WEST PALM BEACH, FL - In an act of impressive transparency to its publishers, ad network Outbrain has sent what seems to be a heartfelt message to its users explaining why a planned merger between them and Taboola, will not be going through as expected. The merger was expected to value the bulked-up company at $2 Billion. Yesterday, September 10, 2020, the following message was sent out to publishers. As an important partner of Outbrain, we want to get in touch … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/31/2020 – 09/06/2020
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name lokal.com sold at 40,600 EUR ($47,968) last week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. Other notable sales in the five-figure range were four letter .COM domain OOTD.com for $40,000, offices.co 19,000 EUR ($22,450) and YHXC.net at $15,000. Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which have been sold including highlights of .COM, ccTLDs and notable domains in ‘other’ TLD categories. Here are the … [Read more...]
SEDO’s Weekly Sales List Includes Five Figure .IO, .CO, .TV and .JP Domain Names
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name moovlogistics.com sold at 21,000 USD this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. Other notable sales in the five-figure range were Gravity.io ($13,000) Founders.co ($13,000) Planet.tv ($10,000) and Imouto.jp [the Japanese word meaning “little sister”] ($10,000). Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which have been sold including highlights of .COM, ccTLDs and notable domains in ‘other’ TLD … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Legacy Domain “YJYZW.NET” Sold at $9,999
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name capsules.com sold at 50,000 USD this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. What seems more notable is another .net domain name, YJYZW.NET, currently not resolving, which closed for 9,999 USD. Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which have been sold including highlights of .COM, ccTLDs and notable domains in ‘other’ TLD categories. It is always nice to see short “legacy” .net domain name sell for … [Read more...]
GOOG To Follow FB With Restrictions On Housing, Employment, and Credit Ads
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Usually Google is a leader in all things advertising, however, a recent update to policy by GOOG (NASDAQ) will have it following Facebook (FB) where the ad giant will implement new targeting restrictions which could lead to 'societal biases' which have been in place by Facebook for some time now. In a message to advertisers, Google laid out the changes in an email notification letting advertisers know that the changes will be implemented effective … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes “Cars” Domain “CarLife.com” Sold at $30,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name CarLife.com sold at 30,000 USD this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. CarLife.com is currently parked with pay-per-click ads. Also notable was the three letter domain TJJ.org selling for 7,000 USD. Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which have been sold including highlights of .COM, ccTLDs and notable domains in ‘other’ TLD categories. It is always nice to see … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Legacy Domain “Founders.net” Sold at $37,500
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name buyweed.com sold at 50,000 USD this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. What seems more notable is another .net domain name, founders.net, currently redirecting to Lukas Mankow.com, which closed for 37,500 USD. Last month we saw another legacy domain “Movies.net” premier in SEDO weekly sales list at $45,000. Is the .net seeing a comeback? Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which … [Read more...]
Five Letter .COM Tops Sedo.com Weekly Sales List 7/27/2020 – 8/2/2020 at $99K
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Recently released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as hiPhi.com at $99,999 USD, the top ccTLD as Hausfinanzierung.de at 14,000 EUR ($16,517.90 US) and the top other as Gxyjjt.org a at $9,000 USD [will be interesting to see what hiPhi.com is used for]. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 7/27/2020 – … [Read more...]
Vulnerability In Official Facebook Chat Plugin Allowed Attackers to Chat With Site Visitors
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – At 3:47 PM today, the Threat Intelligence Team from WordFence, posted research detailing a vulnerability in The Official Facebook Chat Plugin, currently installed on over 80,000 WordPress websites. This vulnerability allowed authenticated attackers to connect their own Facebook Messenger account to any site running the vulnerable plugin and engage in chats with site visitors on affected sites. We initially reached out to Facebook on June 26, 2020 … [Read more...]
Critical Vulnerability Exposes over 700,000 Sites Using WP Divi, Extra, and Divi Builder
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - This morning, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team published details about a critical vulnerability discovered in two themes by Elegant Themes, Divi and Extra, as well as the Divi Builder plugin. Combined, these products are installed on an estimated 700,000 sites. Elegant Themes provides some of the most popular WordPress themes in the world and includes a visual page builder. We initially reached out to Elegant Themes on July 23, 2020 and, … [Read more...]
How Expired Domain Names Have Been Used to Redirect to Malicious Websites
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Expired domains or domain names which have not been renewed by their previous owner are encountered by all of us often – most times we just don’t notice it. When we do, we open a website only to find out it no longer exists. We are redirected to a site with links on it, or it showcases a sales page for auction of the domain name. These types of websites are generally considered harmless, but recent research proves otherwise. In a report released by … [Read more...]
Memento.com Sells at Sedo for $148,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name memento.com has sold at Sedo.com according to their latest weekly domain sales report. The name, currently parked at Godaddy.com, is a word which means “an object kept as a reminder or souvenir of a person or event” – pretty interesting its worth that much. You just never know these days what a domain name will be sold for. People often ask my opinion of what their domain names might be worth, and in most cases, no one really knows. It … [Read more...]
Kentucky Man Who Sold City Site Network for $2.3M In 2014 Selling for Second Time
PROSPECT, KY – It’s not often that a seller gets the opportunity to off-load the same portfolio twice, especially when the sales price is north of $2M, but that’s exactly what is happening with Clark Scott’s “Hello Earth” city site network and its computer software system as well as a U.S. federal trademark for “HELLO EARTH” – all assets of “Hello Earth LLC.” I recently connected with Clark where we discussed the long and interesting history of his unique network of city … [Read more...]
Highly Coordinated Attack Impacts Twitter Accounts of World’s Most Famous People
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - On July 15, 2020, several verified Twitter accounts of famous people and companies were taken over in a security breach, including Apple, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama and others. Hackers then published tweets from these accounts soliciting donations via Bitcoin. For example, one tweet read: “We are giving back to our community. We support Bitcoin and we believe you should too. All Bitcoin sent to our address below will be sent … [Read more...]
Sedo Holding Special “No-Reserve” .CO Domain Auction Event July 23rd – 30th
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – This morning Sedo, the world’s leading domain marketplace is announced a special “No-Reserve” .CO - auction event with mainly English keyword domains which will be held from July 23-30. The auction is said to be in honor of .CO’s 10th anniversary. The general public was able to register “.co” domain names on a first-come, first-served basis (general availability) beginning July 20, 2010. The is a closed auction with no open application phase. The … [Read more...]