The news is full of stories the last couple of days on how during the the last domain seizure "raid" by Homeland Security 84,000 Innocent website wound up getting shut down. You can read some mainstream coverage on this issue here, here, and here. However on the domainer side of things I have to give credit to Dotweekly.com who was first to pick up on this story and find out about all of … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
Microsoft Now To Allow Advertisers To Use Trademark Terms On Bing/Yahoo
According to a post on Microsoft's blog, "In a major change in policy, Microsoft has decided to allow marketers to use other companies' trademarks to trigger search ads." "To come in line with search industry practices, as of March 3rd, Microsoft will cease editorial investigations into complaints about trademarks used as keywords to trigger ads on Bing & Yahoo Search in the United … [Read more...]
GamesForGirls.com Sells For $500K At Sedo.com?
The domain name GamesForGirls.com is showing as having sold for $500,000 on Sedo.com. Its currently on their front page of recent activity. The domain currently gets over 43,000 visitors a month according to Compete.com If so its a ton of dough for another gaming domain and 2011 as predicted is starting to look like a record setter for domain sales. … [Read more...]
WIPO To Enter The Domain Seizure/Take Down Business?
According to IPwatch.com WIPO maybe the newest player wanting to get into the ever expanding, actually quite rapidly expanding, business of Domain "take downs"and Domain Seizures. According to the article the World Intellectual Property Organization may create of an international “notice and takedown” system for alleged online trademark infringers." "This will be followed in a few months by … [Read more...]
Domainfest Extended Auction Nets Around $145K
The extended domain name auction from Domainfest which is winding up on Snapnames.com today is going to finish with around $145K in sales. There is still one domain getting some bidding action as of time of publication but its still under $1K. Here are the results I have and they are UNOFFICIAL. The domain that sold for the most, ias.com appears to be a actual operating site for the sale … [Read more...]
.Co Sedo Auction Nets Around $150K
The .Co Sedo auction just ended up with a with around $150,000 in sales. Music.co lead the way selling for $30K Shop.co sold for $22K Love.co sold for $2oK. (Love.com is owned by AOL and pretty much sits unused) Creditcard.co sold for $17K (creditcards.co only got as high as a $7K bid) Pizza.co sold for $15K Vodka.co for $10K Download.co sold for $10K There were several … [Read more...]
Rumor Mill: ICANN Jordan Meeting To Be Canceled
I just received a tip that ICANN will shortly be announcing the cancellation of the June Meeting schedule for Amman Jordan. As ICANN announced yesterday that they would not be voting on the new gTLD's at the San Fransisco meeting, focus has already shifted to the Jordan meeting as the time and place that new gTLD's framework would finally be approved. I'm also hearing that the June meeting … [Read more...]