Follow up to March announcement by Sedo about new Google requirements for parked pages. Back in March Domain Name Wire reported that Sedo was testing the placement of organic search results on its domain parking pages. This is a requirement from ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Archives for June 2008
2008 GeoDomain Expo Preview with Patrick Carleton
· ServicesQ&A with Patrick Carleton, Executive Director of Associated Cities. The 2008 GeoDomain Expo hits Chicago July 10-12. Advanced ticket sales are hot, and Associated Cities' Patrick Carleton expects attendance to be double last year. I recently caught ... Continue Reading5 Comments
XsitePro 2 Web Site Creation Software Releases to New Customers
· ServicesLong-awaited upgrade to software released today. Web site creation software XsitePro, which Domain Name Wire has reviewed before, released its upgrade V2 to new customers today. V2 has been available to previous customers for about a month, so I've ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Cognac.com: A Model for Good Domain Name Marketing
· Domain SalesSeller uses online, offline marketing to sell domain name. Cognac.com sold for $88,000 in last month's GreatDomains auction. But the story isn't the sale price -- it's the way the seller marketed the domain name. First, he put up a sales page at ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Media Breakaway To Pay $6 Million to MySpace
· Policy & LawAffiliate company ordered to pay for affiliates' "spamming" of MySpace network. If you've ever been to a TRAFFIC domain name conference, you've probably run into Scott Richter, who heads Media Breakaway. He's one of the guys bidding lots of money on ... Continue Reading4 Comments
New Domain Name Auction Platform Bido Launches
· Domain SalesAfter long delay, Bido has launched. Newcomer Bido has entered the domain name auction scene. The platform, launched in part by Sahar Sarid, features only one domain name auction per day, bids start at $1, domain names have no reserve, and Bido ... Continue Reading4 Comments
VeriSign: 162 Million Domain Names Registered
· UncategorizedRegistry sees sharp domain registration growth (again). .Com and .net registry VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) estimates there are 162 million domain names registered across all TLDs as of the end of Q1 2008. In the company's latest Domain Name Industry Brief ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Bank of America Promotes .Mobi, One Million Users
· UncategorizedBank uses .mobi in promotion of mobile online services. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) now has 1 million mobile users, reports Mobile Marketer. Bank of America has 25 million users of its online services, but the generational divide is promising: ... Continue Reading22 Comments
July Issue of Modern Domainer Ships Soon
· UncategorizedLatest issue of Modern Domainer features domain blogs. The July issue of Modern Domainer magazine will be shipping soon, and Domain Name Wire got a sneak peek. The issue tips the scales at well over 100 pages and is Modern Domainer's biggest issue ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Who Owns Hillary4McCain.com? DomainTools To the Rescue
· Policy & LawA bit of research turns up a probable registrant of Hillary4McCain.com. I read a story on Wired.com today about the domain name Hillary4Mccain.com, which was registered with bogus whois information. The John McCain camp denies having anything to do ... Continue Reading15 Comments