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  • Sedo weekly sales up to November 24
    Chad Kettner November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Last week there was only one Sedo sale beyond 15,000 EUR - this week there were seven with EverestBets.com, Internet.eu, Glow.co.uk, haarverlaengerung.de, mijn.nl, ggg.fr, and FlashPlayer.de all reaching the mark. Check out the full list after the jump. Domain name Price Currency Type Trans...
  • 300 .CN Phishing Website Domain Names Suspended By China
    admin November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    The Anti-Phishing Alliance of China has suspended the domain names of more than 300 Chinese phishing websites with the help of the anti-phishing system built into the .CN domain name registry. Phishing websites have been threatening the Internet’s security, especially since the second half of ...
  • Domains That Kill Your eBusiness
    Kevin Jackson November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    As much as you may have spent thousands to promote your company name, and may have even been successful at it, your company name may be killing your eBusiness. Online businesses or Internet marketing operate in a much different way than bricks and mortar businesses. The branding techniques used are ...
  • Lunascape Browser - Firefox, IE and Chrome wrapped into one
    admin November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    A Tokyo based software company has created Lunascape - a free brower that handles all three major web rendering engines - Firefox’s Gecko, Internet Explorer’s Trident and Chrome/Safari WebKit. The browser has been available in Japanese for a while now (since 2001) but Lunascape 5 is the first E...
  • Promote, demote or delete search results in Google
    admin November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Have you noticed that you have some strange icons if you search in Google when logged into your Google account? Now you can promote, demote or delete search results in Google and even add results to the search. This is called the Search Wiki. Perhaps a glimpse of the future at Google with personaliz...
  • Steven Colbert - Selling his Boots
    A November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Some of us have black cards while others have no cards but even when the US economy is all but dead and banks try to steal as much money as they can you will be happy to know that all is not dead in the auction world. I am not suggesting you trade in domains for boots but there are a lot of people w...
  • An Inside Look at the 3rd Annual SedoPro Partner Forum on the French Riviera
    Photos from the 3rd Annual SedoPro Partner Forum held on the French Riviera make us wish we could have been there. A fabulous waterfront hotel, yacht racing, casino night and a chauffeured antique car tour of the Riviera were just a few of the experiences enjoyed by attendees from around the world....
  • Planning for DomainFest Global
    admin November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    It’s time to start making plans to attend DomainFest in Hollywood January 27-30th at the Renaissance Hotel. Last year’s conference was one of the top industry conferences I attended, and I had to miss the first day. This is a great opportunity to network, and the price is only $895 unti...
  • 6 months – 600,000 Visitors
    A November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Just a sample of what can still be done – the internet is new and with global economies in the toilet it is still very possible to create something from nothing on the web. This domain was registered on May 14, 2008 and I bet they never looked back. FailBlog.org Highly doubtful this name would ha...
  • Live Videos from Domainers
    Hostix November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Domaining can be slow and boring at times but, a new revolution has been brought from Live Domainer where you can go chat, talk and watch him. Yes Video cam s a good way to interact. So I have set one up. That the live Video link up top, it will take you to a page with a screan and chat. thats the ...
  • Added Value: Stand Out From The Crowd
    Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    (image source) In good times and tough times, in a world of anonymity and scam artists prying the next target at every corner of the web, it is important to positively stand out from the crowd. When you stand out from the crowd your partners will treat you differently. When things happen that are o...
  • WhyPark Launches ContentPromote
    Andrew November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Service allows you to get distribution for articles. Domain parking alternative WhyPark has launched ContentPromote, a complementary solution to its main web site creation service. Essentially, users submit articles, blog posts, and other content to ContentPromote and then it is syndicated acros...
  • Internet.eu Sells for $26,250
    Andrew November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    .EU domain headlines Sedo ’s sales week. Sedo has completed the sale of Internet.eu for $26,250, landing in the top ten publicly announced .eu domain sales of all time. Sedo has a lock on .eu sales, handling the top 20 sales of all time with the exception of one private sale, according to N...
  • Google To “Significantly Reduce Contractors”
    MHB November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    According to CNET,  Google is going to make a major reduction in the 10,000 contractors they use: “We have 10,000, and we have had a plan in place for awhile to significantly reduce that number, This is something we’ve been thinking about for awhile–six or seven months. It predate...
  • Australian Community Initiative Reaches 100 Domain Registrations
    admin November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Talgarno, Victoria is the 100th community in Australia to apply for its own website under the world first Community Geographic Domain Name Initiative thanks to the auCD. auCD - Australian Community Domains - is a non profit venture established by auDA (.au Domain Administration Ltd) to facilitate th...
  • Blackcherry.com Auction at TDU
    Simon November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Going through my TRAFFIC videos and noticed blackcherry.com. Tip: Have a listen to the “comedy gold” at the start. ...
  • Web Development and Monetization Expert Speaks out in Exclusive Interview on Why Domain Parking Will Change Forever in January!
    admin November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
      I recently interviewed Craig Rowe from Whypark on their phase 2 development program and how they plan to help all Domainers transform their parked pages into unique and attractive sites. As most of you are probably aware the domain community has been crying out for a cost effective way to dev...
  • International domain names get a bit closer and more European-friendly
    heise online uk November 25, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    In early 2009, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) plans to adopt the update for international domain names (IDN) discussed since the beginning of this year. This became evident in the talks at the developers’ meeting in Minneapolis this week. One of the new entries on the list of chara...
  • Media Storm Without Product: Another Example of Why I Don’t Get Corporate America
    MHB November 24, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    For the last eight weeks I have been watching an incredible amount of advertising on Television, Print and online for the new Blackberry Storm. The ad campaign was incredibly successful. So successful that by all accounts the Storm was sold out all across America within 48 hours after its release. A...
  • eMarketer Lowers It Estimates For Online Ad Revenue For The Next 4 Years
    MHB November 24, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    eMarketer, a marketing research firm is lowering its outlook for Internet advertising for the next four years. eMarketer, estimates U.S. advertisers will spend $25.7 billion on the Internet next year, about $2.7 billion, or 10 percent less, than a forecast from just three months ago. The more soberi...
  • Domain Flipping eBook Second Edition Available Monday Night!
    Morgan Linton November 24, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    I am happy to announce that the second edition of my popular eBook, Domain Flipping: How to Profit from the Domain Name Boom is now available at DNFlipping.com. I published the first edition of this book just about one-year ago. The second edition is more than double the length of the first edition ...
  • Device Management Forum - dotMobi Announces 2.1 Release of Award-Winning DeviceAtlas Mobile Device Database
    Steve Smith November 24, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Device Management Forum - dotMobi Announces 2.1 Release of Award-Winning DeviceAtlas Mobile Device DatabaseDublin, Ireland- DeviceAtlas 2.1 offers mobile developers innovative features and enhanced search.Speculative Mobile Device Domain Names For Sale:"For portable devices to communicate with each ...
  • Oversee.net Readies for Domaining 2.0
    Andrew November 24, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Domain conglomerate files trademark for “Domaining 2.0″. Domain conglomerate Oversee.net, which owns DomainSponsor , Moniker , and Snapnames , appears to be readying a new marketing campaign around the term “Domaining 2.0″. The company filed for a United States trademark...
  • Interesting domain name stats, Mooooove over NSI
    Jamie Zoch November 24, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    The Big Three is about to change in about 10-15 days. Ever since I checked domain name registrar stats, Godaddy.com was always the clear leader by nearly 3x’s more domain names under control then # 2 eNom with about 9 million domains. Network Solutions Inc. has held the # 3 spot since I h...