Domain Name Wire started publishing five years ago today.
On March 9, 2005, I wrote the first post on Domain Name Wire, reporting on the sale of Local.com for $700,000. 3,141 posts later, Domain Name Wire is running as strong as ever.
If you’re reading this, I’d like to thank you for making Domain Name Wire a premier news source for the domain industry. It’s because of your readership that I commit my time reporting on and analyzing this exciting industry.
Of course, that’s all possible thanks to DNW’s many advertisers. Please take a moment to peruse the ads on this page. If you haven’t visited any of the advertisers, please take a moment to do so.
A lot has changed in the past five years. Looking back at what I wrote in March 2005 is like a time capsule:
TrafficClub now open to public – Moniker launched one of the first major “traffic splitting” systems for domain parking, which closed down after upstream providers limited the practice and Oversee.net eventually bought Moniker.
Go Daddy launches radio show – Bob Parsons revved up the publicity act. I was later a guest on the show.
Yahoo to challenge Google Adsense – “Challenge” was probably too strong of a word. Yahoo Publisher Network is still in beta, five years later.
MSN readies pay-per-click system – Microsoft announced its Adcenter program. Fast forward to 2010, Adcenter will soon be the management platform for PPC ads on both Microsoft and Yahoo.
Thanks again for reading DNW over the past five years. If you haven’t yet done so, please subscribe to the DNW RSS feed and follow it on Twitter.
Here’s to the next five years.
Michael says
Happy Birthday! Job well done and we look forward to the next 5 years.
Michael
Roger says
You have hit a home run with this site. I read it every day. Thanks, Andrew!
Kevin M. says
Happy B-Day DNW!! You’re one of the best dn bloggers out there Andrew. Usually the first with top stories, and true domain name news and info, not ‘follow the crowd redundancy’. Thanks for your perspective and insights on the domaing world!!
Kevin
Mark says
Congrats Andrew!
Thanks very much for creating a blog that in my opinion is one of the most objective domain blogs. Your writing is professional, interesting and current.
Ron Jackson says
Congrats on your 5th anniversary Andrew! Great job with DNW and looking forward to your reports for the next five (at least)!
Kevin says
Congratulations Andrew. It’s a good read 🙂
DomainTweeter says
Congratulations on the impressive milestone Andrew!
Look forward to many more years of great coverage.
Johan says
Congrats on the 5th anniversary! I’ve only been around the last year, but I’m looking forward to the years to come!
Karen Bernstein says
Andrew, your blog is a must read for everyone in the domain industry including us lawyers. It’s so great to have an excellent source of info. I’ve learned a lot about domainer issues from reading your blog over the years, which has helped me to be a better counselor to domainers! Thanks and best wishes for the future!!
zamaan says
Greetings from sri lanka !!!
Chef Patrick says
Happy Anniversary and congrats!!!
David J Castello says
Congrats, Andrew!
Tim Davids says
Congrats and thanks for all your hard work…it helps all of us.
Steve M says
Here! Here!
Congratulations on your 5th birthday (and to think you did it without ever having to wear “domain diapers” 🙂
Your reporting on the issues that matter the most to the domain industry is top-notch.
Thanks for a job very well done.
Henry says
Happy birthday and many more.
Dominik Mueller says
Congratulations, Andrew!
Michael Berkens says
Andrew
5 years of great stories and reporting is quite a achievement.
Certainly one of the must read blogs in the industry.
Congrats
Mike says
Congratulations Andrew.
Keep up the good work.
rob sequin says
Putting out good content year after year is a real challenge that can only be supported by an unyielding passion for the subject matter.
Happy Birthday to your baby.
Andrew Allemann says
Thanks everyone, I appreciate it!
Louise says
Congratulations on your five year anniversary! I’m new to this business, so this is entertaining read.
Sincerely,
Louise 🙂
M. Menius says
Let me add my congratulations Andrew. DNW is a great read. It takes incredible discipline to write interesting topics consistently. Original stories, well researched. Really enjoy this day after day.
SL says
Cream of the crop. Congrats Andrew.
Adam Strong says
Good work dude.
Dave Zan says
I’m late, but I want to thank you also for the great blog. Definitely a must-read. 🙂
BidNo says
My hearty congratulations on your first five years. You’re doing a first rate job.
Kelly WhyPark says
Congrats Andrew on your hard work and excellent reporting! Happy BDay DNW!
Matt Bentley says
3,141 posts in 1,826 days, with hardly a guest post in site. Wow! Just under 2 posts/ day average sustained for 5 years — Andrew, that is quite an accomplishment!
Andrew Allemann says
@ Matt – the scary thing is it was about 1-2 posts per weekday the first year or so…
Ammar Kubba says
Congratulations, Andrew!! I’m glad I can say that I knew you when…
Alan Dodd says
Hey Andrew,
Congrats and happy birthday on your milestone! Alan
Elliot says
Congrats, Andrew!
Keep up the great work 🙂
Frank Michlick (Domain Name News) says
Congratulations Andrew!
Nat Cohen says
Congratulations Andrew!
Your blog is a must read. I appreciate your clear-eyed perspective on the industry. Thanks for all the hard work and for breaking so many important stories.
Looking forward to the next five years!