Google will not move forward with their plans to replace the full URL displayed in the company's Chrome web browser with just the root domain name of the site. When Google announced this change there were many critics of the decision. gHacks.net is reporting that the so-called experiment did not bring about more relevant security metrics. So Google will not be moving forward and will rather … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz wins greatest domain investor of all time in dual polls
The results of our poll for greatest domain investor of all time are in. The poll was also conducted on Namepros to see how different audiences view the best. Rick Schwartz won going away at both sites. Rick took 24% of the vote here at TheDomains.com and 32.7% at Namepros. Frank Schilling took second at Namepros. Frank was behind both Mike Carson and Andrew Rosener at TheDomains. They tied for … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by T.GL
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and T.gl led the way at $25,000. HealthyWays.com was second at $23,000 and BKCM.com was third at $18,000. 33 .com sales 21 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · saxo.nl at 11,750 EUR · propertycare.com at 6,000 GBP · mem.co at 5,000 Domain … [Read more...]
LLL.io experiment results in 6 figure loss
Everyone loves to hear a great domain name sale story. Everyone loves to tell one as well. We don't get many stories where the person admits to an experiment costing them a six figure loss. Shifang Yuan from Yuming.com tweeted about an experiment with LLL.io domain names. Luckily for Shifang he owns 10 LL.coms and 50 LLL.com. Plus the domain name Yuming.com is very valuable. … [Read more...]
Some Australian researchers want to see .CC taken away from Verisign
Like .com, .net and .tv, Verisign is the registry provider for .cc, the country code for Cocos (Keeling) Islands. This is an Australian territory. So TheGuardian published an article today from Josh Taylor with the headline, "Australia urged to take control of Cocos .cc internet domain to foil scammers and child abuse sites". Interestingly one of the researchers said, “It’s also very short … [Read more...]
Be careful bidding on Vegan.com
Vegan.com is listed for sale (private seller) at NameJet. @Frans over at Namepros said he spoke to the owner and it has been listed fraudulently. Frans wrote: Vegan (dot) com has been added in auction with a very low reserve ($5k - $10k) on NameJet.Just spoke with the owner via his old WHOIS email (e/r/i/k/@ vegan (dot) com), and he says it is NOT for sale and has been "fraudulently added". … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: May 2021
Donuts published their May domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of May 2021, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 22% shorter and were hyphenated 1% less than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of May … [Read more...]