Internet news authored by John Colascione
PALM BEACH – My son’s car arrived this morning and delivery has been confirmed via email. We had an agreement that I was sending the car as a gift from South Florida to Georgia, but mom was taking care of the transport fee and choosing the shipper and scheduling it; she chose Ship.Cars, a vehicle … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH - They are everywhere and becoming more and more annoying. It is now all too common to be presented with messages on each website you visit; they all want you to opt in to their cookie and privacy policy due to the new General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. It seems like an … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH - Things at SEDO are usually fairly quiet. Outside of their weekly sales list releases for domain names sold, I hear very little from the sales venue, which acts sort of like an MLS system for domain names. However, the last few weeks has been different. On Tuesday May 7, 2019, Ron … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – What do you do when another company possesses a sought after three-character domain name that you want, wish you had, or wish you would had thought to register for your business many, many years ago? You file a nonsensical UDRP proceeding of course - and shoot for the best. That’s … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – A final chance remains for domains included in the NAMESCON GLOBAL live auction which was held this past January in Las Vegas. According to an email send out last week, the auction will end between Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Names that are listed for sale include premium … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – A multi-million-dollar domain portfolio owner has given some personal advice on domain name parking, and it’s not good. If you had not yet heard, Brent Oxley, the guy behind the creation of one of the largest and most successful [in my opinion] web hosting providers, HostGator.com, has … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – Get ready for a whole new batch of opportunity to boost your entrepreneurial spirits as you’re not going to be able to contain your excitement – or keep your wallet in your pocket when I tell you about this new exciting development just announced today by the .INC domain registry. … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – A new data leak will likely make victims out of what has been estimated at approximately half of all adults in the United States; 80 million records of those over age 40. This new leak is the cause of an undisclosed company which hosts its database with Microsoft services and the … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – Google is a massive giant in promoting things - and it looks like they’ve decided to include some interesting advertising for Uniregistry in one of their search advertising videos called “Get Started with Google Ads: Pick The Right Keywords”, a how-to video about setting up your Google … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – It’s always interesting to see what people are purchasing in the domain space, and then even more interesting is to look at how much they've spent and what they’re doing with that acquisition, especially when it comes to the controversial new gTLD space. According to … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – Within the last few weeks I pointed out that now is a good time to purchase your GEO domain dream as many once super-premium "untouchable names" are now for sale. You may or may not have noticed that within the last year or so, many premium domain names which would have been … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – What do you do when a live and online auction produces lackluster results? Why, you re-run it again a couple of months later (Just kidding - As soon as I saw the title of the email, Back by “Popular Demand”, I thought, yea right – but NUMBERS my friends, do not lie, and those numbers … [Entire Story...]
WEST PALM BEACH - Every once in a while I'll come out with a list of goodies for those who look for website owner tips. Below is a list of these including the top ten best and/or most popular ways (in my opinion) to market your small business on the Internet including both do-it-yourself strategies … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – According to Above.com’s latest Domain Name Marketplace Report, the exact match domain “ILLINOIS.com” is for sale; a state name I missed and wasn’t aware of in my previous GEO domain article earlier this month titled “Premium GEO Domain Name Shakeup with High Number of Sales and … [Entire Story...]
PALM BEACH – ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and PIR, Public Interest Registry, are considering the removal of current ‘price caps’ on legacy domain extensions such as “.org”, “.biz”, and “.info”; if you have an opinion on them doing so, you have limited time to make … [Entire Story...]
Rossi Lorathio Adams II was found guilty for hiring his cousin to break into a house and force the transfer of an internet domain. CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who owned a social media company and planned to steal an Internet domain name by force was convicted last week and faces 20 years in prison. … [Entire Story...]
WEST PALM BEACH – Originally registered in 1998, the domain name “Easter.com” redirects visitors to the Hallmark.com website where conveniently Easter cards and gifts are highlighted. This is a good use of a premium domain name, outside of development of course. Hallmark has owned this domain name … [Entire Story...]
WEST PALM BEACH – There are two main places my Internet travels will take me when I have some extra time to keep up with domain name newlines. These two places are, 1) Domaining.com, where I can find commentary on pretty much anything meaningful that is going on in the domain name space, and if I … [Entire Story...]