Bankrate.com (RATE) spent almost $34 Million Dollars on Domain names and trademarks in 2012. One of the 2012 acquisitions appears to be the large lead generation site, CardOffers.com which was purchased sometime…
Category: Domain Industry
Google’s Matt Cutts: Not All ccTLD’s Are Created Equally In Generic Search Rankings
There is a very interesting video posted on YouTube.com from Matt Cutts of Google who answered the question about how ccTLD’s are viewed by Google especially when they are being used as…
CEO Of Marchex: We Don’t Believe The New TLDs Are A Significant Factor In Value of .Com’s
In the Marchex (MCHX) earnings call today a question was asked about how the new gTLD’s will effect .com’s values specifically those domains held by Marchex. and how the continued movement of…
Who Would Have Thought .Biz Domains Will Cost More Than .Com
In its letter to ICANN today, Neustar the operator of the .Biz registry, notified ICANN that it will be raising the wholesale cost of a .Biz domain name registration or renewal to…
After 75K In Lost Domains, Igal In Death Teaches Us We Need An After Life Plan
This week the domain industry mourned the death of one of its greats, Igal Lichtman. The tragic loss of Igal, way before his time, is also a cautionary tale for all domainers,…
Acting President & CTO Of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket Resigns
According to his Facebook Page the Acting President and CTO of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com, Chad Bennett has resigned. Chad Bennett wrote on his Facebook page today: After a little more than 10…
Demand Media Considering A Separate Co. For Registrar, Registry & Aftermarket
Demand Media(DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded companies: A pure-play media company with a powerful outsourced content…