Forbes.com just wrote a pretty scathing article on Google based off the Senate antitrust hearing on Thursday saying "Google has perpetrated what maybe the largest bait and switch scheme ever." "Simply, Google has baited over a billion users to implicitly trust Google Search by continuously promising that its search engine is unbiased and “always does what is best for the user.” "However, as … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
Gold Vs. Google 2 Years Later To The Day: One Is Up Over 70% the Other Only 4%
September 23rd 2009 Google hit $500 a share and Gold hit $1,00 an ounce and we asked the question: "What you think is a better investment right now, Google at $500 a share or Gold at $1,000 an ounce." We put up a poll for a week and the results were split right down the middle, 50% picking Google, 50% picking Gold. So we sit exactly two years later. Google is trading at $520 a share up … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling Sells SiteWeb.com For $100K On Sedo
Frank Schilling NameAdministration just sold The domain name SiteWeb.com for $100,000 on Sedo There are certainly going to be mulitple applications in the new gTLD program for .web which may have been the impetus for a sale. It looks like the transfer to the new owner has completed and the domain is under privacy at Godaddy going to a Godaddy Placeholder. Congrats to Frank on another … [Read more...]
Breaking: Federal Court Rules Bad Faith Under ACPA Applies Only To Initial Registration Not To Renewals Or Transfers
A federal Appellate court has made a ruling on a lawsuit under the AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), which I think is really important for all domainers. At the heart of the case is the question does the ACPA bad faith requirement apply as of the date of the registration or is bad faith subject to being reviewed at subsequent dates such as the sale or transfer of the domain … [Read more...]
Another Day & Another Bargain For A Public Company That Grabs Buckingham.com For Just $10K
Yesterday we told you about a public company that got a deal, maybe the deal of the decade when it purchased RealEstate.com and 400 other domain names for just $8.25 Million. Today comes news that another public company, Buckingham Exploration Inc. (OTCBB: BUKX) announced today that it has purchased the domain name Buckingham.com for just $10,000. The seller of the domain Mr. Robin Relph, … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: So How Much Will Sex.co Sell For At The TRAFFIC Auction?
Rick Schwartz just send out an email announcing that Sex.co would be on the auction block at TRAFFIC. This is certainly one of the high profile .Co domains so the question is what do you think it will sell for In some recent .Co sales Luxury.Co sold for $60K and Women.co sold for $30K. Sex.com as you know most recently sold for $13M Of course we don't know what the reserve price is of … [Read more...]
Next Up: NewDomains.Org Conference in Munich Next Week
Tommorow we start heading out to Munich for the NewDomains.org conference. The conference is expecting around 250+ attendees many of which have never attended a conference on the new gTLD program according to the show orgainzers. As you can see from below its a pretty packed confernece with a lot of the top people in the field coming to chat about the new program Dr. Stephen Crocker the … [Read more...]