According to a report in Geek.com, Google is considering a plan to unifying all their messaging platforms into a single service, which is expected to be called Babble. Geek.com says that Google Talk, Hangout, Voice, Messenger, Chat for Drive collaboration, and the Google Talk for G+ will all be rolled into a Babble. On the domain name front, Babble.com … [Read more...]
Pope Domains: Godaddy Reports Almost 500 Domain Registrations Within 1st Hour
Godaddy is reporting that the election of Pope Francis is causing 100's of new domain name registration within the 1st hour of the election. "Keywords such as Pope, Francis, Bergoglio and Habemus Papam were used in identifying the new domain names registered with Go Daddy." "In the first hour 479 domains were registered with Go Daddy" At TheDomains.com we already reported on some of the … [Read more...]
TIP: NNNNN.com’s Are Getting Hot & Getting A Lot of Interest From Asian Buyers
We own over 100 NNNNN.com domain names. All happen to be zip codes as well. Over the last few years we haven't gotten of any offers or interest on any of those domain names, but over the past couple of months interest in NNNNN.com domains have really picked up to the point where almost not a day goes by without an email of interest on one or more of these domains. All the offers are … [Read more...]
How Valuable Would .Mobi Domains Have Been If Apple Named The iPhone The Mobi?
A story in Mashable today tells the tale that Apple was considering many other domain names for the iPhone, including calling it the Mobi. The article former Apple head of advertising Ken Segall, Apple considered the names TriPod, Mobi and TelePod — among others." " Mobi is a simple play on the word "mobile"." said Mr. Segall How valuable would .Mobi domains have been if the iPhone was … [Read more...]
BankRate.com Buys CardOffers.com & Spends $34 Million On Domains & TM’s In 2012
Bankrate.com (RATE) spent almost $34 Million Dollars on Domain names and trademarks in 2012. One of the 2012 acquisitions appears to be the large lead generation site, CardOffers.com which was purchased sometime in October 2012. Bankrate.com applied for a trademark on Cardoffers.com in October, 2012. The domain is currently showing as LinkOffers.com as the owner of the domain. In … [Read more...]
The Hottest Craze Is The Harlem Shake: Frank Schilling Knew About It Years Ago
The hottest craze in pop culture the past few weeks is the Harlem Shake which is certainly this years, Gangnam Style. If you Search YouTube for the Harlem Shake you'll find more than 200,000 results. Although the world has just woken up to the Harlem Shake Frank Schilling knew all about it at least 6 years ago. According to DomainTools.com Frank Schilling's Name Administration has owned … [Read more...]
CEO Of Marchex: We Don’t Believe The New TLDs Are A Significant Factor In Value of .Com’s
In the Marchex (MCHX) earnings call today a question was asked about how the new gTLD's will effect .com's values specifically those domains held by Marchex. and how the continued movement of consumers to smart phones will also effect the values. Here is the question which was asked by Andre Sequin of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Research Division: "In terms of the value of the domain … [Read more...]