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  • Bido.com Pick of the Week 6/1/09-6/5/09
    Ross May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Alright this week we have a bunch of one word domains along with a mixed bag of TLDs. In my opinion even though these are one word domains i think it is going to be pretty slow as far as the sales go this week. There is nothing that just jumps out and screams “pick [...] Related posts:Bido.c...
  • Trademark Group Pushes Rapid Domain Takedown Scheme
    Andrew Allemann May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Group submits final report to ICANN. Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT), an ad hoc group put together to represent trademark interests in the launch of new top level domains, has issued its final report (pdf). The report will be discussed at ICANN’s next meeting in Sydney. The part that...
  • Thought Convergence and Name Intelligence
    Whizzbangsblog.com May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    For the past few weeks Irsquo;ve been reading about all the machinations between Thought Convergence and Name Intelligence. Whorsquo;s right and who is wrong and the number of varied opinions varies from insightful to the completely bazaar. Itrsquo;s almost like a days of our lives is unfolding in...
  • How Popularity Influences Popularity
    Reece May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    I was reading a post on Lightspeed Ventures (a popular venture capital blog) recently about how being popular has been found to make you more popular. In one study of over 12,000 volunteers, researches manipulated what they claimed were the top selling songs and worst selling songs — it sur...
  • Camilla.com Sells For $16K on NameJet.com
    MHB May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    The domain Camilla.com sold for $16,100 on NameJet.com another great name for Mrs Jello. There are over 18 million reference to this name on Google. The second highest bidder went by the bidder id of camillacorp, which could have been the clothing company from Australia whose site is at camilla.com....
  • How Powerful is Twitter?
    Ross May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Everyone knows that twitter is getting to really really big these days. Whether its the companies trying to establish a brand or people just trying to connect there are millions of people looking for new things on twitter everyday. We see new tactics and ways to gain followers along with ways to mak...
  • Microsoft’s Bing – New Video About Bing Search Engine
    Sammy Ashouri May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    A bit bored today, so I was looking over TechCrunch’s weekly articles and stumbled upon an article about Microsoft with a link to Bing.com. Forget full article and go straight to bing website to watch video. For those that do not know yet, Bing.com is Microsoft’s next main-stream search ...
  • TechCrunch: Facebook Vanity URL Coming Soon
    MHB May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    According to TechCrunch,  Facebook will announce later this week that they will allow users to claim a vanity URL pointing to their regular profile page. At a date and time, to be announced, the landrush will begin and users will be able to grab a vanity URL of their choice. The Landrush rules will...
  • PremiumDomains.com – $1,000 Slogan Contest Ending Today!
    Sammy Ashouri May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    PremiumDomains.com is searching for the PERFECT slogan. So perfect that they want to give you $1,000 if you give them that perfect slogan through twitter. If you have some creativity then we invite you to submit your slogan and compete for the $1,000 prize. So, for what might be a quick $1,000 for...
  • Comic Strip #36
    Is everyone a blogger? In April the Wall Street Journal reported there are over 20 million bloggers in the United States. Click on the image to enlarge. Here is a link to last week’s comic strip in case you missed it. It was “Hard Drive Crashed @#*&!!!”. Have an idea for my ne...
  • Sale = Development Opportunity
    Elliot May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    I own the website DebtAssistanceClinic.com - clearly not an optimal domain name. I had several pages of content created for DebtCollectors.com before I sold that one, and I used the articles for this made up name, and the site has been live for around a year. Earlier this year, I bought the much str...
  • Google Wave: Absolutely Revolutionary
    Sammy Ashouri May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    For those that have not watched the 1 hour and 20 minute Google Wave video, I HIGHLY recommend it. Just finished watching it in its entirety and it has left me speechless. Revolutionary is probably an understatement for what this product truly is. Extremely EXTREMELY excited about this. Will change ...
  • How Are You Playing The Expired Domain Game?
    Kevin Jackson May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    There are so many domainers that live for the domain drop. Some domainers spend hours daily sifting through countless expired domain lists. Who said that domainers were lazy? Some people use expired domain lists to search for domain names with traffic while some focus solely on quality domain names....
  • PremiumDomains.com Slogan Contest Ends Tonight
    Reece May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Send in a slogan and you just might win $1000, not to mention bragging rights forever I submitted a few — definitely not going to win but it was fun trying to come up with slogans. I actually picked up quite a few new Twitter followers by participating (your Twitter avatar is displayed on Pr...
  • Susan Boyle To Sell Domain Name
    Simon May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    For a mere $25,000 (US dollars) you can be the proud owner of one website domain named susanboyle.com The British singer is perhaps a bit peeved with the confusion that surrounds when a fan is misdirected to a site owned by American artist Susan K. Boyle. The “Britain’s Got Talent” star is an...
  • The Power of the Long Tail
    Reece May 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    I’m not an SEO and my site probably shows that pretty easily, however even without doing much of anything to optimize it for search engines, I still ended up getting 1721 visitors so far this month courtesy of search engines.  People used 800 different keyword phrases and 838 different keywo...
  • Hard Drive Crashed @#*!!!
    I got the blue screen of death Wednesday of last week. I can only try to tell you how upset I was. Words would not due my feelings any justice. What is the blue screen of death (BSOD)? It is the screen displayed by Microsoft’s Windows operating system when it cannot (or is in danger of being [...
  • National American University wants NAU (Naughty American University) Domain
    Simon May 30, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Depending on the type of education you desire—you may be put off by the porno site Naughty American University. When seeking a bachelor’s or master’s degree, some would be students are stumbling upon the explicit site where sex-ed is the subject. National American University is suing NAU (Naug...
  • Google Gets Googblog.com Back From Indian
    Simon May 30, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Another day, another WIPO (World Intellectual Property Org) case. Google vs Harit Shah for the domain name googblog.com. For some strange, unforseen, unknown reason, it was apparently too close to the Google trademark. Who would have thought? Shah said, “I was in a bad faith that I can legally...
  • Mel Gibson’s Girlfriend Files Cybersquatter Suit
    Simon May 30, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Mel Gibson’s newly announced pregnant girlfriend is suing. The trouble, however, does not sit with Mel, rather a company called DreamHost.com. The company is accused of making OksanaGrigorieva.com look like her official website. The lawsuit was apparently filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the c...
  • Domain News Episode 16
    This weeks video is sponsored by Parked.com. Already serving over 4 million happy domain names If you did not catch last week’s episode you can check it out here. ...
  • Final Auction Inventory for Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam released here. More names, a few .coms
    RickLatona.com May 30, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    It’s been a challenge to assemble this list and I’m sure everyone will have their opinions but here it is below. Please note, we’ve also added just a few great .com names just because they were too good to turn down. DiamondRings.com and FluShots.com! What great names. As well, all...