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  • Domain Industry Giant Marchex Goes Mobile?
    Steve Smith February 6, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Marchex Adds Mobile Device PagesThe mobile Web is growing fast... so what does a publicly traded domain company- Marchex, do to adapt with its hundreds of thousands of domain names in their massive domain portfolio? By the way, where is Yun Ye these days?Source: NWInnovation.com ...
  • Google Killers?
    Steve Smith February 6, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    There's Still Room for Google Killers, Study SaysNEW YORK It may seem like Google always has been the search engine of choice. There was a time, though, when AltaVista, Lycos and Yahoo ruled the roost in the late-1990s, only to see Google blow past them. A new survey by Forrester Research concludes ...
  • Top 10 Advertisers in the USA
    Steve Smith February 5, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    January - September 2008RankParent CompanyTotal Ad Dollars Spent*1. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO$2,342.32. GENERAL MOTORS CORP$1,659.63. AT&T INC$1,317.64. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC$1,125.65. TOYOTA MOTOR CORP$1,194.16. FORD MOTOR CO$1,112.97.JOHNSON & JOHNSON$1,059.18. TIME WARNER INC$878.29. G...
  • Internet Connected TVs
    Steve Smith February 5, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    What's on TV? Connections to Internet - The Boston GlobeConverging Media... Watch Boston.com Internet TV Video (Click headline)Top 10 Speculative Internet TV Domain Names:InternetConnectedTv.com InternetConnectedTvs.com InternetEnabledTv.comWebEnhancedTv.comWebOverTelevision.comInternetVODTv.comInte...
  • BestBuy.com Affiliate Program
    Steve Smith February 4, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Best Buy Remix - Welcome to the Best Buy Remix Developer Network"Welcome to Remix! We're working to give you the tools you need to make Best Buy into what you need it to be. So far, we have an open API that gives you access to BestBuy.com's product catalog data."- BestBuy.com ...
  • GoDaddy.com Super Bowl Commercial Ranked #1
    Steve Smith February 4, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    It's Official: GoDaddy.com Ranked as the #1 Super Bowl Commercial - MarketWatchSCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb 03, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Go Daddy, the world's dominant Web hosting domain registrar, earned the coveted crown of "Most Watched" Super Bowl commercial this year, according to TiVo, Inc.- MarketWa...
  • Acai is rich in Antioxidants- latimes.com
    Steve Smith February 3, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Acai is rich in antioxidants, phytonutrients, phytosterols and essential fatty acids that protect against free radicals. - latimes.comAçai berry... What it is?: Similar in appearance to a grape and native to Central and South America, the açai berry is often praised as an antioxidant! ...
  • Super Bowl 3D Commercial
    Steve Smith February 2, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
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  • GoDaddy.com 2009 Super Bowl Commercial
    Steve Smith January 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Superbowl CommercialsSneak preview of Super Bowl Sunday's "GoDaddy-esque" advertising featuring GoDaddy Girl- celebtrity race car driver- Danica Patrick shower video ad. (click headline to watch vidcast)Source: CastTV.com ...
  • NBC Sells Out Super Bowl Ads for Record $206 Million
    Steve Smith January 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    NFL News Feed: NBC Sells Out Super Bowl Ads - The League at washingtonpost.comTAMPA, Fla.--NBC has announced that it has sold all of its available ad spots for the network's Super Bowl telecast Sunday.The network generated a record $206 million in advertising revenue for the game telecast and $261 m...
  • What’s Behind the First 3D Super Bowl Ads - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
    Steve Smith January 31, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    What's Behind the First 3D Super Bowl Ads - News and Analysis by PC Magazine3D Advertising is an emerging trend as the 2009 Super Bowl debuts its first ever 3D Commercial. Super Advertising costs up to an all-time record breaking $3 million per 30-second commercial. Domain company- GoDaddy.com has b...
  • Breaking News: Prime Category Domain ‘Fly.com’ Sold for $1.76 Million in Cash
    Steve Smith January 30, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Travelzoo Purchases Fly.com Domain Name for $1.8 MillionNew York PRNewsWire 1/30/09- "Travelzoo (Nasdaq: TZOO), a global Internet media company, today announced that it has purchased the Internet domain name fly.com for $1,760,000 in cash. Travelzoo intends to use this domain name for a new informat...
  • Buying a Great Domain Name is all about Timing
    Steve Smith January 30, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    "Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up,...
  • Super Bowl Ads and Domain Name Strategy
    Steve Smith January 29, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    InternetRetailer.com - Daily News for Thursday, January 29, 2009A high percentage (84%) of Super Bowl advertisers last year integrated domain names into ads, as 70% ran paid search advertising to coincide with their 30-second TV commercials, which ran in the area of $2.7 million. This year, the 2009...
  • Naked Juice Packs Acai Antioxidant
    Steve Smith January 29, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Naked Juice :: Naked(R) Juice Packs Antioxidant One-Two PunchBreaking News: "The latest addition to the popular line of "Machine" smoothies, Acai Machine includes a whopping 178 acai berries in every 15.2 ounce bottle. Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) is a small berry from the Amazon that tastes like a ...
  • Brazil - Jewel of the Amazon
    Steve Smith January 28, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    FRONTLINE/WORLD . Brazil - Jewel of the Amazon - The conflict over Brazil's diamonds . PBS“In the last few years, more than a billion dollars in diamonds has been extracted from this forest,” reports van Zeller, “and if the big mining companies are allowed in, many believe this could become th...
  • Sedo Announces Availability of Top 10 Premium Generic Domains
    Steve Smith January 26, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Sedo Announces Availability of Top 10 Premium Generic Domains(Last week AcaiJuice.com went to auction with a buyer's bid from Canada and the auction was cancelled due to an error.)AcaiJuice.com is now available for purchase on auction this week!AcaiJuice.com is available for purchase exclusively thr...
  • GoDaddy’s Multi-Million Dollar Super Bowl Advertising
    Steve Smith January 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Advertising on the Super Bowl? Count Us In"A GoDaddy-esque commercial in the Super Bowl is tradition -- at least four years' worth, in any case.Viewers have come to expect a fun, edgy, slightly inappropriate commercial from us.All these years, it's been a business home run, too. Our market share has...
  • 1 Billion Internet Users Worldwide
    Steve Smith January 23, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Internet users worldwide surpass 1 billion in December Digital Media - CNET NewsWorldwide Internet usage tops over 1 billion unique visitors in December... with 41.3 % from the Asia-Pacific region.- comScore Report ...
  • Amazon.com’s #1 for E-Commerce Traffic
    Steve Smith January 23, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    InternetRetailer.com - Daily News for Friday, January 23, 2009Amazon.com, No. 1, attracted 61.08 million unique visitors last month. - Internet Retailer ...
  • Guinness Book of World Records 2009 in 3D
    Steve Smith January 23, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Guinness Book of World Records Goes 3-D, Wii The Underwire from Wired.comHow do you make an old-fashioned hunk of entertainment seem cool in the era of iPhones, PlayStation 3s and hula-hoops? First, you make it 3-D. Then, you turn it into a videogame.- Wired.com3D Domain Names ...
  • Design News - PhilippeBecker Receives Six Awards For Branding & Package Design Excellence - TAXI Design Network
    Steve Smith January 23, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Design News - PhilippeBecker Receives Six Awards For Branding & Package Design Excellence - TAXI Design Network"PhilippeBecker, a San Francisco branding and package design agency, today announced it has been awarded six prestigious American Graphic Design Awards (AGDA) for excellence in communic...
  • ‘Obamanomics’ Yields Big Bucks - Politics - CBN News
    Steve Smith January 20, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    'Obamanomics' Yields Big Bucks - Politics - CBN News"Profits from Obama-related merchandise are estimated at $300 million and climbing."... sounds like an understatement.How much will the trophy domain name 'Obamanomics.com' trade for? ...
  • 30-Second Super Bowl Ads Go for $3 Million
    Steve Smith January 19, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Maximizing the ROI on Your Super Bowl Spot - Advertising Age - DigitalSuper Bowl 2009 30-second commercials sold for a staggering $3,000,000! The expensive ads will be leveraged online through social medis sites such as YouTube and through blogs, etc. The domain industry will gain maximum exposure o...