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The Domains
Experiment Shows Up to 60 % of Direct Traffic is Really Organic Search
Gene McKenna wrote an interesting article on Search Engine Land, that referenced an experiment that showed up to 60 % of direct traffic was actually organic search. In testing with default browser settings, they found differences based on whether som...
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Experiment Shows Up to 60 % of Direct Traffic is Really Organic Search
Gene McKenna wrote an interesting article on Search Engine Land, that referenced an experiment that showed up to 60 % of direct traffic was actually organic search. In testing with default browser settings, they found differences based on whether som...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 8:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Investing in new TLDs? Hope for modest, not great, success of program.
Early investors in new top level domain names might get a better return if new TLDs as a whole are a mediocre success instead of a home run. Domain investors have registered a good chunk (the bulk?) of new TLD offerings to date. Is this a good invest...
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Investing in new TLDs? Hope for modest, not great, success of program.
Early investors in new top level domain names might get a better return if new TLDs as a whole are a mediocre success instead of a home run. Domain investors have registered a good chunk (the bulk?) of new TLD offerings to date. Is this a good invest...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 4:34 pm
The Domains
.Global NameJet.com Auction Closes in 3 Hours; Invest.global Is Leading The Pact @ $1,400
The .Global premium domain auction starts to close at 3PM EST on NameJet.com The domains in this auction are domain names that were in the live auction that was held in London during ICANN a couple of weeks ago and produced over $63,000 in sales Many...
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.Global NameJet.com Auction Closes in 3 Hours; Invest.global Is Leading The Pact @ $1,400
The .Global premium domain auction starts to close at 3PM EST on NameJet.com The domains in this auction are domain names that were in the live auction that was held in London during ICANN a couple of weeks ago and produced over $63,000 in sales Many...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 3:55 pm
The Domains
Christmas In July? Not So Much; 1st Day Domain Totals .Christmas 422; BlackFriday 146
Two of Uniregistry new gTLD strings had their first day of general availability yesterday and put up pretty horrible numbers according to ntldstats.com. Including Sunrise registrations .Christmas ended its first day with just 422 registrations, 18 of...
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Christmas In July? Not So Much; 1st Day Domain Totals .Christmas 422; BlackFriday 146
Two of Uniregistry new gTLD strings had their first day of general availability yesterday and put up pretty horrible numbers according to ntldstats.com. Including Sunrise registrations .Christmas ended its first day with just 422 registrations, 18 of...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bitcoins.com gives Heritage Auctions the press it has been looking for
HA adds a press-worthy domain name to its July auction. One of the things Heritage Auctions is trying to do with domain name auctions is bring domain investing to the mainstream. By mainstream, I mean collectors and investors in coins, memorabilia an...
Discussion
Bitcoins.com gives Heritage Auctions the press it has been looking for
HA adds a press-worthy domain name to its July auction. One of the things Heritage Auctions is trying to do with domain name auctions is bring domain investing to the mainstream. By mainstream, I mean collectors and investors in coins, memorabilia an...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX sells more premiums and offers free domain names through partnership
Sales keep coming in for .xxx in its third year. .XXX continues to sell premium domain names for prices that new TLD operators would love to obtain. The company recently sold three more .xxx domain names, including extreme.xxx, for a total of over $1...
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.XXX sells more premiums and offers free domain names through partnership
Sales keep coming in for .xxx in its third year. .XXX continues to sell premium domain names for prices that new TLD operators would love to obtain. The company recently sold three more .xxx domain names, including extreme.xxx, for a total of over $1...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 1:58 pm
The Domains
.GOP Is Willing To Let You Call Them Crooks But It Will Cost You $250
The .GOP is apparently willing to let opponents and haters to call it all sorts of unflattering names but only if they pay enough. Unlike the .Democrat and .Republican registry which is being operated b...
Discussion
.GOP Is Willing To Let You Call Them Crooks But It Will Cost You $250
The .GOP is apparently willing to let opponents and haters to call it all sorts of unflattering names but only if they pay enough. Unlike the .Democrat and .Republican registry which is being operated b...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 12:52 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 9th
There was some great fun yesterday with TheDomains article about the Castello’s billion dollar portfolio sale. I respect the Castello brothers for everything they’ve accomplished and for being two of the nicest guys in the industry....
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 9th
There was some great fun yesterday with TheDomains article about the Castello’s billion dollar portfolio sale. I respect the Castello brothers for everything they’ve accomplished and for being two of the nicest guys in the industry....
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 11:05 am
The Domains
Xbiz.com Asks Google To Reverse Ban On Advertising For Adult Websites
Alec Helmyb President & Publisher of xBiz.com sent a letter to Google yesterday asking the company to reconsider its “recent decision to no longer accept ads from adult oriented websites” We reported a week ago that Goog...
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Xbiz.com Asks Google To Reverse Ban On Advertising For Adult Websites
Alec Helmyb President & Publisher of xBiz.com sent a letter to Google yesterday asking the company to reconsider its “recent decision to no longer accept ads from adult oriented websites” We reported a week ago that Goog...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 10:36 am
The Domains
ICANN Selects Marrakesh, Morocco As The Site for ICANN 52 To Be Held In February 2015
The ICANN Board has selected Marrakesh, Morocco as the site for ICANN 52 to be held February 8th-12th, 2015. In the Preliminary Report of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board released last nig...
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ICANN Selects Marrakesh, Morocco As The Site for ICANN 52 To Be Held In February 2015
The ICANN Board has selected Marrakesh, Morocco as the site for ICANN 52 to be held February 8th-12th, 2015. In the Preliminary Report of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board released last nig...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 10:23 am
