In the last article I discussed some of the problems that EPC presents for parking companies that want to display stats on a more or less immediate basis for their customers. I had a great comment suggesting that I get my facts straight about what data Google and Yahoo actually......

In the last article I discussed some of the problems that EPC presents for parking companies that want to display stats on a more or less immediate basis for their customers. I had a great comment suggesting that I get my facts straight about what data Google and Yahoo actually......

It’s sad but true. I completely admit it that I’m an Internet junkie. Last night I was in the middle of a conference call when a storm hit Melbourne with gusts up to 120 kilometres per hour. Everything was going fine until the lights went out and my UPS......

At long last I’m continuing the series that I started at the end of last year on the risks associated with purchasing traffic domain names. You can read the previous three articles by clicking on the following links: Part 3 Risk – Where did all the traffic go? (index.php/20090123503/D...

In the last couple of days documentation has been lodged with the Supreme Court of Queensland that has confirmed that the Australian domain industry regulator, au Domain Administration Ltd, has invented complaints in order to strip businesses of their Au domains. For example, the auDA compliance o...

Featured domains is a new segment for whizzbangsblog where I will endeavour to unpack the statistics and my thoughts for a particular domain to provide some insight into its risk profile and value from an investment perspective. In this case, the current owner of voodoo.com is auctioning the domain ...

I’ve never been prouder of the domain name industry. Over the past week I put out an urgent plea to the domaining community on behalf of the victims of the horrific Australian bush fires. During this time domain owners from around the world have contributed $USD2,950.79! This is an......

I can only say that I've been extremely humbled by the outpouring of good will that the domaining community has expressed to me about the victims of the Australian bushfires. Not ony have there been some amazing emails of sympathy but the community has also opened up their wallets to......

Donations are starting to come in from around the world as the domainer community reaches into its wallet to help those in desperate need. So far $534.69 has been donated to help the victims and I hope and pray that more will be coming soon. The fires in Victoria, Australia......

Since returning from DomainFest I’ve been laid up in bed with the flu. For the past week I've felt like I had barely enough energy to lift my head of the pillow. While lying in bed I kept on smelling smoke and I couple of days ago I found out......

Here I am once again back in the Qantas club in LAX after attending DomainFest. I find it disconcerting that I was greeted by name by the staff prior to showing them my boarding pass. It really causes you to think whether you’re travelling too much when this sort of......

So here I am once again at thirty thousand feet winging my way across the Pacific Ocean to a domain conference in the USA. You would think that I would be sick of the fifteen hour flights by now and you would be right. All international flights from Australia are......

This article follows on from the previous two articles in the series that I've been developing on risk. I'd highly recommend that you read the previous articles that can be found be clicking on the links below: Part 1 Risk - Domain Business Model Analysis (index.php/20081209494/Domain-Ana...

Now that I’m back into the swing of things again I wanted to continue the series that I began last year on risk. Towards the end of last year I covered the different business models that are evident in the domain industry. This article will begin to explore the risks......

I’ve seen a flurry of headlines like this one on news sources, blogs and even in forum posts. What I find incredible is that many of the reports expressed an element of surprise. I must admit it that I wasn't surprised at all and viewed the staff cuts as a......

I just received an email from Mike Robertson (Fabulous) asking me to let domainers know that the videos of each of the sessions at TRAFFIC Downunder are now online. To view the videos go to: http://www.trafficdownunder.com/news.htm Due to other business commitments I wasn’t able to attend ...

Here I am sitting outside in the backyard enjoying the sunshine and a new wireless Internet connection. I like sitting out under the shade sail with a nice drink while I reflect upon the week and think about what’s ahead. I’ve been pretty busy this past week as ParkLogic is......

It’s a new year and I’m back (well almost) from taking a break since Christmas. Blogging is in my blood so I thought that it would be worthwhile reflecting for a moment on my last post about the charity that supports children that are HIV positive that my wife and......

Over the last twelve months I’ve received an enormous amount of encouragement from readers to keep on analyzing the industry and blog about the results. I would like to thank you for your kind words as you all are the inspiration that keeps me going. I will continue to blog......

I just received this comment from Mike Cohen of Wanna Develop (http://www.wannadevelop.com/) on the article regarding Google and their Domain Partners. With Mike's permission I thought that it was worth while posting it as an article as it contained some interesting insights. Enjoy! ----------...

I’ve been reading a lot about how Google has recently entered the domain parking game and any domain owner can now establish a direct account with them. This is an interesting change of direction for Google but one that was almost ordained to happen at sometime. I’ve spent the last......

I recently had the privilege of being asked to speak at TRAFFIC Downunder on the topic of “Risk Analysis”. This breadth of the topic was a little bit of challenge as each facet of risk is a specialist topic in itself. In the end I developed a model to analyze......

I just received this press release at the end of last week. It indicates that a registrar in Australia is standing up for their rights against the domain governing body auDA. This has wide ranging implications for the com.au name space including whether registrants have clear title over their domain...

This week started off with a huge backlog of work which caused me to debate with myself why weekends weren’t three days rather than two and for that matter why there are only 24 hours in a day. Oh well, there was no point complaining so I dug deep and......

Day 5 – Thurs 20th Nov I must admit it that after the previous late night I ended up sleeping in until about 10am on this day so I missed the first auction…..sigh…..which was a pity as I heard that there were some great deals to be had. I did attend......