The title of this blog is a homage to one of the great sports announcing calls of my lifetime when Howard Cosell called the Ali-Fraser fight. However in this case it looks like Yahoo is losing the fight for search engine share. According to comScore Yahoo's search market share in November fell to 17.5% from 18% in October marking the the lowest share ever recorded for Yaho. Yahoo has lost … [Read more...]
In & Out Of Domaining, The Great One’s Make Mistakes & That’s OK
Last week the one of my favorite new blogs, Fusible.com, wrote a short post on how wrong Rick Schwartz's prediction was on the sales price of Rio.com. Rick predicted an epic auction ending in a a huge seven figure sale, when in fact the domain sold just above its reserve of $400K, for $450K. So Fusible decided to point out that Rick was wrong. Ok Rick had an opinion, made a prediction … [Read more...]
Guest Post: 2nd level domains Registration For .DO is approved.
Our Latin America Domain Expert, Juan Enrique Sánchez S., President of Domains Latin America NameAction, has written another guest post, this time on .DO domains which is the ccTLD for the Dominican Republic. NIC DO will allow the registration of 2nd level domains starting on December 10th 2009. (second level means domains like "xxxx.com.do" rather than just xxxx.do) General … [Read more...]
“Discover How I Make $100-$300 A Day Flipping Domains”
That is the title of course offered by the QuickFlipFormula.com which was the subject of a press release issued today. The course is the product of the world famous domainer, Ivan Correces, and for a mere $47, Mr. Correces will teach you: """The exact flipping formula you can use over and over again to generate cash you can pocket. How to purchase $10 domain names and double, triple or … [Read more...]
Our Turkeys Of The Year Awards, 2009 Edition
Its that time again, for our second annual Turkeys of the Year awards. This is how I started off last years post and unfortunately all of its still applicable, so I will repeat it here: "With so many people out of work; losing their homes, companies out of business and retirement plans wiped out, as an industry, we are very, very fortunate." Here are our Turkeys of the Year: 1. … [Read more...]
A New Way To Sue Competitors For Advertising Under Your Keyword
Any reader of this blog, knows about the various suits that have been filed against Google for trademark infringement for selling ads under trademarked terms and also against advertisers who bought ads under either trademarked terms or under keywords of its competitors. Leave it to a lawyer suing another lawyer to change things up. Instead of suing its competitor for trademark infringement, … [Read more...]
Did Somebody Really Pay $150K For RockRose.com?
In an article appearing the the NewYorkTimes.com today, actually an interview of K. Thomas Elghanayan a real estate developer, he was asked about the domain name his company used, Rockrose.com to which he was asked: """Q. Speaking of names, how did you and Fred decide on one? A. It’s hard to find a name because most are taken, and with the Internet there’s a whole industry of people who … [Read more...]