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Domain Name Wire
Ray Ozzie is $33,000 Cocomo.com buyer
Mystery domain buyer is creator of Lotus Notes. I’ve been trying to figure out who bought Cocomo.com ever since Sedo brokered it back in October for $33,000. It appears we now have the answer. Lotus Notes creator and former Microsoft chief soft...
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Ray Ozzie is $33,000 Cocomo.com buyer
Mystery domain buyer is creator of Lotus Notes. I’ve been trying to figure out who bought Cocomo.com ever since Sedo brokered it back in October for $33,000. It appears we now have the answer. Lotus Notes creator and former Microsoft chief soft...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 3:26 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sedo Updates Landing Pages
I saw that Domain Gang had an article about the updates to Sedo’s sales landing pages. As someone with an interest in marketing, I wanted to learn more about the changes to see what was updated and the rationale for the updates. I reached out t...
Discussion
Sedo Updates Landing Pages
I saw that Domain Gang had an article about the updates to Sedo’s sales landing pages. As someone with an interest in marketing, I wanted to learn more about the changes to see what was updated and the rationale for the updates. I reached out t...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 2:41 pm
Domain Shane
Advertisers Track Your Stats So the Traffic Numbers You Tell Them Better Be Real
I’ve been reading the fantastic stories about the growth of ScienceFiction.com and have received a few emails asking me if I think the growth numbers are real. My answer is simple. I think they are but it doesn’t really matter &hell...
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Advertisers Track Your Stats So the Traffic Numbers You Tell Them Better Be Real
I’ve been reading the fantastic stories about the growth of ScienceFiction.com and have received a few emails asking me if I think the growth numbers are real. My answer is simple. I think they are but it doesn’t really matter &hell...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 12:53 pm
The Domains
Pre-Bidding For DomainFest Auction Is Underway: Marriages.com; Host.com; Juice.com; Security.com & More
Online pre-bidding for the live domain name auction that will be held as part of the DomainFest conference just opened today. The auction will be held on February 2 starting at 4:30 pm Pacific Time. “Featured” domain names include: Work.c...
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Pre-Bidding For DomainFest Auction Is Underway: Marriages.com; Host.com; Juice.com; Security.com & More
Online pre-bidding for the live domain name auction that will be held as part of the DomainFest conference just opened today. The auction will be held on February 2 starting at 4:30 pm Pacific Time. “Featured” domain names include: Work.c...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 12:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Sells 39k aftermarket domains last month including Honest.com for $180k
Honest.com highlights strong month for GoDaddy’s aftermarket platform. GoDaddy’s monthly “Domain Market Report” is out, and the company reports selling 38,659 domain names last month through its domain aftermarket platform. Th...
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Go Daddy Sells 39k aftermarket domains last month including Honest.com for $180k
Honest.com highlights strong month for GoDaddy’s aftermarket platform. GoDaddy’s monthly “Domain Market Report” is out, and the company reports selling 38,659 domain names last month through its domain aftermarket platform. Th...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 12:42 pm
Elliot's Blog
5 With… Patrick Ruddell, ScienceFiction.com
Similar to what I’ve been doing on DogWalker.com, Patrick Ruddell has been building a brand on the category defining domain name, ScienceFiction.com. I read about the remarkable growth of the website on Domain Name Wire, and I was very int...
Discussion
5 With… Patrick Ruddell, ScienceFiction.com
Similar to what I’ve been doing on DogWalker.com, Patrick Ruddell has been building a brand on the category defining domain name, ScienceFiction.com. I read about the remarkable growth of the website on Domain Name Wire, and I was very int...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 11:35 am
Domain Name Wire
United Domains gets Punk’d
Members of ICANN community and competing domain registrars find themselves as new United Domains account holders. Someone is having a laugh at United Domains’ expense. Over the past few days an unknown perpetrator has set up roughly 500 empty a...
Discussion
United Domains gets Punk’d
Members of ICANN community and competing domain registrars find themselves as new United Domains account holders. Someone is having a laugh at United Domains’ expense. Over the past few days an unknown perpetrator has set up roughly 500 empty a...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
Social network buys Dudu.com domain name for $1 million
Dudu.com sells for an incredible $1 million. Wow. Social network DUDU has paid a whopping $1 million for the domain name Dudu.com, upgrading its domain name from GoDudu.com. The site “uses unique translation technology to allow its users from a...
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Social network buys Dudu.com domain name for $1 million
Dudu.com sells for an incredible $1 million. Wow. Social network DUDU has paid a whopping $1 million for the domain name Dudu.com, upgrading its domain name from GoDudu.com. The site “uses unique translation technology to allow its users from a...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 10:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Google Chrome may have been demoted, but still has the first ad
Chrome still a top ad and Google.com itself hasn’t been demoted. So Google demoted Google.com/chrome in its web rankings after the pay-to-post fiasco. Or did it? If you search for “browser” in Google right now you probably won&rsquo...
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Google Chrome may have been demoted, but still has the first ad
Chrome still a top ad and Google.com itself hasn’t been demoted. So Google demoted Google.com/chrome in its web rankings after the pay-to-post fiasco. Or did it? If you search for “browser” in Google right now you probably won&rsquo...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 9:59 am
The Domains
Sedo Brokers Dudu.com For A Cool Million Proving Once Again You Have To Know Your Buyer
Sedo announced today it brokered the domain Dudu.com for a cool $1 million dollars. The buyer of dudu.com is the Dubai company DUDU Communications. DUDU is a popular social network which uses unique translation technology to allow its users from arou...
Discussion
Sedo Brokers Dudu.com For A Cool Million Proving Once Again You Have To Know Your Buyer
Sedo announced today it brokered the domain Dudu.com for a cool $1 million dollars. The buyer of dudu.com is the Dubai company DUDU Communications. DUDU is a popular social network which uses unique translation technology to allow its users from arou...
Discussion
January 5, 2012, 9:51 am
