According to MediaPost.com citing stats from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Internet ad revenue rose 24.1% to $7.7 billion in the second quarter of 2011. Combined with the results of the 1st Q 2011, Internet ad revenue totaled $14.9 billion in the first half of the year. "For the first six months, display-related advertising revenue totaled $5.5 billion or 37% … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
.Me Registry To Auction Off 150 Previously Unreleased Premium .Me Domain Names On Sedo
The .Me registry is going to auction off 150 premium, previously unreleased registry owned .Me domain names at Sedo. The auction which will start on October 27th and end on November 3rd (actually times to be announced). The auction will include some great keyword domain names including RealEstate.me (realestate.com just sold for $8.25 Million). .Me domains has become pretty popular with … [Read more...]
Google Rollouts Real Time Stats On Google Analytics
According to a blog post on by Google, Google is upgrading its Google Analytics tool to give users real time information. Google's free analytics tool offers a comprehensive data on websites but until now, it has a 24-hour lag on full data reporting. The new Google Analytics Real-Time tool offers an instant look at a site's active-visit count. It began rolling out Thursday to some users … [Read more...]
US Department Of Commerce To ICANN: We want “A Clear & Enforced Ethics & Conflict of Interest Policy”
In a September 21st letter sent by Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information Lawrence Strickling to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) disclosed that it is “actively exploring how to best meet this requirement” for “a clear and enforced ethics and conflict of interest policy” in the next version of the Internet Assigned … [Read more...]
Domainfest Party Moves To House Of Blues & Early Bird $995 Rate Ends Friday
According to a press release just put out by Oversee.net the organizers of DomainFest domain name show conference, the main party for the conference which had been held at the Playboy Mansion is moving to the House Of Blues. The PR lays out all of the social activities of the conference and also serves as a reminder that the early bird registration rate of $995 ends on Friday September … [Read more...]
EnCira: 50% Of All .XXX Trademark Sunrise Applications Contain Errors
EnCirca, Inc., an ICANN registrar issued an advisory to trademark owners today to warn them about "common errors trademark owners are making with their .XXX Sunrise applications" The Sunrise period for trademark holder to get their matching .XXX domain began September 7 and continues until October 28, 2011. Since the Sunrise period began, EnCirca has collected data on the most common errors … [Read more...]
Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holding Sells Stepout.com For $30K To Ignighter, Inc A Group Dating Company
Mike Mann's company Domain Asset Holding just sold the domain name Stepout.com for $30,000 through Sedo.com The buyer of the domain is a company called Ignighter, Inc out of New York which seems to be a pretty big company in the Group Dating space. The site is already up and running pretty much going to Ignighter.com main site As for what group dating is Let's be honest, 90% of the time … [Read more...]