Back in September LeBron James had his trademark request for "Taco Tuesday" denied. ESPN reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused the application filed by James' company LBJ Trademarks, explaining that "Taco Tuesday" is "a commonplace term." In my opinion he should have at least secured the TacoTuesday.com domain name. TacoTuesday.com has now changed hands. The OC … [Read more...]
Domain name change and rebrand causes one company to lose 80% of their organic search traffic
Not every rebrand and domain change goes as planned. In the case of Looka formerly Logo Joy they are now looking at laying off 80% of their employees. Patricio Robles wrote a piece on Econsultancy that delves into the rebrand and what might have gone wrong. The article is an especially good read for anyone who is thinking of a domain name change and redesign of their website … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Dawn.org
Sedo released their weekly sales and Dawn.org led the way at $50,000. Porn.co was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,157). There was a tie for third with GamesApp.com selling for $15,000, Chatten.de and Cats.org also selling for $15,000. It was a strong week for .org and .co. 37 .com sales 22 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Playbuzz rebrands to Ex.co
Another startup moving from .com to .co Following in the footsteps of Supply.co, Playbuzz a company that helps publishers add tools to their articles like polls is rebranding to EX.co. TechCrunch reported: Co-founder and CEO Tom Pachys told me the name stands for “the experience company,” and he said it reflects the company’s broader content marketing ambitions. Ex.co will continue … [Read more...]
27 Google Search Statistics you might find interesting
Conor Bond published a piece on Google that is worth reading and bookmarking. A thorough look at several Google statistics. Things like a breakdown of Google search queries by length. From the article the first 10: General Google Search Statistics 3.5 billion Google searches are made every day. (Internet Live Stats) The volume of Google searches grows by roughly 10% every year. … [Read more...]
So which industry companies want to provide an ICA discount/benefit?
Many years before I started working with Mike on TheDomains.com, we had a back and forth about the ICA. My position was that you want more members that an organization with 80 members doesn't hold any juice when they want to say to a politician, "Hey we are your constituents, and we demand justice." Having 5,000 - 10,000 members holds a lot more weight. Of course many in the domain industry … [Read more...]
Would you like to charge a domain inquiry fee?
Would you like people to pay to make an offer on your name? Would you like to pay to make an offer on someone else's domain name? I read a tweet from George Kirikos about low ballers (someone offered him $500 for Orderly.com) George wrote: What sucks is the time wasters trying to buy domains at 1% of the floor price, spamming their lowball offers. I think Webmagic has it right, charging … [Read more...]