ICANN just published its annual report (pdf), including its financial’s for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. ICANN finished its fiscal year with $64 Million in assets, including $17 million in…
Afternic.com Sells Over $775k In Domains Led By AWI.com For $22k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 3rd. All reportable sales domain sales $1k and over totalled $775,259. The top seller of the week AWI.com at $22,500 followed…
How Did a Domain With 9 Hyphens Make It To The Top Of Google?
Admittedly I know very little about who to get a site to rank high through SEO, but I found it strange that a search on Google returned as its top result a…
The NASDAQ 100 Rebalances With Apple Losing and Google and Microsoft Winning
The Nasdaq-100 index will be rebalanced on May 2, to reduce the weight of Apple’s stock by about 40%. The NASDAQ-100 weighted index, which reflects the stocks of 100 of the top…
The 100 Oldest Domain Names (Well .com’s Anyway)
Just came across a list of the 100 oldest domain names by registration date. I’m sure some domain blogger has published it before but I can’t remember seeing it. Of course we…
Why There May Never Be A 3D.XXX or 69.XXX; UnitedStates.xxx or France.XXX & That’s Just For Starters
According to the contract that ICANN signed with the the ICM registry this week to operate the .XXX registry (pdf) there may never be any 2 character .XXX domain names. Exhibit 6…
XBiz: China Shuts Down 62 Porn Sites (& They Aren’t Even .XXX Domains)
According to Xbiznewswire.com, China shit down 62 Porn sites yesterday and guess what? None were on .XXX domains: “According to reports, the Information Office of the State Council has legally closed the…