With the U.S. giving up control to ICANN I thought it might be fun to take a look back to predictions for 2009. Michael mentioned the U.S. giving up control as #10 on the list, he also mentioned someone doing a deal with Yahoo, that took a little longer than 2009 but Verizon has acquired Yahoo for $4.83 billion. The first prediction was spot on as the case was overturned in 2009. Our … [Read more...]
We are pleased to welcome Simon Cousins as a contributor
We are pleased here at TheDomains.com to welcome Simon Cousins as a contributor. Simon Cousins (夏明) is a co-founder and CEO at Allegravita, a boutique PR and strategic communications agency in Beijing, Hong Kong, New York City and Los Angeles. In addition to his group leadership duties, he serves as creative director. Simon will provide readers with a current and realistic picture of what is … [Read more...]
Happy New Year
Everyone here at TheDomains.com would like to wish you a Happy and healthy new year. Things will be changing around here, after 8 years Michael will be able to do something other than be on a computer 24/7. The first post on TheDomains was here on December 4, 2007. Since that first post there have been over 9,100 posts, over 93,000 comments and close to 9 million views. I want to thank Michael … [Read more...]
My Sale to Godaddy
By now I assume you have read the press release that my company Worldwide Media, Inc., more commonly known in the domain community as MostWantedDomains.com, has sold the vast majority of our domain portfolio to GoDaddy/Afternic. While I can't get into the details of the transaction, I did want to share some thoughts about the sale and what it means and does not mean about the state of the domain … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers from everyone here at TheDomains.com. 2015 has been a strong year as far as traffic, comments and revenue. We thank all our readers and advertisers for spending your time and or money with us in 2015. This has certainly been a transcendent year for domaining as short domains and the Chinese domain boom have turned sections of domaining into the Forex … [Read more...]
TheDomains.com Welcomes Jamie Zoch and His Domain Movers Series
TheDomains.com is pleased to announce that Jamie Zoch from Dot Weekly will be moving his Domain Movers series to TheDomains.com. Jamie will be providing the same research and behind the scenes access that made the Domain Movers series so popular on Dot Weekly. Jamie will continue to operate Dot Weekly and blog about other things that interest him in the world of domains. Everyone here would … [Read more...]
After 7 Years, This Is Where Thedomains.com Has Been & Where it’s Going
Our first post was made on December 4th, 2007 so amazingly enough we have been hard at work over here at thedomains.com for 7 years. I have no idea where the time has gone, but it went, and a lot of it. We have published over 7,700 posts and just under 85,000 comments. We have been busy. As bloggers we have a natural urge to be first to publish "breaking news" and stories. Sometime … [Read more...]