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Elliot's Blog
Sedo Great Domains Auction Results
Sedo’s Great Domains September auction closed last week, and I have posted the results blow. The six figure sale of Fahrrad.com was the highest value sale. According to Wikipedia, fahrrad means “bicycle” in German. In total, th...
Discussion
Sedo Great Domains Auction Results
Sedo’s Great Domains September auction closed last week, and I have posted the results blow. The six figure sale of Fahrrad.com was the highest value sale. According to Wikipedia, fahrrad means “bicycle” in German. In total, th...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 11:53 am
Domain Name Wire
A new Afternic on the way this week
A completely refreshed Afternic.com will be released this week. On Friday Afternic sent a notice to its registered users that the site is getting a major overhaul sometime this week. When I was at Afternic’s office back in July they gave me a s...
Discussion
A new Afternic on the way this week
A completely refreshed Afternic.com will be released this week. On Friday Afternic sent a notice to its registered users that the site is getting a major overhaul sometime this week. When I was at Afternic’s office back in July they gave me a s...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 9:47 am
The Domains
After Raising Over $4.5 Million Selling 1 & 2 Letter .Co.Uk Domains, Nominet Proposes .UK Domains
Nominet, the non-profit company that runs the Internet domain system for the United Kindgom ccTLD .Uk said today that they are looking at issuing second level .Uk domains names one’s that do not require the use of the .co first. The proposal is...
Discussion
After Raising Over $4.5 Million Selling 1 & 2 Letter .Co.Uk Domains, Nominet Proposes .UK Domains
Nominet, the non-profit company that runs the Internet domain system for the United Kindgom ccTLD .Uk said today that they are looking at issuing second level .Uk domains names one’s that do not require the use of the .co first. The proposal is...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 9:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Nominet proposes second level .uk domain names
Shorter .uk domain names may be on the horizon. .UK domain name registry Nominet wants to allow businesses to register shorter .uk domain names. The group has opened a three month consultation period for what it’s calling direct.uk — whic...
Discussion
Nominet proposes second level .uk domain names
Shorter .uk domain names may be on the horizon. .UK domain name registry Nominet wants to allow businesses to register shorter .uk domain names. The group has opened a three month consultation period for what it’s calling direct.uk — whic...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 9:18 am
Elliot's Blog
Service Magic Rebrands As Home Advisor
In what may be deemed a risky move by changing domain names after already having been established, IAC has announced that its ServiceMagic brand will now be known as HomeAdvisor. The company did not discuss why the name change was deemed necessa...
Discussion
Service Magic Rebrands As Home Advisor
In what may be deemed a risky move by changing domain names after already having been established, IAC has announced that its ServiceMagic brand will now be known as HomeAdvisor. The company did not discuss why the name change was deemed necessa...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 9:07 am
The Domains
Our Chat With The Owner Of Urban Times On Why They Moved From a .Com To A .Co
We had a chance to chat with Charlie Hilton-Petrou who changed the domain name of his site from a .com to a .Co domain last week. We wrote about the planned move of the Urban Times which used the domain name theurbn.com and decided to switch over to ...
Discussion
Our Chat With The Owner Of Urban Times On Why They Moved From a .Com To A .Co
We had a chance to chat with Charlie Hilton-Petrou who changed the domain name of his site from a .com to a .Co domain last week. We wrote about the planned move of the Urban Times which used the domain name theurbn.com and decided to switch over to ...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 8:38 am
DomainSherpa
Why Fortune 1000 Companies Need to Pay Attention to the New TLDs – With Jennifer Wolfe
Why should Fortune 1000 companies be concerned with gTLDs, and how do the new gTLDs fit into a company’s overall brand strategy?Listen in as we discuss the use of domain names, social media, technology and mobile apps for marketing and brand aw...
Discussion
Why Fortune 1000 Companies Need to Pay Attention to the New TLDs – With Jennifer Wolfe
Why should Fortune 1000 companies be concerned with gTLDs, and how do the new gTLDs fit into a company’s overall brand strategy?Listen in as we discuss the use of domain names, social media, technology and mobile apps for marketing and brand aw...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 8:30 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 1st
October is the money making month. People are settled in. Less travel. Cool weather (in most of the US). Towards the end of the year so there is a better idea of how much money is there to spend and they are gearing up for the holid...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 1st
October is the money making month. People are settled in. Less travel. Cool weather (in most of the US). Towards the end of the year so there is a better idea of how much money is there to spend and they are gearing up for the holid...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 6:38 am
The Domains
SolveMedia: 10% Of All Internet TRAFFIC Is From Bots
According to a 20 month study conducted by SolveMedia.com 10% of all Internet Traffic is generated from Bots. Based on those numbers the company found that $1.5 Billion dollars in online advertising is wasted generated by Bots. “eMarketer predi...
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SolveMedia: 10% Of All Internet TRAFFIC Is From Bots
According to a 20 month study conducted by SolveMedia.com 10% of all Internet Traffic is generated from Bots. Based on those numbers the company found that $1.5 Billion dollars in online advertising is wasted generated by Bots. “eMarketer predi...
Discussion
September 30, 2012, 9:48 pm
The Domains
The CEO Of Name Media Chats About NameFind & The New Afternic & How it Compares To Sedo
I had a chance to chat Kelly Conlin the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Name Media last week about the “new Afternic”, its new NameFind.com product and how its DLS compares to Sedo.com and its MLS product “Afternic.com is ...
Discussion
The CEO Of Name Media Chats About NameFind & The New Afternic & How it Compares To Sedo
I had a chance to chat Kelly Conlin the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Name Media last week about the “new Afternic”, its new NameFind.com product and how its DLS compares to Sedo.com and its MLS product “Afternic.com is ...
Discussion
September 30, 2012, 2:22 pm
