Presumptive Democrat nominee uses .mobi for mobile web site. United States Presidential candidate Barack Obama is leveraging the mobile web to get his message out. His campaign is using ObamaMobile.mobi. And unlike most popular .mobi domain names, it ... Continue Reading13 Comments
.Me Domain Name Auctions to Last a Loooong Time
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedBids in final 24 hours extend auctions by 24 hours. I haven't been paying much attention to the .me domain name auctions, but Michael Berkens has. Some of the domains are being bid up rather high, including Insure.me (135 bids, $26,130), Hug.me (74 ... Continue Reading21 Comments
What Does Google “Knol” About Product Naming and Domains?
· UncategorizedGoogle's latest hit is Knol, but it doesn't own Knol.com. Google employees some wicked smart people. So why can't it figure out this whole naming and domain thing? First it released Google Adsense. There was already a marketing company using the ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Real Companies with Bad Names
· UncategorizedWhen will companies choose names we can spell? I've ranted about web 2.0 spellings before. But it's not just web 2.0 companies that choose bad names that you can't spell or understand. It's big venture backed companies that serve enterprises and ... Continue Reading7 Comments
C.S. Lewis Beats off .Mobi Cybersquatter
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedC.S. Lewis estate gets hands on Narnia.mobi. I have to hand it to Richard Saville-Smith and his family. Ever since the estate of C.S. Lewis, famous for The Chronicles of Narnia books, filed a UDRP against him for registering Narnia.mobi, his family ... Continue Reading12 Comments
“One Web” Vision Suggests .Mobi is a Short-Term Fix
· UncategorizedAn interview with SES speaker Cindy Krum. Earlier this month Ron Jackson posted about an interesting session at Search Engine Strategies' San Jose Show, taking place August 18-22. The session, titled "Mobile SEO: Death of the '.mobi'", suggests that ... Continue Reading61 Comments
Domain Name Stocks Pummeled in 2008
· UncategorizedStocks of domain name companies take beating with the market -- and beyond. It's been a rough year for stock markets, and domain name companies' stocks are having a tough run as well. The good news is that two "pure play" domain companies' stocks are ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Interview: David Kesmodel, Author of “The Domain Game”
· UncategorizedAuthor of "The Domain Game" discusses challenges, rewards of writing book. One of the added perks of attending last week's GeoDomain Expo in Chicago was seeing David Kesmodel. Kesmodel is a Wall Street Journal writer who took time off last year to ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Domainer Gear: Mobile BroadBand
· UncategorizedBroadband wireless access is essential for placing those last minute bids on NameJet. [Editor's note: this is the first in a new series on Domain Name Wire that features non-domain gear -- both hardware and software -- that's helpful to domainers. ... Continue Reading4 Comments
YouTube Goes Geo
· UncategorizedYouTube adds local search functions. Video site YouTube is releasing a new feature to let people find videos tagged with a particular geographic location. Why is this relevant to domainers? Well, I'm sitting here in the Admirals Club in Austin ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment