 | Something Really Good is Cooking
Morning folks!! As a businessman you have a vision of how something will unfold and then put things in place to make that idea, a reality. An artist paints a picture with a brush, I am no artist. But I do create a picture of a recipe to create a certain energy that translates into something very special. It's like being a cook in a k...
 | Rick Schwartz - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 8:22 |
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 | Two-word Domains More Popular Than Ever
Published domain industry sales data reveals that there is increasing demand for domains consisting of two to three words or phrases.
One-word/dictionary domain prices have gone through the roof, due to the forces of supply and demand. With more wealthy investors now realising that the domain industry has more potential than Wall Str...
| | eBusinessDomains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 7:5 |
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 | How Keyword Research Helps Me Buy Domain Names
I hate online advertising that gets in the way of my work. This includes page takeovers, fly-ins, pop ups and pop unders. I don’t think much can be done about page takeovers or fly-ins since the website is responsible for that annoyance, and you can’t really stop them since they’re tied in with
| | Elliot Silver - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 11:39 |
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 | Part 4 - Domains and the sub-prime shock
You can read the first part of this series on domain valuations and the industries journey by clicking on:
Part 1 - Domain Industry and Valuations (index.php/20080728452/MyBlog/Domain-Industry-and-Valuations-Part-1.html)
Part 2 - The domain bubble (index.php/20080818456/MyBlog/Part-2-The-domain-bubble.html)
Point A is history now.....
| | Michael Gilmour - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 11:45 |
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 | Why I love Call-To-Action domain names
Call-To-Action domain names are mainly used by advertising companies in Radio, TV and Print. They are catchy, easy to remember and most likely a term the mass has heard before. Think of how often a new product or service is launched by a company. Now with this new product or service it will get a "name"
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 17:29 |
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 | Moniker.com Announces Opening Night Auction
Moniker announced today the domains that will auctioned on the opening night of TRAFFIC to be held Opening Night Tuesday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
I believe this was originally suppose to be an Auction of only Rick Schwartz domains, it looks like it has been opened up to include other domains as well, although many of them ar...
| | The Domains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 16:15 |
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 | Chicago Man Files Lawsuit to Keep Chicago2016.com
Follow up to Domain Name Wire story about Chicago2016.com.
The battle over Chicago2016.com is turning into an olympic-scale battle. Stephen Frayne Jr., who owns Chicago2016.com, has filed a lawsuit to keep the domain name that is currently pending a UDRP decision at WIPO.
As noted in Domain Name Wire’s previous article, Chicag...
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 17:3 |
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| Aftermarket Releases Teaser List
Aftermarket.com holding their first auction at TRAFFIC New York, released a teaser list of domains but no reserve prices:
spywaretracker.com
openings.com
parttimehelp.com
namelender.com
sciencebooks.com
studentcreditcard.net
taxoutlet.com
flooddamages.com
twinsizebed.com
usedclothingstores.com
classic.net
heatingfuel.com
addicting.o...
| | The Domains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 10:22 |
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| Top TRAFFIC Auction Picks (Moniker, Rick Latona & Aftermarket.com)
Now that the three preliminary auction lists have been released by Moniker, Aftermarket.com and Rick Latona, I want to give my top picks for each domain auction. Of course, all of these picks really depend on the reserve prices, as high reserves will dissuade bidding.
I think there are some fantastic names up for bid, and
| | Elliot Silver - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 9:32 |
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| Bankrupt Domains go to Auction Block
Auction company to sell trademarks and domains related to failed online bank, doctor’s web site.
IP Auctions, Inc., is getting ready to auction off the NetBank.com domain name and associated trademarks. The defunct online bank was one of the more popular online banks in its heyday until the feds had to step in and takeover.
IP ...
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 13:47 |
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| Aftermarket.com releases a taste of it's auction list
With the TRAFFIC auction less then a week away (Sept 24th) Aftermarket.com has released a small tasting of it’s auction inventory. Aftermarket.com has taken a little different approach to what they selected for the auction and stated the domains selected have "potential for growth in multiple value areas". That means th...
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 6:58 |
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| Microsoft Cancels Seinfeld
Those horrible ads with Bill Gate and Seinfeld are apparently no more.
Phrase 2 of the ad campaign which was to be announced tomorrow, will instead announce the campaign is over.
What the purpose of the ads is still a mystery and certainly highlights, against Apples ads, that Microsoft no longer “gets it”.
| | The Domains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 10:35 |
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 | Multiple TRAFFIC Domain Auction Lists Released
With the auctions at TRAFFIC only a week away, much of the domain industry waits with bated breath for the release of the lists of domains to be auctioned at each of these events. The lists are the first thing everyone starts talking about. It’s what gets the buzz going. That turns in to a
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 2:7 |
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 | 2009.org for sale
The frequent reader of this blog may have already noticed that we are into experiments. Since we are domain investors we rarely sell domains. So it is time a again for an experiment and expetion to the rule. Why 2009.org? We bought this name with some goal, that we achived on different ways.
2009.org will be
| NameWise - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 18:34 |
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| Google Not Going To Wait For Feds On Yahoo
Google said today that they will not delay its proposed advertising partnership with Yahoo even if government regulators need more time to assess the deal.
After voluntarily delaying the start of the Yahoo deal three months ago to give antitrust regulators time to review the potential impact, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt said he i...
| | The Domains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 10:17 |
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 | Do Domain Prices Matter?
Back in the bad old days, Network Solutions, as the monopoly provider of gTLDs, charged $100 for two years for a new domain name registration. (After a court ruling against a portion of this fee as an “Internet tax,” this was lowered to $70 for two years.)
People wailed and gnashed their teeth
| | NamesAtWork - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 1:45 |
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| Multiple TRAFFIC Domain Auction Lists Released
With the auctions at TRAFFIC only a week away, much of the domain industry waits with bated breath for the release of the lists of domains to be auctioned at each of these events. The lists are the first thing everyone starts talking about. It’s what gets the buzz going. That turns in to a
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 23:41 |
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 | 'Fly.com' Up for Auction! PrivateJetClubs.com Domain Sale?
Cambridge, MA- Sedo powered premium domain auction platform- GreatDomains.com set to auction off an amazing 3L domain name- 'Fly.com' (bidding starts today). Domain Name Industry Breaking News: Rick Latona's live auction to be held at TRAFFIC NYC features the awesome luxury domain name- 'PreOwnedJets.com' (open for bids as of yester...
| | Inside Domaining - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 1:13 |
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| DotWeekly.com opens up 5 advertising spots
I have decided to open up 5 advertising spots here on DotWeekly.com . If you might be interested, please visit the Advertising tab or click here.
Once the 5 spots are gone, they are gone. Traffic numbers are posted on the advertising page and I am pretty much open when it comes to what goes in
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 16:45 |
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| NameBio 4.0 Includes Powerful Enhancements
Domain sales database now easier to use and more valuable for finding domain name sales data.
NameBio, a web site offering historical domain sales data, launched version 4 last week. I’ve been playing around with it and am very impressed. It’s now easier to use and allows you to quickly adjust search criteria.
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 11:36 |
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| ItzBig.com Had a Big Naming Problem
Defunct company had a number of challenges. Its (domain) name didn’t help.
A few years ago a new startup sprang onto the scene in Austin, Texas. Called ItzBig, it was a new type of job web site. It was backed by some big names in online job recruiting, including former executives of hire.com.
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 13:27 |
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| .MX Domain Names on Sale in September
For a limited time, you can invest in Mexican domain names for a discounted price! Registry .MX is offering a special September rate for all new registrations - and the longer you register the domain, the more you’ll save. The best deal works out to only $6 USD/year for 5 years!
Mexico’s ccTLD consist of third-level
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 22:41 |
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 | How Do Domain Names Expire?
Domain names expire. Registrars are allowed to provide a domain name registration with a duration period of between 1 and 10 years. After your domain name registration period elapses, your domain is set to expire. You are usually notified by your registrar of any pending domain expirations. If you opt against renewing that domain, th...
| | DnExpert - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 7:36 |
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 | 1000+ US local city mobile internet portals go live
RedHot.mobi launched a network of 651 US local city .mobi names, covering more than 1000 US local cities. Go to for the complete list of names.
Here are some sample sites: http://ZEPHYRHILLS.MOBI
| | Dot Mobiz - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 1:0 |
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| The Battle Over Chicago2016.com
The Chicago Olympic bid committee who in 2006 launched a bid to host the summer Olympic games in 2016 will most likely launch a WIPO claim for the domain name Chicago2016.com against one Stephen Frayne Jr.
Frayne, an MBA student who currently owns the domain name Chicago2016.com also owns Chicago’s rival bid’s Tokyo2016....
| | DnExpert - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 17:36 |
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| ChargerKits.com :: Exclusive Premium Domain Deals
Here are two fantastic offers:
ChargerKits.com and ChargerAdapters.com going for $3,888 each.
These are popular items, and anyone travelling overseas will definitely need them.
These domains are perfect for niche marketing or an Ebay/online store.
The offer is only valid via eBusinessDomains.com. The offer is only valid while the do...
| | eBusinessDomains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 13:7 |
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| ComScore: Google Up to 63% Share
According to ComScore Inc., Google accounted for 63 percent of searches by U.S. surfers in August, up from 61.9 percent in July and 56.5 percent in August last year.
The increase came at the expense of the second- and third-largest players in the market, Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
Yahoo’s share fell to 19.6 percent from 20....
| | The Domains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 16:31 |
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| Mobile Search Advertising: $2.4 Billion By 2011
Mobile Content Networks (MCM) says advertising revenue from mobile Web searching could be worth $2.4 billion by 2011.
“The mobile search business has started to move from an investment phase to the phase where it is a business on its own merits,” Kimmo Paaso, a co-founder of MCN, told Reuters in an interview.
As networks...
| | The Domains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 10:30 |
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| Cybersquatters Pouncing on Bank Merger Opportunities
Cybersquatters are proving the old saying true: “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” With the recent troubles in the financial sector, domains related to the recent bank mergers are being purchased and placed for sale at record speeds.
Domain names for the separate merges of Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and Ll...
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 22:24 |
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 | HostColor.US
Host Color, a quality U.S. web hosting provider has announced it is enabling its customers to register .US domain for free. We are American business and although Host Color LLC has been founded by individuals who aren't American citizens, our owners and leaders share the values of U.S. society and American entrepreneurship. Our feeli...
| | Mister US - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 11:51 |
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| The Bidding Starts Now
Rick Latona Auctions are going to be part of the live auctions to be held at T.R.A.F.F.I.C New York this month. As part of the auction process Rick has decided to start the online part of his auction early - the bidding starts today!
Rick says on his blog:
We’ve done one more thing to change the way domain auctions should be run. Our...
| | DnExpert - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 5:19 |
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 | Fourteen .ca Domain Sales on DnJournal all from recent MyID Auctions
A total of 14 .ca domain sales made it to DnJournal sales report this week. All of these were from the recent MyID.ca Auctions.
Quoting Ron at DnJournal:
The conclusion of another premium .ca (Canadian country code) auction at MyID.ca made this a big week for that extension. Nine .ca domains made this
| | MyID - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 8:28 |
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 | What if America Sues? A case against Geo
Some years ago, some dude who owns Corinthians.com and used it to publish Bible verses from its namesake lost the name Corianthians.com to Corianthians football club of Brazil via a WIPO decision (This decision was later reversed by a US court) If a company can come after someone for their name and even claim common law
| | Sky Domains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 21:29 |
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 | Will the Economy Effect the Domain Industry?
The economy is the worst it has been in a very long time. And I have seen it effecting many different industries and businesses. Today, our government granted a very big, world-wide insurance company, AIG, 85 billion dollars, just so that AIG wouldn’t fall to the ground like many other big businesses. After hearing this
| | DNUnderground - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 16:55 |
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| CIRA Honors .CA Pioneer
The University of British Columbia has honored John Demco, a former UBC computing facilities manager, for creating the .ca domain registry that gave Canada an online identity. The Demco Student Learning Centre in the Dept. of Computer Sciences will be named on his behalf.
Demco started the .ca registry in 1987 and managed a group of ...
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 22:22 |
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| Maxed-out Moms the new Soccer Mom?
Has anyone been following what Time magazine is calling Soccer moms this time around? They are the maxed-out moms. A demographic that is so powerful that both political parties are spending big to grab.
Well I just regged Maxed-out-moms.com and here is to hoping that it becomes as poupular as soccer moms. There is even a
| | Sky Domains - Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 16:50 |
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