Microsoft just launched Docs.com, in Beta. The site that allows you to "discover, create, and share Microsoft Office documents with your Facebook friends. Built using Microsoft Office 2010, Docs for Facebook lets you work from just about anywhere with the familiar Office experience." Its certainly a great domain name, nice to see Microsoft using a great … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
A Few New Cool Apps For Domains
A few new cool apps are out for domainers on the Apple iTunes store so they will work with the iPhone and iPad. SmartNames.com has a new app that you can check your stats on your parked domains. The SmartNames App is free and can be downloaded here. Cirtex Corp released its new Webmaster Tools application, providing webmasters worldwide with core website management functionality on their … [Read more...]
Internet Week Takes Over New York June 7th-14th
A huge show for all things Internet hits New York on June 7th-14th. Internet Week, is a week long show attended by all the Major Internet companies including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft which is capped off on Monday June 14th by the Webbie Awards gala. The Webby Awards will honor Vinton Cerf with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Talk about a well deserved award. The show has events, … [Read more...]
55,000 People A Month Go To A Domain That Doesn’t Exist
As you know most the single charter .com are reserved by the registry and do not or have ever resolved. However that doesn't stop a lot of people from typing in those address into their broswer every month. Take for example e.com. According to Compete.com 55K people a month visit the non-existant domain. Alexa ranks the site as 111,000 on the net. F.com is not far behind with 33,000 … [Read more...]
BuyDomains.com Moving Some Inventory On NameJet.com
Well add BuyDomains.com to the growing list of companies that are selling off some of their less desirable domains on NameJet.com NameJet.com which started an an auction house for expiring domains, opened itself up to private sales as well, that get mixed into the expired domain auctions last year. It now appears that Buydomains.com has listed some of its inventory on NameJet.com Once … [Read more...]
Buy.com Sold For $250 Million
According to TechCrunch.com, Buy.com was purchase for $250 million dollars by a Japanese e-commerce company, Rakuten. The deal is all cash Rakuten in Japan counts 64 million members, while Buy.com claims 14 million customers. Seems like a pretty cheap price for one of the most recognizable brands on the net and 14 million customers. … [Read more...]
WSJ: Microsoft Files “Click Laundering” Suits Against “Shady Sites Known As Parked Domains”
Well we have all heard of click fraud but we have a new term to deal with as of today. According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft filed two lawsuits for "Click Laundering", on Monday in federal court in Seattle against Eric C. Ralls and the company he founded, RedOrbit Inc., a Dallas science news and shopping site, plus 20 unnamed defendants (Johe Doe's). Microsoft claims RedOrbit … [Read more...]