You have to check out a very positive article about the value of domains, written by Laurie Sullivan for Media Post today. She wrote in part: """Marketing and advertising agencies looking to strengthen campaigns might pay just about any price for a solid domain name if it means building a better relationship with consumers."" ""Companies can build the greatest campaign in the world, but … [Read more...]
Business Week Covers Domain Names
We try to point out anytime mainstream publications cover domain names and in a new post by BusinessWeek.com, they tell their readers to go get a .com "A dot-com extension is typically where customers will look for your company online, while you can use the dot-net or dot-biz extensions with your business name, they are not as memorable" ""If you haven't done so already, find the individual … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: What Was The Best Buy From The Live TRAFFIC/Domafest Conferences?
Three live domain name auctions in less than a week netted over $1.5 Million in sales from RickLatona.com TRAFFIC auction, the no/low reserve DomainFest auction and the Premier DomainFest auction, now its time to weight in on what you thought was the best buy. I made some suggestions on the right where you can vote for your favorite or comment below. … [Read more...]
Can The Huge Surge In Mobile Web Traffic Be GOOD News For Domains?
There has been much discussion in recent weeks on blogs, and even Jeff Kupietzky as part of his opening remarks from DomainFest noted that there is a huge surge of web activity from mobile devices and what the effect of navigation through mobile devices mean for the value of domains. Well in a post today in RealBusiness.co.uk, according to a small study they conducted, they held found that as … [Read more...]
TechCrunch: Apple Doesn’t Own 1 iPad Domain Name
Interesting to say the least is the post by TechCrunch today that Apple does not own even 1 iPad related domain name. As you know by know Apple chose to name its tablet the iPad rather than the long rumored iSlate, even through it owned islate.com The fact that Apple went with the name of the product while not owning any related domains sure is surprising. From Tech Crunch: """(Apple) … [Read more...]
Stop The Presses: Rick Latona Auction Stopped After 33 Domains Due To Online Bidding Problems
The RickLatona.com action was stopped 33 domains into the auction after the online auction software crashed. The online system seem to crash just a couple of domain into the auction and never got working properly. Rick Latona bravely took the stage after the auction for Concreteblocks.com sold for $2,000 and announced that he was stopping the auction out of fairness to his sellers and would … [Read more...]
Twitter Approves “Tweet me” Valentine’s Candy But Doesn’t Own TweetMe.com or Tweet.Me
According to USA Today, Twitter and Sweethearts Candy plan to stamp "Tweet Me" on the familiar heart shaped, candy which usually has messages like "kiss me" "Hug Me"and "Love You". Actually the candy maker is just adding "Tweet Me" to its existing lineup of 79 expressions found on its candy Sweethearts will also be launching an iPhone app to send virtual Sweethearts boxes with personalized … [Read more...]