 | Jump on the Bandwagon!!
I’ve been criticized a few times about my coverage of various cctld - and/or lack of coverage. Simply put, I don’t think most are good long term investments when they are released. There are too many people trying to grab these new domain names at the bottom to sell them to the next round of
 | Elliot Silver - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 11:20 |
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 | Tucows President Responds to YummyNames.com
Elliot Noss, the President and CEO of Tucows has responded to our post of a few days ago regarding the YummyNames.com, the site Tucows set up to sell some of the domains it acquired from it’s customers after they expired.
The comments from Mr. Noss are unedited.
Our comments will follow but feel free to comment:
| | The Domains - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 21:9 |
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 | Top Domain Name Stories of October 2008
A look back at the past month in domaining.
It’s Halloween, which means we’re wrapping up another month of 2008. As I prepare to take my two year old daughter trick-or-treating in her flamingo costume, here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire this month by total page views.
1. 10 Things
| | Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 15:26 |
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| Google Alerts Drive Website Content
Writing unique and relevant content for a blog or a website can be difficult. With the Internet, news is old minutes after it hits the most popular websites. With sites like Drudge and TMZ, a news story that is interesting will be read by thousands of people within minutes of a news aggregator posting it
| | Elliot Silver - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 13:17 |
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| Anatomy of a Domain Name Press Release
Silly press releases for eBay auctions abound. Here’s how they work.
OK, Elliot. You got me.
Earlier today Elliot Silver sent me and e-mail with the subject “BREAKING DOMAIN NEWS”. The body of the e-mail read “Big News… thought you might want to cover this…” and then there was a link to a pre...
| | Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 13:58 |
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 | Media General Purchases Richmond.com
Media General, an independent communications company and parent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, has purchased Richmond.com for an undisclosed amount of money.
Richmond.com is an Associated Cities member and considered one of the most complete geo-domains ever created. The website has 120,000 unique monthly visitors who average nearly...
| | Domain Name News - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 22:30 |
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 | Easypuzzles.com, Choice.org, TRO.com and more
Some more highlights for auctions or backorders available right now at Snapnames. As with the prior list many of the domains below already have multiple bidders while some are private sales at very reasonable reserves.
easypuzzles.com
tro.com
foe.net
uts.net
fallinginlove.com
globalreporting.com
africansculpture.com
politicalstrateg...
| | Newfound Names - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 11:5 |
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| Forbes Covers New Top Level Domain Names
Forbes Magazine covers new TLD launch, but has a few inaccuracies.
The maintstream media has paid cursory attention to ICANN’s opening of the top level domain name landscape. A new article in the November 17 issue of Forbes (available now online) covers the topic.
A couple observations: First, the article has many inaccuracies...
| | Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 10:42 |
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| Submit Domains to Aftermarket.com Auction by Saturday
Priority deadline is Saturday for Australia auction.
Domainers wishing to sell their domains in the upcoming Aftermarket.com auction at TRAFFIC Down Under should submit their domains by this Saturday. Domains can be submitted through the online system at Aftermarket.com.
The submission process is similar to the one used for the New ...
| | Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 10:55 |
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| Google Wins Yahoo Advertising Battle
Regardless of outcome, Google has won.
You may have read yesterday evening that the Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) advertising deal may not go through, thanks to the U.S. government getting involved.
Bad new for the companies? Not for Google, which played this perfectly.
You see, if Google got the deal then it would h...
| | Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 12:58 |
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| The Perfect Holiday Gift Domainer Style
Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Export your address book and search available domains for people you know who deserve a good gift this year. Gmail allows an easy .csv export so its not as tedious as you think.
Search for full names, last names - even add a WHOEVERfamily.com search
You will be very surprised by
| | Newfound Names - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 19:52 |
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 | Domaining Library - Submit your favorite Domaining resource!
We will be launching DomainingLibrary.com this November. This site will serve as a collection of the best domaining books, articles, courses, video's - you name it! The idea is to provide domainers of any skill-level with a wealth of information and ways to expand and grow their business. I have a number of resources already lined-up...
| | Domain Flipper - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 17:13 |
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 | Saturday Musings - talking Australian and TRAFFIC Downunder
Here I am sitting once again at my desk reflecting on the domain name industry. I gave the team at Fabulous a call yesterday to find out how TRAFFIC Downunder is progressing; after all it is only two weeks away.
Dan Warner happened to be away (I thought that I...
| | Michael Gilmour - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 22:21 |
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 | BoycottKentucky.com Asks Domainers to Call That State's Governor Today
BoycottKentucky.com is asking domain owners to call the office of Kentucky governor Steve Beshear en masse today to express their displeasure with his attempt to take over 141 gambling related domain names through a highly controversial claim that the state has jurisdiction over those names.
| DNJournal - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 14:0 |
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 | The DNXpert Mega Domaining Essentials Contest - $4,800+ In Cash And Prizes!
Your chance to win $4,800+ in cash and prizes has arrived!
We told you a few days ago that on November 1, 2008 we would launch a mega domaining essentials contest allowing you to win huge domaining prizes. Finally, that day is upon us!
It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of the DNXpert Mega Domaining Essentials conte...
| | DnExpert - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 21:38 |
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 | Happy Halloween
*image source: McClatchy
| | Green Taxi - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 14:28 |
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 | Christie's International Closes $16.9 Million in Art Sales
Bloomberg.com: News (Bloomberg) -- Christie's International sold $16.9 million of paintings and jewels in a two-day sale in Dubai, below estimates, as falling oil and equity prices dented the boom in Middle East art.- Read Full article: Click Headline... ``There is no doubt we are in the middle of a financial crisis,'' Jeha said. ``I...
| | Inside Domaining - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 7:33 |
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 | Lost in translation
My attempts to read domaining blogs in french namely Blogodomaines reminded me how limited my knowledge of french is and how crude Babelfish translations still are. However I felt better have seen a couple of articles by the BBC on translations of street signs from English to Welsh.
An email sent online asking for a translation
| | Predictive Domaining - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 15:24 |
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 | Network Solutions Sends Email In Response To Phishing Attempts
First eNom, now Network Solutions. I had various reports of the NetSol phishing email, so it was only a matter of time before I started to get them. Amongst the phishing emails was a legit one from Network Solutions themselves.
I’d question their strategy of sending an email response to a phishing email, given that e-mail
| | Domainer Income - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 20:38 |
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| 2L Domain Name Rarity Equals Valuable!
Extremely rare 2 letter (only 1,352 2L combos) domain name SS.PL Just Sold $31,816 USD (Polands's Internet domain country code top-level-domain) GreatDomains.com Domain Brokers- URLBrokers.co.uk Offering Very Rare Domain Asset: VR.net (Virtual Reality) For Sale Buy it Now $30k Fantastic value... Click Here! Sedo's GreatDomains.com au...
| | Inside Domaining - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 7:7 |
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| Sedo Marketplace Survey-Take part for the Chance to Win!
The Sedo team would like you to join their brainstorming process by participating in a quick and painless (they hope) survey. By collecting your thoughts on Sedo’s search options, fixed pricing, and overall marketplace, they believe they can gain a better understanding of their strengths and which areas they need to improve upon.
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| | DnExpert - Friday, October 31, 2008 - 11:0 |
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