We have now had six full months of domaining in 2009, and what a fantastic year it has been so far! Times have been tough for many, but the domain machinery is still powering its way through the economic downturn. In early December 2008, I made my predictions about the domain industry for 2009. You ...

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If you have not attended a live auction over at NamePros.com you really should. They are fun and they have decent names up for auction for the average domainer every time. Expect to see some great action between between bidders and fun chat. Here is the coming schedule for the live auctions: NEXT LI...

Where do you draw the line between registering a domain name to mourn or honor an individual, vs profit from their death? Since MJ died, there have been 3,459 .com domain names registered with the word “michael” in them. Don’t believe me? Well, here is the list I compiled (please ...

This is really not a full or specific blog post. I think starting this Saturday (today) I will just post random domaining meditations in one blog post and then go and enjoy the weekend. After all, the sun is shining these days in London, and the temperature is now hitting as high as 26 degrees Celsi...

As we suspected, ICANN has hired Rod Beckstrom as its new CEO. If you look at the House of Reps grilling of ICANN, there was an underlying theme of “security”, so this appointment doesn’t exactly come as a shock. Beckstrom spent less than 12 months in the Department of Homeland Se...

The company behind most versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference website that you have seen in recent years announced a major expansion for their domain development and audio/video services firm. Also today - ICANN makes it official - Rod Beckstrom is their new CEO....

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida...The SedoPro Partner Forum 2009 is heading to Key West, Florida. At this exclusive event, international domain industry leaders will meet up for interactive workshops and festivities. Enjoy a little luxury this October at the most antic...

Alright its time to do some old school Domain Mining. I was over at Rick Schwartz’s blog yesterday and read a post all about ‘Keyword Mining’. He does not come straight out and call it this but it’s what i call it. Rick goes on to explain how he mines for domains by using nou...

I am one of those people still in shock that Michael Jackson died yesterday, aged just 50. When I was born Michael Jackson was already on the world stage for over 15 years. Nonetheless, like so many people born since, I became one of his biggest fans. A few months ago, when it was announced that Mic...

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The Associated Press is reporting that the former chief of U.S. cyber security is the leading candidate to become the next CEO of ICANN, replacing Dr. Paul Twomey. Meanwhile, an ICANN VP confirms they want to change the UDRP rules in favor of a URS that would drastically reduce your rights....

strong>NEXT LIVE AUCTION AT NAMEPROS No Reserve Live Auction Mon, Jun 29, 2009, 3pm EST NamePros has announced a path breaking Live Auction Schedule that should make it the goto place if you’re looking to sell domains at good reseller prices. And automatically the goto place to buy excellent d...

MyID.ca .ca domain auction ends in 2 hours. So many fabulous names and bargains are up for grabs including JOB.ca, Wildlife.ca, Theatre.ca, Timeshares.ca, Eating.ca, Mike.ca, MZ.ca, Dancer.ca, YS.ca, IceSkating.ca, Relationships.ca, Force.ca, Fees.ca, Takeout.ca, Odds.ca, and many many others. The f...

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For the second day in a row, a major entity in the geodomain space has announced a major development partnership deal involving a generic keyword domain. This time it is the Castello Brothers (PalmSprings.com, Nashville.com, etc.) who are joining forces with LZ Domains to build out Suntan.com....