According to a report by the Wall Street Journal today, Yahoo and Microsoft met Wednesday trying to reach an agreement on price for Microsoft’s acquisition of Yahoo
According to the report, Microsoft, which proposed purchasing Yahoo for for $31 a share in January, is now allegedly poised to offer as much as $32 or $33 a […]

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Last Saturday marked the deadline that Microsoft imposed on Yahoo several weeks ago to accept its buyout offer or Microsoft would launch a hostile take over.
Microsoft declared it would launch a proxy fight to oust Yahoo’s board or walk away from the deal if the two failed to reach an agreement by April 26.
So far […]

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Marchex announced today that it has extended its local advertising strategy to the mobile market, entering into agreements to provide call based advertising services to three leading mobile advertising providers: AdMob, Ringleader Digital […]

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Moniker.com published a list of some of the name that will be auctioned off at the TRAFFIC conference in May in Orlando.
Here are the domains they have announced for the Live auction:

Israel.com, Pay.com, Jackpot.com, Athlete.com and Hoodia.com are among the top names scheduled to be included in the Moniker Live Domain […]

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In the last several weeks some blogs have dedicated posts questioning whether Tucows was warehousing some of their expired domains instead of letting them drop into their auction system.
Guess the debate is over as Tucows announced today that they were hiring someone for the job.
According to Tucows blog they are looking to fill the position […]

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Cox Enterprises Inc., an old media company which owns television stations and newspaper bought a New Media company startup today for $300 million, in a all cash deal.
Cox bought Adify Corp.,whose technology platform helps Web sites more successfully sell higher priced ads targeted to specific audiences, such as parents or travel enthusiasts, keeping brand name […]

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As reported by Elliot today, Lufthansa airlines won a UDRP case over the domain LH.com.
Lufthansa relied on a a german common law trademark whcih they said was established in 1945. However the airline did not file for an actual trademark on the term LH until 1999.
The domain was acquired by the current holder in […]

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I get several e-mails each month asking for my advice on how to become successful.

The e-mail’s are always the same “Please share the secrets of your success”.

Success rarely happens overnight. It is a series of wins and losses, good and bad decision that play out over years.

We all know what it takes to make […]

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A simple question but one I have never heard asked.
Has anyone ever lost money on a domain??
Specifically what I am asking has anyone ever bought a name for a premium at a drop auction, private purchase, or industry auction and then resold the domain for less?
In my experience I have never heard of it.
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Chief Executive Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, stated today that their offer for Yahoo is fair, and it doesn’t intend to raise it.
“Our bid is quite generous, roughly eighty times earnings…the combination would make a great company,” Ballmer said at a conference with business leaders in Madrid.
“If we don’t hear from Yahoo, we’ve said we’ll go […]

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