Today, I saw a domain name on a drop list that had two strong keywords, and I almost bought it.  I did a bit of research, and I immediately realized why it hadn’t been renewed by the owner - it didn’t make sense as a domain name.  Calcutta is one of the largest cities in [...] Relate...

I’m heading to Disney for the day with my wife and kids. I’ll be back later tonight with some pictures Have a great day everyone. ...

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages.  People write short updates, often called “tweets”  of 140 characters or fewer.  These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent ...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/158254/microsoft_to_merge_windows_live_and_office_live.html It#8217;s been reported that Microsoft (MSFT) is going to rebrand both of its Windows Live and Office Live services under the name of Kumo. Apparently, #8220;kumo#8221; is Japanese for #8220;cloud#8221; or #82...

ICANN recently proposed (for public comment) a Draft Implementation Plan for the introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) on a limited basis for ccTLDs. The Plan follows the recommendations of the ICANN’s policy making supporting organizations and advisory committees. Those recom...

“Its better to live one day as a Tiger than a thousand as a sheep” - proclaims a Tibetan proverb. coreyg Account Closed Follow me on Twitter @ Twitter / coreylg ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Opening a browser window and forgetting which website you were going to is the modern day equivalent of forgetting why you opened the refrigerator. I don’t know about you guys but I do it multiple times per day. I have a little system down. First, I’ll alt-tab to go back to the thing I ...

With 2009 in full swing and our goals set we are moving quickly to start on the multitude of projects for the year. This week with Obama entering office there have been a number of trends that have been getting hotter. One trend we have actively followed is Stimulus Checks and Economic Stimulus Che...

With 2009 in full swing and our goals set we are moving quickly to start on the multitude of projects for the year. This week with Obama entering office there have been a number of trends that have been getting hotter. One trend we have actively followed is Stimulus Checks and Economic Stimulus Chec...

.US, the official country code Top-Level-Domain of the United States, is “AMERICA’S INTERNET ADDRESS” where citizens, businesses, organizations and government agencies establish unique, memorable American identities online.   From now to February 28, 2009, Dynadot are selling US ...

According to the company website and other reports on the web, registrar Network Solutions experienced a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack today that brought down it’s DNS services.  Any website using DNS services or hosting from NSI could have been down as a result of the attack. ...

Twitter.com the micro-blogging sensation has evolved into a rapidly-growing network of people streaming their thoughts, news, and business live with the world.  These twitter members are finding an audience that listens and grows daily. Having a presence on Twitter really pays off.   Big corpora...

DnWords.com has served me well, but I am wanting to expand what I write about and I think that DnWords.com is limiting what I write about. This is my home away from Namepros chat and I really do like to write about other things then just domains names, like NamePros, Auctions that going on, and Expa...

Last week I learned how to forward and mask a domain name. I am extremely excited about this because it is such a powerful and underrated tool. This simple technique can make you hundreds if not thousands every single month. In just one week I have already made a few hundred dollars from this [...]...

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...

The web is made up of links and so it is no surprise that links count so much in search engine rankings. The text used for links (anchor text) is critical for you and for those that you link to. For a short period this website ranked in the top ten websites for “catheter fetish” [...]...

The DN Journal reports that the Ask.com division Ask Sponsored Listings, which is an IAC company, has acquired domain monetization company Sendori. Founded in August 2006, Sendori is a relatively new service acting as a middle-man between owners of premium type-in domains and advertisers looking to ...

Name.com has always been a close knit family. Even as we expanded last year we’d kept a very family oriented approach to business. We eat together, we play together, we take care of each other. This week our family is smaller as a result of cuts we’ve been forced to make. As I sat with the indiv...

A cranky letter from the NTIA to ICANN (PDF), submitted in late December during ICANN’s comment period for new top-level domains, has encouraged the awkward coalition of those opposed to new TLDs. The NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration), a division of the Depa...

Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and the company's domain parking service provider, HitFarm.com, are planning to open a new office in Dubai. Dr. Ham and Dr. Chris Hartnett, who serves on Reinvent's Board of Directors, just returned from Dubai and Dr. Hartnett filled us in on their trip to the Mid...

PeanutButterRecall.com sees surge in traffic from latest peanut butter recall. In September I excerpted part of an article by Tim Morse of Penguin Search Engine Services about ConAgra and its registration of PeanutButterRecall.com. ConAgra registered the domain name during the last peanut butter r...

Since our last sales report, there have been a few decent Indian domain sales.  The largest one is IKA.in, a great three letter domain beginning with “I” for India, for $1,500.  Trivandrum.in, the English version of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala and with a population of abo...