New Year's Eve. I was looking back over the successes and failures of 2008 this morning and am delighted to say that there were far more positives than negatives.Where I did fail was right at the start of the year - I said I'd launch 3 new sites. They kind of launched, but they weren't right.One of ...

President Elect Obama “Yes We Can” Remix Video Lyrics: It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom. Yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they ...

This question gets asked quite often on domain name forums by newer members who I guess think more experienced members have all the answers. Now it’s impossible to say with certainty what will happen to LLLL.coms, however I’ll elaborate more in this post about how I see LLLL.coms and how...

Domaining is a numbers game Probability of an enduser sale times expected payout from that enduser sale sums up what a domain should be worth for the purposes of targeting an enduser in a perfect world. There are of course plenty of other things we could do with a domain (like resell to silly domain...

Here is a list of the channels affected by this: Comedy Central; CMT: Pure Country; Logo; Palladia; MTV; MTV 2; MTV Hits; MTV Jams; MTV Tr3s; Nickelodeon; Noggin; Nick 2; Nicktoons; Spike; The N; TV Land; Vh1; Vh1 Classic; and Vh1 Soul For those that don’t know the situation with Viacom cance...

From reading on several forums and checking out my own domains and sites, its safe to say that the Google Page Rank update has occurred. Although it may not be fully finalized and some sites could increase or decrease again, the majority of the change has occurred. I will be ......

Viacom want’s MORE MONEY. They are “seeking an increase in affiliate fees of less than 25 cents a month for each subscriber for all 19 of its MTV Networks cable channels”. EDIT: You can now watch the Viacom “promotional” advertisement here trying to get everyone to call...

You heard it here first, check your page rank!!! I am pleased to say that DNKitchen.com is moving up in the ranks, now at a PR3 :) Thank you to my readers and everyone who has linked back to me. ...

The final weekly domain sales report for 2008 is now out at DNJournal.com. Moniker closed a $275,000 sale that took the lead position on our new Top 20 chart and the AfternicDLS weighed in with a solid 6-figure sale of their own to claim the runner-up spot. Sedo had the most overall chart entries s...

I just saw a story on TechCrunch reporting that AT&T’s YellowPages have purchased the domain name YP.com from the company LiveDeal for a massive $3.85 Million - also confirmed by an SEC filing. It’s interesting to also note that the publicly listed company’s (LiveDeal’s)...

Slang is used quite extensively by all of us every day. Similarly slang is used in Google searches and type-in traffic but is highly variable depending on the popularity of the term. One interesting place to look for slang words is the Urban Dictionary which was named one of Time Magazine’s to...

Chris Dannen of FastCompany blogged his thoughts on the pending release of new TLDs . Dannen feels that the release of the new domain extension will spur a rebirth of cybersquatting.  Too bad Dannen, like many others, has bought in to the idea that cybersquatting equals buying and selling domain na...

According to the Miami Herald, bodybuilder Steven Thiele, has been found liable of cyber-piracy and trademark dilution.  He was ordered to pay $3000 plus legal fees.  Thiele had previously demanded the Indian tribe pay $500,000 each for the domain names miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com, micco...

One good thing preventing Identity Theft was the invention of the Debit Card. The bad thing is, a lot of people are Old School and do not even use a debit card and if they do, they do not use it enough and still write checks. Now I know this has Nothing really to do with domain names but I know you ...

It was previously reported that LiveDeal.com sold YP.com to Yellowpages.com.  SEC filings by LiveDeal.com reveal that the recent sale of the YP.com website brought a sale price of $3.85 million. Our divestiture of our Internet property “www.yp.com” could adversely impact our revenues. On Novemb...

A new analysis of WIPO cases shows that the number of domain disputes has doubled over the past five years. The reasons are being debated but one of our expert commentators predicted it was coming several years ago. We have his explanation of why it was bound to happen....

See latest update near bottom (in red)~ Earlier today I saw a thread on NamePros.com that was titled Domaining.com no longer free. I myself did not receive an email from Domaining.com but that is also because I provide content to the site. You may have seen a message when going to Domaining.com toda...

GoDaddy tops last year’s giving by $300,000. With all of the negative news I’ve written about Go Daddy this year, it’s nice to end the year on an up note. Today the company announced that its total philanthropic giving for the year is $1.7M, topping last year’s $1.4M in g...

During the 12 Days of Domain Names promotion earlier this month we were overwhelmed by the response for $.25 .CN domain names. As such we decided to extend the promotion for the remainder of the year. So please take advantage of these last few hours to register .CN domains at ultra low prices here a...

Earlier this year ICANN rolled out its plan to allow new "generic" extensions (suffixes) to be created in association with niches, geographical locations, or even corporate names. For example instead of using a .com domain a business could apply to create its own extension like .furniture or .detro...

MediaPost Publications - JWT Forecasts 2009 Trends - 12/30/2008JWT, an advertising agency giant, forecasts solar, environment & mobile as among the next few big things. "The future belongs to those who capitalize on emerging trends"..."T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oil billionaire, has invested $5...

There has always been a mystery and myth surround the use of hyphenated domain names. Does it really matter if you use or don’t use a hyphenated domain name? I personally don’t use hyphenated domains, except for domain/brand protection reasons. For Search Engine Optimisation purposes, there are ...

I see a lot of things in the domain industry that are hard to explain. I see domain names that shouldn’t delete for 5-10 years and they delete. Domains you wouldn’t expect to sell for a certain price and they do. I see domain names delete the very same day they expire. I see spikes in tr...

As the year crawls to a close, here’s a look back at the most viewed stories of 2008. Good riddance. That’s what most people are saying to 2008. After losing half their retirement savings, seeing the value of their homes plummet, and fearing for their futures, most people want to forget...

With 2008 coming to a close, people are publishing oodles of “Best of” and “Top 10″ lists.  Back in May on the third post I ever made on this blog, I talked about Top 10 lists and why domainers should read them, even if they are a bit lame or biased.  This still holds true ...