It appears the apple.com has acquired the domain ME.com The domain is now registered at markmonitor.com and the DNS servers have been recently updated. Me.com points to the domain administrator as Apple's Ken Eddings, the same employee responsible for MobileMe.com as well as many other Apple-owned domains, including iPod.com. Apple uses markmonitor.com for most of its domains including … [Read more...]
1 & 1: 30% increase in .Org Registrations
In a report by 1&1 Internet Inc., which says its the world’s largest web hosting company, said today that it has seen impressive growth in the number of .ORG domain names registered by its customers worldwide. The number of 1&1 registered .ORG domains increased by over 30 percent over the past 12 months Between December of 2006, and December of 2007, the world’s largest web host … [Read more...]
If domains are so valuable, why are many good ones still dropping?
I started following domain drops in 1997. Back then there was no domain name industry, no trade shows, no blogs, no industry auctions. Very few people knew what a domain was, how to use them, and how valuable they were. Now 11 years later, with countless articles, press releases, blogs and reports of domain sales, why are so many good domains still dropping? Here are just some of the names … [Read more...]
Google Paid Clicks Increase: Yahoo and Microsoft’s Fall in April
According to a report by ComScore, Inc. released today, Google's growth in "paid clicks," rose sharply in April. Meanwhile paid clicks for Microsoft and Yahoo declined. Google's paid clicks increased 20% in April compared with the same period a year earlier. Yahoo saw a 4.4% decline in paid clicks in April compared with the period a year earlier and Microsoft (MSFT) saw a 9% decline. … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Allowing Obvious TM Violations For Sale At TDNAM
A quick check found these names currently for sale in the highest 50K range on GoDaddys TDNAM.com. It is outrageous and unethical that GoDaddy is allowing these obvious TM violations to be promoted on their site. A six year old could tell you these names would not last two seconds in UDRP arbitration. As an industry leader GoDaddy is setting a terrible example. They need to be part of the … [Read more...]
New Trend: Naming your baby based on the avalibility of the .com
According to a post by momlogic.com, there is a trend for parents to name their children based on whether the name is avalible as a .com. In part, the story says: "Registering a domain name year-by-year can be costly for 18 years -- and who knows what's going to be out there when your child is of age?" she ponders. "We could never have predicted MySpace 10 years ago nor would we have … [Read more...]
Are Domains containing Keywords Important in Search Engine Rankings??
In a post at the SearchEngineJournal.com, they discuss if having a keyword in the domain name that relates to the topic your trying to get a search engine ranking for, helps you get a better position. The basic conclusion is that in Google not so much. In Yahoo somewhat more and in Microsoft Live Search, Yes. """"if you are targeting Microsoft and Yahoo in your search marketing … [Read more...]