In a letter to ICANN, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) which handles domain dispute cases, is urging ICANN to pass "tough new rules to curb abusive practices by “cybersquatters” and domain registrars". This action is required because of all the domain extensions ICANN is planning to roll out which could result in hundreds or thousands extensions, compared to the 21 now … [Read more...]

When I won an auction a few weeks, which exceeded $5,000 (actually the domain exceeded $20K) I got an e-mail from NameJet.com with wiring instructions for payment and this stern warning: ""If we do not receive your wire within 7 days we will put the domain up for re-auction and we will charge your account an administrative fee of $10""" Well needless to say I was scared to hell.  Should I … [Read more...]

According to reports, Microsoft Corp. and OnlineNic have reached a settlement in a case where Microsoft accused OnlineNic of registering numerous domain names that infringe Microsoft trademarks. The Judge of the Microsoft case, Marilyn Hall Patel, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California signed off Monday on a joint stipulation of dismissal without prejudice that the … [Read more...]

CareerInstitute.com sold yesterday at NameJet.com for a healthy $30,100 on NameJet.com. In this economy, you can't get get a much better domain than one dealing with jobs and career's. This auction had 98 bidders. Other notable domain sales from a pretty slow week at NameJet.com include: iscslp2006.org  $3,600 Jza.com  $3,100 marketingbusiness.com  $2,801 oldwine.com  … [Read more...]

In a new report by a Conductor, a New York Company, that analyzes paid and organic search strategies of Fortune 500 companies they found that Fortune 500 companies spend $51 million per day in aggregate on 88,792 keywords, and only 20.82% rank in the top 100 of natural search result.  This means that 80% of the $51 million a day, $40M a day is completely waste. The study, measures the maturity … [Read more...]

According to Hitwise, Google accounted for 72% of all Internet searches in the U.S. in Feburary. Yahoo  came in a distant 2nd, at 17%, Microsoft at 6% and Ask.com to 4%. Hitwise, which sampled 10 million U.S. Internet users, showns Google usage grew from a last year when its accounted for 66% of all U.S. searches. Hitwise figures show search engines continue to be the main way Internet … [Read more...]

A report today in an adult industry blog, talks about ICM Registry the applicant for the .xxx extension that at one time was approved  by ICANN only to be later derailed the US Commerce Department. ICM Registry, has appealed the whole matter to the International Centre for Dispute Resolution and a decision is due sometime this year. If the dispute resolution panel rules for ICM Registry, the … [Read more...]