Forget about new gtlds we have Star domains W.Kenneth Ryan has a dream and it is for a multiplexed naming system. Ryan has created the Asterisk browser to make for the possibility of his naming system, he shows an example of how it would work using Johnson.com for example. This browser makes domain name translations completely invisible to the user. Any name*number address will be translated … [Read more...]
Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.86 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 1/13/14 – 1/19/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,866,118. The top .com sale was lead by Crafting.com for $51,500, with the top non-com sale lead by Heg.net for $5,000. Below is the complete report: .com … [Read more...]
Booking.com Which Applied For .Booking Rolls Out Campaign Using Booking.Yeah
Booking.com which applied for the new gTLD .Booking announced today a new advertising campaign wrapped around Booking.Yeah Its the "first-ever brand campaign" for Booking.com. Booking.com applied for the .booking new gTLD. No one applied for .Yeah It seems like a horrible move which will only serve to confuse the public on the new gTLD's We have chatted before about while Brands … [Read more...]
NameSilo.com Becomes 2nd Domain Registrar To Accept Bitcoin
A second domain name registrar, NameSilo.com announced that it was offering Bitcoin as a new method of payment on its website. NameCheap.com became the 1st domain name registrar to offer BitCoin back in March of 2013. The move makes NameSilo the latest established business to accept payment via the digital currency, and one of the first major domain registrars to do so. "It is important … [Read more...]
Authorization.com sold for $35,100 on NameJet
Authorization.com sold for $35,100 on NameJet 27 bids from $20,000 between two bidders. Domain Timeline: The domain was registered 12/13/2000 by DomaiName - A Division of Internet Yakin Aman out of Indonesia 2003 The name looks to have dropped and Buy Domains became the owner. 11/28/10 Registration changes to Media Community LLC which was a company based out of Oregon that became a … [Read more...]
Matt Cutts on Guest Blogging, You Should Probably Stop
Guest Blogging Is Pretty Much Done Matt Cutts, head of web spam at Google made a post today on his personal blog concerning guest blogging. Matt basically said that if you are guest blogging for links, just stop it. From the article: Okay, I’m calling it: if you’re using guest blogging as a way to gain links in 2014, you should probably stop. Why? Because over time it’s become a more and more … [Read more...]
Candy Crush Maker Now Looks To Crush The Competition With Trademark
King.com the company behind the popular Candy Crush Saga was awarded a registered trademark for the word Candy as it relates to video games and clothing. Yes clothing. Here is a link to the TM at the USPTO One important thing to note is there still could be opposition. In the filing it says under status, Status: Approved by the examining attorney for publication but has not yet … [Read more...]