VeriSign announced today that is raising .com registration fees to $6.86 for effective October 1, 2008. As you may remember in 2006, VeriSign was granted a new contract that allowed them to increase the registration fees in four of the next six years. In October 2007, VeriSign raised the .com registration fee from $6.00 to $6.42 . Now VeriSign has elected to raise the fee another 7% or … [Read more...]
Skenzo gets Investment from Ashmore Group
We received this release from Skenzo.com today. Skenzo Announces Private Equity Investment from Ashmore Group Skenzo, a leading provider of technology, in the traffic monetization business, today announced the completion of a significant minority investment from the Ashmore Group. The Ashmore Group is one of the world's leading Investment Firms managing funds over US$36.5 … [Read more...]
Travelcuba.com: How can NameJet.com sell this??
The domain TravelCuba.com is currently at auction at NameJet.com. There are over 2 days left the high bid is at $750 and there are 86 people who backordered the name. Now here's the problem. NameJet.com is owned in part by Enom.com. Actually NameJet.com platform is based on enom's own auction platform. It was just earlier this month that we told you about a New York Times article … [Read more...]
ICA Membership List is Posted: Are you on the list?
Last week a number of readers commented on this blog wanting to know who were members of the ICA and their level of membership. Today the ICA published it's list of members by membership levels. So are you on the list?? I also received a lot of posts regarding that the "big" domainers needed to give to the ICA, because they had more to lose than the smaller Domainers. However, although … [Read more...]
Competition for Yahoo and Google???
In an article published today by Thomson Financial, they point out that traditional media companies are trying to stem the flow of advertising dollars to Google and Yahoo by building ad networks of their own, anchored by their brands. Forbes Inc., will start selling ads this spring for about 400 financial blogs. The article also points out that Conde Nast, Viacom, CBS Corp, Gannett and … [Read more...]
The Street.com: Online Advertising Stays Healthy
In an article published by thestreet.com today, it states that: "Online advertising continues to stand its ground even in a shaky economy" The street quoted Sanford Bernstein analyst, Jeffrey Lindsay, as seeing online advertising growing by 23.9% in the U.S. and 23.3% worldwide in 2008. Although the street noted "that's a drop from last year's growth of 25% in the U.S. and 26.3% … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz on the Snowe Bill
Rick Schwartz made a powerful post on this blog today regarding the Snow bill. According to Rick this is his first and only public comment he is going to make on the bill. It is a must read for all those in the industry Here is a reprint of his post: """"""""""""" What is the excuse now? Good Afternoon folks, Many of you have wondered why I have remained so silent on the Snowe Bill. … [Read more...]