The NYTimes.com just published a post this morning entitled "Clicking Candidate.com, landing at Opponent.com" citing a new survey by the Collation Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA). The post talks about the numerous political candidates and members of Congress and holders of other political offices that don't own the domain name of their own name. According to the article again citing … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2010
It’s Official; 500K .Co Domains Registered in Less Than 2 Months & The US is #1 In Registrations
The .Co registry announced today that is has registered it 500,000 domain in less than 2 months after it launched the .Co extension. The .Co registry released the following tonight: """".CO Domain Hits 500,000 Registrations Milestone" """.CO Poised to Become World’s Fastest Growing Domain Extension" "CO Internet S.A.S. (www.COinternet.co) announced that as of today it has officially … [Read more...]
Bang On Trademark HSBCbank.com Sells on Namejet.com For $19K
The domain name HSBCbank.com sold yesterday on NameJet.com for $18,954. HSBC is one of the largest bank in the world and its official site is at HSBC.com. The domain sold on NameJet.com has some traffic according to Alexa.com and Compete.com. Unlike a more generic domain Peoplesbank.com which recently sold on Namejet.com for $44K this domain that can easily be taken in a UDRP. … [Read more...]
Who Might Buy Godaddy.com? The Fool.com Puts Up Its List
The Fool.com just published an article listing who they think might be the buyer for Godaddy.com In its article entitled "Whose Hot For Godaddy", the Fool.com lays out what they consider to be the most likely buyer of Godaddy.com. The Fool.com came up with these companies: Google, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft. To read about their reasoning for … [Read more...]
SearchEngineWatch.com: 15% Of All Searches Include The Domain Extension & Not Just .Com’s
A VERY interesting post tonight by Search Engine Watch on people's search patterns and how often people include the domain extension while searching and which extension they include. The author calls it "Navigational Search" when someone goes to a search engine like Google and searches for say Amazon.com rather than just Amazon. "A navigational search is defined as any search phrase that … [Read more...]
Wired.com Blasts Demand Media: Whats Hiding In Demand Media’s Finances?
A post by Wired.com, pretty much blasts Demand Media over their S-1 they filed to go public, and previous statements made by co-founder Richard Rosenblatt regarding the profitability of the company: ""Several commentators noted the absence of profits, (in the S-1) which sat oddly with co-founder Richard Rosenblatt’s public pronouncements over the years" "Rosenblatt has been describing … [Read more...]
What A Goddady Sale Could Mean For The Domain Industry
Love him or hate him you have to admit that Bob Parsons has bought attention to domain names to mainstream America like no one before him. That's why the story by the Wall Street Journal yesterday saying that Godaddy was going to place itself in an auction to sell the company, is one all domainers should follow. Godaddy is not just a company in the domain space it is a company responsible … [Read more...]