According to new report by Barclays, Domestic ad spending is expected to drop 10% next year, worse than the declines felt in both the 1991 and 2001 recessions. The 10% figure comes a little over two months after Barclays pegged next year's decline at the considerably lesser 5.5%. Barclays said in 2010, spending should increase 1%. The 1991 recession caused a 1.9% decline, while the 2001 … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2008
CADNA Membership Increased 80% in 2008
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announced today that Goldman, Sachs & Co. and New York Life Insurance Company are its newest members. CADNA also announced that their membership increased 80% in 2008. """"This is clear evidence that more businesses recognize the need to speak out about domain name abuse, including cybersquatting, phishing, and domain name tasting. With the … [Read more...]
More Top .ME On The Auction Block At DomainFest
The .ME Registry announced today five top .ME domains will go up for LIVE auction at DOMAINfest Global '09 in Hollywood, Calif. DOMAINfest Global '09 is set to take place Jan. 27-30, 2009, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. The five .ME domains available are: Contact.Me, Read.Me, Feed.Me, Alert.Me, Save.Me These .ME domains will be available in the LIVE auction, … [Read more...]
New Poll: More Women Would Rather Go Without Sex Than The Internet
According to a poll by Harris Interactive, spnosored by Intel, of 2,119 adults, found that, 46% of the women said they'd be willing to forgo sex for two weeks, rather than give up their Internet access. While only 30 percent of the men surveyed were willing to do likewise. For women 18-34 years old, 49% would skip sex rather than the internet, and for men aged 18-34 it climbed to … [Read more...]
Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix For Explorer
According to reports, Microsoft is issuing an emergency fix for a security hole in Internet Explorer that has exposed millions of users to having their computers taken over by hackers. The "zero-day" vulnerability, which came to light last week, allows criminals to take over victims' machines simply by steering them to infected Web sites; users don't have to download anything for their computers … [Read more...]
Room To Grow: Most US Businesses Do Not Buy Search Advertising
The Silicon Valley Insider, is reporting on a new online survey which showed that 59% of responding small businesses with Web sites still don't buy search advertising, usually because they worry it will be too expensive or not "the best use of their marketing budgets." Here are the rest of the findings of a the survey which was sponsored by Microsoft: 59% of small businesses with Web sites … [Read more...]
They Listen: GoDaddy Changes Pricing Policy On TDNAM Auctions
As DomainNameWire.com reported today, Godaddy has changed their minimum bidding policies on TDNAM expired domain auctions after a few posts ran criticizing Godaddy.com for the practice both on Andrew's site and on this blog. Godaddy now has reduced all minimum prices on TDNAM auctions to $10. Last week DomainNameWire.com pointed out that the practice of having variable starting pricing for … [Read more...]