We ran two polls over the past couple weeks, one for the auction of Slots.com and one for the Domainfest Live auction. You guys suck. Out of 196 votes on the Slots.com auction only 13 of you correctly predicted that the domain would sell between $5M-$7.5M and only 22 predicted the domain would sell for over $5M at all. Yikes. For Domainfest over 25% of you didn't think any of the … [Read more...]
DFG UPDATE: Dating.com Sold For $1.75 Million, BoardGames.com For $450K
While the live auction from DomainFest Ft. Lauderdale is still going, so far two of those category killer domains have sold. Dating.com just sold for $1,750,000 and BoardGames.com sold for $450K a little while ago. The bidding got as high as $2M on Jeans.com, but no sale. You can see the final results of our poll, which I closed for voting right before the auction started. So far you … [Read more...]
The Top 1,000 Baby Names For 2009 Just Published, Every .com Is Taken
The Social Security Administration publishes an annual list of the 1,000 most popular baby names for boys and girls and just released its list for 2009. It may not surprise you to learn that every matching .com for each of the 1,000 most popular boys and 1,000 most popular girls is taken. The most recently registered domain, by creation date was Jazlynn.com, which has a creation date of … [Read more...]
BIDO.com: R.I.P From The Guy That Was There From The Inception
It was during a TRAFFIC auction that Sahar came up to me with the idea of a one domain a day, domain auction. So when I say it the idea of Bido was born during a TRAFFIC auction that's exactly what happened. As the TRAFFIC auction was going, Sahar sat next to me, in the auction room and drew out his vision for what became Bido.com Sahar wrote out his plan on the fly, and then asked me … [Read more...]
Class Action Filed Against Godaddy For PPC Ads On Placeholder Pages
According to CourthouseNews.com, a class action lawsuit was filed in Phoenix and Arkansas federal courts, claiming that Go Daddy is "unlawfully generating and retaining revenue derived from these online advertisements each time an Internet user clicks an online advertisement appearing on plaintiff's domain names." The class action claims GoDaddy.com is advertising on registered domain … [Read more...]
A Week With My iPad: Is It A Game Changer? Not Yet
I being playing around with the Apple iPad for a little over a week and although I like it everyday more I use it I would say its definitely not a game changer out of the box like the iPod or the iPhone were, but it sure will be one day. When your talking about the iPad, the discussion has to start with it as a e-book reader and the natural comparison to Amazon's Kindle. Although actually … [Read more...]
Are We Addicted To The Internet? A New Study Says Yes
According to a study by the University of Maryland, American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet, In the study, 200 students were asked to give up their Internet and cell phones and after 24 hours many showed signs of withdrawal, craving and anxiety along with an inability to function, showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addiction. So are … [Read more...]