What is the biggest threat to the Domain Industry? That government action or over reaction to attempt to deal with trademark infringement issues is the biggest issue we face as an industry. Looking toward 2008 I believe that the trademark issues still are the biggest threat. Here are some domains that are dropping today which already have multiple backorders at … [Read more...]
Is it an Honor Not to be Nominated???
The final nomination were released today for the Domainers Choice Awards to be handed out at DomainFest, in Hollywood, January 21-23. Most interesting to me was not who was nominated, but who was not. The final nominee's for the Parking Company Award are: Fabulous.com Sedo.com NameDrive.com TrafficZ.com Parked.com Domainsponsor.com is the not only the founder of DomainFest … [Read more...]
Madison Avenue Still Doesn’t Get it
In an article published by "Thomson Financial" today, Ad Executives speak about online advertising. The article points out that Online Advertising revenue rose by 25% this year, up to 20 billion, but advertising companies state that they would spend much more online if they felt they had a reliable way to measure online audiences. Ad execs want a measurement tool like the Nielsen Co for Television … [Read more...]
DOMAINS: WHY IS NOT TOO LATE TO FIND GOOD DOMAINS
The number one reason its not to late to find good domains is simple There's a lot of domains out there. Here's the math: Today according to pool.com there are 56,250 domains dropping. Over at Namejet.com there are over 7,000 names in pre-release for Networksolutions.com, Enom.com and its registrar partners. Backorder a name, if your the only one who does, you get it for $70. … [Read more...]
The 20 Most Influential People In The Domain Industry
This was published several hours ago by Rudy Hernandez on his blog http://logistiklabs.blogspot.com/2007/12/20-most-influential-people-in-domain.html Hard to argue with the list. Some great, extremely intelligent people on the list some of which I can proudly count as friends. Congrats to all Reprinted below Monday, December 3, 2007 The 20 Most Influential People In The Domain … [Read more...]