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Sedo’s Great Domain Auction Ends Thursday; 345.com; mph.com, Telephones.com
Sedo.com Great Domain Auction for May ends this Thursday at Noon EST. As of time of publication, over 70 domain names in the auction have bids led by 345.com with a high bid of $25,000 (that is owned by the same company that publishes TheDomains) mph.com is the domain with the second highest bid at $24,999. Telephones.com is sitting at just $99 a l
TheDomains  -   5/20/2013 2:32 PM
 
  
ICANN 47 in Durban, South Africa, 14-18 July
From ICANN ICANN 47 | 14-18 July 2013 ICANN has opened links for hotel booking and conference registration for its upcoming 47th Public Meeting to be held in Durban, South Africa from 14-18 July 2013. The meeting site will be the International Convention Centre. ICANN holds three public meetings each calendar year in different regions [...
namesmash  -   5/20/2013 1:41 PM
 
  
The single most important question fresh domainers need to ask
So you’re venturing into the unknown, yet wonderful world of domaining! Congratulations; the world is your oyster. The road is wide but paved with strange temptations. Like a modern Odysseas on the way to Ithaca, you’re presented with melodic, new TLDs, “premium” domains and other such attractive elements. Fresh domainer, be
DomainGang  -   5/20/2013 1:09 PM
 
  
NameJet & Afternic Sponsoring Meet Up to Benefit One Fund Boston
I am excited to announce a Boston area domain investor meetup, and I am even more excited to announce that proceeds from the meet up are going to benefit One Fund Boston, a non-profit organization that is helping victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. The event is sponsored by NameJet and Afternic. The domain investor [...The post NameJet &
Elliots Blog  -   5/20/2013 1:08 PM
 
  
1800MyWebsite Auction Canceled
In the event that you were planning to be a bidder on the Hilco Streambank auction for the domain names and intellectual property package related to 1800mywebsite.com, I want to let you know that the auction has been canceled. Included in this auction were the 1800mywebsite.com and 1‐800‐mywebsite.com domain names as well as matching vanity [...The
Elliots Blog  -   5/20/2013 11:41 AM
 
  
Did Google Just Kill Off Selling SubDomains?
On Friday Matt Cutts announced that Google would soon be imposing a change in the search algorithm that would limit the number of search results coming from one domain. The news was broke by SearchEngineLand.com, which said it will make it less “likely to see results from the same domain name, if you already have been shown that domain name i
TheDomains  -   5/20/2013 11:18 AM
 
  
Every restaurant should get one of these websites
A mobile friendly website for restaurants that doesn’t have any of my pet peeves. On Friday I received a press release from GoDaddy about how its website builder had new functionality and specific templates for restaurants. It was Friday afternoon and I generally don’t care much about small business website builders. The combination of
Domain Name Wire  -   5/20/2013 11:15 AM
 
  
Too Late Trend Reggers: Domain Lotto Ca Ching— Face Print (.com) and Face Prints (.com) Are Already Held
The Minority Report Made Real: Ads Are All Around You Ever wonder what they do with your stuff on Facebook? Or all the data Google collects in the process of sending traffic to your sites, parked pages and blogs? They make a lot of money from your traffic that you are never compensated for. And in case you missed 60 Minutes last night, Leslie Stah
Frager Factor  -   5/20/2013 11:05 AM
 
  
Google protects WithGoogle.com third level domains with second level domains
Subdomains are great, but beware the typos. Have you ever come across a Google information page that’s a subdomain of WithGoogle.com? If you just go to Withgoogle.com you’ll be forwarded to Google.com. But type in certain third level domains, often referred to as subdomains, of WithGoogle.com and you’ll find specialized product pa
Domain Name Wire  -   5/20/2013 10:38 AM
 
  
Hola amigos y amigas! Mexico City domain conference opens its gates today
If you thought that Cinco de Mayo is the only Mexican holiday in May, you’d be pleased to hear about INVEST. Launched in 2009, INVEST is “an international event focused on investments in domains whose evolution and diversity of attendees has become a valuable source of information to know how to take advantage of opportunities, [...
DomainGang  -   5/20/2013 10:35 AM
 
  
Michael Cyger Launches SEOBlog.com
Search engine optimization continues to be one of the most discussed topics online for web developers and publishers. Every second there is an average of 3.5 searches about the topic on Google, and there are over 3,000 books about SEO on Amazon. SEO is a booming business, and many millions of dollars are spent by [...The post Michael Cyger Launches
Elliots Blog  -   5/20/2013 10:03 AM
 
  
What Startups Need to Know About Acquiring a Killer Domain Name – With Andrew Rosener
Worldwide, there are about 150 million new businesses being started up each year.With some startups being funded to grow as quickly as possible, many are interested in purchasing killer domain names so they can create a memorable brand. Noted venture capitalist Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures suggests to start-ups he invests in that they alloc
Domain Sherpa  -   5/20/2013 8:00 AM
 
  
David Castello & Bree to Make National TV Debut Tonight With a Live Performance on AXS-TV
Things are happening fast for bree and domain industry giant David Castello, a lifelong musician who manages the rapidly rising rock star and plays drums in her trio. Bree will lead the group's live national TV debut tonight on billionaire Mark Cuban's cable music channel AXS-TV.
DNJournal  -   5/20/2013 7:41 AM
 
  
Did GMO flunk evaluation on 27 gTLDs? CentralNic takes over the whole lot
Did would-be new gTLD registry services provider GMO Registry fail its ICANN technical evaluations? The Japanese company has made a deal that will see CentralNic take over the back-end operations for all 27 of the applications it was signed up to service, it has emerged. In a letter, provided by GMO to ICANN last week [... Related posts: Another 4
DomainIncite  -   5/20/2013 6:52 AM
 
  
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 20th
Great weekend and enjoyed the phone calls last night with Peer and Mike.  Two guys that have a plan and it will be fun to follow and be a part.  Looking forward to even more conversation and relationship building at TRAFFIC.  Here are today’s names and the daily quote. “Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented indi
Domain Shane  -   5/20/2013 6:13 AM
 
  
Fly9 offers services to simplify new gTLD sales
Portland-based developer Fly9 launched last week, offering new gTLD registries a broad range of software designed to make it easier to sell domain names. The company, founded by SnapNames and Afilias alum Ravi Surya, hopes its platform will help new gTLD operators tap into registrars’ customer bases in a soon-to-be-flooded market. “The
DomainIncite  -   5/20/2013 5:39 AM
 
  
Quote of the Day: Success In Business- It's All About Creating Value
How did a $13million a year revenue generating blog network sell for $1 billion? It's not about the money. "What makes business work is creating value. If you’re going into the business with the intention of not creating value, but of having it magically provide money for you, then you often make really bad choices. The business that you’re invest
Frager Factor  -   5/19/2013 10:55 PM
 
  
Daily Sales Recap 5-19-13 ZSG.com closes at $14,575 on Go Daddy Auctions
By: Raymond Hackney Daily Sales Recap May 19, 2013 Flippa Domain Sales Behaves.com $510 Go Daddy Auctions zsg.com $14,575 amsikenler.org $593 genesis-path.com $562 cshealth.org $555 globeurope.com $430 newunionparty.org $285 governmentgrantsetc.com $280 fundraisingideas.org $272 hodesforcongress.com $250 carwallpapers.org $236 nolegacy.com $227 ncs
Hybrid Domainer  -   5/19/2013 10:30 PM
 
  
Jay Leno Features Quirky (.com): Making Money Naming New Inventions
Nothing like a plug on Jay Leno to kick start a new venture. Yesterday, Quirky founder Ben Kaufman took late night by storm as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. After chatting about Quirky’s mission and process, Ben and Jay ran through a gallery of awesome inventions, from fan favorites Stem and Pivot Power to the upcoming safety product
Frager Factor  -   5/19/2013 10:24 PM
 
  
High School Drop-Out Blogger Becomes The Web's Newest Billionaire
BILLION dollar deal makes 26-year-old America's next tech tycoon: High school drop-out behind blogging site Tumblr —sells it to Marissa Mayer's Yahoo New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer believes purchase of mico-blogging site will be a 'stake in the ground' for her tenure as head of the tech giant  Board approached all-cash purchase on Sunday, despite Tu
Frager Factor  -   5/19/2013 9:49 PM