Company's choice of a made up word was smart. I've read a lot of posts and comments on domain blogs over the past couple week about Groupon while the company was considering a buyout offer from Google. I don't remember what I read where, but here is ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Ancestry.com Warns about Country Code Domains in SEC Filing
· Policy & LawCompany cites global domain name protection as risk in S-1. Ancestry.com has filed to go public. It's another example of a great business built on a generic, category-killer domain name. But in its S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange ... Continue Reading9 Comments
“We Get It” Award: Tiff’s Treats and CookieDelivery.com
· We Get ItCookie company uses generic domain name to rev up sales. When I was in college at The University of Texas a decade ago, a little cookie shop opened up called Tiff's Treats. They baked fresh cookies and would deliver them to your dorm room. I thought ... Continue Reading7 Comments