Create Your Account  |  Log in News headlines WHOIS Valuate Domainers How Powerful is Your Domain Name? Insight into the elements that make your domain more than just a name. by Wendy Kennedy- Register.com Summary: Your domain name or website address is the core of your online brand but did you know it could also be a driver of traffic to your site and a factor in the SEO ranking your site achieves through the search engines. In choos... The Frager factor - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 0:27 $173,035.90 RPM $173,035.90 RPM - meaning $173K for 1000 visitors, how would you like that? 1 visitor and 173.04 USD , probably the highest “per click” you’ll see with any parking program. This interesting case was recently reported in dnforum by a fellow domainer. Apperantly Domain Sponsor pay also for CPA - cost per action - whi... Domain Magnate - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:6 Free list of Top Websites, Ranking.com shows 1 million for FREE Alexa.com use to show the top 500 traffic sites on the web but cut that list back to 100 and you need to pay to see more then the 100 free that they provide per country. Well, Ranking.com offers pretty much the same thing, but it’s free! They state you can see the top Million sites! DotWeekly - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 9:24 Domain Aging - Fact or Fiction? Domain age has been touted as a factor in the valuation of a domain but is this really true or is it a popular myth? I was reading a french domaining blog post La valorisation des noms de domaine - l'ancienneté. I struggled through with my schoolbook french and a rather unhelpful Babelfish but caught the Predictive Domaining - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 18:45 Selling a Domain Name for $1 Million I was thinking about the disconnect between domain owners and end users today and trying to think of ways to bridge the gap. While it may be a bit of an unrelated tangent my mind went on, I came to a simple but accurate conclusion about selling a domain name for a lot of money. The Elliot Silver - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:34 Masters of Domain Names are Golden DarkBlueSea.com Marchex.com NameAdministration.com (Frank Schilling) NameMedia.com Oversee.net Reinvent.com (Kevin Ham) iREIT.com InternetRealEstate.com DemandMedia.com The above major players in the domain industry control some of the world's biggest domain name portfolios. Imagine the break up value of these companies? The value ... Inside Domaining - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:56 Kentucky Uphold Domain Seizure, Part 2: Our Take: Who is At Risk: What To Do Now I scheduled a trip this week and scheduled it around the Kentucky ruling which was promised yesterday but did not come out until late today due to a “computer problem”. So I was not around when the decision was released. Now I have read the decision in full. The Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 22:33 Results From NamePros Auction 10/16 Not the best NamePros auction as far as higher end domains but still some very good deals. Below are the domain names I listed earlier today and their sold prices. I only listed the ones that sold, if reserve not met or it didn’t make it to auction it has been removed. CORU. Sold for $1800 but... ChefPatrick.com - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 19:55 Think You Won That Snapnames Auction? Think Again! Yesterday I won a Snapnames auction and paid for the name. 24 hours later I received the following email from Snapnames: —- Dear Simon, I am sorry to have to inform you of this, but there was a mistake in the auction for <SNIP>. The registrar informed us that this name was available for us to send to Domainer Income - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 6:8 Only 10 domains sell in the Domain Convergence auction I heard there were very low numbers of people at this domain show. I am not sure if somebody on DNF.com was kidding or not, but they said something like 8 people? Source The Live Auction never happened and was moved to a Online Auction only which clearly didn’t perform either. The auction provider was new DotWeekly - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:30 Winner Of Last Night's Debate: JoeThePlumber.com An article this morning in the Silcone Valley Insider Talks about the domain name of plumber Joe Francis a plumber in Amarillo, TX. Joe said he’s been flooded by calls since John McCain and Barack Obama spent most of the debate talking abut Ohio’s “Joe the Plumber”, whose taxes would go up under an Obama admi... The Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:42 MyDebate.org owner is missing out Dustin Machi, the current owner of MyDebate.org is missing out and is the latest victim of not understanding domain names. Although he was smart enough (or lucky) to own a very similar domain to the one that was announced to Millions during the Presidental debate last night, MyDebates.org. MyDebate.org which is more clear and wh... DotWeekly - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:48 Marchex, Inc. - Local Insight - Unlocking the Potential of the Local Internet Marchex, Inc. - Local Insight - Unlocking the Potential of the Local Internet Local Online Advertising: Strategies and Tactics Every Company Should Know from recent market research on local search from Oct. 1st Sterling Market Intelligence & Marchex Webcast. Source: Marchex.com Geo-Domain Names Available for Sale... Click Me! do... Inside Domaining - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 20:28 GODADDY TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT WATCH Wow! I was doing some research on GoDaddy and saw a domain up for auction that really caught my eye. The domain is “MICROSOFTINTERVIEWS.COM” (Microsoft Interviews dot com). Okay, now from my experience in this industry, I seem to have seen some serious lawsuits against cybersquatters infringing on Microsoft-related dom... Stephen Douglas - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 9:50 Vancouver Domain Investor, 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year | BCBusiness Reinvent Technology, 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year BCBusiness Vancouver, B.C.- 2007 Domainer of the Year- Kevin Ham, "the man who owns the Internet" has achieved Ernst & Young's 2008 Entreprenuer of the Year in technology... "by quietly amassing a stable of more than 300,000 web domain names, including laptop.com, attorney.com a... Inside Domaining - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 19:12 Snapnames Auction Won/Lost = Monikers Fault ? Update: Snapnames responded to me overnight stating: — Dear Simon, The registrar was Moniker. They have informed us that they have put a system in place to prevent this from happening again. Sincerely, SnapNames — I’d like to keep an eye on this issue. If you find yourself in the same position, with Snapnames or any... Domainer Income - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:44 Google Earning Way Above Expectations Google Inc reported earnings after the close today which surpassed Wall Street quarterly forecasts. Web traffic, searches and revenue growth were strong in all major parts of the world, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said. Net income for the third quarter rose to $1.35 billion, or $4.24 a diluted share, from $1.07 billion, or $3.38 per... The Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 22:3 ICA Issues Statement on Kentucky Court Ruling Internet Commerce Association blasts court decision. If you haven’t already heard, the case brought by Kentucky against owners of domain names related to gambling will proceed. The judge announced today that he will not throw out the case. Think of the ramifications if the governor of Kentucky ultimately prevails. Will a court... Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 22:14 Subprime Mess I am selling the domain name SubprimeMess.com. Highest offer in the next 48 hours gets it. Post your offers in the comment section of the blog. I am also posting this sale on a couple of domain forums, and when bids are received there, I will update this post. At the moment, there Elliot Silver - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 13:24 Kentucky Judge: Domain Seizure Case Can Proceed According to Fox 17 in Nashville, Tennessee, the presiding judge ruling on the state of Kentucky’s seizure of 141 gambling-related domain names has refused to dismiss the lawsuit. The judge said that he will hear arguments a month from tomorrow - November 17th - before deciding whether or not to give control of the 141 Elliot Silver - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:52 Expens'd Forgot a Line Item for Domains Expense tracking startup joins list of horribly named web companies. Expense tracking company Expens’d didn’t budget any money for a decent domain name, and ended up with Expensd.com (notice the missing ‘e’). I’ve seen plenty of poorly name companies in my day, such as Flickr.com. But Expens’d is... Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:11 Kevin Ham profiled in BC Business magazine DomainReport.ca - For those of you who enjoy reading about successful domainers in the mainstream media, check out the latest (Oct 2008) issue of BC Business magazine. The magazine includes a one page profile of Vancouver based Kevin Ham as a winning entrepreneur in technology. It mentions his domain portfolio and association with Ca... Dot CA Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 13:5 Apple Founder to Headline DomainFest Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 DomainFest Global conference which will take place January 28-30, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs, is a dynamic speaker, and it will be good to hear him speak. I was at the 2008 DomainFest in Hollywood, and Elliot Silver - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 9:34 Domain Convergence auction results DomainReport.ca - The DomainConvergence domain conference was recently held in Niagara Falls, Canada and ended on October 8. There was a domain auction at this event, and the reported .ca sales are posted below. For interest sake, I've included all the .ca domains that did not sell too. Quality.ca - $4,800 US sold CelebrityNews.ca - ... Dot CA Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 12:51 HealthCare.com Acquires BrokersWeb.com, the Leading Health Insurance Pay-Per-Click Marketing Platform Acquisition of leading health insurance website and leading health insurance pay-per-click advertising network anchors HealthCare.com’s health insurance marketing strategy Miami, FL – October 16, 2008 – HealthCare.com, Inc. today announced the acquisition of BrokersWeb, a leading provider of targeted, performance-based online adver... The Frager factor - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 12:32 Bret Fausett on Blogging, Kentucky, and UDRP An interview with Bret Fausett. I often claim that Domain Name Wire was the first blog-style site covering the business of domain names. I add “business” as a qualifier because I know I can’t claim to be the first to blog about domain names. Lawyer Bret Fausett started blogging at Lextext.com back in 2000. Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:22 MyAccountant.ca sold at Afternic DomainReport.ca - Just saw this sale reported at Afternic. MyAccountant.ca - $1,000 USD It was bought by a person with the username JoyceSmith, and when you look up that name you see there is an accountant business for that person in Nanaimo, BC. So this was likely an end user sale, but not verified yet. At that price I'd also have b... Dot CA Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 20:42 Kentucky Judge Upholds Domain Seizures Thursday afternoon Judge Thomas Wingate issued a ruling that he would not dismiss the case brought against domain owners which included seizure of their names. A forfeiture hearing has been scheduled for November 17th. A copy of the decision can be seen here More on this soon… � � The Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 19:8 Afternic Auctions Picks 10/16/08 Domain Auction Begins LabGoggles.com 20-Oct ClosetSafe.com 20-Oct HybridHotrod.com 20-Oct HybridHotrods.com 20-Oct RiotHelmet.com 20-Oct NZBlog.com 20-Oct ZlingShot.com 20-Oct FantasyPlayer.net 20-Oct SmartChoiceBuilding.com 21-Oct LeaDevelopment.com 21-Oct IntegratedWaterSystems.com 21-Oct HeritageCreative... Afternic DLS - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 14:45 NamePros Live Auction Tonight 10/16 Here we go again, It has been two weeks since the last NamePros auction. Place: NamePros.com (if your not a member yet put down Chef Patrick as your reference) Time: 6pm EST The headliner of the night in my opinion is CORU.com, a very nice CVCV. It was in auction two weeks ago but did... ChefPatrick.com - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:9 More than 100.000 domains will be liberated in Brazil If you want to review the complete list of domains to be freed and register some of them please check: to the rules of NIC Brazil if the same domain is requested by two companies it will be given to the company that has ID and a trademark registered in Brazil. If there is IDN News - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 4:52 52 Expired Domains I posted a list of 52 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum. Forum registration is absolutely free - you can register here to have access to all past and future free lists. If you want to... DnExpert - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 4:20 58 Expired Domains I posted a list of 58 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum. Forum registration is absolutely free - you can register here to have access to all past and future free lists. If you want to... DnExpert - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 17:30 Microsoft CEO: Yahoo deal between the two companies would 'still make sense economically' The CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, told an audience at the Gartner ITxpo, that deal with Yahoo would “still make sense economically” and not just at Yahoo’s current low-low price. Ballmer, went on to say he doesn’t know what share price Yahoo would have accepted for Microsoft to buy them, after the company... The Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 13:38 $173,035.90 RPM $173,035.90 RPM - meaning $173K for 1000 visitors, how would you like that? 1 visitor and 173.04 USD , probably the highest “per click” you’ll see with any parking program. This interesting case was recently reported in dnforum by a fellow domainer. Apperantly Domain Sponsor pay also for CPA - cost per action - whi... Domain Magnate - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:6 Tune.In Sells For Bargain $4,000 At AfternicDLS The Indian Domain Name Blog reported a sale of Tune.In at AfternicDLS for a reported $4000. This in my opinion is a real bargain buy considering the potential of this domain hack. I personally love to see creative domain hacks like this one - hacks that have the potential to interest big-time buyers in the future. DnExpert - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 1:26 ANA 2008 Annual Conference - Masters of Marketing ANA 2008 Annual Conference - Masters of Marketing Orlando, FL- "The premiere (advertising and marketing event) for senior markerters and chief marketing officers"- ANA.net The ANA 2008 Conference is sold out to 1,200 attendees and 600 client-side markerters. Do these advertisers and marketers fully understand the power of keyword cat... Inside Domaining - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:16 5 Top Google Searches on Wednesday Night—Will Congressman Lewis or Joe the Plumber Repudiate Bob Schieffer? -Congressman Lewis -Repudiate -Joe the Plumber -Repudiated -Bob Schieffer (amazing politicians use big words no one understands- everyone ought to read Ogilvy on Advertising) Others (did you know it was boss' day?): 1. halloween candy coupon 2. highland capital 3. boss s day 2008 4. marcus nonius macrinus 5. mydebates.org 6.... The Frager factor - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:1 MyAccountant.ca sold at Afternic DomainReport.ca - Just saw this sale reported at Afternic. MyAccountant.ca - $1,000 USD It was bought by a person with the username JoyceSmith, and when you look up that name you see there is an accountant business for that person in Nanaimo, BC. So this was likely an end user sale, but not verified yet. At that price I'd also have b... Dot CA Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 19:50 Developers Gain Access To .tel API Telnic, the registry for the new .tel sponsored Tld, today announced it is making the API and resources for developers to create applications and web services around the domain available to the public. The .tel domain is aimed at building up an internet directory of business and individual user contact information that according to T... DnExpert - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 4:36 Kentucky Judge Rules Against 141 Gambling Related Domain Owners Bulletin from DNJournal.com DNJournal - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:45 Kentucky Judge Rules Against 141 Gambling Related Domain Owners Bulletin from DNJournal.com DNJournal - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 16:45 NETCOM .CM Domain Registry Begins Sunrise Period NETCOM.cm Sarl (NETCOM), the .CM Registry, has started accepting Sunrise applications for 2nd-level .CM domain names from 10 a.m. UTC, Oct. 15, 2008. In Sunrise Phase, domain name registrations, permitted in the COM.CM, NET.CM and CO.CM name spaces, will be open to trademark holders worldwide. Mr. Moustapha Saya Kaigama (Saya), Presi... DnExpert - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:36 DOMAINfest Global 2009 Lands Apple Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as Their Keynote Speaker The DOMAINfest Global 2009 conference coming up in January has scored a major coup by landing Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as their keynote speaker. The show, sponsored by Oversee.net's domain monetization unit, DomainSponsor, will be staged January 28-30 in Hollywood, California. DNJournal - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:9 NameDrive Maintenance Hello everyone, We’re just doing 10-15 minutes’ maintenance on the front office for you. Parking will not be affected and we’ll be back online very shortly. We apologise for any inconvenience. Mister B NameDrive - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 9:1 Dr. Kevin Ham is Named an Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner Reinvent Technology CEO Dr. Kevin Ham, who was the subject of DN Journal's May 2008 Cover Story, has been named winner of the Pacific Region's prestigious Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Technology category. DNJournal - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 13:42 Dr. Kevin Ham is Named an Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner Reinvent Technology CEO Dr. Kevin Ham, who was the subject of DN Journal's May 2008 Cover Story, has been named winner of the Pacific Region's prestigious Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Technology category. DNJournal - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 13:42 Afternic Auctions Picks 10/16/08 Domain Auction Begins LabGoggles.com 20-Oct ClosetSafe.com 20-Oct HybridHotrod.com 20-Oct HybridHotrods.com 20-Oct RiotHelmet.com 20-Oct NZBlog.com 20-Oct ZlingShot.com 20-Oct FantasyPlayer.net 20-Oct SmartChoiceBuilding.com 21-Oct LeaDevelopment.com 21-Oct IntegratedWaterSystems.com 21-Oct HeritageCreative... Afternic DLS - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 13:45 Kevin Ham profiled in BC Business magazine DomainReport.ca - For those of you who enjoy reading about successful domainers in the mainstream media, check out the latest (Oct 2008) issue of BC Business magazine. The magazine includes a one page profile of Vancouver based Kevin Ham as a winning entrepreneur in technology. It mentions his domain portfolio and association with Ca... Dot CA Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 12:21 GODADDY TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT WATCH Wow! I was doing some research on GoDaddy and saw a domain up for auction that really caught my eye.  The domain is “MICROSOFTINTERVIEWS.COM” (Microsoft Interviews dot com). This is odd, since I have seen some serious lawsuits against cybersquatters infringing on Microsoft-related domains. Some of the domains MS was going... Stephen Douglas - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 8:50 Domain Convergence auction results DomainReport.ca - The DomainConvergence domain conference was recently held in Niagara Falls, Canada and ended on October 8. There was a domain auction at this event, and the reported .ca sales are posted below. For interest sake, I've included all the .ca domains that did not sell too. Quality.ca - $4,800 US sold CelebrityNews.ca - ... Dot CA Domains - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 12:2 DOMAINfest Global 2009 Lands Apple Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as Their Keynote Speaker The DOMAINfest Global 2009 conference coming up in January has scored a major coup by landing Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as their keynote speaker. The show, sponsored by Oversee.net's domain monetization unit, DomainSponsor, will be staged January 28-30 in Hollywood, California. DNJournal - Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:9 DOMAINfest Global 2009 Lands Apple Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as Their Keynote Speaker The DOMAINfest Global 2009 conference coming up in January has scored a major coup by landing Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as their keynote speaker. The show, sponsored by Oversee.net's domain monetization unit, DomainSponsor, will be staged January 28-30 in Hollywood, California. 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