NEW YORK, NY - It seems like a new security threat is born each day; maybe that is because there is. For those who operate WordPress sites, including myself, there is a new threat to consider that is designed to bypass ordinary security measures; a simple back door, you have already left wide-open, by choice. WordPress Plugins are great additions to any WordPress site as they create all sorts of easy plug-and-play options and make often complicated features simple to … [Read more...]
Phishing: Watch-out for New Dangerous Godaddy Email Phishing Attempt
NEW YORK, NY - This is just a quick reminder to remain vigilant of all sorts of threats from hackers, email-spoofers, phishers and scammers; you can never let your guard down these days when it comes to your accounts, financial information and especially your domain accounts, because loss of your domain name can be loss of your business and will likely be permanent. Just this week news broke about an Equifax hack that hit credit histories of up to 143 million … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/28/2017 – 09/03/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 netlife.com at $75,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as monitoring.de at 9,999 EUR ($11,918.31 US) and the top other as otn.org at $7,500.00 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 08/28/2017 – 09/03/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
US Fortune 500 Businesses, Their Domain Name Characteristics, and Secure Status
NEW YORK, NY - Each year Fortune Magazine publishes a list of the largest companies in the United States by revenue. Below is the list for 2016. Also below, are some interesting characteristics of their domain name choices including whether or not these companies are prepared for SSLs on their corporate websites. 494 are using .com domain names, 4 use .nets, 1 .org, and 1 .xyz. 494 (98.8%) have chosen the ".com" extension for their domain name. 235 (47%) are running … [Read more...]
What Do You See Here? Top 10 Legacy Domain Name Sales Over Last Few Years
NEW YORK, NY - Thanks to sites such as Namebio, we can examine REPORTED domain name sales over the years in just about any order or scenario. Today I wanted to look at the top 10 domain name sales over the last few years for legacy and some popular domain extensions. They are listed here twice; once accounting for only characters in the domain and then again for those including numeric and dashes. There has been some changes in the investments from foreign countries such as … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/21/2017 – 08/27/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 quoin.com at $15,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as rechnung.de at 11,900 EUR ($14,252.04 US) and the top other as Tampa.org at $10,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 08/21/2017 – 08/27/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
I’m Going Save Lots of Money on My Domains; Here’s How You’ll Save Too
NEW YORK – Unless you have been living under a virtual rock for the last year or so, you should be well aware that the “Google Gods” will be forcing everyone to secure their websites with SSL Certificates or an ugly message will appear on-top of browsers letting users know that the site their visiting sucks-ass (I know, I'm stretching here) and shouldn’t be trusted as much as some other sites around the web. I call them Google Gods, because they maintain that … [Read more...]
Top 100 .com Domain Name Sales with “Loan” in the URL (of All Time – NameBio)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 879 reported .com domain sales for domains containing the word "Loan". The highest reported sales were the domains “Loans.com” for $3,000,000.00 with the second place name as “PersonalLoans.com” for $1,000,000.00. Below are the top 100 .com domain name sales with "Loan" in the URL reflecting $5,482,806.00 in … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/14/2017 – 08/20/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 ipb.com at $36,600.00 USD, the top ccTLD as rechnung24.de at 18,000 EUR ($21,164.67 US) and the top other as format.net at $10,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 08/14/2017 – 08/20/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/07/2017 – 08/13/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 energyoutlet.com at 47,000 USD, the top ccTLD as human.ai at 45,000 USD and the top other as cercle.net at 4,500 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 08/07/2017 – 08/13/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Domainers: Emergency Funding Needed in HeidiPowell.com Appeal Process
NEW YORK, NY - If you have been watching and reading within domain name news and commentary circles for the last few months, you’re probably aware of the atrocity taking place where Heidi Powell, a senior city resident of Washington, is VIGEROUSLY fighting to keep rights to her own domain name, registered since 2005, and an exact match of her actual name, “Heidi Powell” HeidiPowell.com. Many domain enthusiasts, including myself, have come to the aid of Mr. and Mrs. Powell by … [Read more...]
210 Online Tools to Run Your Domain, Development and Online Business
NEW YORK, NY – There are a lot of tools out there which make running your online business more efficient, reliable, secure and productive. Listed below are some of the services I use or have used in the past. They are all great services and are the ones I use currently, or have used in the past (My collection of goodies). This list was updated on 8/3/2024. If I have used an online tool and it makes my work easier, it's here. Domain Names (32) Publishing Resources … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 07/31/2017 – 08/06/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 cryptonews.com at 43,000 EUR ($50,800.00 US), the top ccTLD as bci.ca at 13,560.00 US and the top other as the.party $6,200.00. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 07/31/2017 – 08/06/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 07/24/2017 – 07/30/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 opensourcecms.com at $35,000.00 US, the top ccTLD as gamble.io at 10,000 US and the top other as fbi.net $3,327 GBP ($4,393.30 US) Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 07/24/2017 – 07/30/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Name Summit Digital Branding Conference; Entrepreneurs, Experts, Domain Enthusiasts
NEW YORK, NY – “NameSummit – The Digital Branding Conference” is just one week away. There will be over 40 speakers, including entrepreneurs, experts and digital branding superstars ready to engage with attendees. Expert panels will discuss leading trends in branding, influence marketing, social media and showcase the continuing evolution of domain names as an important part of powerful branding and advertising campaigns. Below is the updated line-up of experts; an … [Read more...]