The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) held "its seventh educational forum on Brand Abuses and Internet Governance" yesterday in New York City. According to their press release: """"With the domain name space often stacked against those that contribute the most to the development of the Internet, CADNA is looking to change the game, get more voices heard and make the Internet a fairer … [Read more...]
Audio.org & Video.org Goes Up For Sale
Active Internet of Lake Worth, Florida is selling off Audio.org and Video.org. Active Internet registered the domains more than eleven years ago. Over the years Active Internet says it has received more than five hundred unsolicited offers for the names. According to the owner, Video.org gets more than 3,500 unique (type-in) visitors a month. Click Medium is representing Active … [Read more...]
Google Misses Earnings: Stock Tanks After Hours
Google Shares fell $40 a share after hours as it reported per-share earnings that missed Wall Street expectations. CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledged the economic climate is "challenging." The Mountain View, Calif., company reported revenue, excluding commissions paid to marketing partners that were in line with Wall Street estimates, as income rose 35%, as its, but its per- share earnings … [Read more...]
PayHalf.com up for Auction on June 22
BigBangNames.com is auctioning off what they are calling "a $1 million e-commerce site for only $1,000" According to the press release, Payhalf.com is an online consumer electronics retailer that invested over $2.5 million before it ran out of cash. The sale includes the high value domain name portfolio, appraised as high as $500,000, and Payhalf.com, technology and key-supplier of … [Read more...]
FireFox 3.0 Released: Is it Bad News for the Domain Industry?
I just downloaded the new verision of FireFox 3.0 web browser which features the new "Awesome Bar" which Mozilla says is a new way of using the address bar on top of the browser to navigate the internet taking into account your bookmarks and viewing history. Mozilla says that the "Awesome Bar" basically turns the address bar into a search engine. “No longer do you have to know the domain of … [Read more...]
NameJet.com Sales Update
Here are some notable sales at NameJet.com for the week ending today: digitalsignage.com $20,200 totalcare.com $16,101 customgraphics.com $12,100 funtones.com $8,300 imcc.com $3,900 mccormack.com $3,755 pido.com $3,601 m-x.com $2,616 cybo.com … [Read more...]
Happy Fathers Day
HAPPY FATHERS DAY FROM MY SON TO YOUR FAMILY. … [Read more...]