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May 2007 - Posts

  • The Great Domain Name Boom Ahead

    Email arrives: The Domain Distribution Network (DDN), managed by Fabulous.com, has been running aftermarket domains distribution via the registrar channel for a month now. We are pleased to announce that there has been proof of concept for this new paradigm in domain sales. The program has had strong sales and is showing promising results. It is fully expected that aftermarket domain sales via registrars will become a major part of the market, with registrars becoming the natural home for the bulk of aftermarket sales. Previously, the market was in need of resolving some glaring problems that traditional [sales] portals failed...
  • It's "OverSnap"

    It's official, Snapnames has been acquired by Los Angeles based Oversee .. And while it may seem like the rumored 25mm sale was struck, purely on the EBITDA that Snapnames.com generates, I have a hunch this is all about what can be done with the industry’s leading automated auction platform and clearing house. Oversee is behind the well received Domainfest conference and tradeshow. What do you suppose they could do if they plugged the Snapnames auction into their tradeshow and others? Then how about if they ran that auction with 4 lanes in a Las Vegas hotel and did the...
  • Why Generic Domain Names Are Valuable...

    Dan Kimball sends this pic of the road sign for Seven Mile Lane. Many different domain names have different meaning to different people and for different reasons. There are lots of places called Seven Mile .. but there is only one SevenMile.com.. and that name will be taking you here. I know this is obvious to most folks here.. but I had to use the picture.. so funny :)...
  • Spam King Busted?

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276632,00.html Everybody hates spam. Domainers hate spam because spammers often select catchy memorable domain names as the return address path for their spam. Of course those individuals don't actually own the domain names they are inserting in the spam .. You and I do. If I got a nickel every time somebody threatened to call the FBI, CIA or Legion of Superheroes because of SPAM which I did not send, I would have a very big pile of nickels. It is far too easy for nefarious folks to send forged return path emails via automated mailer programs using email accounts...
  • Dust Off Those "Lochness Monster" Domains

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/31/britain.lochness.ap/index.html Not sure if this is real but it just hit CNN International.. so could have legs .. or scales ;) No video yet....
  • Guerrilla Domain Name Campaign

    Leave it to the French to come up with a kooky creative concept like this one: http://adgabber.com/video/video/show?id=546804%3AVideo%3A12915 A guerrilla marketing agency has registered the domain names of the leading global ad-agencies in reverse (holding them hostage) as part of a comedic skit to build awareness. Crazy. :)...
  • Enom Now Auctioning it's Expired Names Through Snapnames.com

    Also from Anthony and certainly worth mentioning.. Enom expiring name inventory is being auctioned through Snapnames effective today.. Congrats to Taryn and Nelson .. Nice move for both parties, and a funny little aside.. you guys use exactly the same bank in Silicon Valley, so you've just saved me hundreds of dollars in duplicate monthly wire charges. :) Thanks! Snapnames runs a first class auction clearinghouse. Enom found a great partner. ***FS*** Update: Enom is only offering “Transfer Fulfillment” names through Snapnames; Club Drop will still function as always.. Thanks!...
  • Rumor Mill

    One acquisition announced tonight at 7pm Pacific? I heard both sides of it but didn't put them together until the AM, (initially thought it was two) ;)...
  • "Domain Roundtable" Conference Registration Opens

    Summer in the Pacific Northwest is truly beautiful.. not too hot.. not too cold. The rain clouds are usually gone. This year its even more beautiful as Jay Westerdal holds his Domain Roundtable conference. Registration is now open for those wishing to attend. I attended last year's event and found it quite good. Since I'll be on vacation in Canada around that time, I will try to make the trek south for a day or so Jay....
  • Yahoo, Passion and Retirement: This is a Big Problem

    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Yahoo_Resignation.html Yahoo's CTO is retiring.. presumably he wants to spend more time in the Cayman Islands.. and I can't really blame him. But as you chuckle, consider how big a problem this is for domains and tech in general. Many of the folks administering domain names and domain portfolios have 10 years in. What's going to happen when these folks tire of the race? Speaking for myself, managing domain names is a 24x7x365 affair.. I truly love it of course, but one day I may not. Is there going to be a qualified person with a passion and the fire...
  • More on Geosign

    Anthony sends link (Thanks Anthony!): http://www.guelphmercury.com:80/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=mercury/Layout/Article_Type1c=Articlecid=1180525430080call_pageid=1050067726078col=1050421501457 Apparently Geosign is just doing it 'faster', 'better', 'cheaper' .. They cut 38 or 39 staff (not hundreds). CEO Ted Hastings says the co remains well funded and doesn't anticipate any further layoffs. Quote: Canadians in high-tech fields are in competition with content providers from foreign places like India... Hmmm .. maybe Geosign is opening a Mumbai campus soon....
  • Your Wish Is My Command...

    Comment order has been reversed to standard style (oldest at bottom) ... enjoy ;)...
  • Poker.com, Deal Undone?

    http://www.gambling911.com/Poker.com-Domain-Name-053007.html Just like in the real world, controverersial subject domain names attract real controversy... and are tougher deals to get done: Quote: While a verbal offer of $27 mil was reportedly thrown out there, a written commitment for $22 mil seemed the more likely of the two options. But a third option of no deal may be the ultimate ending... More color in the piece....
  • Google Does an About-Face on Parked Adult Names

    This isn't so surprising.. and I don't see the big deal really. Adult content is one of the core tenets of the web.. A significant tranche of Google's front door search queries are for unrepeatable search strings and mis-spellings of same. Give the people what they want or give the people to your competitor...
  • The TechnoPinkos Are At It Again

    Following The NYTimes’ NameMedia article, the technopinkos at slashdot got out of their holes again. Here’s few comments from that thread..

    I think I speak of everyone, when I say: WTF

    You just found out you missed on the biggest opportunity in the world? I thought so.

    They really show Google ads on these pointless pages?
    If I did that my adsense account would be terminated.

    There’s no comparison between content pages to direct navigation. Direct navigation is as close as it gets to user’s intent.

    At the end of the day all of us pay for the clutter created by domain names which exist only to capture page views. Presently to put a domain on line you just need to pay for registration and hosting on two DNS servers. The distributed nature of DNS takes care of the rest.

    Should a way be found to make domain squatters pay the true cost of their collections?

    Hey, I’d like to own all houses in my neighborhood as well but “At the end of the day all of us pay for the clutter created” by other property owners who are there just to occupy the property, some regularly, and some, as here in South Florida, a couple of months a year.

    So now this kind of domain squatting has become respectable? Yeah right.

    Better get some education before you keep talking. This is really an ignorant comment all around and besides making the writer look like a total fool it doesn’t say a thing.

    There are a couple of positive comments here, one I really like..

    >An obscure Web address may have four or so visitors a month

    Dude, I need to invest in this.

    Very rare on Slashdot’s domain discussions. Finally someone is thinking here!

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