Sedo.com announced today that the average price of a ‘.co.uk’ domain name has risen by 22 percent in the last three years, while prices on the .com has fallen by 18 percent. According to the report prices for a .co.uk domain now average around £2,614 while .com's domains average £1,372. "The world is becoming increasingly connected, and the nature of the internet is reducing face-to-face … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Allowing Obvious TM Violations For Sale At TDNAM
A quick check found these names currently for sale in the highest 50K range on GoDaddys TDNAM.com. It is outrageous and unethical that GoDaddy is allowing these obvious TM violations to be promoted on their site. A six year old could tell you these names would not last two seconds in UDRP arbitration. As an industry leader GoDaddy is setting a terrible example. They need to be part of the … [Read more...]
Live TRAFFIC Auction Nets $2.55 Million
What a difference a year makes. The live auction at the TRAFFIC show netted only $2,555,000 in gross sales The most lively domain of the day was one we picked out last week, postalcodes.com, which rode all the way from a $1,000 reserve, to a $42,000 selling price. Reportedly there were only 75 people in attendance at the start of the auction and another 75 online, which is quite different … [Read more...]
Gay Marriage Ban struck down in California: Good news if your gay or if you own GayMarriage.com
The California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on gay marriage Thursday, saying sexual orientation, like race or gender, "does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights." In a 4-3 ruling the justices wrote that "responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual's sexual orientation”. The ruling takes effect in 30 … [Read more...]
CBS Acquires Online Network CNET & and Super Premium Domain Portfolio
In the second major Internet acquisition of the day, CBS Corp. agreed to buy online technology news and entertainment company CNet Networks Inc. for about $1.75 billion or $11.50 per share. The bid is a 45 percent premium above CNet’s closing price of $7.95 on Wednesday. CNET’s sites include News.com, TV.com, Mp3.com, MySimon.com and GameSpot.cm The acquisition, would make CBS one of the 10 … [Read more...]
Ask.com goes on a .com Shopping Spree
Ask.com bought several reference sites including Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com in its acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group LLC. Terms of the deal, set to be announced Thursday, aren't being disclosed. Dictionary.com is the most popular of the newly acquired reference sites, drawing 22.1 million visitors worldwide in March, according to comScore Inc. That represented a 20 … [Read more...]
Verisign Granted the Patent for Re-Directs
According to a report by the Assoicated Press,VeriSign, Inc., won a patent for its SiteFInder Service which directs users to landing pages when they mistype a web address on March 4, 2008. According to the report, VeriSign Inc. said it has no intentions of resurrecting the Site Finder service, but it declined further comment on its plans for the patent, including bloggers' speculation that it … [Read more...]