Whether you watch American Idol or not you have probably heard, what is turning out to be the hottest saying in the country; "pants on the ground" sometime this week. The catch phrase comes from an audition of Larry Platt on this weeks America Idol Audition show. (click here to watch the clip) It has become one of the hottest stories, videos and saying in the country in just a few … [Read more...]
Bill Clinton Knows Something About Domain Names
The William J Clinton Foundation announced yesterday that two former presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush have rolled out a site for its Haiti relief efforts. The Official Site is ClintonBushHaitiFund.org. Fortunately the foundation was smart enough not only to register the reverse domain name, BushClintonHaitiFund.org but they also registered ClintonBushHaitiFund.com and … [Read more...]
Simon’s “The X Factor” Doesn’t Own Any Of Its Domains In The US or UK
Now its official. Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol after the upcoming season, in favor of his TV show in England called The X Factor which he is bringing to the states in 2011. In honor of Simon's decision, lets take a look at some related domains to see who owns them and where there going. Xfactor.com is owned by a company called Ace Publishing, and is redirecting to an adult … [Read more...]
Sears Launches Sites Using These Beauties: MarketplaceAtSears.com; TVMatchMaker.com and CameraMatchMaker.com
Sears launched a couple of shopping comparison sites this week at CES, TVMatchMaker.com and CameraMatchMaker.com According to the company, these sites will help customers find their perfect TV or camera by asking them a series of compatibility questions to find their perfect match. TvMatchMaker.com users interactively answer questions about their home and viewing … [Read more...]
The Hottest Tech Trend From The CES Show Is Slates: Wait Until You See What High Tech Company Owns The Domain
Out of the CES show this week the hottest tech items seems to be a tablet computer which is generally being referred to not only by the media but by the manufactures as "Slates", in anticipation of Apple's expected introduction of the iSlate latter this month. cnet.com is reporting that "Slate Mania grips PC Makers" at the CES show. So which high tech company owns the potential category … [Read more...]
I Just Signed Off & Accepted The Snapnames Settlement Agreement
Now that the new year has rolled around, I went ahead today and signed the amended Snapnames.com settlement agreement arising out of the Halvarez bidding scandal. Once I determined based on my own records that all amounts were credited to me for auctions in which Halvarez finished second and once the release was amended to limit it to the activity under the bidder account of Halvarez I made up … [Read more...]
Google Takes Up $5 Million Dollars Of Ad Space A DAY To Promote Nexus One
Today Google began running an ad on its home page, right under the search box, to promote its Nexus One mobile phone. According to Gene Munster, research analyst at Piper Jaffray, the value of the homepage ad is between $4 million to $5 million per DAY. We discussed the other day that Google inexcusably failed to secure the domain nexusone.com before announcing the product. According … [Read more...]