One of the driving forces behind increased interest in domain names is pay-per-click advertising. Pay-per-click listings are the number one revenue source for domain parking services such as DomainSponsor. GoTo, which later became Overture and now ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Archives for 2005
.EU domains and the sunrise period
· Policy & LawWhen new domain extensions are introduced to the market there is typically a "sunrise period". During this period companies can claim to have rights to certain domains, usually because of trademark ownership. For example, Microsoft can claim rights to ... Continue Reading1 Comment
What’s that about international control of the internet?
· Policy & LawHave you been following the story about Sacha Baron Cohen? Cohen is a comedian who frequently makes fun of Kazakhstan (mostly for its politics). He has (had) a site on Kazakhstan's country code, .kz, that made fun of the country and its backward ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Blogster.com sells for $100,000
· Domain SalesThe Blogster.com domain name has been purchased for $100,000. This comes on the heels of MyBlogs.com selling for $400,000. According to a press release: "We were attracted to the name immediately," said Tony Colan, Vice President of Blogster.com. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Hugo Chavez for $10,000
· Domain SalesVenezuelan president Hugo Chavez has a lot of enemies. Chavez is known for idolizing communist dictator Fidel Castro of Cuba and for his anti-globalist push. Those aren't popular opinions and it's no wonder Venezuela is in shambles right now (other than ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How NOT to win a cybersquatting case
· Policy & LawI came across an interview in The Gothamist today about author Ron Hogan. Hogan is author of "The Stewardess Is Flying the Plane!", co-editor of Galleycat; and editor of of Beatrice.com. One of the questions made me laugh: Q: What prompted you to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Over 4M .org domains registered
· Domain RegistrarsThis is a couple weeks old but hasn't caught a lot of press yet... Public Interest Registry (PIR), the .ORG registry, announced that more than 4,000,000 .org domain names are registered worldwide. The .org domain was created in 1984 and is the 5th ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
What about Bob?
· Domain RegistrarsWhere's Bob Parsons, the outspoken leader of GoDaddy? He hasn't posted on his blog since November 17. He typically posts four or five times a month. Perhaps he's learned that writing about why he's a proponent of torture doesn't help him sell ... Continue Reading2 Comments
The $6.45 Click
· ServicesDomain name investors hope to earn a return on domains in a couple major ways. First, we hope to get domain parking revenue. But let's face it. We really just want to get this revenue while we wait for someone to offer top dollar for the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Wifi.us and Fax.info
· Domain SalesI made two domain name acquisitions over the past week that landed in slots #6 and #7 at DNJournal's New TLD sales chart. The first is Wifi.us. I have plans for developing this domain into a wifi hotspot finder in the United States. The second ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment