http://www.domaining.com News and views about the domaining industry. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:15:00 +0240 en http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624769&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:02:54 +0240 The Frager factor http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624769&t=2  The Frager factor: On March 18, 2010Mike Berkens acknowledged that "Dreamseller" had the best dotTV collection. No surprise he started early. Here from my private archives are is an exchange between Dreamseller and I and several others back in December 2000. It makes for fascinating reading a decade later. Some things never change.
Owen Owen Owen... re...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624752&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:23:49 +0240 The Frager factor http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624752&t=2  The Frager factor: CADNA and Verizon are out for blood]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624746&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:17:42 +0240 Lesley http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624746&t=2  Name.com: VeriSign recently announced a re-launch of all premium .TV domains with drastically reduced pricing, and Name.com is happy to announce that we can offer these premium domains to our customers! Premium .TV domains can now be registered for as little as a few hundred dollars for the first year and standard renewal pricing after that.]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624708&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:42:04 +0240 DomainBELL.com http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624708&t=2  DropGRABS.com:  High PPC 100+ combos Sharing lots of keyword and phrase PPC Rates… Some interesting combinations… . . . I’ll try to post some about to drops with HIGH Appraisals later today… * * * High PPC Payouts - March 2010 $29+ consolidate school loan . . . $24+ automobile loan refinance . . . $23+ lase...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624699&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:26:08 +0240 Jason http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624699&t=2  DNPpimping.com: Now its time to have a little fun with a gTLD called .tel!  After you read this blog entry make sure not to tell anyone what I did.   No, I did not buy into the hype nor did I register a name purely for profit.  I registered my name and felt it was]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624688&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:48:22 +0240 Chef Patrick http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624688&t=2  ChefPatrick.com: I was away during the week and did not spend much time on my laptop. Because of this I was unable to get any blog posts done or a video recorded. So instead, I’ll give everyone a quick recap of this week’s top stories. Sex.com Auction Cancelled – Creditors of Escom, LLC filed an involuntary Chapter]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624687&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:40:24 +0240 Acro http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624687&t=2  Acro: When I sent my first email while in college in the late 80’s, we didn’t even call them such. They were “network messages“; few of us had access to the gateway that would send these messages outside of the local network and into the wild unknown. In fact, there was nothing of interest out there,]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624689&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:36:27 +0240 Domain News http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624689&t=2  DomainNameReview.com:  I read about .tv premium domains today and tried to buy a few .tv domains such as Accommodation.tv , Date.tv, Sale.tv, Sales.tv etc… but all such domains are gone already. Domainers are so quick to jump on such domains. I have listed some of available .tv premim domains : foo.tv chase.tv y8.tv drake.tv ils.tv goo.tv gro...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624678&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:29:56 +0240 Andrew Allemann http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624678&t=2  Domain Name Wire:  Suit claims registrar parked trademarked domain names for the period between expiration and deletion. Verizon has a filed a lawsuit (pdf) against domain name registrar DirectNIC and related companies, alleging that the defendants parked expired domain names infringing on Verizon’s trademarks in the period between expiration an...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624679&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:24:26 +0240 Adam Strong http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624679&t=2  Domain Name News: Verizon has filed a cybersquatting complaint in Florida US District Court [pdf] against several companies and individuals.  The complaint alleges over 288 cybersquatting violations. Among those named in the case are domain name registrar DirectNic.com and Sigmund Solares, the CEO of Directnic.  Others named in the case include The Pr...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624680&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:21:59 +0240 admin http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624680&t=2  DomainConsultant.com: A recent paper given at the Financial Cryptography conference attempts to parse typosquatting – even going to lengths to identify the main perpetrators. And the results are more than interesting. Here is the abstract… We describe a method for identifying “typosquatting”, the intentional registration of misspel...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624670&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:50:25 +0240 Jamie Zoch http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624670&t=2  DotWeekly: DolceVita.com was once a fashion magazine web site that focused on Italian style. The site ShopDolceVita.com is a provider of Dolce Vita brand shoes and clothing. DolceVita.com is the premium of the two domain names because it does not have the add-on word "shop" that many people forget or simply do not think of when]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624663&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:24:36 +0240 The Frager factor http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624663&t=2  The Frager factor: Aside from proving the worth of a great non-traffic domain as a book and campaign title**, our friend Tony Hsieh who has built and sold companies to Microsoft and Amazon, has found a way to bottle and spread his work ethic and spirit in a new book called "Delivering Happiness."For Tony, it's never been about the money. More than just...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624662&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:05:09 +0240 Mike http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624662&t=2  DomainStryker.com: I am always on the hunt… Looking for great domain deals to be had… Firesales, oh I love them! Expiring domain listings at NameJet or GoDaddy aren’t the only place where you can score some absolute steals. Nope! There are a couple of forums which you should browse every chance you get because domainers looking]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624656&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:36:18 +0240 Elliot http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624656&t=2  Elliot Silver: Although I have pretty much consolidated my domain portfolio at Moniker, I still use Godaddy from time to time when I buy newly registered domain names. I want to share an example of when and why I believe it’s smart to use Godaddy for new domain registrations. On occasion, I buy hand registered domain names with Related pos...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624642&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:57:37 +0240 http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624642&t=2  Fusible.com: AuctionDrop one of the rising stars in the eBay Drop-off business in the early 2000s that had raised millions of dollars has ended up on the domain name aftermarket. The domain name AuctionDrop.com expired on March 1, 2010 and is pending renewal or deletion. It's up for bidding right now at NameJet with a backorder due date of April...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624618&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:01:19 +0240 The Frager factor http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624618&t=2  The Frager factor: 2000 IdeaLab. 2005 eNom/DemandMedia. 2010 eNom/Verisign/SedoIt's the five year itch. You think domainers will ever learn, Frank? Of the names above who are the biggest, most successful dotTV domainers? How many do they hold personally?.TV Mini Landrush Begins May 1st at 1pm Pacific (Read from source if this doesn't fit within window)...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624619&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:59:53 +0240 ShaneCultra http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624619&t=2  DomainShane.com: Many years ago, Larry Page of Google invented “Page” rank as one of the variables in his method to index the billions of sites on the Internet.  Since that day, every site owner has tried to figure out how to improve it, why it’s important, and what it means if it means anything at all.  Related posts:Google Like...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624587&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:25:51 +0240 admin http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624587&t=2  ImpulseCorp.com: In a previous posting, I talked about my attempt at launching a viral video. It was a modest success, but did not make me any money or bring any extra traffic to my site. So, I decided to create a few more music videos in the hopes that one of them would catch on: Hip-Hop]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624585&t=2 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:13:02 +0240 Alan http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=624585&t=2  Newfound Names: Ask anyone using the Google Adwords program and you will quickly find many people building businesses around the success of their PPC campaigns however unlike how Rome wasn’t built in a day Google can crush you overnight. The latest change to the Google search results for mortgage related terms such as “mortgage rates”, “mortgage cal...]]>