My Good Friend Sahar Sarid, announced on his blog that the project he and his team have been working on for three years has gone live The Assista search engine is question based and is a very exciting to the internet and the domain community. It's proof positive that domainers are developers as well. Please check Assista.com out. They are looking for all valuable feedback to improve … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2007
CFO Of Baidu Killed in Accident
According to a report in cnn.com, the chief financial officer of China's dominant Internet search engine Baidu.com, Shawn Wang, died in an accident On December 27, while on vacation in China. Mr. Wang helped get Baidu listed on the NASDAQ. Baidu.com is down 5 points in early trading today … [Read more...]
Keep an eye on your domains.
This post was received by Anthony De Rose who requested it be published: I actually owned this domain not long ago. I simply forgot to re-register it and allowed it to slip. Best of luck to you with it, looks like an interesting blog. Lesson learned, stay on top of your domain expirations! Anthony Thanks for the post. We actually did NOT get this domain on the drop, we bought it the last … [Read more...]
ITunes Movie Rentals Coming to an IPOD Near You?
Reports over the last few days say that Apple will ink a deal with FOX to rent movies on its IPOD in a deal expected to be announced at The Macworld Conference on January 14, 2008. The FOX movies would be allowed to play on itunes or your ipod only for a limited amount of time. As we discussed the other day, this would be another indication that the Old Media is not going to be able to survive … [Read more...]
Backing out of a Deal–Should you call Your Lawyer??
My Buddy Elliot yesterday posted a great article on his blog about the ethical and moral implications of Seller's backing out of deals on domain sales. I thought I would follow up on the post and look at the legal side of the situation.Normal contract law talks about two parties having a meeting of the minds on all material aspects of the deal.This may be in writing, or may be oral, like a deal … [Read more...]
NaturalBeauty.com Nets $64,900 at Name Jet.com
Anyone have an opinion on the domain NaturalBeauty.com selling for $64,900 at NameJet.com Personally think its very high Some other big money domains in the last few days at NameJet.com include: autotags.com for $17,900 newproperties.com for $9,200 … [Read more...]
Google Increases Its Search Share
According to a new study released today by Nielsen Online, Google share of Internet searches increased in November to 57.7% of all US searches, compare to 55% in October 2007. Yahoo came in second with 17.9% of the US search market, down from 18.9% in October. MSN.com came in third with 12%, also down from 13.8% in October. Aol.com came in fourth with 4.5% of the US market. Ask.com … [Read more...]