Do you own some good domain names but you aren’t sure how to develop them? Maybe they’re either “too generic” or too broad, and you can’t determine what would be best for the website. If this is the case, why not put up a simple one page website for a month or two with ...

Over the past few days I have submitted some of my domains to Bido.com for the no-reserve auctions. One has been accepted so far which is www.safetygear.org the rest are waiting to get voted in so feel free to check them out and vote for them if you feel they are worthy of being in the auction....

Two entities square off in Canada. Wal-Mart Canada Corp. is squaring off against a union — in cyberspace. According to a story on Dow Jones Newswire, the retailer filed an injunction against United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) to try to stop them from using the domain name walmart...

(image source) It’s been less than a month since we’ve integrated the new multiple auction format on Bido. Our goal for July was to complete 100 successful auctions (achieved). We treated this month as a trial month as we had to make sure all systems are stable, and work any sort of fix...

Help fix an improper redirect. In a post earlier this month, several commentors pointed out that Wikipedia redirects the terms “Domainer” and “Domaining” to cybersquatter on its site. Although some of these people tried to remove the direct, it keeps popping back up. The ent...

Google has launched its own “create your own profile” service pretty much along the lines of what the .Tel extension is suppose to be for. If your logged into your gmail account and Google yourself, you will be prompted to fill in your all your contact info, which others can then use to ...

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LDA, also known as LiveDomainAuctioneers.com and can check out the domains they have for sale for yourself and see what peaks your interest. ...

Alright so finally i have gotten around to producing my first video blog post. I was a bit nervous on this one but i finally got it done no matter how long it took me. Anyways i wanted to do this post specifically for that reason and make it my first one. I wanted to [...] Related posts:POLL: What...

Yale professor wins domain name case. Was it the right decision? I came across an interesting WIPO domain dispute today for JosephSchlessinger.com. The case was brought by Joseph Schlessinger, a professor at Yale. The case initially caught my eye because, even before reading it, it was clearly b...

Rick Latona Auctions is looking for submissions for a themed online auction coming up August 21-28. The special sale will be devoted to domains suitable for the CPA (Cost Per Action) - Lead Gen - Affiliate Marketing sector. Examples include banking, insurance, weight loss, credit card & nutritional ...

We wrote a post a few days ago about whether you would buy or sell some domain currently at auction at Godaddy.com. One of those domains, Wet.net was at the time at $6,500. Now the domain name,  has a high bid of  over $21K with almost 2 days to go. I think that is an outrageous amount of money. I...

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Last week, it was the first time that I submitted domains to Bido. I can say that the submission process went very smoothly. I think Bido’s auction platform is one of the best I’ve used so far. Not only does the design look nice, but it also follows function. It was very easy to submit d...

Network Solutions is getting ready to launch its new website - and along with the fresh design it has also improved its services by offering additional features and content. “We are reinventing ourselves to better meet your needs,” the Network Solutions website preview says. “Beyon...

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DN Journal’s new weekly domain sales report is out and ccTLDs turned in another strong showing, taking the top spot on our latest all extension leader board and six of the 20 positions overall. For the second week in a row, America’s .US ccTLD landed a domain among the highest sales....

Deal will create competition, not destroy it. Dear Department of Justice: After a long courtship, Yahoo and Microsoft have agreed to a long term search and advertising deal. The deal is going to end up in your lap early next year, and a number of lobbyists will be screaming that the deal is anti-co...

Domain name appraisal scam moves to a new domain name. I’m getting tired of writing these articles. But every time I do, a number of people searching for this stumble upon it, so I figure it saves some people from falling for the scam. The latest incarnation of the domain name appraisal has m...

Last year, Yahoo rejected a whopping $44 billion offer from Microsoft to purchase their search business. It seemed like a pretty dumb idea for Yahoo to reject that offer even at the time (I criticized it pretty heavily when TheDomains broke the news).  Yahoo was one of the stocks heavily speculated...

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This is something I have been wanting to do for a very long time, but have been too scared to. Yes, I never had the courage to ride a roller coaster. Today I got over one of my fears. Everyone has their fears. Face them, don’t let them stop you from doing what you want. Most [...]...

I have switched my video hosting services to YouTube. Until recently I was using Vimeo because YouTube had a ten minute video limit and the quality was not so hot. YouTube has since made changes to both aspects of their video hosting. On the other end, too many people were having issues watching vid...

My friend Jesse of AdminDaily.com came up with the idea for this comic strip while watching my recent roller coaster experience. You can watch the ride here. Here is a link to last week’s comic strip in case you missed it. It was “What Was That Domain Extension?”. Have an idea for...

I want to apologize for not getting this up sooner for you all to see.  MiniSites.com is our newest advertiser and I wanted to make sure I give you guys as much information about them as possible.  First, let me just say I love their domain name, MiniSites.com for obvious reasons, I would think. ...