The .ORG registry operator, Public Interest Registry (PIR) sent a letter to ICANN announcing their intention to increase their registration fees by 10% as of November 9th, 2008. The price increase brings the price for registrars up to $6.75 from $6.15 after last year’s price increase by 2.5%. Verisign already announced a price increase for .com and .net effective October 1 … [Read more...]
Its Offical, Thought Convergence buys Name Intelligence
According to a press release on domaintools.com today, the long rumored acquistion by Thought Convergence, which owns and operates Trafficz, of Name Intelligence, which operates DomainTools.com and the Domain Roundtable conference was confirmed. “We are proud to welcome Jay, Ray and the entire Name Intelligence team into the Thought Convergence family”, said Kevin Vo, Thought Convergence … [Read more...]
Yahoo-Microsoft: Now What????
While the chess game between Microsoft and Yahoo continues, domainers seem to be a pawn. After announcing that they were dropping there bid for Yahoo, the question becomes what will happen to Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and most importantly how will this all effect domainers. Yahoo stock price closed north of $28.50 Friday. Prior to Microsoft's offer in January, Yahoo stock was trading around … [Read more...]
WSJ: Yahoo Close to Deal with Google
According to a report published today by the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo is closer to outsourcing its core ad search business to Google, after favorable testing of Google's advertisements on its search pages. The WSJ said that a deal between Yahoo and Google is increasingly likely given the status of the testing. The report also notes that such an outsourcing deal could give Yahoo a boost in its … [Read more...]
Yahoo Share of Seach Ad Spending Increased in 1st Q
According to report today by SearchIgnite, a paid search management technology solutions firm, Yahoo posted a 57.6% growth in search ad spending in the first quarter compared to a year ago. Yahoo's share of search ad spending in the first quater increased to 24.2% from 19.6% in the first quarter a year ago. Google's share of the market fell in the first quarter to 70.4% from 74.5%, and … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Down Under Schedule Annouced
Traffic Down under, to be held in Australia in November, hosted by Fabulous, just posted it preliminary agenda at its website http://trafficdownunder.com/agenda.htm Here are some of the highlights: 17 Nov 2008 (Monday): Pre-Conference Activities – Paintball Wars!, Paradise Country (Outback & Wildlife theme park), Zorbing (Human Rolling Ball), and Buggy Mania! (Dune buggy racing) 18 Nov 2008 … [Read more...]
Yahoo and AOL in a Partnership???
According to a report tonight in the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo and AOL are closing in on a deal to combine their Internet operations, a move that could thwart Microsoft Corp.'s effort to acquire Yahoo. The possible Yahoo-AOL partnership, is according to the Journal, part of a plan by Yahoo to present shareholders with alternatives to accepting Microsoft's unsolicited offer. According to the … [Read more...]