DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features a conversation with Rick Schwartz that reveals what is in store for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Silicon Valley as well as Schwartz's views on the future of domain monetization, live auctions & the domain industry itself....

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In a 3 person panel decision, a WIPO panel denied the complaint of Parkroyal Hospitality Management Pte Ltd. of Singapore, over the domain ParkRoyal.com. What makes this case noteworthy is that the Complainant, owed the trademark “PARKROYAL” since 2002 and has “47 trademark registr...

This seems like it’s taken Forever to be fully put in place and take effect, but today is ICANN’s deadline for registrars to put the policy into full effect. What does this mean for you? In the past, if you made a typo when registering a domain name, you could have the registrar delete t...

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According to a report released yesterday, by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers, online advertising last year reached $23.4 billion, with the 4th quarter total of $6.1 billion up 2.6% from the 4th quarter of 2007. The 2.6% increase in 4th quarter ad revenue, was the smalle...

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A blog post yesterday in Tech Crunch, asks the question of how valuable short URL’s are, based on a Twitter society where shorter is not only better, but necessary. The post pointed out the fact that bit.ly just got $2 million dollars in for 20% of the company, placing a value on the company o...

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The DOMAINfest website has been updated with content from their January 2009 conference. Visitors can now view a collage of photos taken at the event.  Also posted are full- length videos of each session so that attendees and non-attendees can benefit from the vision and advice of our expert paneli...

Perhaps it isn’t a new feature and I just haven’t noticed it before today, but when you highlight a word or phrase in a New York Times article (in Safari or Firefox), a small question mark graphic pop-ups. If you click on the graphic, it opens a new window with an Answers.com powered ref...

According to a blog post on the catholic spirit blog Catholic Online, agreed to settle a lawsuit for $200,000 and pledged the domain catholic.org which according to the story  “”"is estimated to be worth considerably more than $200,000, as collateral to ensure restitution is made.”...

One of the primary features of the site, the domaining section is all about domain names, from buying and selling to parking and monetizing. If you’re into or even thinking about domaining, this section is a must have in your bookmarks. Available Domain Names Domains For Sale Domain FAQ My Domai...

In the last big economic downturn domainers like Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham made their fortunes by buying up assets few others wanted. Could history repeat itself in the current slump? Rick Schwartz predicts some domainers will indeed hit it big, but the new fortunes will come from something othe...

Sedo sells Results.com domain name for $500k. I won’t have official numbers until tomorrow, but it looks like Sedo has had another great sales week. Sedo just tweeted that it sold Results.com for $500,000 and BabyShop.com for $85,000. Results.com shows a business coaching company, but that w...

It is exactly one week to go before the end of our Blockbuster Domaining Contest! Tomorrow, we will publish the list of 25 .TV domains that we will be giving away, compliments of eBusinessDomains.com. Today, I want to explain how we will select the winners next week. Each prize will be randomly draw...

Get off your high horse, Apple fan boys. Two high profile domainers recently made the switch from PC to Mac. I’m not joining the club. My wife’s employer forces her to use a mac, and actually using one of these things shows you they aren’t perfect and not worth the fuss. Before I...

Today the Supreme Court,  without comment, rejected the state of Virginia’s appeal to keep its anti-spam law, regarded to be the toughest such state law, in place.  The law known as the Computer Crimes Act banned commercial and noncommercial spam e-mail sent to consumers in that state. Mr. J...

In an unusual case, a Pittsburgh auto parts dealer filed a lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court against Ford Motor Co., claiming they used the company’s “catch phrase”, which is also its domain name. Frank’s Auto Supply Inc., claims they have used the phrase,  “...

Using our friends over at Esitbot.com valuation tool, we ran the domains in the AfterMarket.com auction, which closes on Tuesday, but it already opened for prebidding,  to find the “Best Buys”. According to Estibot.com here are the domains with the lowest Starting price to Estibot appra...

According to this article on News Blaze,  highly respected Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, made a statement in Nevada on March 16th, stating that allowing domains based on religion or denomination would unnecessarily create more conflicts in a world already full of disputes. Zed, president of the Univer...

Here’s an example mini site created by Minisites.com. Site by Minisites.com I was excited last week to read that DN Media Corporation teamed up with Nat Cohen of Telepathy, Inc. for a new mini site service called Minisites.com. I’ve been impressed with both of these companies. DN Media...

Jumpkicks, Inc. is a development-stage company whose stock is traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board Market. The company is an online martial arts retailer that sells products, such as uniforms, shirts, equipment, mats, and other products related to martial arts. They also provide information...

I wrote a short article this weekend about .tel and the repsonse has been amazing. This is definitely a topic people are interested in and also a TLD that many are yet to fully understand. The first thing you have to do is stop thinking of .tel as a TLD - think of it as a new concept. .tel is not li...