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The Domains
WSJ: Amazon To Roll Out “Media Locker” Tomorrow
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com is rolling out what they are calling a Media Locker service as early as tomorrow. The Amazon product will allow people to store music and video online and access it from various digital devices. ...
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WSJ: Amazon To Roll Out “Media Locker” Tomorrow
According to the Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com is rolling out what they are calling a Media Locker service as early as tomorrow. The Amazon product will allow people to store music and video online and access it from various digital devices. ...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 11:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Shield.com Sells for $190,000
Domain broker handles six figure sale with Austin company. An Austin company has sold the domain name Shield.com through domain name broker Sedo for $190,000. The previous whois record for Shield.com shows a north Austin address that appears to be re...
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Shield.com Sells for $190,000
Domain broker handles six figure sale with Austin company. An Austin company has sold the domain name Shield.com through domain name broker Sedo for $190,000. The previous whois record for Shield.com shows a north Austin address that appears to be re...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 8:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
EzineArticles.com Traffic Dropped 10% to 35% Thanks to Google Changes
User-submitted content site takes a big search engine hit but is still a behemoth. EzineArticles.com definitely lost traffic after Google’s recent algorithm change to go after low quality content. But today the company quantified it. In a blog ...
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EzineArticles.com Traffic Dropped 10% to 35% Thanks to Google Changes
User-submitted content site takes a big search engine hit but is still a behemoth. EzineArticles.com definitely lost traffic after Google’s recent algorithm change to go after low quality content. But today the company quantified it. In a blog ...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 8:35 pm
Elliot's Blog
ABC’s Secret Millionaire with John Ferber: Watch the Full Episode
If you couldn’t watch last night’s episode of Secret Millionaire on ABC featuring Domain Holdings’ John Ferber, it’s embedded above. As you might imagine, it’s quite a moving show, and I think I can speak for most people...
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ABC’s Secret Millionaire with John Ferber: Watch the Full Episode
If you couldn’t watch last night’s episode of Secret Millionaire on ABC featuring Domain Holdings’ John Ferber, it’s embedded above. As you might imagine, it’s quite a moving show, and I think I can speak for most people...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 6:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Domain Parking Revenue Down, Sales Up
Domain parking and brokerage company reports mixed results. Last week I reported on Sedo Holding’s revenue drop in 2010 thanks to losing a keep affiliate client. The company’s full annual report (large pdf) fills in the details on its dom...
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Sedo Domain Parking Revenue Down, Sales Up
Domain parking and brokerage company reports mixed results. Last week I reported on Sedo Holding’s revenue drop in 2010 thanks to losing a keep affiliate client. The company’s full annual report (large pdf) fills in the details on its dom...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 6:13 pm
Elliot's Blog
Notice of Infringement Sent to Domain Registrant But Not Domain Owner
A few weeks back, I wrote an article stressing the importance of keeping your email addresses updated for Whois records. Not having an updated Whois record can cause problems for your domain assets and can potentially allow someone to steal them. Tod...
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Notice of Infringement Sent to Domain Registrant But Not Domain Owner
A few weeks back, I wrote an article stressing the importance of keeping your email addresses updated for Whois records. Not having an updated Whois record can cause problems for your domain assets and can potentially allow someone to steal them. Tod...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 5:38 pm
Domain Name News
Demand Media to Expand to Europe in 2011
According to an interview by PaidContent:UK, Demand Media’s content division will expand to Europe this year. [...] Demand’s European sales and business development VP Stephanie Himoff tells paidContent:UK Demand will start filling its ga...
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Demand Media to Expand to Europe in 2011
According to an interview by PaidContent:UK, Demand Media’s content division will expand to Europe this year. [...] Demand’s European sales and business development VP Stephanie Himoff tells paidContent:UK Demand will start filling its ga...
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March 28, 2011, 4:15 pm
The Domains
Mashable.com: “A New Era For Internet Domains: Why .XXX is Just The Beginning”
Mashable.com just published a post entitled “A New Era for Internet Domains: Why .XXX is just the Beginning.” The story was written by Ben Crawford who is the CEO of Central Nic and was featured on CNBC last week Speaking about new gTLD&r...
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Mashable.com: “A New Era For Internet Domains: Why .XXX is Just The Beginning”
Mashable.com just published a post entitled “A New Era for Internet Domains: Why .XXX is just the Beginning.” The story was written by Ben Crawford who is the CEO of Central Nic and was featured on CNBC last week Speaking about new gTLD&r...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to Get Rich in the New TLD Gold Rush (Part Two)
Six more ways to profit form new top level domain names. This is the second in a two part post about ways you can make money from new top level domain names. See part one here. 7. Become a trademark lawyer Startup Cost: Expensive OK, this is really o...
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How to Get Rich in the New TLD Gold Rush (Part Two)
Six more ways to profit form new top level domain names. This is the second in a two part post about ways you can make money from new top level domain names. See part one here. 7. Become a trademark lawyer Startup Cost: Expensive OK, this is really o...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 2:15 pm
Elliot's Blog
Get The Long Tail Names for Your Website
I know there are a lot of domain investors who have developed one or more websites, and many have seen success in terms of traffic and advertisers for one or more website. I want to make a suggestion to those of you who may have local directory sites...
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Get The Long Tail Names for Your Website
I know there are a lot of domain investors who have developed one or more websites, and many have seen success in terms of traffic and advertisers for one or more website. I want to make a suggestion to those of you who may have local directory sites...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 1:44 pm