Variety.com, is reporting that just days after Richard Rosenblatt resigned from Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) as its CEO and Chairman of the Board, all 15 members of the research and development unit at the company were laid off, including chief innovation officer Byron Reese. Demand reps did not respond to repeated requests for comment to Variety.com "Reese was seen as the architect of Demand’s … [Read more...]
MutualFunds.com; NL.com; QR.com All Hit Heritage’s Inaugural Domain Name Auction
The world’s third largest auction house Heritage Auctions is holding its inaugural Domain Name & Intellectual Property Auctionun on November 21st in New York and some great domain names are up for sale including MutualFunds.com; Animation.com, QR.com, NL.com and Bicycle.com Other highlights in the auction include, but are not limited to: Numismatics.com, Alexandria.com, Suit.com, Tie.com, … [Read more...]
Google: Improving Ad Rank to Show More Relevant Ad Extensions & Formats
Google posted on its blog post, "we're announcing improvements in the AdWords auction that let us more consistently show more relevant ad extensions and formats." Ad Rank improvements Our system for ordering ads on search results pages uses a calculation called Ad Rank. Previously, Ad Rank was calculated using your max CPC bid and your Quality Score. With this update, Ad Rank will … [Read more...]
On The Same Day He Is Inducted To The Domain Hall Of Fame, Jeff Gabriel’s Son Richard Is Born
Talk about having a great day. Jeff Gabriel of DomainNameSales.com was inducted into the Domain Hall Of Fame yesterday, October 22nd at the TRAFFIC domain conference, right after his wife Melissa gave birth to their son Richard in the Cayman Islands. Official time of birth was 8:37 am. King Richard weighted in … [Read more...]
TheDirectory.com Becomes The Lastest “The” Domain To Make THE News
TheDirectory.com, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SEEK), today announced plans to launch a national media/advertising campaign on cable and satellite television outlets as well as digital properties and radio stations broadcasting to over 100 million viewers and listeners around the world in support of its flagship Local business directory TheDirectory.com Right on top of the DomainSherpa.com live panel … [Read more...]
ICANN Announces 1st New gTLD Added to the Root
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) from its New gTLD Program were delegated. This means they were introduced into the Internet's Root Zone, the central authoritative database for the Internet's Domain Name System. As a result, the domain name Registries, the organizations approved to operate … [Read more...]
BuyDomains Sells JHAH.com For $3,888 To The #1 World’s Oil Producer Saudi Arabian Oil Company
The domain name JHAH.com was sold by BuyDomains.com, in June on Afternic.com for 3,888 probably on a Buy It Now basis. Today the whois on the domain name updated and the buyer is the world's #1 oil producer, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company. Saudi Arabian Oil Company according to Hoovers.com, is "the king of oil, and the world's #1 oil producer, supplying more than 10% of global oil … [Read more...]