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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...
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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
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
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...
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.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
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...
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July 9, 2014, 10:23 am
The Domains
More 2-Character Domain Requested for .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND
ICANN has opened up another comment period for 12 more new gTLD which have applied to have the right to allocated 2 charter domain names. The new gTLD string are: .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND ...
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More 2-Character Domain Requested for .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND
ICANN has opened up another comment period for 12 more new gTLD which have applied to have the right to allocated 2 charter domain names. The new gTLD string are: .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND ...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 10:05 am
The Domains
Forbes: Company That Runs Formula 1 Racing Paid $8.5 Million For F1.com In 2002
According to an Article in Forbes Today, the company that runs Formula 1 Racing, Formula One Management (FOM) is going public on the Singapore Stock Exchange and stuck in the 498 page Prospectus it is reveled that the company Paid $8.5 Million dollar...
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Forbes: Company That Runs Formula 1 Racing Paid $8.5 Million For F1.com In 2002
According to an Article in Forbes Today, the company that runs Formula 1 Racing, Formula One Management (FOM) is going public on the Singapore Stock Exchange and stuck in the 498 page Prospectus it is reveled that the company Paid $8.5 Million dollar...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 1:09 am
The Domains
With 565 Domains Taken In Sunrise & EAP .Services Appears To Be A Winner
The new gTLD .Services launches tomorrow. Taking into account all Sunrise applications and Early Access Program Registrations, there are 565 domain names registered. We have chatted about the last few weeks that no new gTLD produced any big 1st day r...
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With 565 Domains Taken In Sunrise & EAP .Services Appears To Be A Winner
The new gTLD .Services launches tomorrow. Taking into account all Sunrise applications and Early Access Program Registrations, there are 565 domain names registered. We have chatted about the last few weeks that no new gTLD produced any big 1st day r...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 12:01 am
The Domains
.Club Leads All New gTLD’s Again On Sedo’s List Selling English.Club For $17,500; Total $2.4M
Over the past week, 564 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2.4 Million 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: satoshi.com at 75,000 USD &...
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.Club Leads All New gTLD’s Again On Sedo’s List Selling English.Club For $17,500; Total $2.4M
Over the past week, 564 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2.4 Million 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: satoshi.com at 75,000 USD &...
Discussion
July 8, 2014, 9:21 pm
