Quite a few people are using alternative DNS services, like Google DNS (I use Google DNS) to navigate the internet. However as pointed out by one reader to TheDomains.com, one of the alternative DNS services is now blocking parked pages. Most troubling the service, dnsadvantage.com is owned by Neustar, which provides registry services for .biz, .us, kids.us, .cn, .tw, .travel, .tel … [Read more...]
Yahoo Acquires Flicker.com
The whois record for Flicker.com was last updated a few weeks ago and Yahoo now owns the domain. Fickr.com of course is one of Yahoo's prime properties and the 31st most visited site on the net according to Alexa. Surprisingly the domain Flicker.com is still resolving to the former owners site. We asked the question in a post just about a year ago why Yahoo had not purchased … [Read more...]
If GM Doesn’t Want Anyone To Use The Word Chevy, Why Are The Promoting ChevyBaseball.com?
You got to love corporate America. Last week there was a big stink when an internal GM memo got leaked to the media, telling its employees that it didn't want them to refer to Chevrolet as "Chevy" anymore. Yet last night I was watching ESPN's Sportscenter and during the highlights of the Cubs-White Sox game there behind home plate, wasa huge ad for ChevyBaseball.com Right the same week … [Read more...]
Whose The Biggest Buyer Of Oil Spill Keywords On PPC? Looks Like Its BP
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about who owned all the Oil Spill and cleanup related domains. The next day Rick Schwartz published a post of his own, talking about some of the domains he registered related to the spill, and that they were getting traffic making money. Which got me thinking again, who was buying the keywords on PPC that was creating revenue on these domains. It … [Read more...]
GoldATM.Com A Hand Registered Domain So Good, Even The Founder Of CADNA Likes It
A video clip of the the worlds first ATM machine that dispenses not cash, but gold was spotted by many people including Joshua S. Bourne, Managing Partner of FairWinds Partners, LLC which is one of the founders of CADNA (Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse) The machine was installed in the The Emirates Palace, one of the top hotels in Abu Dhabi. Customers can use either cash or a credit … [Read more...]
So Who Own The Oil Spill & Oil CleanUp Domains
Well its been over a month since the what looks like what will go down as the worst ecological disaster in US History (so far) started. I thought it would be interesting to see who owns some of the most relevant domain names. You might be surprised that some of the most relevant domains we're registered long ago. OilSpill.com was registered in 1998 and is currently owned by Frank Donato … [Read more...]
HappyMothersDay.com: Did It Just Sell?
Wishing all Mothers a wonderful and well deserved very special day. On the domaining front, I couldn't help but notice that the domain HappyMothersDay.com is owned by BuyDomains.com. The domain goes to a landing page which has a big link on the top that the domain is for sale, but when you click the link it goes to a page saying the domain is not for sale. So did the domain just … [Read more...]