More Domain Name Parking Changes Coming Ad providers continue to change rules.
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If you thought the death of Yahoo arbitrage and the Ask.com feed was the end of the upheaval in domain parking, think again.
It appears ad providers are now changing rules for landing page formats and content. Sedo has been testing adding non-paid, organic search results on pa...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 9:55
Daily Domains March 6th 2008 Food for Thought
There is an invasion coming soon. I’ve started laying the ground work today. You don’t know what I’m talking about unless you are in my inner circle. I’m not going to tell you either but I want you to know it is coming. What can I say? I’m evil like that.
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SaintAugustine - $75...
Rick Latona - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 17:57
FUSU.com - Interesting Concept I’ve just been reading about FUSU.
It’s certainly an interesting concept but I’m not sure I entirely understand how it works.
For example, it looks like the registrant of the domain doesn’t change after a name gets listed. How do they protect the people that buy shares? Shouldn’t the exchange be the regi...
Rick Latona - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 22:31
It's Been Nice Knowing You dotMOBI "Jobs says Apple has 28% of the smartphone market. More incredibly: the iPhone represents 71% of U.S. mobile Internet usage. “For the first time you really have the Internet in your pocket,” Jobs declares."
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The Frager factor - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 13:26
The story of Geosign, Arbitrage, $160m and Google “A record $160-million VC investment. A rich Web strategy. A quirky founder. For a few weeks last spring, Guelph, Ont.’s Geosign had it all. Then mighty Google stirred. And it was over……[__]“
As much as I hate regurgitating others work (and always berate those that do it) this story is an absolute must read fo...
Julia Mackenzie - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 9:8
How Much Is A Domain Really Worth? This is a difficult question to answer. You can compare what you own to other similar domains that have sold. However, as Michael Gilmour correctly states, “the only way to really find out the true value of a domain is to sell it.” This should not come as a huge surprise since one of the best ways to value a house i...
Domain Dispute - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 13:59
Affiliate Summit Silent Auction Nets $18,500 Here are the results from the silent auction for the Affiliate Summit show held by Moniker.com today:
OrganicShopping.com $ 4,500
Hairwax.com $ 2,500
HIRI.COM
The Domains - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 19:14
Affiliate Summit Silent Auction Closes Today Moniker.com will hold the silent auction of the Affiliate Summit Show, today, Thursday March 6.
Auctions start closing at 2pm
Here are the domains and the price reserve ranges:
401kira.net $1
The Domains - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 9:54
Skenzo.com: The first 4 days under Yahoo: Our results are in So we now have our stats for the first 4 days since Skenzo switched to the Yahoo feed from the Ask.com/Google feed.
So here is what we found. Overall our revenue dropped 10%.
Many domains did much worse and many others did much better.
Comparing the revenue for the Monday, before the change, with the revenue for
The Domains - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 14:34
Publisher of New York Observer Goes Geo A publisher of the New York Observer is going Geo. Jared Kushner is in the process of launching 50 state websites on politics. The central site to the network will be Politicker.com. While the names of the websites are not impressive, the concept has already proven to be successful with just 10 websites launched.
When you deliver ...
Simply Geo - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 20:11
Gender-bending on the Internet: The Ballad of Stephanie & Bobby Stephanie was in distress.
The loss of her parents in an fiery car accident left her an orphan at a young age. She was raised by her paternal grandfather, whose chronic ailments brought on many bills she was struggling to assist with. At the young age of 20, she had already become a mother and a
Acro - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 0:51
I know its only Thursday but… I already have that Friday feeling…
Firstly, a confession. Being someone who has on numerous times fallen foul to having ones head bashed in by a lamp post whilst “texting and walking” in the street [obviously then followed by my subsequent “that didn’t hurt” act one has to perform once you’v...
Julia Mackenzie - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 8:33
Bill Gates #3 - Forbes Billionaires
Forbes.com just released a new billionaires list and Bill Gates is only #3 with $58.0 billions!
Top two positions are taken by Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim Helu & family with 62 and 60 bln respectively.
See the full list here
It’s interesting to note that among top 8 billionaires there are 4 Indians and only 2
Domain Magnate - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 3:4
Blog Research Conducted Recently, I decided to do some research on the effectiveness of blog content and whether visitors would return as often if content was not updated. The results are a little confusing. Sunday, I posted a variety of articles and as soon as one was posted, traffic and pageviews increased instantly. This happens almost all the time I ...
Simply Geo - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 19:43
Domain Names Podcast Episode 4 with Elliot Silver from Elliotsblog.com Today’s Domain Names Podcast is with Elliot Silver from www.elliotsblog.com & www.topnotchdomains.com.
Elliot was awarded this year with Domainers Choice Award of Best Domainers Blog for 2008 which I think was well deserved.
We talk about his life as a domain investor, the development of his domains www.lowell.com & www...
OzDomainer - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 6:20
Snowe Bill Threatens Domain Name Registrants - Should Domainers Worry? Snowe Bill Threatens Domain Name Registrants - Should Domain Owners Worry?
On February 25, 2008 U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe introduced S. 2661, the “Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008” (APCPA). The bill was also cosponsored by Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Ted Stevens (R-AK). It has been referred to the Senate Committee o...
fka200 - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 19:22
Domain Name Appraisal Scam Resurfaces Old domain appraisal scam resurfaces.
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An old scam in the domain name world appears to be resurfacing.
The domain name appraisal scam works like this: someone emails you interested in buying a domain. When you reply, they require an appraisal to verify the value. The scammer either owns the domain appraisal company y...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 13:16
What?!?! You Don’t Have an Instant Messenger? Something interesting happened to me yesterday — I came across four different people who don’t have any instant messenger. I say interesting because I am not so habitual of this happening to me daily — not just one but four different people. Saying words like AIM, Skype, GTalk, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messeger did r...
Domaining Tips - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 3:29
Google: Another insider Sell Shares Last week we let you know that the Vice President of Google sold 19,472 shares, today it was annouced that a director of Google, John L. Doerr, sold 32,650 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, for between $455 and $469.25 a share.
The stock sale was conducted under a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan,
The Domains - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 13:58
1 Million to .jp .jp domains hit 1 million. No surprising for the world’s second largest economy.
As of March 1 there were 1,003,285 Japanese domain names registered.
More stats here
Domain Magnate - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 3:18
Yahoo/ Microsoft Update It is over a month since Microsoft announced its initial bid to buy Yahoo for $31 a share
We thought we catch up on some developments.
Yahoo pushed back the March 14 deadline to nominate Yahoo’s board members until 10 days after it sets a date for its annual stockholder meeting.
Yahoo has not set a date for
The Domains - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 14:24
Senate “Anti-Phishing” Bill Threatens Domain Owners and Small Business U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe has introduced, the “Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008” (APCPA). The bill is cosponsored by Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Ted Stevens (R-AK), the man who famously referred to the internet as a “series of tubes.”
This bill is in fact, not truly about phishing so much as it is a dire...
DotSauce Magazine - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 2:21
The Life of a Domainer How true it is =) I snipped this from the latest issue of Modern Domainer. Rajan Sedalia is the artist who created it.
Domainer Developer - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 0:53
Domain Name Industry Brief Here are some interesting statistics from the recently released Domain Name Industry Brief:
In the fourth quarter of 2007, there were more than four million domain names registered per month (more than 133,000 new registrations each day)
New registrations grew by four percent quarter over quarter and by five percent year over year.
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DomainWeek - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 12:9
Keyword Matching & Keyword Research We've added two new updates to help increase the relevancy of sites and help you determine niche keywords to use. First, we've changed how WhyPark matches articles with your keywords. In the past, we've seen the use of general keywords like "car" show articles relating to "carnival" or "cards". We've made some changes to ensure that ...
WhyPark - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 14:55
How Much Is A Domain Really Worth? This is a difficult question to answer. You can compare what you own to other similar domains that have sold. However, as Michael Gilmour correctly states, “the only way to really find out the true value of a domain is...
Domain Dispute - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 14:59
Keyword Matching & Keyword Research We've added two new updates to help increase the relevancy of sites and help you determine niche keywords to use. First, we've changed how WhyPark matches articles with your keywords. In the past, we've seen the use of general keywords like "car" show articles relating to "carnival" or "cards". We've made some changes to ensure that ...
