Rick Schwartz has ferociously been on the attack since getting hit with a UDRP on the domain name Saveme.com. As I'm sure all of you have read by now, Rick registered the domain name Saveme.com in 1996 and now based on a domain name registered in 2010, SaveMe.com.br, owned by Márcio Mello Chaves, and Heitor Chaves filed a UDRP with WIPO to take the .com domain name away. Of course its … [Read more...]
The Inside Story Of The Fastest Growing TLD .TK Adding 1M Registrations Per Month It’s Free & Soon #1
Over the last couple of Verisign Domain Industry Brief (March 2012 here, December 2011 here) one ccTLD has seemingly come out of nowhere to become the third largest ccTLD in terms of registration. The extension is is .TK and its the ccTLD of the tiny island nation of Tokelau located in the South Pacific, population 1,268. As of publication the extension has almost 8 Million active domain … [Read more...]
Forbes: You Have To Own A Domain Forever If It Has “Google Juice”
A really interesting article was just published by Forbes entitled "Owning a domain name is forever if it has "Google juice" The article talks about the dangers of re-branding from an existing domain name to another domain and letting the old domain drop. ""Planning to revamp your branding? Maybe relaunch your company or product line?Then before you say “we’ll just point the old domain name … [Read more...]
One Thing Is Clear From ICANN: Law Enforcement Is Out in Full Force & Your Registrations Costs Will Go Up
Yesterday I was having a couple of meetings at the restaurant where the ICANN conference is being held with some RightoftheDot.com clients. As we were seated a large group walked passed us and sat down at the adjoining table and I couldn't help but notice their attendee badges. Homeland Security, ICE, Interpol, FBI, DOJ. Serious guys. It was a large group of over 10 and all were law … [Read more...]
Adrian Kinderis: Why Google Will Rank New gTLD’s Higher Than .Com’s
In a blog post today Adrian Kinderis of ARI Registry Services makes the argument that new gTLD's will rank higher .com domain names on Google. In full disclosure Mr. Kinderis company ARI is providing backend services for new gTLD's, but that doesn't mean his comments are wrong or his argument is flawed Here are some of his comments from his post: ""Will a new TLD web address … [Read more...]
Domain Holdings Launches Monetization Decision Engine For Domain Revenue Optimization
Domain Holdings announced today that it launched its proprietary Monetization Decision Engine (MDE) which according to a Press Release increases revenues by up to 70%. "The MDE which was in Beta over the last three months." The MDE routes traffic for optimal revenue yield for our platform users through a series of real-time decisions. The main components are three-fold, with the results … [Read more...]
If Gus is Right Domain Names Maybe In Big Trouble As Google Moves To Location Based Search Results
In the course of the week we at Mostwanteddomains.com, receive 50-100 offers on and occasionally run into some interesting people. Last week I had email conversation with a guy named Gus. So according to Gus, who claims to have some inside knowledge about Google’s algorithm and plans for how it will rank sites in the future, domains are in big trouble. According to Gus, Google will start … [Read more...]