For being an innovator in the technology market, Apple is a laggard in the domain name market. One of the biggest domain name disputes in recent memory is over iTunes.co.uk. I won't go into the details of this dispute, but you can read my previous ... Continue Reading5 Comments
New Trafficz Templates, More on D.O.S. Attacks
· UncategorizedTrafficz has created some of the most attractive generic templates for parking pages. EbbFlow.com is one example. Their payouts are improving too, but they are not as high as industry leaders Domain Sponsor and Gold Key. Most of the parking ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Katrina.com
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedKatrina Blankenship has owned Katrina.com for 7 years. But it wasn't a big deal until the massive hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. She has converted the site from a person/small business site to a resource for hurricane victims. The sad part is that a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Denial-of-Service Attacks hit PPC Services
· Services, UncategorizedHave you noticed that your PPC parked domains haven't been performing as well as usual? Several services have recently been hit by denial-of-service (DOS) attacks. Such attacks occur when many computers are enlisted to send an overwhelming amount of ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Yes, I’m still here…
· UncategorizedWhere are all of the posts? I've been really sick for the past 5 days, and even had to cancel a trip to New York. Bummer. But I'm getting better, and the domain name news will start flowing again... ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain name company posts another profitable quarter
· UncategorizedPublicly traded domain name holding company Communicate.com just announced earnings. The company posted its 10th consecutive profitable quarter. Revenues jumped 43% over the same time last year to just over $1M. Communicate.com owns high profile ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Niche domain name investing
· UncategorizedSedo has a good article about cornering niche categories of domain names. Read it here. I agree that focusing on niches for domain names can be a good approach. If you focus on a particular industry you can better understand the keywords and sales ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex launches zip code sites – 90210.com
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedMarchex, famous for buying one of the largest domain name porfolios ever, has launched a beta of its zip code sites. Marchex has over 73,000 zip code .com and .net domains that cover 96% of all zip codes in the U.S. An example of their zip code sites is ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoldKey Emerges from the Pack
· Services, UncategorizedJuly saw several changes in the domain pay-per-click (PPC) market. Early in the month TrafficZ announced their new TrafficZ 4.0 service. The site has a new look, and you no longer have to choose between pay-per-click and pay-per-impression. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
No resellers for .eu domains
· Domain Registrars, Services, UncategorizedAccording to this article, EurID has confirmed that resellers will not be allowed to sell .eu domain names. EurID is the registry for all .eu domains, which should be available for registration in 2006. Resellers have been blamed for a number of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment