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  • The Recession is Producing a Huge Wave of New Search Traffic for Financial Keywords (and Related Domains)
    New research from comScore shows the recession is driving a huge wave of new traffic to search terms related to financial matters, traffic that adds value to related generic domain names. Also today, some notes on Sedo's acquisition of RevenueDirect and Aftermarket.com's Domainer Mardi Gras online a...
  • How I sold a domain I did not own
    SkyDomains February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    When most people read this title, they will instinctively think this is a brokerage deal. Well let me stop you right here. It was not a brokerage deal.  I told this story before in a forum right after it happened so if you have read it before, move on but if you have not, it [...]...
  • Afraid of Getting Outranked by Big Corporate Sites? Here’s How to “Stick it to the Man”
    Joel Ohman February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    One of the biggest fears of many domain name owners and SEO’s is working hard to choose a profitable niche, layout a strategy, buy a domain name, build a website, and then market the website only to see their success dwindle when a big company comes along and uses their considerable resources to o...
  • Sedo Weekly Sales Up To February 23
    Chad Kettner February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Last week Sedo reported an incredible $1 million worth of domain sales. Although the results weren’t quite as high this week, closing at around $800,000, there were plenty of impressive sales including Forums.com for $399,990, Primus.com for $33,000, Statoil.ru for just under $30,000 (23,400 ...
  • IDS: Internet Ad Spending To Fall For 1st Time Since 2001
    MHB February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Market research group IDC said today that internet advertising could fall by as much as 5% in the 1st quarter of 2009, which would be the first contraction in online ad spending, since the dot com bubble burst in 2001. IDC analyst Karsten Weide also said the U.S. Internet ad market could get worse i...
  • Mobile Ad Market “Skyrocketing”
    MHB February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    According to the Kelsey Group, mobile advertising revenues are expected to skyrocket to $3.1 billion in five years, especially local mobile activity. The group says, mobile advertising will have an annual compounded growth rate of over 80%. Currently, mobile advertising sits at $160 million in 2008....
  • Twitter for Your Web Business
    Elliot Silver February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    I am a relatively new Twitter user, and although I might not be the best person to discuss the benefits of Twitter because of my limited experience, I want to share how I am using Twitter to help build my brands.  Twitter is a powerful tool that companies and people can use to promote and [...] R...
  • Godaddy.com Domain Name Auction Hotlist
    Jamie Zoch February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Here is a Hotlist of current domain names on auction at Godaddy.com . All domain names are directly linked to it’s specific auction. Auctions can end from Today to 10 days from now. All auctions start at $10 USD. I liked the domain names listed below for one reason or another and maybe you wil...
  • Survey: Sedo and Parked.com Top Domain Parking Companies
    Andrew Allemann February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Sedo and Parked.com selected as top domain parking companies. For the third year in a row, Sedo has topped Domain Name Wire’s survey for best domain name parking company. Here are the top 4 vote getters including percentage of the vote: 1. Sedo/SedoPro 33% 2. Parked.com 17% 3. NameDrive 11% 4...
  • One year of Acro.net - The blogging continues!
    Acro February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    When I bought Acro.net on eBay for about $180 - a bargain for a 4-letter, 12 year old domain with a 4-million Google keyword - I hadn’t thought of using it as my blogging site. In fact, I hadn’t thought of the blogging process as much more than a platform to vent off. A year [...]...
  • Forums.com Sells for $400,000
    Andrew Allemann February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    A look back at last week’s top sales on Sedo and Snapnames. Domain Name Wire will now publish newsworthy information about sales from SnapNames in addition to its coverage of Sedo sales. But before discussing expired domain sales, there is a big .com sale to report from Sedo: Forums.com has ...
  • The New Phone Books Are Here!: Why Traditional Print Media Continues To Die
    MHB February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    The new phone books are here, the new phone books are here, a phrase burnt into everyone’s memory by Steve Martin in the movie The Jerk. That’s what came to mind a week ago when I saw a stack of “the real yellow pages” sitting in the mail room of the condo i live in. Now as ...
  • Sedo.com sells Man.org for $12.5K
    Jamie Zoch February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Sedo.com is continuing to impress with 5 figure sales and strong 4 figure domain name sales as well. Man.org sold at Sedo at $12.5K . Men.org also sold recently for the same price ($12.5K) according to NameBio.com at the Moniker TRAFFIC auction (12-17-2008) VoipReview.com at $15K FastGold.com $5K T...
  • AfternicDLS Weekly Sales Up To February 22
    Chad Kettner February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    It was another solid week for AfternicDLS with over $500,000 worth of reported domain sales. Some of the highlights included RCSI.com for $10,000, MLTD.com for $9,800, RippleEffect.com for $8,000, and AutomobileInsuranceQuotes.com for $6,750. Check out the full list - which includes several notable ...
  • TaylorMade Tourino Stand Bag~ Woot.com
    Jamie Zoch February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    The TaylorMade Tourino Stand Bag is today’s Woot on Woot.com . Coming in at only $59.99 plus $5 shipping is a heck of a deal! As Woot put’s it.. you can put a lot more things in a golf bag then just clubs. lol, Wrapping paper, Swords, Foam Katana’s and more. Consider it a cool and...
  • Tutorial on styling your headlines in CSS
    Barry February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Quick post to let you know that there is a new tutorial showing you how to style your headlines in CSS. I have also added better quality video to replace the video about how to make a website banner in Photoshop. I will be adding more tutorials as time permits Bookmark to: ...
  • The Importance Of Accurate Pricing, Part II
    Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    (image source) What is accurate pricing anyways? I touched a little on the subject in part I, where I stated “the initiative for accurate pricing should be on the seller and the seller only”. But how do you educate sellers to price correctly? A step further, how do you educate two profe...
  • Bye Bye Pretty Lady… Thanks for the Domain Deals
    Kevin Jackson February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    We really don’t know if the pretty woman on our eBusinessDomains.com homepage did us any favours or not. Perhaps she helped us to secure some domain sales, or she did a better job at distracting our clients. Well, regardless or what she did, our relationship is about to come to an end. We will be ...
  • Feb/25/09 Sedo Acquires RevenueDirect From Dotster
    Sedo - Domain News February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Acquisition of Leading Domain Monetization Provider Significantly Increases Sedo?s Market Share Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced the acquisition of RevenueDirect, a provider of top-tier domain parking services for professional domain in...
  • Feb/25/09 Sedo Acquires RevenueDirect From Dotster
    Sedo - Domain News February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Acquisition of Leading Domain Monetization Provider Significantly Increases Sedo?s Market Share Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced the acquisition of RevenueDirect, a provider of top-tier domain parking services for professional domain in...
  • Feb/25/09 Sedo Acquires RevenueDirect From Dotster
    Sedo - Domain News February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Acquisition of Leading Domain Monetization Provider Significantly Increases Sedo?s Market Share Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced the acquisition of RevenueDirect, a provider of top-tier domain parking services for professional domain in...
  • Feb/25/09 Sedo Acquires RevenueDirect From Dotster
    Sedo - Domain News February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Acquisition of Leading Domain Monetization Provider Significantly Increases Sedo?s Market Share Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced the acquisition of RevenueDirect, a provider of top-tier domain parking services for professional domain in...
  • Feb/25/09 Sedo Acquires RevenueDirect From Dotster
    Sedo - Domain News February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Acquisition of Leading Domain Monetization Provider Significantly Increases Sedo?s Market Share Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced the acquisition of RevenueDirect, a provider of top-tier domain parking services for professional domain in...
  • Feb/25/09 Sedo Acquires RevenueDirect From Dotster
    Sedo - Domain News February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Acquisition of Leading Domain Monetization Provider Significantly Increases Sedo?s Market Share Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced the acquisition of RevenueDirect, a provider of top-tier domain parking services for professional d...
  • Feb/25/09 Sedo Acquires RevenueDirect From Dotster
    Sedo - Domain News February 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Acquisition of Leading Domain Monetization Provider Significantly Increases Sedo?s Market Share Sedo, the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names, today announced the acquisition of RevenueDirect, a provider of top-tier domain parking services for professional domain in...