As I was coming up to the 3rd anniversary of TheDomains.com I reviewed some of my earliest posts and came across a Post Entitled "The 20 Most Influential People In The Domain Industry". Now I'm going to tell you right off the bat that I did NOT come up with the list, I just reported on it. I thought it would be interesting to review the list to see how much things changed in the last 3 … [Read more...]
Breaking News: Monte Cahn Leaving Oversee.net December 31
Oversee.net just put out a press release announcing that Monte Cahn will be leaving Oversee at the end of the year: Here is the the press release: "Monte Cahn, the founder of Moniker® and a widely-known domain name industry pioneer, has elected to leave the company at the conclusion of his contract later this month." “Oversee appreciates all of Monte’s contributions to the company and to … [Read more...]
Greg McNair Launches DomainAdvisors.com To “Consult On Acquisitions, Monetization and Sales”
Gregg McNair chairman of PPX group, announced today the soft launch of its newest project and site; DomainAdvisors.com "DomainAdvisors offers resources with the knowledge and understanding necessary to provide invaluable guidance during the entire lifecycle of a domain" "Services range from consultancy to acquisitions, to all elements of monetization and sales." Mr. McNair called the … [Read more...]
Are Domain Leasing and Payment Plans Dead In The Wake Of Domain Seizures?
Now that the federal government has gone through its second round of domain seizures, the 1st being in June of this year, the question becomes can domain holders lease or finance the purchase of domains anymore? Over the years we have leased domains, some with an option to purchase and others through a straight lease. Of course we have a written lease agreement we use that attempts to … [Read more...]
OpenDns Vs. Verizon: Now The Hijackers Of Traffic Are Getting Their Traffic Hijacked By Verizon
It wasn't long ago that I wrote about OpenDns and how they were blocking parked domains pages from being served and was replacing them with their own page serving up ads for which they, not the domain owners were getting paid for. Now the shoe is on the other foot as OpenDns is complaining about Verizon, which is now blocking OpenDNS ad pages and serving up Verizon's ad pages. This is a … [Read more...]
Cost Per Clicks Up 13% On Google; 4% On Yahoo: Conversion Rates up 29%: How’s That Working Out For You
I just read an article on MediaPost, on the Holiday Shopping Report for Q4 2010 and got all excited over all the extra money we will be making off of our PPC pages. "On average, consumers spent 20.7% year-over-year in the first half of Q4 2010 and conversion rates rose 28.7%, compared with the same time period in the previous year" The report also said that the cost per click (CPC) … [Read more...]
SmartName Starts Rolling Out New Landing Pages & Revenue Goes Up
Pretty much every domainer is familiar with Smartname.com landing pages, which often feature a picture of a women on the page with a lot of links and topics on the page. Here is a what a typical SmartName.com landing page looks like here and here and here. Over the last week or so, SmartName. Com has been rolling out some new landing pages with a whole different look and feel. Here are a … [Read more...]