This post is for the non-domainers who read the blog. A recent report by  Nominet, which is the national registry for .uk domain names, showed that 14 per cent of companies don’t renew their domain name until the day after renewal is due. I read stories every week of companies who complain about losing their domain because they didn't get the renewal notice, their contact info wasn't … [Read more...]

The tiny south pacific island of Niue has beaten the "greatest nation on earth" the US. Don't worry,  not in the Olympic games. Niue became the first nation in the world to issue laptop computers to all its children. Every primary and secondary school student was this week given a rugged " relatively waterproof and breakproof" little green laptop, which has a wireless connection to the … [Read more...]

Ok this is a self serving post, as we own gaymarriage.com As You know most states don't recognize gay marriage, but now Hallmark does. The nation's largest greeting card company is coming out with Gay Marriage cards. “It's our goal to be as relevant as possible to as many people as we can,” Hallmark spokeswoman Sarah Gronberg Kolell said. The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law … [Read more...]

The live domain auction conducted by moniker.com from the SES show in San Jose just completed and the total was a paltry $19,050.00 Some interesting notes: The highest sale was a .US. Only 25 domains sold Only  5 domains sold for $1,000 or more. Moniker.com commission totaled a whopping $2,850. Here is the full list of the domains that sold: $4,000  groceries.us $2,100  … [Read more...]

Nice story today about a little domain name called ireport.com and the success the site is having for CNN According to the story the site now has 175,000 videos and photos, 176% rise in submissions since the same time last year.  Of course last year CNN did not own the domain ireport.com Quoted from the story: """""CNN is so committed to the platform it paid $750,000 for the iReport … [Read more...]