Sedo, today announced that it is brokering the sale of Hybrid.com, one of the most highly sought-after domain names in the automotive sector today. Hybrid.com will be featured on Sedo’s premium auction platform, GreatDomains.com, taking place December 4th through the 11th. The hybrid vehicle market continues to grow even in a slow economy, and auto-industry … [Read more...]
AfterMarket Releases Live Domain Auction List From TRAFFIC Down Under
AfterMarket Announced it's list of Domains to be Auctioned off at TRAFFIC Down Under on November 20th. Bidding on the auction is actually opened, online, on the list of 100 domains, including many top .com.au domains. In announcing the list, Aftermarket says it made the determination to limit the top reserve price to $50,000 and include many low and no reserve domains, due to the … [Read more...]
Kentucky Appeals Court Stops Action On Kentucky Domain Seizures
The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) has announced that the Court of Appeals of Kentucky has granted a motion to stay the forfeiture hearing for 141 Internet domain names. The order issued yesterday prohibits Wingate from holding a forfeiture hearing scheduled for Dec. 3 and stays all action until oral arguments are held before the Court of Appeals on December … [Read more...]
ACLU, EFF and CDT File Amicus Brief In Kentucy Domain Seziure Case
Three civil libertarian groups, unassociated with the domain industry or the gambling industry, joined together to file an Amicus (friend of the court) brief with the Kentucky Appeals Court, (pdf file) on the Domain seizure action. The Brief was filed by the ACLU of Kentucky, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). The brief makes several … [Read more...]
PubCon On Effective Domain Strategies & Trademark Laws and Domains
The Pubcon show, Webmaster World, is going on in Las Vegas this week. There are some interesting sessions and some transcripts coming out of those sessions you can check out The first one is on the topic of effective domain strategies. The Panel was comprised of Jeremy Wright, CEO, B5Media; Jeff Libert, CEO of DirectoryCompany.com; Grace Della, CEO of Ten Golden Rules and Victor Pitts VP … [Read more...]
Dangerous.com at $13,433 at NameJet.com
The domain Dangerous.com is in a closed auction at NameJet.com and with a day to go the high bid is currently $13,433. There are 249 bidders registered for this auction so the domain could go much higher. My guess is $22,500 as a final price … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s “Paying People To Click” is Working: But How Well?
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that paying people to use its Internet search engine is attracting new consumers, although there is little evidence that those people are making a habit of it. Under Microsoft's Cashback program, the company rewards shoppers with rebates from a few cents to $20 or more on items they find using its Live Search engine. When Microsoft began Cashback, the company … [Read more...]