.Vacations which went into the 5th day of the Early Access Program today, goes into General Availability on Wednesday with a host of other domain extensions. In my opinion its the best of the Donuts domains this week. I was taking a look at some great .Vacation domains and found that if you want one, your going to pay up as many of them carry high premium registration and renewal … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
1st .Ninja Domains Including Car.Ninja; Brand.Ninja, SEO.Ninja; Wine.Ninja & Fart.Ninja
I just review the .Ninja zone file which includes domain names registered in Sunrise and Landrush (with only 1 application). Note that some of these domain names carry a premium annual renewal and registration fee. Long time domain industry veteran Jothan Frakes scored with Brand.ninja and Conference.ninja. The University of Michigan registered Personal.Ninja The strangest … [Read more...]
PVP.com sells for $70,000, A look back at the history of the domain
PVP.com sold for $70,000 on Afternic. PVP commonly referred to as Player Vs Player in gaming circles. The domain currently is under Afternic escrow for whois, and does not propagate properly and timing out. The domain has a registration date of 12/14/08 which seemed odd to me. It looks like the history of the domain started in the Cayman Islands, if we go back to the earliest records Domain … [Read more...]
Interpol Takes Down Over 10,000 Websites and Targets Rogue Registrars
Interpol takes down over 10,000 websites and targets rogue domain name registrars. In what was the largest global operation ever for taking down bad pharmacies, Interpol included rogue registrars as one of the main areas used by those involved in illegal pharmaceuticals. Here is the full release: LYON, France – Nearly 200 enforcement agencies across 111 countries have taken part in Operation … [Read more...]
Mail.Ru Quietly Buys My.com
Internet giant Mail.Ru Group bought the domain name My.com very quietly sometime between October 2012 and April 2013. The domain was registered under privacy at Moniker.com for many years until it changed to Tip Powers of My Acquisition Corporation in September 2012. In October 2012, the whois changed again to the the brand protection company Marksmen. It wasn't until April 2013 until … [Read more...]
DomainIndex Is Holding Virtual WebFair 2014, the 1st Virtual Show of Its Kind & Expect 5K People
Virtual WebFair 2014 is the first conference of its kind for the domain, hosting, and SEO industries which offers participation in an event without the delegates or exhibitors having to leave their home or office. The concept is the brainchild of Michael Marcovici of Domainindex.com, who is one of the main sponsors and organizers of the happening. The virtual event takes place on a … [Read more...]
RetailMeNot Sees it Stock Get Whacked By Google Algorithm Update
RetailMeNot is see its stock get hit hard by the recent Google algorithm change. Barry Schwartz wrote on Search Engine Land: On Tuesday, Google pushed out their revised Panda Algorithm code-named Panda 4.0. Panda is designed to remove low-quality content from Google’s search results. Yesterday, we published an early Winners & Losers report on which large sites were impacted the most both … [Read more...]