Armorize, a web security company, reported on their blog today that Network Solutions had been displaying a widget box that contains malware.  The company was notified and quickly remedied the parking pags.  Based on a yahoo search only, there are over 5 million domain names with NSI parked lander...

Geo-domain name association Associated Cities went through some rough times in 2009 . Reports of trouble with internal conflicts between board members and the direction of the group circulated as the 2009 Geo Domain expo neared.  It seems now that the group is back on track and pushing forward with...

The Los Angeles Times just posted an article covering the demise of the .mobi extension. The story covers the hard losses felt by domain investors who bought in to the hype behind the mobile domain extension.  Rick Schwartz is quoted throughout the article. The Times may be a little off in throwing...

It’s no big secret that domain parking has taken a revenue hit over the last couple of years.  We’ve all seen the gripes on forums and blogs demanding more innovation in monetization strategies. Others are even calling  the death of parking. With this decline in revenues there’s ...

According to TLD Source and The Register large parts of the .DE zone file went missing today from 1:30 pm to roughly 2:50 pm. The error shut down potentially over 13 million domains names tied to websites and email addresses using the German domain name extension. Speculation to the cause of the out...

SnapNames, and its parent company, Oversee.net, announced today that they have filed suit against Nelson Brady in federal court in Oregon (Portland district). Brady, a former employee of SnapNames improperly bid in certain SnapNames auctions using the bidder alias “Hank Alvarez” or R...

Looking to invest in the domain space, but can’t find any good domains for sale?  How about buying stock in a company that owns over 600,000 domains, but also monetizes millions of domains and has auctioned millions of dollars in domains?   How about buying shares of Oversee.net ? Up until r...

Today is your last chance to put in bids on the DomainNameWire and SnapNames.com auction.  The auction, put together by Andrew Alleman of DomainNameWire, features names from his portfolio, other bloggers, as well as some larger portfolio holders. The event winds down today at 3:15 EDT at SnapNames...

Domain investor Michael Bahlitzanakis, aka Mike B, has launched the beta of his newest venture, City.com.  The local search site lets local consumers search, review and rate the businesses in their local market.  The site already includes 16 million local businesses in their search index.  ...

Now with a few “daily” auctions under their belts, Latonas seems to have worked out the minor bugs and is progressing forward with more sales.  Today’s most recent auction raised the prices from $1 reserves to $1000 reserves and netted $100,731 on 51 domain sales (according to our...

Latonas.com announced that the switch from a daily sales newsletter to daily auctions just yesterday and the auction’s are off to a running start.  Reminiscent of the early days of Bido.com, the inaugural auction featured all 117 domains with $1 starting bids. From our “unofficial”...

DNN learned earlier today that our friend Patrick Ruddell (of ChefPatrick.com seen to the left in his “domainer NASCAR shirt”at DomainFest) had joined Moniker as a domain name sales specialist.  Oversee confirmed this today with an announcement sent to all the domain blogs. We talked to...

Please note that the following is a parody intended for April Fools day 2010. Information provide to DNN from sources within Overseee have informed us that the company is not only planning two new 1-day events in the United States but plans to continue with these events and turn DomainFest in to a...

Please note that the following is a parody intended for April Fools day 2010. Rick Schwartz announced on his blog today that he is seeking trademark infringement charges against up-and-coming web cam website ChatRoullete.com for it’s use of his trademarked phrase “Next”. The popu...

Please note that the following is a parody intended for April Fools day 2010. In an effort to curb the growing number of domainers inundating social media sites, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have joined together to form Social Media Against Domainers (SMAD).  The association of social media and...

Please note that the following is a parody intended for April Fools day 2010. Right on the heels of announcing that they had reached the milestone of 10 million domain names registered, domain name registrar Tucows announced that they have claimed ownership of their 1 millionth expired domain name...

Please note that the following is a parody intended for April Fools day 2010. Goodwill Industries announced the launch of their new domain name donation initiative today.  The charitable organization, known by many for their donation boxes and their used clothing stores across the US, have been f...

Please note that the following is a parody intended for April Fools day 2010. In a move reminiscent of the Coke vs Coke Zero lawsuit , Verizon Wireless has sued Verizon Internet over trademark infringement.  Attorneys for the two companies refused to comment on the pending legal battle. Verizon m...

Sex seems to be a hot topic in domain land. DNN was tipped about an Ebay auction in which a trademark for sex.sex is for sale. The owner of the trademark believes that his mark for sex.sex , filed in July 2008 with a claimed first use in commerce of March 2009, will provide a leg up in the inevitabl...

As if the whole saga of Sex.com being stolen and then given back to the original owner wasn’t a strange enough story, now Mike Mann, who is one of several reported owners of Sex.com, has agreed to donate his portion of the domain name to the animal rights activist group PETA. As Domain Name Wi...

Domain name broker Derek Giordano informed DNN that he has brokered a major deal assisting in the sale of CreditScore.com.  The buyer CreditReport.com made the announcement in a press release today. The sale was reportedly in excess of $5 Million dollars (or bigger than Toys.com). The company has n...

Verizon has filed a cybersquatting complaint in Florida US District Court [pdf] against several companies and individuals.  The complaint alleges over 288 cybersquatting violations. Among those named in the case are domain name registrar DirectNic.com and Sigmund Solares, the CEO of Directnic.  Ot...

Verizon has filed a cybersquatting complaint in Florida US District Court [pdf] against several companies and individuals.  The complaint alleges over 288 cybersquatting violations. Among those named in the case are domain name registrar DirectNic.com and Sigmund Solares, the CEO of Directnic.  Ot...

Francois Carrillo of PremiumDomains.com and Domaining.com scored another nice flip today selling the one-word domain Optimize.com for $115,000.  According to the domain sales history data from NameBio.com Carrillo purchased the domain for $24,650 in February of 2008. Carrillo recently sold another ...

With just a little over 12 hours left before the auction closes today, the SnapNames auction currently has 24 bids on 523 domains, 21 of the bids coming in under the $1,000 mark.  All online auctions are know for last minute bidding, so you can expect more bidding later on today as the auction wrap...