The auction list for Rick Latona TRAFFIC auction will start at 3pm today. Here is the … [Read more...]
Moniker TRAFFIC Auction: How Much Will It Gross?
We ran our poll question for several weeks and your votes have been counted. With just under 100 voters, 25 of you think the auction will do less than $1M, 41 think it will do between $1,000,00-$5,000,000 and 13 think it will do over $10 Million, with the rest between $5M-$10M. For the next seveal days we are asking which of the three major auctions to be held at traffic will gross the … [Read more...]
New Study: May be Tens of Thousand of New Extensions
According to this latest study by ABC Namebank, entitled "The New-Name-Economy & 2010 Cyber Branding Strategies" there are already some 18,700 companies in the world today that will apply for their own gTLD. Based on their huge budgets the suggested fee of 100K to 500K is easily affordable. Already, most big companies are either spending millions pushing poorly crafted names or spending … [Read more...]
Recession, What Recession: Art Auction Nets a Record $198 Million
A two day art auction of British artist Damien Hirst grossed $198 million Sotheby’s said the sale smashed the former record for an auction by a single artist, the $20 million record set in 1993 for 88 works by Pablo Picasso. Over 600 prospective buyers packed the showroom for each of the three auction sessions. Others around the world bid by phone. “Banks fall over, art triumphs,” former Royal … [Read more...]
Register.com Poll: McCain Better for the Economy
Register.com announced the results of an Opinion Poll of small business customers The results were: 54% of small businesses believe that Senator John McCain is better prepared to manage the overall economy vs. 36% of respondents that believe the same about Senator Barack Obama. 53% of respondents think Senator Obama has made better use of the Internet in … [Read more...]
Social Networking Bigger Than Porn?
Bill Tancer, general manager of global research at Hitwise says has analyzed information for more than 10 million Web users and concludes that social networking sites are now the king of the Internet, dethroning pornography. Tancer, in his new book, Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online and Why It Matters, said young users spend so much time on social networks that they don't have … [Read more...]
Dubai Company Buying Domains
According to a press release a Dubai based online media company has expansion plans, including expanding its portfolio of domain names by domain portfolio acquisitions. AhuraOnline say the release, is an online media company that operates thousands of generic domain names that generate millions of hits per month. Sohail Roshni, director of the company says "We are in the business of buying … [Read more...]