Some adult operators want to boycott .xxx. Yeah, good luck with that.

I understand why some adult web site owners are upset about .xxx.

But trying to boycott the new top level domain name is a ridiculous idea.

Before its rally at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco the Free Speech Coalition said it would try to organize a boycott should .xxx pass. At the time I wrote:

If .xxx gets the green light anyway, Free Speech Coalition is calling for a boycott of .xxx. That would be difficult; surely competitors would snap up each others’ domain names.

Now Free Speech Coalition is following through with its boycott idea.

It won’t work.

It’s difficult to boycott a finite resource. It’s like American’s trying to boycott oil. What else will they turn to?

Scratch that. Boycotting second level domains under a new TLD is even more difficult than boycotting oil. It’s like your car can only handle one type of gasoline. If you don’t buy it someone who’s angry with you will, and then you won’t have anything to fuel your car.

Some types of boycott work. If I’m mad at a company and I have alternatives to its products, a boycott might work.

But there are no alternatives here. A boycott is one big game of chicken. It’s just challenging your competitors to buy a unique resource that will give them a competitive edge. Or at least hurt you.

It’s time for Free Speech Coalition to think a little bit more strategically. Perhaps it should consider applying for an unrestricted .sex when the new TLD round opens. Or .porn.

That’s something it could rally its base around.

Blue Jeans Network pays six figures for ideal domain name.

Last week I wrote about how a startup with $41M in backing from venture capital heavyweights Sequoia and Bain Capital bought Color.com for $350,000.

Now comes news from old school domain investor Garry Chernoff of a similar purchase by a VC-backed startup.

Chernoff sold BlueJeans.com to Blue Jeans Network for $150,000.

The company provides cloud-based communications services and is backed by Norwest Venture Partners.

This purchase is similar to Color.com in that both companies have “branded” domains that otherwise wouldn’t be used for similar purposes.

Blue Jeans Networks keeps its main site at BlueJeansNet.com, but also owns BlueJeans.net — a domain name it appears to have purchased in January.

You can learn more about Garry Chernoff’s incredible story in The Domain Game.

Show returns to home of first ever DOMAINfest.

DomainSponsor’s DOMAINfest conference has announced dates for its June conference in Barcelona, the site of the first ever DOMAINfest conference back in 2006.

The event will take place June 7-9, 2011 at the Pullman Barcelona Skipper hotel in Barcelona, Spain.

The agenda looks similar to last year’s event in Prague. The first day will include several presentations and a Moniker auction while the second day will be entertainment only. Entertainment options at last year’s conference included a road rally, gun shooting, tours, and go carts.

Registration opens April 1 at a discounted price of $695 through April 30. The group hotel rate is 195 EUR per night.

Last year’s event in Prague attracted 200 people.

DomainSponsor is also planning events in New York in August and Las Vegas in November.

ICANN heads to western Africa this fall.

ICANN’s October 2011 meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the non-profit announced today. Dakar is Senegal’s capital and is home to two million people.

The last meeting ICANN held in Africa was poorly attended due to security concerns. However, last year’s Nairobi, Kenya meeting concluded without any public incidents.

ICANN has already moved one meeting location this year, moving a planned June meeting in Jordan to Singapore due to general unrest in the Middle East.

ICANN is monitoring the situation in Senegal for any potential problems. In its blog post the group wrote:

We are aware of concerns within the community regarding the recent demonstration that took place in Senegal. In keeping with our normal procedures and our obligation to provide a safe and secure environment for ICANN meetings, we will continue to closely monitor the situation as we prepare for the meeting.

The U.S. State Department web site notes:

Public demonstrations, political gatherings, and student protests are relatively common in Senegal, both in Dakar and in outlying regions, particularly on Friday afternoons. In the past, these events have sometimes turned violent. Due to the potential for violence, U.S. citizens should avoid political gatherings and street demonstrations, and maintain security awareness at all times.

The “Daily Deals” business is now big enough to have its own conference.

You know “daily deals” such as Group are big. But big enough to support an dedicated conference?

You bet.

Jay Weintraub, who worked at Advertising.com before spending five years at domain industry powerhouse Oversee.net, is holding his first Daily Deal Summit April 6 in New York City. (You can tell he has a background in domain names; in addition to dailydealSummit.com he also owns DailyDealSSummit.com.)

Over 220 companies are attending including LivingSocial, Google, and CBS Interactive.

Weintraub is no stranger to the conference space. He’s a thought leader in the lead generation market and founded the popular LeadsCon conference.

If you’re in the lead generation business I highly recommend checking out Weintraub’s blog.