Nothing to do with domains, but it is important to note that the US budget deficit for July 2008 was a staggering $102.8 Billion dollars, almost triple from July 2007 deficit of $36.4. So far this year, the budget deficit totals $371.4 billion, more than double last year's deficit through the same time period of $157.4 billion The Bush administration recently revised its forecast for this … [Read more...]

With iTunes downloads topping 5 billion, some states have begun to levy sales tax on digital downloads. Call it the iTax. In 2008 alone, at least nine states have considered digital download taxes, and at least five of those states have enacted them into law. Nebraska's governor signed a digital download tax bill into law in April, and a similar measure was adopted in Tennessee in … [Read more...]

In the month since Apple opened an online software clearinghouse called the App Store, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in an interview tody. While most of those applications were free, Apple sold an average of $1 million a day in applications for a total of about $30 million in sales over the month, Jobs said. If sales stay at … [Read more...]

Last month Google’s chief economist Hal Varian in discussing Google business model of PPC advertising site “During periods of slow economic growth, the last thing an advertiser wants to cut is its spending on search-based advertising." In other words, display advertising will take a bigger hit than paid search as marketers tighten their purse strings. Microsoft however argues that search ads … [Read more...]

Yahoo will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customized advertising and consumer privacy. Yahoo has been offering that opt-out choice only to ads the company runs on outside, partner sites. Yahoo said Friday it now would extend that option to ads … [Read more...]

Moniker.com is holding a silent auction (no live auction this time) for the Affiliate Summit conference. The silent auction runs from Sunday, August 10 to Thursday, August 21 The list is over 8700 domains long. That's right not a type 8700 domain in a silent trade auction. Don't worry I'm not going to reprint all 8700 names here and no, I'm not going to go through the list to look for … [Read more...]

There is currently one .me domain that has broken 40K and one right behind it. Sitting with a high bid of $40,004 is the great domain of oglasi.me No I don't know what it means either.  Looking at google its has something to do with automobiles, but I have no idea. Coming in second is one of the first day .ME auction domains, insure.me which is now at $39,035. A nice generic domain is … [Read more...]