The Domainers Choice Awards announced their winners on Saturday at DBR Fun Fest, Kevin McKim from NameInnovations live tweeted the winners. TheDomains.com was nominated for best publication, we congratulate Ron Jackson for winning that award, Ron has always been number one in my book so I am very glad to see him win the award. Ron is off for an extended vacation in celebration of his 30th … [Read more...]
Forget.me Is Launched To Help European Citizens Enforce Their Right To Be Forgotten
SearchEngineLand.com just covered the launch of another great .Me domain name, Forget.me which is an online service which acts "as a middleman between an individual and Google...catering to individuals who want to exercise their right to be forgotten" A recent European Court ruling search engine must provide to its citizens the :right to be forgotten" and allow them to demand that … [Read more...]
Endurance Issues A Statement Claiming Google Domains Will be Good For Their Business
Endurance International (EIGI) issued a statement on Google (GOOG) announcement yesterday that it is testing a new domain service. Shares of Endurance recovered nicely today, as shares wound up being down only a little of 5%, closing at $15 a share. Endurance had traded as low as $13.38 during the day. Endurance said they "expect Google's new initiative to stimulate … [Read more...]
Matomy Media Group Increases Ownership of Team Internet AG From 20% to 70%
According to a press release, "Global digital performance-based marketing company Matomy Media Group today announced that it has acquired a majority ownership position in the Munich-based direct navigation search company Team Internet AG. As part of the deal, Matomy will increase its ownership stake in Team Internet from 20% to 70% and will integrate the company’s products into its … [Read more...]
Quick Poll:What Will Google Domains Market Share Of The Registrar Market Be A Year After Launch?
Yesterday news that Google is launching a retail domain name registrar, generated a ton of press outside the domain industry. There is a lot of speculation of how successful he entry of Google into the registrar business will be, how much market share will Google Domains will gain and how it will effect other registrars, mostly Godaddy whose is going public this year. As we know Godaddy is … [Read more...]
TechCrunch Covers The New Google Domains Registrar & Google Talks About New gTLD’s
TechCrunch.com just covered the new Google Domains name registrar. The only surprise for TechCrunch is that its taken Google so long to get into the business: "The move makes enough sense that it’s actually kind if surprising that it’s taken Google this long. " "While domains aren’t generally considered a massive-margin business, they’ve always seemed like a glaring omission in Google's … [Read more...]
The United States Federal Government Now Owns Escorts.com
It was back in November 2011 that we reported that National A-1 Advertising Inc. and R.S. Duffy Inc. agreed to plead guilty to money laundering and will forfeit $4.9 million in revenue, pay a $1.5 million fine and serve 1 1/2 years of probation for its activities in operating Escorts.com as well as forfeiting the domain names Escort.com and Escorts.com. However the domain names have stayed in … [Read more...]