Open Rates Are Losing Their Value; Here’s What Smart Marketers Measure Instead.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For years, email open rates have been one of the most widely used metrics in digital marketing. Businesses often judged the success of an email
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Will .AI Domains Stay Hot? The Premium AI Domain Market Faces Its Biggest Test Yet
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Another premium .ai domain has reportedly sold for six figures. This time it was Source.ai, changing hands for $200,000. Five years ago, a sale like
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2026 YTD Domain Sales Show Premium .COM Domains Still Rule as AI Gains Ground
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The latest DNJournal Year-to-Date Top 100 Domain Sales Chart, reflecting publicly reported transactions through July 5, 2026, shows a domain aftermarket being shaped by two
‘Call Tracking Metrics’ Rebrands to CTM.com; Highlights Familiar Corporate Branding Trend
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Call Tracking Metrics has officially rebranded as CTM, adopting the premium three-letter domain CTM.com as its primary web address. The company announced the change on
How a Two-Minute WHOIS Lookup Exposed a Fairly Clever Book Marketing Scam
The message had already been routed into my spam folder by Google's filtering system. While legitimate emails can occasionally end up there, I generally treat anything in my spam folder...
Sedo’s “Mr. Premium”: The Broker Behind Millions in Publicly Reported Domain Sales
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – In the world of premium domain names, the headlines usually belong to the domains themselves. A one-word .com sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars
Government Restrictions on AI Are Here. What It Means for Businesses and Consumers
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For years, artificial intelligence has become more powerful with seemingly few limits on who could access it. Businesses, developers, and consumers have largely been free
Google Updates Its Terms of Service: Here’s What Changed in Plain-English
If you don't have time to sift through all of the legal jargon, I've done it for you. Below is a plain-English breakdown of the most notable changes, including new...
The Next Six-Figure Domain Sale Could Already Be Sitting in Your Portfolio
For years, conventional wisdom has suggested that the best domains are those with an obvious meaning - names that instantly tell people what a business does or clearly identify a...
ICANN Opens New gTLD Round After 14 Years. What Was Learned From the Last One?
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – When ICANN approved hundreds of new top-level domains in 2012, supporters predicted a fundamental shift in how businesses would use the internet. Companies applied for
How Pokémon GO Players Helped Build One of the World’s Largest AI Mapping Systems
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Millions of people downloaded Pokémon GO because they wanted to catch virtual creatures, battle at gyms, and explore their neighborhoods. What many of them did
Yahoo Said No to $44.6 Billion; Eight Years Later It Sold for Just $4.48 Billion (Ouch!)
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – In February 2008, Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. Yahoo’s board rejected the proposal, arguing that the company was worth substantially more. Less
Google’s New Ad Policy Puts Domain Names Back in the Trust Conversation
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Google’s latest advertising policy update may not have been intended for the domain industry, but domain investors and brand owners should probably pay attention. In
Millions of Gmail Users Can Finally Leave Behind Embarrassing Email Addresses
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For years, one of Gmail’s biggest frustrations had nothing to do with spam, storage limits, or security. It was the email address itself. Millions of
The Smartproxy.org Controversy Highlights Why Companies Should Never Abandon Legacy Domains
VILNIUS, LT – A dispute involving the former Smartproxy brand is drawing attention to a lesson that extends far beyond the proxy industry: companies that rebrand may never truly leave
Original “Aliens.gov” Report Was Right – The Media Was Looking in the Wrong Galaxy
WASHINGTON, DC – When the federal government quietly registered the domain names Aliens.gov and Alien.gov earlier this year, much of the internet immediately began speculating about UFOs. Social media discussions
Report Reveals Surprising Truth: AI Domains Are Hot, But Premiums Still Command Top Dollar
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Every time a major domain sales report is released, investors naturally look to the top of the chart for clues about where the market is
Why the Capital One-Discover Deal Is Bigger Than Most Consumers Realize
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Millions of Discover cardholders are beginning to receive notices informing them that their accounts will soon transition into the Capital One ecosystem following the company’s
Why the Domain “Ask.com” Is Likely More Valuable Today Than Ever Before
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For much of the internet’s early history, Ask.com was a prominent search engine that just failed to keep pace with the rise of Google. But
ADT Confirms Data Breach Potentially Exposing Customer Information Nationwide
BOCA RATON, FL – ADT Inc. has confirmed a data breach involving unauthorized access to portions of its systems, raising concerns about the exposure of customer information tied to residential
Meritless Grab for a Two-Letter Domain Ends in Reverse Hijacking Finding
PALM BEACH, FL – When I first saw this DNW headline, I thought I had been accidentally redirected to The Onion or The Babylon Bee. That is how absurd this
New Report Shows Where Americans Are Most Likely to Be Hacked; Nevada #1 State
PALM, BEACH, FL – A new nationwide analysis of cybercrime data is shedding light on where Americans face the highest risk of being hacked, revealing sharp differences between states and