In a very interesting article published by Dow Jones today, the question is asked is Google of Today like Yahoo of 1999.
The article states:
“”””In 1999, it would have been presumptuous to compare the fledging online search company Google with the world’s most popular Internet portal, Yahoo.”””
“””Google of today finds itself in a position similar to […]

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We discussed the domain auction for Ramp.com at ebay, several days ago.
We want to report that the listing has been updated to provide for the trasnaction to be completed in escrow through the attorney for the debtor which owns the domain and which has been ordered sold by the Bankruptcy Court.
With this added information it […]

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A sale of communications airwaves by the federal government to the commercial wireless industry closed Tuesday, after 261 rounds of bidding and $19.6 billion in bids.The Federal Communications Commission has not revealed who the winners of the valuable radio spectrum licenses are
The sale has been among the most closely followed in the 15-year history of […]

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In an article in the smallcapinvestor.com about communicate.com, the author gave communicate.com high marks and recongized the value of domain names in general:
“””Communicate.com owns highly valuable Internet domain names. Domain names, although their intrinsic value is difficult to assess, have been sold for extremely high prices. Beer.com went for $7 million. Porn.com was snapped up […]

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In a report published on Monday, Google said it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft was to succeed in acquiring Yahoo.“We would be concerned by any kind of acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft,” Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters.
“We would hope that anything they did would be consistent […]

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Yahoo says it expects to roughly double operating cash flow over the next three years and generate $8.8 billion in revenue after costs in 2010.Yahoo says its three-year financial plan support the board’s determination that Microsoft’s Jan. 31 takeover bid undervalues the company.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo Inc. continues to expect first-quarter revenue of $1.28 billion and […]

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Here are some notable sales from the last few days at NameJet.com:
inbusiness.com $9,110
mortgageproviders.com $6,666
windproof.com $4,900
shippingtubes.com $4,266
ereceipts.com $4,000
freestreamingmovies.com $2,600
seatrek.com $2,433
indiasexguide.com $1,049
Payforcollege.com $1,010
Here are […]

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Rick Schwartz made a powerful post on this blog today regarding the Snow bill.
According to Rick this is his first and only public comment he is going to make on the bill.
It is a must read for all those in the industry
Here is a reprint of his post:
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What is the excuse now?
Good Afternoon folks,
Many of […]

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The domain name ramp.com is for sale on ebay.
According to the listing the domain is “being sold pursuant to court order”
Payment terms do NOT include escrow.com so you will have to pay for it before receiving it.
As always with ebay.com do your homework and be careful
the link is here

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On Friday Microsoft announced that they bought Rapt, a San Francisco-based online ad management firm, for an undisclosed sum.
The move came three days after Google’s closed on its 3.3 billion dollar, acquisition of DoubleClick.
Both acquisitions are a sign of the heated battle between the companies for a share of the growing display advertising market.
Since Google […]

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