As Andrew previously reported, The Boston building housing the U.S. operations of Sedo had an electrical fire on December 8th. A notice on Sedo's web site stated that all Sedo employees escaped without serious injury. Sedo is headquartered in Germany, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Organizations Launch .mobi Web Sites
· UncategorizedBMW, University of Texas, and BusinessWeek among organizations embracing .mobi. .Mobi has launched to a lot of buzz. The domain has seen a number of big aftermarket sales including Flowers.mobi, which sold for $200,000. But speculation will only take ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Domain Name Stocks Mixed in 2006
· UncategorizedSome up, some down, but enthusiasm for domain name companies remains high. Ask any domainer and he will tell you the domain name market was up in 2006. But the same can't be said for all of the companies catering to this space. Here's a lowdown on ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Top Domain Name News Stories of 2006
· UncategorizedRecord-breaking domain sales, acquisitions, and growing industry credibility all highlight a critical year for the domain name industry. The domain name industry had a heck of a year. It's impossible to rank the top news stories of 2006, but I'm going ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Domain Traffic Increasing for Holiday Shopping Season
· UncategorizedTraffic to consumer-related domain names will begin its seasonal spike this weekend. Thursday is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Holidays usually mean a reduction in internet traffic to parked domains and web sites. But this coming ... Continue Reading1 Comment
News from the Parking Services
· Services, UncategorizedOctober saw a number of changes at the PPC parking services, not all for the better. TrafficZ upgraded its service from version 4.0 to 4.1 on October 22 - just before the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Hollywood, Florida. They added the ability to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Dot.com is still king
· UncategorizedDot.com is still king, but should you invest in other domain names? Today at TRAFFIC a panel of domain-industry experts came out decidedly in favor of investment in dot-coms, rather than other extensions, when asked where a new investor should put ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Internet Traffic Association
· UncategorizedInternet Traffic Association discussed at Traffic conference. Several major companies in the domain-name industry formally announced today the creation of the Internet Traffic Association, a non-profit trade group representing domain investors. Bob ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Deal or no deal?
· UncategorizedHere's an update from the TRAFFIC conference in Florida, courtesy of David Kesmodel. To sell or not sell -- it's a question facing many owners of domain names amid the biggest boom the little-understood industry has ever seen. And it was a hot topic ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Premium Domains
· UncategorizedPremium domain marketplace separates the gems from the trash. Tired of sifting through listings on Sedo and Afternic trying to find good domains worthy of an offer? Then check out PremiumDomains.com. Premium Domains is the brainchild of Francois ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment