The .Me auctions are starting to wind down. At this point there have been 1143 domains sold for $100 or more in the auction period: The total sales from these 1143 domain…
Author: Michael Berkens
Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.
We Don’t Get it that They “Don’t Get It”
Over the last few years many discussions and domain show panels have been held on why non-domainers, “don’t get it” when it comes to the value of domains. Last week Search Engine…
Google to Update Smart Pricing On The Fly: Domainers Money to Drop Again?
Google plans to update its mechanism for ad quality scoring, known as smart pricing, on the fly or immediately upon each search. Google announced on its its AdWords blog Thursday, that ad…
I.O.U.S.A: The US is Doomed Unless Drastic Steps Are Taken: Are They Right?
I went to the opening night of the film I.O.U.S.A. Here’s my thoughts and observations. First from just a movies going experience the film is fair. Not anywhere near as entertaining as…
People You Don’t Have to Wait Until Your Domain Expires to Renew Your Domain
This post is for the non-domainers who read the blog. A recent report by Nominet, which is the national registry for .uk domain names, showed that 14 per cent of companies don’t…
The United States is Beat By the Country of Niue
The tiny south pacific island of Niue has beaten the “greatest nation on earth” the US. Don’t worry, not in the Olympic games. Niue became the first nation in the world to…
ComScore: Baidu 3rd largest Search Engine in the World
According to comscore, Google’s worldwide search share declined from 67.9 percent in June to 64.1 percent in July. This drop was largely due changes in the way comScore measures search and Web…