Communicate.com (CMNN.ob) changed its name to Live Current Media, Inc.
The company also announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Auctomatic, an early stage start-up.  Auctomatic has developed commerce technology and tools that enable sellers to easily transact online through sites such as eBay. The acquisition is expected to close in […]

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Last week a number of readers commented on this blog wanting to know who were members of the ICA and their level of membership.
Today the ICA published it’s list of members by membership levels.
So are you on the list??
I also received a lot of posts regarding that the “big” domainers needed to give to the […]

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Accordingto reports, a Citigroup analyst,
Mark Mahaney upgraded Yahoo to a buy and predicted that Microsoft Corp. will raise its bid to $34 a share, saying that, despite the uncertainty surrounding the proposed merger, Microsoft is determined to pursue the deal, even at a higher price. “We believe the likelihood of Microsoft of […]

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In an article published today by Thomson Financial, they point out that traditional media companies are trying to stem the flow of advertising dollars to Google and Yahoo by building ad networks of their own, anchored by their brands.
Forbes Inc., will start selling ads this spring for about 400 financial blogs.
The article also points out […]

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In an article today Fortune  Magazine looked at the company Slide, in which the magazine noted, Fidelity and T. Rowe Price, paid $50 million for a 9.1% stake in January.
Slide makes “widgets”, and the author say these widgets could be the answer to a problem that everybody in the business of selling ads on the […]

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In the last few days the auctions at NameJet.com have been very active with many 1k+ domain sales:
jogger.com                                    $25,201
careerplan.com                            $22,700
healthcaresolutions.com            $10,700
dmvrecords.com                         $ 8,664
japs.com                                        $ 8,200
starnine.com   […]

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This is an important story. It effects you as an American, a Domainer and as an internet user.

It starts with child porn. I know everyone’s knee jerk reaction once they hear child porn, is put the bastard away.

I know. I agree.

But you need to understand what went on here.

What the government did.

What happened […]

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It been just about a month since the The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008″ was introduced in Congress.

We immediately informed you about the bill, told you that if passed it, the government would be able to take away your property, the most generic of domain names and fine you up to 6 million dollars […]

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In an article published by thestreet.com today, it states that:
“Online advertising continues to stand its ground even in a shaky economy”
The street quoted Sanford Bernstein analyst, Jeffrey Lindsay, as seeing online advertising growing by 23.9% in the U.S. and 23.3% worldwide in 2008.
Although the street noted “that’s a drop from last year’s growth of 25% […]

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According to a report in tradingmarkets.com, Dark Blue Sea, part of our Domain parking Stock Index, entered into a 5 year agreement with GoDaddy.com to sell domain names from its own portfolio.

Dark Blue Sea will issue GoDaddy an option to acquire 6.5 million shares of Dark Blue Sea shares at an exercise price of $.65 […]

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