In a report by 1&1 Internet Inc., which says its the world’s largest web hosting company, said today that it has seen impressive growth in the number of .ORG domain names registered by its customers worldwide. The number of 1&1 registered .ORG domains increased by over 30 percent over the past 12 months Between December of 2006, and December of 2007, the world’s largest web host … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2008
If domains are so valuable, why are many good ones still dropping?
I started following domain drops in 1997. Back then there was no domain name industry, no trade shows, no blogs, no industry auctions. Very few people knew what a domain was, how to use them, and how valuable they were. Now 11 years later, with countless articles, press releases, blogs and reports of domain sales, why are so many good domains still dropping? Here are just some of the names … [Read more...]
Sedo.com: .Co.UK prices rising, .Com Prices Failing
Sedo.com announced today that the average price of a ‘.co.uk’ domain name has risen by 22 percent in the last three years, while prices on the .com has fallen by 18 percent. According to the report prices for a .co.uk domain now average around £2,614 while .com's domains average £1,372. "The world is becoming increasingly connected, and the nature of the internet is reducing face-to-face … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Silent TRAFFIC Auction Grosses $737K
The Silent Auction of the TRAFFIC show just ended and the total sales was just over $737,000, with DomainRegistration.com selling for $376K. I would assume at that price it was picked up by a registrar rather than a domainer. In all 195 domains sold Here are the sales: Title Bid domainregistration.com $376,480.00 undies.com $70,590.00 lonelywives.com $35,300.00 grammas.com … [Read more...]
The Public Direct Navigation Company You Never Heard of
A public company, Elysium Internet, Inc. (OTCBB: USBF) in a press release today today announced that it has closed the acquisition of Pediatricians.com, Psychiatrists.com and Podiatrists.com in a deal valued at $1 Million. Elysium Internet Chairman and CEO Scott Gallagher commented, "With today's domain acquisitions we have added three of the best currently available dot com domains in the … [Read more...]
Murdoch: Google is “the greatest company in the World” & Icahn’s Proxy Bid for Yahoo will Fail
In a report by Fortune magazine, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch predicted Wednesday that Carl Icahn's proxy fight for control of Yahoo will fail, but it will "make him a few hundred million dollars." Murdoch also said that at one point, Yahoo and his company tried to work out their own deal. He said the two companies talked about adding MySpace, News Corp.'s social network, to Yahoo's … [Read more...]
Google Paid Clicks Increase: Yahoo and Microsoft’s Fall in April
According to a report by ComScore, Inc. released today, Google's growth in "paid clicks," rose sharply in April. Meanwhile paid clicks for Microsoft and Yahoo declined. Google's paid clicks increased 20% in April compared with the same period a year earlier. Yahoo saw a 4.4% decline in paid clicks in April compared with the period a year earlier and Microsoft (MSFT) saw a 9% decline. … [Read more...]