REDC the company that bought the domain auction.com for just $1.7 million earlier this year, announced that they just completed an online nationwide foreclosed property sale, using the domain auction.com. The sale generated $31.7 Million in sales. The online auction using auction.com, offered 770 assets in 45 states and saw traffic from thousands of online bidders from August 3 through … [Read more...]
AOL Claim To Ad.com Is Based More On A Pending Trademark: The Inside Story
DomainNameWire.com broke the news today that the owner of Ad.com, Marcos Guillen filed a lawsuit against Directi and Skenzo for refusing to close on the purchase of the domain name Ad.com at the Moniker.com TRAFFIC show auction. I have know about the situation for quite a while, and even alluded to it yesterday in my nominations for Domainer of the year. As way of background, AOL bought … [Read more...]
All You Need Is One Domain, To Understand The Value Of Domains: Guitars.co.uk
A story in thecoventrytelegraph today demonstrates that you only need to own 1 domain to understand the value of domains. The owner of the domain Guitars.co.uk turned down an offer of $45K, plus a percentage of future profits saying that he would need at least $170K for the domain. “The domain name has given me an international presence on the web I’d otherwise struggle to get". “So … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Award Nominations Are Opened: Here Are Our Picks
The TRAFFIC show organizers announced this morning that nominations are opened for its annual awards: Here is the official announcement: """It's that time of the year! Time to sharpen your pens, so to speak, and give us your nominations for the Sixth Annual T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Awards to be presented at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NEW YORK 2009! The oldest and most coveted awards in the Domain Industry. We … [Read more...]
Google Is Changing Its Search Algorithm: Will “Caffeine” Impact PPC?
Google is undergoing a major change to its organic search algorithm, which it has labeled "Caffeine". According to the official Google announcement : """"For the last several months, a large team of Googlers has been working on a secret project: a next-generation architecture for Google's web search. It's the first step in a process that will let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, … [Read more...]
Bad News For Domainers? Kids Don’t Use URL’s But Search Engines To Connect To Sites
If A new study by security firm Symantec is accurate, its bad news for domainers. The study found that kids use search engines to find sites, rather than typing the URL's directly into the navigation bar. "YouTube" was the #1 most search term, "You Tube" was #11 and "YouTube.com" #12. Google was the #2 most search term. Facebook was #3. Myspace was #5. Get the idea? Why would … [Read more...]
Microsoft Charging For Officelive.com Domain:”Very Competitive” $14.95: Why Not Office.com
Microsoft has been allowing people for free to set up shop using basically a subdomain such as for example: http://youroldcustomdomainname.web.officelive.com. Sure is a mouthful. Today Microsoft, announced that starting October 1, customers will have to pay for renewing their domain, $14.95 per year saying: "An annual domain renewal fee of $14.95 per year will be due at the time of … [Read more...]