Throwback: Is Domain Parking Really Dead? If So, What Killed It? (Reprint: It’s That Good)
NEW YORK – A lot has changed with Domain Parking Revenue as well as Google Ad Earnings over the last, say, decade. There has been such great change that it’s
Category: Domain Names
Sedo.com Weekly Domain Name Sales List 02/06/2017 – 02/12/2017
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 LXW.com at $47,011.00, the top ccTLD
Verisign Still Pushing Hard on .Net Domains; Sales Remain Active; New IDN for Korea
NEW YORK, NY – While at NamesCon, I noticed a television commercial for the .net domain extension pushing it as a leading “trusted extension” and touting its long standing history
Nice to Hear: Dot Info Domain Extension Used in Radio Commercial by University
I heard one of my first radio commercials today to use a “.info” domain name for its website address. The commercial was about “Brain Imaging” research and was running on
There’s Pork In That Bill; DNA’s HDI Overreaching with Registry Handling of Copyright Infringement
NEW YORK, NY – The Domain Name Association (DNA), a new non-profit association “supposedly” (I just learned about them) representing the interests of the domain name industry, is suggesting in
Measuring New gTLD Growth and Market Share via The DNS Zone File System
NEW YORK, NY – As should be no surprise, new gTLD growth and usage is on the rise exponentially. There are several tools available for measuring gTLD growth and market
Sedo.com Weekly Domain Name Sales List 01/30/2017 – 02/05/2017
I reached out to Sedo’s media relations team this week to ask about receiving the entire data-set for public domain name sales in 2016 but I was not able to
What Extensions Changed Hands in 2016 According to DNJournal’s Top 100 Charts
NEW YORK, NY – A reader suggested I look at the top domain sales of 2016 (specifically, the number of notable new gTLD sales); while I am waiting for a
Could Domain Investing Industry End with Legal Provision for Domain “Hoarding”
NEW YORK, NY – What if you had to have a legitimate use for each and every domain name you have registered in your domain account? What if every single
Domain Suspension – Registrant Information Verification Failure; It Could Happen to You
REMINDER: If you change either the first name, last name or email address on one of your domain registrations, you’ll need to verify the new information via email within 15
Sometimes You Just Cannot Have the .com Name That You Want; Now Move On
It’s aggravating to find frivolous lawsuits such as one I will talk about today where someone fighting for a domain just doesn’t get it. The single thing that takes a
EDITED: Why Great .com Domain Names Are Paying Less Dividends for Investors
RETRACTION: A previous version of this article had listed two specific GTLD domain names sold last year (2016), instead of this year (2017); these GTLD domain names have been removed.
Why Purchase of “Tainted” DNForum.com by New Owners = Good Investment
NEW YORK, NY – As most of you have already heard, DNForum.com, has been purchased by domain name enthusiasts George Verdugo and Kevin Faler. The two now have their work
Expense Report: Domainers to See Increase in Costs via Secure Browser Requirements
Over the last year, buzz on SSL use in general has been skyrocketing due to increased hacking and search engine requirements. Now, web browsers will instill even more urgency for
No More Procrastinating on Two Factor Authenticating Protect Your Domains
There is one thing that can come between you and your business regardless of whom you are and how safe you feel your security procedures might be and that’s theft
New gTLD? Not So Fast; History Suggests New ‘Right of the Dots’ Could = Total Failure
It’s a time where new generic top level domains are taking a lot of the lime-light in domain circles, sales charts, and buzz; but is the entire thing just a
Comment Period Closing on .US Premium Domain Name and Privacy Plan Proposals
Now could be a very good time to pick up a few solid .US domain names just in case, or in preparation for, what could become a landslide increase in
Just Another ‘Go-Nowhere’ Transaction at GoDaddy’s Aftermarket for Domains; WTF?
NEW YORK, NY – Let me begin by saying I am a big fan of GoDaddy.com and have been doing business with them since I began working on the Internet.
NamesCon 2017 Takes Place in Las Vegas, Jan 22 – 25, 2017; Be There or Be, ‘Square’
In just over two weeks the largest domain name conference in the World will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, from January 22 to January 25. Over 1,400 guests are
11 Tools to Market, Maintain, and Improve Your Website; Measure Your Competition
Below are ten great online tools which will help you be successful online. They are invaluable tools for both marketing and research and can help save you lots of time
New .Cars Automotive Domain Ready to Kick-off 2017 With 90+ Participating Dealers
A new .cars automotive website is making an appearance as one of the most successful dots in its space. Find.cars, with over 90 participating dealers in the New York and
Yellow Pages Directory Inc., Acquires Both Yellow Pages & White Pages .Green Environmental Domain Names
Yellow Pages Directory Inc., (YellowPagesGoesGreen.org), a business directory website at the forefront of the environmentally-conscious “Green” movement, has acquired the set of premium domains YellowPages.green and WhitePages.green, made available through