With hundreds of new right of the dot, gTLD extensions being applied for, I though I would take a look at the most recent extension, .XXX and see what effect it was having on the traffic of XXX.com According to Compete.com traffic on XXX.com has doubled since the launch of the .XXX extension in December. According to Compete XXX.com had around 100K visitors a month, each month for 2011 up … [Read more...]
New Report: .Au Domain Space Brought Half A Billion Dollars To Australia’s Economy in 2011
According to a story tonight in Pcadvisor.co.uk, which cites a recent report by Deloitte. the .Au Domain name space has "generated big business in Australia and will continue to do so" The study commissioned by AusRegistry and the .au Domain Administration (auDA), is the first of its kind to assesses the true extent of the .au domain's influence on the Australian economy. "The key finding … [Read more...]
Flippa.com Publishes Its Year In Review: 26K Sales & $31 Million In Sales
Flippa.com published today its 2011 Year-In-Review report. Here are the highlights from the report: There were 26,213 website and domain sales on Flippa.com this year, totaling just over $31 million. 659 sales were over $5,000 and 205 sales over $20,000. There were just under 290,000 bids placed on Flippa auctions in 2011. High-end sales included MakeCashTakingSurveys.biz which … [Read more...]
Verisign Domain Name Industry Report For 3rd Q Is Out: 220 Million Domains: 112 Million .Com/.Net’s
Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), just issued its Domain Name Industry Brief Report for the third quarter of 2011. As of September 30, 2011 there are nearly 220 million domain names registered worldwide across all extensions and out of which 112 Million are .com and .net domain names. The increase of 4.9 million domain names equates to a growth rate of 2.3% over the second quarter of 2011, and … [Read more...]
UDRP Panelist & Lawyer Neil Brown Starts His Own Blog At DomainTimes.Info
Neil Brown, a frequent UDRP panelist and lawyer has started his own blog at DomainTimes.info. According to the site DomainTimes.info: "Is intended to keep you up to date with developments in domain names - especially the arbitration of disputes." "Domaintimes wants to be a platform for the exchange of ideas on all issues concerning domain names." "So, why not make your own … [Read more...]
BusinessInsider.com Covers The Top 20 Top Domain Name Sales of 2011
BusinessInsider.com just covered the top 20 domain name sales of 2011, based off of information provided by DnJournal.com We are excited to make the list at #11 with the sale of Meet.me for $450,000. Of course inside the industry we all check out DnJournal.com each week to see the sales but its certainly nice to get mainstream press coverage. You problem know this already but Social.com … [Read more...]
Businessweek’s Advice On Domain Names REALLY Sucks
In an article published by Businessweek.com today on domain names, they gave pretty some bad advice to business owners on a domain name strategies and their importance. The article quotes several sources including a Michael Weiss, partner at Imagistic.com, "Being able to have santabarbaraloans.com would be great for your branding and name recognition, there's no doubt about it," he says. "But … [Read more...]