On Friday Microsoft announced that they bought Rapt, a San Francisco-based online ad management firm, for an undisclosed sum. The move came three days after Google’s closed on its 3.3 billion dollar,…
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.
Yahoo Microsoft Talk
According to the Wall Street Journal, Senior executives from Microsoft and Yahoo met for the first time Monday to discuss Microsoft’s takeover offer for the internet company, a breakthrough that could be…
The next Big Show: Domain Round Table
The next big domain even is set for The Domain Roundtable from April 18th-21, in San Francisco California at the Shertaton Place Hotel. Among the actives and speakers planed are: (from Domainroundtable.com…
Dollar Sinks to New Lows
Since most parking companies are U.S. Based and pay publishers in dollars, and since most domain sales, are quoted in U.S. dollars, its important to keep our eye on the sinking dollar….
AOL Buy’s Social Networking Site for 850 Million
AOL Annouced today that it will pay $850 million in cash to acquire social media network Bebo, which has total global membership of more than 40 million. Bebo is one of the…
Disney: Not buying AOL
The CEO of Disney, Robert Iger, speaking to a media conference in New York, said today that Disney would had no interest in acquiring AOL from Time Warner, which is expected to…
Baidu.com: Traffic Increases
According to a report by the AP, in a note to investors, a Susquehanna Financial Group analyst, C. Ming Zhao, said the Baidu, the chinese online search engine operator’s traffic surged in…