It's pretty unusual to see three number domains dropping, but tomorrow it looks like there are at least 12 three number .mobi doing just that. I'm not big on .mobi but I know some of you are and 3 numbered domains are always in demand. 386.mobi 463.mobi 532.mobi 636.mobi 638.mobi 669.mobi 673.mobi 692.mobi 729.mobi 872.mobi 932.mobi 937.mob … [Read more...]
2GoMedia Acquires 7,500 .Travel Domains & Plans To Build Out A Real Estate Network Around Them
2Go Media, a Ft. Lauderdale company announced today probably the biggest investment to date in the .travel domain space. The company, announced today: "It has acquired the largest real estate domain name portfolio in the world, all within the .travel Top Level Domain. Each domain name is comprised of the top searched real estate keywords for more than 7,500 cities … [Read more...]
Yahoo Allows Users To Turn Ads Off Completely
Today, Yahoo released a beta version of a new consumer tool called Ad Interest Manager which allow users of Yahoo to opt out of seeing all internet interest ads. ""To make our ads more relevant and useful for you, we make educated guesses about your interests based on your activity on Yahoo!’s sites and services. Some of the ads we show you reflect these interests. You can opt out of … [Read more...]
Even After Lawsuits, Advertising.com Is Still Being Called Ad.com By The Mainstream Media
After the mess caused by AOL's claim to Ad.com a domain they do not own and the lawsuits that followed, I was surprised to see an article out today on MediaPost.com entitled: "Report: AOL To Pull Premium Advertising From Ad.com" The article then goes on to talk about how AOL's "will stop selling premium inventory inventory through its Advertising.com ad network in an effort to boost … [Read more...]
Dev Hub Case Study, Results In A 120% Increase In Revenues In Just 3 Months
Dev Hub just shared with me the results of a three month test of 50 domains chosen by the client a domain name portfolio holder. As you can see from the chart's below, over the three month test the domains that were previously just parked, went from making $63 a month to over $140 a month. The 50 domains went from having no search traffic when they were parked to getting almost 3,000 visitors … [Read more...]
The Hottest Gift This Year? A New Report Says Its A Domain Name
According to a new report by DomainRegistrar.info, (adobe reader) the hottest gift of the holiday season may well be a domain name. ""As we enter the 2009 Holiday Season, DomainRegistrar.info wanted to track another growing trend, Domain Names being given as gifts. Highlights of the results are: A 158% increase in respondents who would now consider giving a Domain Name as a gift over … [Read more...]
From A Hand Registered Domain To A Financial Portal; InvestingFunds.com Launches
A domain that was simply hand registered a few years ago has now been developed into a financial portal. InvestingFunds.com, maybe the first financial site to not only cover the usual investments you would expect to see on a financial site, like stocks, bonds, real estate, currency and commodities, but also domain names. The site will be incorporating other domains into the site over time to … [Read more...]