Just a quick note to wish all our readers, advertisers and everyone in the domain community a healthy and happy new year. See you on the flip side. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2009
comScore: Online Christmas Season Sales Hit $27 Billion
According to a report released by comScore today, people spent $27 billion online from November 1 through December 24, a 5% increase over last year. Here is a the detailed chart from comScore: … [Read more...]
Finally A Well Reasoned WIPO Decision Denys The Complaint Of A Trademark Holder Against a Domainer
""All year, we have been citing WIPO decision for being inconsistent and blatantly unfair to domain holders. Finally today as a late Christmas present to domainers we finally have a good decision, not only because the panel ruled in favor of the domain holder but because the panel took the time to very methodically discuss when trademarks will be protected, the circumstances under when domain … [Read more...]
2000-2009: The Decade That Changed The World & Gave Birth To Domaining
In preparing for a few "end of year" type posts, I realized not only are we about to say goodbye to 2009, but to the decade in which domaining was basically born. The 2000's, what a decade it was. Filled with huge, almost non-stop life changing news, events, and technologies Even before the decade started, millions of people thought the world was going to come to a halt when computers hit … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
We wish you and your family and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Mike, Judi and Bandit … [Read more...]
Reports: Apple To Name Its Coming Tablet Computer: iSlate.com
According to many reports out today Apple is going to name its upcoming Tablet computer "iSlate" and yes it appears to own or control the domain. The excitement over this new product which is expected to be formally announced on January 26th, caused the shares of Apple to hit an all time high of $209 yesterday. Concerning the domain, iSlate.com, Back in August 2005 the domain was registered … [Read more...]
CircleID: “End All Domain Auction Sites” So The “Speculators” Don’t Get Them (That’s You)
Alex Tajirian,a contributing writer to CircleId has written a post calling for the end of all domain auction sites and replacing them with a centralized clearing house for all expired or dropping domains. The reason? Simply Mr. Tajirian thinks the "Speculators" (that is you he is talking about) are getting too many of the good dropping domain names and businesses, SEO guys and end users … [Read more...]