Toys ‘R’ Us Relaunches Toys.com Without Search Rankings Toys ‘R’ Us domain name forwarding mistake back in the picture.
Oh brother.
A few months ago I wrote about Toys ‘R’ Us forwarding its newly purchased ($5.1M) domain name Toys.com to ToysRUs.com. This resulted in the company losing its search rankings for Toys.com. The story was viewed 30,000 times.
Some people...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 11:36
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom Talks about Domainers Beckstrom gives initial comments about domainers.
In an article about new top level domains and trademarks in today’s Financial Times, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom is quoted saying:
“You can look at domainers in many ways. Some see them as cybersquatters, some look at them as entrepreneurs. I think there is a rich and healthy ...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 13:0
Follow Up: Make 1,000% Profit I want to follow-up to a post I wrote a few weeks ago called “Make 1,000% Profit.” In the article, I discussed how people can analyze what names are selling at auction at Snapnames, buy names for registration fee at Moniker, and then sell them on Snapnames. The jist was that you can register a
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Domain Names are Undervalued Because… I think domain names are considerably undervalued when compared to other business asset classes. Most companies would rather spend money investing in a quality piece of land rather than a category defining domain name.
As a domain investor, I would rather own the domain name Candles.com than buy a piece of land where I can build
R...
Elliot Silver - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 10:51
Why oh Why – LOOK before you bid !!! In a follow up to yesterday’s article about learning how to search better and not follow the herd when it comes to domain auctions the SnapNames summers auction is providing a great example of how people simply do not look for names that are available as “Buy it Now” and care more about bidding in
Newfound Names - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 21:50
GoDaddy Cancels Domain Distribution Agreement with Dark Blue Sea According to a filing with the Australian Stock Exchange (PDF), Dark Blue Sea (ASX:DBS, the parent company of Fabulous.com and the Domain Distribution Network (DDN), domain registrar GoDaddy has canceled their distribution agreement. This means that as of August 13th, 2009 GoDaddy is no longer listing domains from their own “Fa...
Domain Name News - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 20:37
New White Papers Promote SEO Benefits of Generic Domains & .ME as a Marketing Platform A pair of new white papers (available at no charge) make cases for 1) the value of generic keyword domains in attaining high search engine rankings and 2) the .me extension as a marketing platform (.me will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its relaunch as an unrestricted globally available extension Friday).
DNJournal - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 17:12
IAC $57million Domain Buy IAC Acquires Over 25 Dating Domains & Sites For $57 Million in cash.Details Here: this certainly proves not to laugh nor ignore long domains!!!!Thnx klfast fingered via iPhone excuse errors
The Frager factor - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 20:31
5 Fresh WordPress Plugins Ready to Enhance Your Blog I have discovered, tried and tested some amazing WordPress plugins lately. I can hardly wait to share them with you! I’ve just got to say first that you should…This article is from DotSauce Magazine. 5 Fresh WordPress Plugins Ready to Enhance Your Blog
DotSauce Magazine - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 17:55
AOL Acquires MMAFighting.com and Site AOL, LLC has purchased the domain name and website MMAFighting.com . The site was launched in 2001 and is all about Mixed Martial Arts. The purchase price was not disclosed.
According to Compete.com, MMAFighting.com has about 51,000 Monthly Unique Visitors. (which I think is pretty low really) but again, no price was given.
The MMAFi...
DotWeekly - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 11:10
Videos: Chef Patrick On Bido Good morning,
Few videos made recently for Bido by Chef Patrick. Looking at the clarity and information provided to the viewer in a format viewers like, we expect “video descriptions for domain names” trend to grow from here on.
Thoughts/feedback as always are most appreciated.
Have a great day,
Sahar
Conceptualist - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 8:14
First SnapNames.com Monthly Showcase Auction Starts NOW The first SnapNames.com Showcase auction starts right Now.
The first showcase features a lot of no reserve, low reserve domains.
The auction closes on Monday, July 21st at 3:15pm EST, 12:15pm PST, subject to Snapnames.com normal bidding rules.
You should back order the domain for the special auction by clicking on the link for each ...
The Domains - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 8:45
Should A Blog Publish Hacked Information? TechCrunch Did TechCrunch published a blog post last night disclosing financial projections of Twitter, which it admitted was obtained by a an anonymous hacker which had gained “easy access” to hundreds of pieces of internal Twitter information, from pass codes to meeting minutes, and then forwarded the data to the news website.
“...
The Domains - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 20:36
Hulu Changed More Than Internet Tv, It Changed 4L Domaining Saying Hulu changed Internet Tv is not reaching too far out on a limb but changing domaining? When hulu.com first came out it was the personal blog of Amy Hung. Beautiful graphics (sarcasm) and wonderful pictures of childbirth. Little did she know it would be such an important domain in many ways. In August of
DomainShane.com - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 19:41
Face Your Fears! This is something I have been wanting to do for a very long time, but have been too scared to. Yes, I never had the courage to ride a roller coaster. Today I got over one of my fears.
Everyone has their fears. Face them, don’t let them stop you from doing what you want. Most
ChefPatrick.com - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 18:20
Ending Today Domain Auctions: Bido.com, SnapNames Here is a hand picked list of domain name auctions that are ending today from the auction services Bido.com, SnapNames.com and Sedo.com . All domain name auctions End Today!
Bido.com
TennisBalls.info NR 1:00 PM ET
Kox.net NR 1:14 PM ET
SnapNames.com
All auctions end at 2:15 Central Time. All No Reserve Auctions. Current Bids included...
DotWeekly - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 9:1
Making Money Online With Domains and Developed Websites Part 7 This is the seventh of a ten-part series that should provide some guidance to newbies on how to legitimately make money with domains and developed websites in a risk-free fashion.
To see the previous posts in this series, simply browse the Making Money Online blog category. We will interlink the posts as soon as all of
eBusinessDomains - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 6:0
Experienced Web Users Still Use Direct Search My recent online car shopping experience is an example of an experienced web user using direct search.
Do experienced web surfers use direct search, or is it limited to the inexperienced? I’d argue that both use it.
I consider myself an experienced web user. I use direct navigation — typing a domain into the browser
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 10:53
Medical Clinic Sues Ex-Employee Over Domain Names Clinic says former employee left with domain names.
A medical clinic in Illinois is suing a former employee over domain names he kept in his name after terminating employment.
According to a post on ChicagoNow.com, the employee registered four domain names (including one very similar to the clinic’s name) with company funds bac...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 22:7
Goldman Sachs Drops Claim for GoldmanSachs666.com Back in April we reported on the case of GoldmanSachs666.com
If you recall Goldman Sachs (GS) sent an Cease and Desist letter, demanding that blogger Mike Morgan take down his gripe site GoldmanSachs666.com, saying that the site violated Goldman’s intellectual property rights and that the domain constituted trademark infringement.
...
The Domains - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 9:39
SearsTower.com Now WillisTower.com The famous Sears Tower in Chicgao has been renamed the Willis Tower. Although Sears Roebuck and Co moved out in 1992, the building has held the "Sears Tower" name until the London based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings secured the naming rights to the building.
The naming change was revealed today.
Not only is the physi...
DotWeekly - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 14:24
SnapNames Summer Stimulus Auction Underway SnapNames “Summer Stimulus” auction - the first in a series of monthly domain name showcase auctions - is underway and will run until July 21 at 3:15pm EDT.
Here are just a few of the available domain names (click here for the full list):
No Reserve Inventory:
longweekend.com
degreeprograms.com
lukewarm.com
concernin...
Domain Name News - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 21:47
Google Beat Estimates But Growth Slows & Share Fall 4% AfterHours Google reported earnings after the stock market closed and said its 2Q earnings rose more than expected by 19%.
However the shares are down over 4% in after hour trading because, Google’s Internet ad sales grew at their slowest rate ever during a 2Q, and much of the increased profit was due to cost cutting.
The Domains - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 18:56
Are Hackers Becoming the Modern-Day Paparazzi? As many of your know, a Twitter email account was hacked and the information given to TechCrunch, who has agreed to publish this information on their blog. There has been a growing debate about this and the legalities involved. TechCrunch has responded by saying that they publish confidential information that companies don’t wa...
MorganLinton.com - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 20:15
Summer Stimulus Domain Auction at SnapNames Earlier this month Moniker & SnapNames announced a slick new site makeover and some welcome changes to their domain auction strategy. One of the key new features is…This article is from DotSauce Magazine. Summer Stimulus Domain Auction at SnapNames
DotSauce Magazine - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 1:43
Mistakes That Young Domainers Doing! Hi Everybody!
Because I consider myself a “young domainer” I can tell you, “young domainers doing a lot of mistakes”, so I put down few of them here, almost all the mistakes here, happened to me.
So for all the people that starting or thinking to get inside the domain industry.
Read the post, it can only help
