Penn State which certainly has had one of the biggest scandals in the United States over the last few years leading to criminal charges, the resignation of the President of the University and the legendary football coach Joe Paterno, has now let the domain name PennState.com expire. The domain name PennState.com is registered to Penn State formally known as the The Pennsylvania State … [Read more...]
Expect Some BIG News This Week Out Of NamesCon
With the NamesCon conference getting ready to kick off in Las Vegas this week everyone in the domain industry should be on the look out for some big news and announcements. If history is any lesson, many companies in the space have used domain conferences like TRAFFIC, Domainfest and the ICANN meetings to release stories of new ventures, deals, developments and launching of new … [Read more...]
Virginia Says Yelp Must Reveal The Real Names of 7 Who Left Critical Reviews
A decision in Virginia could affect the free speech of users of the popular review website Yelp. This could also trickle down to other areas where free speech is concerned. The case revolves around Hadeed Carpet based out of Alexandria, Virginia. The company did not believe that some of the negative comments it received were from actual customers. They sued Yelp to get the identities of these … [Read more...]
Overstock Reaches Sales of $130,000 in First Day of Accepting Bitcoin
Overstock CEO says the company made $130,000 in first day of Bitcoin sales. https://twitter.com/OverstockCEO/statuses/421754592427139072 Patrick M. Byrne did an interview on CNN which was interesting and worth watching. The interviewer and Byrne have a good back and forth where she is skeptical of Bitcoin to go mass market. Byrne respectfully disagreed. He does mention they are always … [Read more...]
Domain Registrar Uses The 2nd Coming Of .Com “Beer.com Sold For $7M” To Sell New gTLD’s
Domain Name Registrar, OnlyDomains.com has started to sell new gTLD's chatting about the second coming of .Com domain aftermarket saying on the front page of its site: "Remember when the domain name Beer.com sold for $7 million dollars? " "For the first time since the dawn of the Internet, people everywhere have an opportunity to claim ownership of a whole new range of top level domain web … [Read more...]
Search Engine Watch: 4 Local Search Tactics That Will Matter More in 2014
In an article published by Adam Dorfman on Search Engine Watch, he took a look at 4 factors that should play bigger in Local SEO for 2014. Number one on the list was Improving Brand/Domain Authority. Domain Authority is a big factor over at Moz who defines it, "Domain Authority represents Moz's best prediction for how a website will perform in search engine rankings. Use Domain Authority when … [Read more...]
Aftermarket.com Rolls Out Affiliate Program: $1 Each New Account; 25% Of Commissions
In an email sent out this afternoon, Aftermarket.com announced an Affiliate Program which they described as a "commission-based, revenue-sharing incentive program with a unique twist." "Park & Sell with us, and we'll reward you for referrals to Aftermarket from your parked domains." "We automatically place multiple referral links on every parked domain, giving you multiple opportunities … [Read more...]