Here's another spot that ran during our local pod. They scored points by using alternating fonts but got thrown for a loss by including the dubs and fumbled the URL selection by prioritizing heating over air conditioning -- talk about fair-weather fans!...

Props to Teleflora for their risque off-color spot ("No-one wants to see you naked!") Fixing the URL in the bottom right corner throughout and putting it front and center at the end really helped it pop. Glad to see they didn't just phone it in....

Pepsi almost did everything right here. Funny ad (love physical humor!) Prominent URL display. Good tie-in with their slogan. But using alllowercase mushes the words together. If only they could refresh this last frame....

I'm tempted to let Universal off the hook for its use of ALLCAPS given that both its brand name and the TV show it's tying in with use ALLCAPS in the logos. But the words just blend together too much. Truly tragic....

What a difference some Leading Caps would make here. HRBlock.com (or even HRblock.com) would work so much better than hrblock.com. The ampersand is bound to throw people off and they'll need to think twice about what the URL is. Make it easy for them. This URL display is too taxing....

I can't blame these guys for using dot-net. I, of all people, know what it's like when your dot-com is taken. But I wish they hadn't tacked on the dubs and bruying their smile, er... URL in the last frame. Why has it become standard for Movie URLs to be placed above the footer with the studio info a...

While this blog isn’t about the adult internet business, as an auction company, we can’t ignore the opportunity. For years, Internext was the game in town for adult Internet companies. Around four or so years ago the Phoenix Forum took its place on the leader board. Run by Ron Cadwell an...

I thought I would pass along this exciting email I just received from SEOMoz.  This SEOMoz promo code saves you alot of cash and allows you a full month of access to the best SEO tools available today. I will be upgrading my account to take full advantage of the many SEOMoz PRO features. I am espe...

Via FanNation: For years fans and analysts have talked about ways to revive the night before the NBA All-Star Game. In its heyday it was a night where you could watch Larry Bird win the Three-Point Shootout and then see Michael Jordan battle Dominique Wilkins in the Slam Dunk Contest. It was a n...

As you probably already know from reading the blog, I am a fan of a number of the tools Google produces and watch closely to see what will be next in their lab. However the mess they made on Saturday, labeling every search results with “This site may be harm your computer” was really qui...

I posted about the odd warning I got from Namedrive while trying to login this morning, but now it all makes sense: there was a security breach at Namedrive where 1% of the accounts have been “hacked”: Email sent to users (I didn’t get one? Guess that’s a good thing): As part...

According to a report by Knujon.com (”No Junk” spelled backwards) nearly 83 percent of all spam messages on the web can be traced back to just 10 domain registrars. Knujon, an anti-spam outfit that aims to convince registrars to dismantle spam sites, bases its report on millions of spam ...

Sedo has just issued a fascinating study of the 2008 domain aftermarket. Some of the surprises included more .info domains being sold than .orgs and a 40% jump in dollar volume for sales of America's often overlooked .us country code....

As discovered by one of the affected users earlier today, a number of usernames and passwords for NameDrive accounts were obtained earlier this month. The company acted quickly after they were informed about the breach and issued the following statement: “We were alerted of a possible security...

Domain aftermarket Sedo has finally published its secondary domain market study for the year 2008. I#8217;m always looking forward to these reports because Sedo is a large marketplace and hence it has access to lots of data about recent domain sales and transactions. Although Sedo#8217;s statistics ...

You may of heard by now, but "Bailout Bill" is handing out CASH from his Bailout Booth in New York! BailoutBooth.com  is just starting out as a new age video classified site and is hitting the streets with cold hard cash to promote it’s new site! Their is a nice lady in the videos...

I am sure most of you read Mike Berkens’ blog, but in case you missed it today, please check it out… Related posts:Mike Berkens’ Daily Domain Blog The domain investment business is fairly small, so there are...Mike Berkens on the Biggest Threat to the Domain Industry Mike Berkens...

Best Buy Remix - Welcome to the Best Buy Remix Developer Network"Welcome to Remix! We're working to give you the tools you need to make Best Buy into what you need it to be. So far, we have an open API that gives you access to BestBuy.com's product catalog data."- BestBuy.com ...

Breach exposes e-mails and passwords. E-mail addresses and passwords for a limited number of NameDrive customers were obtained and posted in a hacker forum this month. The security breach just came to light today. NameDrive has responded by instituting new security measures including password r...

A few weeks ago, Rob Sequin suggested that I install a widget on my blog allowing visitors to subscribe to the comments, allowing them to know when others posted.  This a good way for visitors to track any follow-up comments that they left, since there are so many things going on in the life of [.....

This is the current list of all bids at the DomainFest Silent auction currently running at SnapNames.com as of 3pm EST today. The silent auction closes tomorrow at 3:15pm EST. Right now the total bidding is over $100,000 You can see our top picks by clicking here. I confirmed with Moniker.com, that ...

Unique idea drives hundreds of domain aftermarket sales. It’s been about six months since I first wrote about PushToAuction.com, a service that lists domain names that people are willing to send to an auction on Sedo with a $60 offer. The service was active for a couple months before Domain...

Pool.com has released a new version of it’s Domain Marketplace. It’s a bit different then the one SnapNames.com rolled out not overly all that long ago, but Pool.com is offering 10% sales commission ($40 min) compared to SnapNames.com’s 20%. Both do not have an up front listing fee...

So today I was logging into my Namedrive domain parking account and I ended up getting an odd warning: As part of a security measure, users now have to change their account password every 3 months. Isn’t that a little paranoid for a domain parking account? Must be some problems with security ...

A story in the National Journal today, affirms what we predicted for 2009. CADNA is gearing  up for a new laws to expand trademark rights and increasing penalties for violation, using the launch of the new gTD’s as the basis for getting before congress. On Tuesday, the Coalition Against Dom...