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Domain Name Wire
If you play the ICANN game, expect to get burned
More wasted money and resources. Get used to it. It’s never pretty seeing the sausage get made. It hasn’t been pretty seeing the new TLD program launch. A handful of companies invested a lot of money early on as they worked to help form I...
Discussion
If you play the ICANN game, expect to get burned
More wasted money and resources. Get used to it. It’s never pretty seeing the sausage get made. It hasn’t been pretty seeing the new TLD program launch. A handful of companies invested a lot of money early on as they worked to help form I...
Discussion
June 26, 2012, 10:50 am
Domain Shane
Tuesday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 6-26-12
I’ve been talking to local media about advertising on their mobile platforms. I have been looking at everyone’s stats here locally and they are increasing tenfold every month but the media companies don’t have a clue how to mo...
Discussion
Tuesday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 6-26-12
I’ve been talking to local media about advertising on their mobile platforms. I have been looking at everyone’s stats here locally and they are increasing tenfold every month but the media companies don’t have a clue how to mo...
Discussion
June 26, 2012, 6:16 am
The Domains
An Inside Look at the Technology Driving DomainPower’s Revenues
DomainHoldings.com is releasing a press release this morning entitled “An Inside Look at the Technology Driving DomainPower’s Revenues” whcih contains some example of increased performance on monetization. Here you go: “&...
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An Inside Look at the Technology Driving DomainPower’s Revenues
DomainHoldings.com is releasing a press release this morning entitled “An Inside Look at the Technology Driving DomainPower’s Revenues” whcih contains some example of increased performance on monetization. Here you go: “&...
Discussion
June 26, 2012, 2:07 am
Elliot's Blog
TMZ Video: MakeItRain.TV
TMZ shared an article and accompanying video (embedded) about rapper and hip hop producer Daz Dillinger who “made it rain” for some homeless people in Venice Beach, California. For those who don’t know, “make it rain” is...
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TMZ Video: MakeItRain.TV
TMZ shared an article and accompanying video (embedded) about rapper and hip hop producer Daz Dillinger who “made it rain” for some homeless people in Venice Beach, California. For those who don’t know, “make it rain” is...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 10:40 pm
The Domains
MediaPost: Advertisers To Spend 15% More On Paid Search This Year With Mobile Driving Growth
According to Media Post, citing an “Advertising Expenditure Forecast for June 2012 by Publicis Groupe company ZenithOptimedia, advertisers will spend about 15% more in 2012 on paid-search marketing, up 15% in 2013, and 13% in 2014.”...
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MediaPost: Advertisers To Spend 15% More On Paid Search This Year With Mobile Driving Growth
According to Media Post, citing an “Advertising Expenditure Forecast for June 2012 by Publicis Groupe company ZenithOptimedia, advertisers will spend about 15% more in 2012 on paid-search marketing, up 15% in 2013, and 13% in 2014.”...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 8:25 pm
Elliot's Blog
Moo.com: Unique Advertising on Facebook
I’ve never heard of Moo.com before, but they seem to have struck up a unique advertising deal with Facebook. If you click on the small box next to “Contact Info” on a Facebook profile, a small box pops up with a message that ...
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Moo.com: Unique Advertising on Facebook
I’ve never heard of Moo.com before, but they seem to have struck up a unique advertising deal with Facebook. If you click on the small box next to “Contact Info” on a Facebook profile, a small box pops up with a message that ...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 3:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Art and .Church leading the race for public comments on top level domain applications
Public comments on new TLD applications range from boring to misinformed. Anyone with an email address (and I do mean anyone) can comment on any one of the nearly 2,000 top level domain applications. As of right now there are 161 submitted comments, ...
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.Art and .Church leading the race for public comments on top level domain applications
Public comments on new TLD applications range from boring to misinformed. Anyone with an email address (and I do mean anyone) can comment on any one of the nearly 2,000 top level domain applications. As of right now there are 161 submitted comments, ...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 3:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lance Armstrong Foundation’s interesting plans for the .LiveStrong domain
An opportunity wasted and a couple hundred grand down the drain. I posted this tweet on the eve of the new top level domain reveal day: Offering a .livestrong domain seems like a good idea to me. Think of the millions of Lance Armstrong Foundation fa...
Discussion
Lance Armstrong Foundation’s interesting plans for the .LiveStrong domain
An opportunity wasted and a couple hundred grand down the drain. I posted this tweet on the eve of the new top level domain reveal day: Offering a .livestrong domain seems like a good idea to me. Think of the millions of Lance Armstrong Foundation fa...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 12:49 pm
Elliot's Blog
Learn Domain Investor Whois Information
Most people who send end user domain sales emails use Whois information to contact potential buyers. People use services like LeadRefs and Estibot to “harvest” email addresses of potential buyers, and while both of these services are valu...
Discussion
Learn Domain Investor Whois Information
Most people who send end user domain sales emails use Whois information to contact potential buyers. People use services like LeadRefs and Estibot to “harvest” email addresses of potential buyers, and while both of these services are valu...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 11:26 am
Domain Name Wire
What domains Major League Baseball and NBC bought last week
MLB, NBC, and 14 other end users recently purchased. I just got back from vacation in San Francisco. Since I only have one whitelisted IP address to hit Go Daddy’s servers for whois request (and that would be at my office), I’m a bit late...
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What domains Major League Baseball and NBC bought last week
MLB, NBC, and 14 other end users recently purchased. I just got back from vacation in San Francisco. Since I only have one whitelisted IP address to hit Go Daddy’s servers for whois request (and that would be at my office), I’m a bit late...
Discussion
June 25, 2012, 11:13 am
