for what they figured to be a ...
NameTalent.com - Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 11:3
DomainHammer.com Pounds out Fast Bulk Domain Analysis If you have been looking for a tool that quickly analyzes domain availability, IP address, whois, Alexa rank, Google PR, DMOZ listing, and Yahoo backlinks all at the same time… We found it! Domain Hammer is the all in one domain bulk checker. This handy tool supports over one hundred TLDs, so you should be
NameTalent.com - Friday, August 6, 2010 - 11:18
ccTLD Sales Stack up at Sedo Sedo.com continues to outsell any other venue that makes their sales public in the ccTLD arena. A quick summary of more ccTLD domain names that Sedo.com has sold over the last few weeks. I guess I am surprised that I just don’t see any other venue reporting any substantial ccTLD sales. Favorite from this list
NameTalent.com - Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 8:19
MediaOptions Inc Brokers Pizza.net Sale The original registrant of Pizza.net (registered since 1995) has parted with the one word gem. We won't know the size of the sale as it will remain private under NDA. Brokering company, MediaOptions feels that the sale may be one of the top 5 .net sales of all time. That would probably suggest the price for pizza.net was in the six f...
NameTalent.com - Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 2:33
NamusFamus.com – Domain Name Sales Venue & Newsletter The NamusFamus domain sales concept revolves around selling functional keyword domain names at low fixed prices. They feature 25-50 quality domain names each weekday, and list them at very low sales prices.
Before I go forward, I will mention their newsletter since it adds great value when purchasing domains on NamusFamus.com. Onc...
