Web domain and hosting firm Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon won this year’s Overall Net Visionary Award handed out by the Irish Internet Association (IIA) for his thought leadership and pioneering work as the chair of the ICANN Registrar Stakeholder Group. “Winning an IIA Dot ie Net Visionary Award means you’re the best at what you do but not in the run-of-the-mill ‘best’ kind of way but in a … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
Finances.com Purchased For $500,000
Finances International, Ltd. just announced they purchased the domain name Finances.com for $500,000. "Finances.com is to become home to one of the most interactive online portals dedicated to financial markets and financial management. " "The portal will be officially launched on November 1st, 2013. " The new financial resource will act as a free independent … [Read more...]
Will There Be A Super Bowl Commercial For Legalized Marijuana?
Two different Commercials promoting Legalized Marijuana have made it o the second round in the Intuit small business competition for a Super Bowl commercials. According to a press release, MarijuanaDoctors.com, which bills it self as the "The nation's first online search-and-booking platform:" has made it to the second round of the Intuit Small Business Competition. Also an television … [Read more...]
As The London Conference Closes Frank Schilling Responds To The 65 Comments On TheDomains.com
As the The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress Conference wrapped up yesterday in London Frank Schilling founder of Uniregistry an applicant for more than 50 new gTLD's, posted a comment to our post to his opening remarks from the conference, in response to over 65 comments made by readers on the original post the following: """" this.stuff is.not that.hard There are only so … [Read more...]
ICANN Publishes Final Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) Guidelines
ICANN published final Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) Guidelines last night, in advance to the (CPE) commencing. The "Guidelines are to ensure quality, consistency and transparency in the evaluation process. " "The CPE Guidelines are an accompanying document to the Applicant Guidebook, and are meant to provide additional clarity around the process and scoring principles outlined in … [Read more...]
Web.com Finally Completes Acquisition Of NetworkSolutions.com
According to an email we received tonight it looks like Web.com (WWWW) has finally completed the acquisition of NetworkSolutions.com Here is the email we got tonight: "I have great news for you! Network Solutions is now a Web.com company, and with that everything just got easier. Not only will you still have access to the Network Solutions products and services you currently enjoy but you … [Read more...]
ANA Sounds The Alarm: US Tax Proposals Could Kill The Ad Industry & Domain Monetization
Under US tax law, advertisers are allowed to deduct 100% of the amount they spend on advertising on their tax returns. However according to The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), several pieces of legislation are expected to be introduced by House Ways and Means Committee which would require advertising costs to be amortized over three years, rather than deducted in the year the funds … [Read more...]