War for parked domains escalates. Happy Leap Day! Here's some domain name news you can use... Adam Strong wonders "If I register domains today does that mean I don't have a renewal date for next year ? Do I get 4 years for the price of 1.†Good ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Archives for February 2008
DataRecovery.com Sells for $1.7 Million
· Domain SalesSale to data recovery firm is biggest of the year. [Updated 9:49AM CST] ESS Data Recovery has purchased the domain name DataRecovery.com for $1.659 million, confirms company President Ben Carmitchel. The sale marks the biggest reported sale of the ... Continue Reading19 Comments
GoDaddy Spends $580,000 on Federal Lobbying
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawDomain registrar spends big bucks to lobby on capitol hill. Domain registrar GoDaddy.com spent $580,000 in federal lobbying last year, according to data obtained by Domain Name Wire from the Center for Responsive Politics. This is up from $460,000 ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Tucows Fights off Car Dealership
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawTucows wins UDRP decision for Batchelor.com. Domain registrar Tucows has successfully defended against an arbitration proceeding over the domain name Batchelor.com, which the registrar acquired with its NetIdentity purchase. NetIdentity holds nearly ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Big Day for Online Domain Name Auctions
· Domain SalesSedo and Moniker auctions end today. Sedo's February Great Domains auction and Moniker's TRAFFIC silent auction both end today. Will the industry be cheering at the end of the day, or will the results be a dissapointment? Pressure is on both ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Yahoo Creates Its Own Black Box for Advertising
· ServicesYahoo! creates floating-minimum-bids system similar to Google Adwords. Yahoo! (YHOO) has informed its advertisers that it is changing the minimum bid price for search ads on its site. The minimum bid was ten cents; now it will be a floating minimum. ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy Files Patent for Filtering Ads on Trademark Domains
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawTechnology could be crucial to registrars and parking companies. GoDaddy has filed a patent for a technology that would filter ads from domain names containing trademarks. Patent application #20080033822 reads: invention allow for filtering online ... Continue Reading7 Comments
America (In Parked Domains)
· Policy & LawThere are lots of parked domains out there. So I'm going to use them in this article to disguise a commentary that really has nothing to do with domain names. It's election year in the United States. That means countless commercials promising a ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Network Solutions, ICANN
· Domain RegistrarsLawsuit stems from "customer protection measure". My prediction has come true: Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Network Solutions for its practice of preemptively registering domains names searched for on its site. ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Mailbag: What’s Up With GoDaddy’s .Biz Pricing?
· Domain RegistrarsA reader inquires about GoDaddy's .biz price jump. Dear Domain Name Wire: Godaddy recently raised its prices on .biz to a published $14.99. Even going through an account manager the price is still over $10. GD has definitely been getting less ... Continue Reading4 Comments