Yahoo reported a 4th quarter loss of $303 million compared to a profit of $202 Million in the 4th quarter of 2007. However without one time charges and write off's in the 4th quarter related to restructuring and layoff's,  Yahoo would have made $238 million, or 17 cents per share, from $205.7 million, or 15 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue dipped 1% to $1.81 billion, though Yahoo … [Read more...]

Just checking out the most active auctions over at TDNAM and I see as the second most active domain MyFaceBook.com. With over 8 days to go the domain is already at $1,605. Not surprisingly, the domain has monster traffic. According to TDNAM the domain has over 84,000 monthly visitors and compete.com has it doing over 20,000 visitors. A clear trademark violation that can only bring more … [Read more...]

This past week saw more activity at NameJet.com,  not only in the terms of numbers of domains which sold but also in terms of price and quality of domain. Is the quality of the domains a sign of things to come in 2009 as people allow quality domains to expire with greater frequency? We bid on several of these buy only wound up with one. Congrats to all buyers Here are some of the more … [Read more...]

A lot of three letter and three character domains highlight our Top Domains at Snapnames list this week. We even have a 2 character .net. All below are available at SnapNames.com for backorder. You can simply click on the link to … [Read more...]

In preparation for my participation the a session next week at DomainFest entitled: Domaining 2.0- What Does the Next Evolutionary Phase of Our Industry Look Like" I began asking myself exactly what is domaining? I've see this question being asked in comments to my blog on many occasions. To me the answer is clear. Domaining is comprised of three distinct activities: The … [Read more...]

In  cost savings move, Yahoo announced this morning that effective immeditatly it would be freeze any wage hikes for the year. All employee's are included in the freeze. WIth so many of its most talented people leaving the company already, one has to wonder if this is another Yahoo blunder. It's fine to try to cut costs, but in a highly competitive market, freezing salaries may cause … [Read more...]

Google said fourth-quarter profit, excluding one-time charges, was $5.10 a share, beating the average analyst forecast of $4.95 according to Reuters Estimates. Revenues rose 18% to $5.7 billion, in the 4th quarter up from $4.83 billion in the 4th quarter of 2007. Google owned sites generated 67 percent of revenue, or $3.81 billion, rising 22 percent from a year ago. Traffic acquisition … [Read more...]