The silent auction from the Internext show closes tomorrow, Thursday January 22 and 3:15pm, 12:15pm PST at snapnames.com. You can download the complete list here: (excel file) Going through the list I found some interesting domains. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS ADULT TERMS For you .me lovers there are several good ones that caught my … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2009
Google Keyword Prices Dropped 5%-10%
Jeffrey Lindsay, senior analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. who follows Google, stated today that there has been a "weakness in keyword pricing" at Google. """"Online advertising agencies and Google AdSense affiliates suggest that the primary causes for decreasing keyword pricing were lower paid search conversion rates that prompt advertisers to bid less for keywords; and cash flow and … [Read more...]
KENTUCKY APPEALS COURT OVERTURNS THE DOMAIN SEIZURE ORDER
The Kentucky appeals court has overturned the Domain Seizure order of 141 "gambling" domain names. You can read the decision here. In a 2-1 decision the Kentucky Appeals court found the trial court, did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the case because domains are not "gambling devices" as prohibited by the Kentucky statute: “Regardless of our view as the advisability of … [Read more...]
How Bad Is The Economy? “Joe The Webmaster” Can’t Get A $25 Renewal Fee Approved
So a good friend of mine, who operates one of the largest adult websites in the world, let's call him Joe the website owner, tells me that starting just about 30 days ago, he is seeing about 10% of his attempted re-bills declined by the credit card company. This mean about 10% of his customers, which number in the millions, and would be a good sample of the general economy, don't have $25 … [Read more...]
WSJ: Search Advertising Falls For the First Time in 4th Q.
The Wall Street Journal, citing a new report by search marketing firm Efficient Frontier (EF), is reporting U.S. search advertising spending fell an unprecedented 8% year-over-year in the 4th quarter. It was the first time search advertising spending declined in a quarter year-over-year since Efficient Frontier began keeping track. EF said Google maintained its 76% market share of search … [Read more...]
There’s A Lot Of Money Being Wasted In the Domain Channel
There is a lot of money that flows into the domain channel, mostly unnoticed. I'm not talking about the big name, big dollar sales you often read about. I'm talking about the money spent on the day to day small, unheard of mostly crappy domains, people buy on NameJet.com, SnapNames.com and TDNAM.com. On NameJet.com you will find somewhere between 150-175 domains backordered every day at … [Read more...]
Erotica.com Sold For $850,000
Monte Cahn from Moniker.com, informed me that the domain name Erotica.com was sold for $850,000 before the Internext Adult Auction started last week. This domain was scheduled for the live auction with a reserve price range between $750K-$1M. Adult domains continue to prove strong performers, capturing many of each year's top selling domains spots. We congratulate both the seller and the … [Read more...]