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• GetARoom.com sells for $30,000 USD (and others)
  The Sedo sales for the week of June 22nd are highlighted by the sale of a slogan domain for $30,000 USD: GetARoom.com. While the name just redirects t…
• AfternicDLS sells domains for $496,780.78
  In the week up to June 22nd, 2009, AfternicDLS sold 334 domains for a total of $496,780.78 USD with an average price of $1,487.37 per domain. The .COM…
• Domain Roundtable Extended Auction Brings in $81,774
  The Domain Roundtable extended auction ended Tuesday night with little fanfare.   An additional 54 domain names sold with a total take of $81,774. …
• Domain Roundtable Silent Auction ends today
  The 2009 Domain Roundtable Silent Auction on Aftermarket.com ends today at 5pm EDT. Please find the full list of domains in the auction after the jump…
• Congratulations Mr and Mrs. Kettner !
  We’d like to send out a big congratulations to DNN writer Chad Kettner and his new wife Rachel.  The couple tied the knot today in their hometown o…
• (Live) Frank Michlick Is Co-Hosting Bido Chat
  Frank Michlick of DNN.com is currently co-hosting the Bido.com auction for the domain name Craftsman.tv. Click here to visit the auction and submit yo…
• TRAFFIC Conference Teams Up With Rick Latona - 6 Shows Planned For 2010
  Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu of TRAFFIC Conference have announced a new partnership with RickLatona.com to take the conference around the world - incl…
• Domain Roundtable 2009 Live Auction Results
  We will be were live blogging the auction results of the auctions at Domain Roundtable in Washington, DC for Thought Convergence’s Aftermarket.com A…
• Jonathan Fram Resigns from Marchex’s Board of Directors
  In a regulatory filing on June 15, Marchex announced that Jonathan Fram resigned from its board of directors and pointed out that his decision “was…
• Targeted TRAFFIC ccTLDs extended auction results
  The extended Targeted TRAFFIC ccTLD auction by RickLatona.com ended yesterday and yielded another 75,501 Euros (appx. 105,000 USD) from the sales of 2…

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• Rodan Media Reconfigures to Handle Growth in Their Domain Development Business
  The company behind most versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference website that you have seen in recent years announced a major expansion for their dom…
• Is This Man ICANN's Next CEO? Plus an ICANN VP Admits They Want to Kill the UDRP
  The Associated Press is reporting that the former chief of U.S. cyber security is the leading candidate to become the next CEO of ICANN, replacing Dr.…
• Another Big Deal in the Partnership Parade: The Castello Brothers Join Forces with LZ Domains
  For the second day in a row, a major entity in the geodomain space has announced a major development partnership deal involving a generic keyword doma…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report from DNJournal.com: ccTLDs Still Rocking
  After a quartet of six-figure sales last week, the aftermarket downshifted a gear this week with the mid-level drawing the biggest crowd. We saw a lar…
• Partnership Preacher Skip Hoagland Signs Two New Deals to Develop Top Generic Domains
  He is best known for his developed geodomains but thanks to new partnership deals, Skip Hoagland is ready to break new ground with his top tier generi…
• 2009 Domain Roundtable Provides Rousing Conclusion to the Amazing Conference Race
  Domain Roundtable was the 6th major conference in the past 6 months. Could there possibly be anything new left to talk about ? Were there any new face…
• ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin Reports from Sydney Where Domain Owner Rights are Under Attack
  The 35th public ICANN meeting is underway in Sydney, Australia and the agenda includes several critical issues for domain owners. ICA Legal Counsel Ph…
• ccTLDs Sweep the Top Three Spots on DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart
  Country code fans have three more reasons to party down this week. ccTLDs, including the biggest country code sale of the year at $266,000, swept the…
• Promoters Gone Wild - With Plans to Double Their Show Count is the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Team Tripping Out?
  Here is Ron Jackson's view of the new T.R.A.F.F.I.C. alliance between Rick Latona, Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu. Despite the biggest economic downturn…
• Photos and Highlights from the Closing Day and Night at Domain Roundtable
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos and highlights from the closing day (and night) of the 2009 Domain Roundtable conference in Wa…

• DN Journal's Photos and Highlights from the Past 24 Hours at Domain Roundtable
  Today in the Lowdown at DNournal.com: Photos and highlights from Monday and Tuesday events at the 2009 Domain Roundtable conference in Washington, D.C…
• DN Journal's Photos and Highlights from the Start of Domain Roundtable in Washington D.C.
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com. Photos and highlights from the Domain Roundtable conference that opened Sunday night in Washington, D.C. The sh…
• New DN Journal Cover Story: ccTLDs Take Center Stage
  The new June Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It is a detailed account of the biggest coming out party ever held for country code domains. It happ…
• Live Domain Auction in San Francisco Goes Down in Flames - Here's What Went Wrong
  Our post mortem on the real estate related domain auction that flamed out Thursday in San Francisco - here's what went wrong. Plus, how a local newspa…
• Final Countdown to Domain Roundtable, A New Face at NameMedia & the Latest on .NYC
  Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The Domain Roundtable conference gets under in Washington D.C. less than 72 hours from now - here's what is in sto…
• Real Estate Domain Auction - Will it Flop or Fly? Also, Why ICANN May Become Even More Unaccountable
  A heavily advertised auction of geo-targeted real estate domains will be held Thursday in San Francisco - but will buyers show up? (There will be no o…
• Pair of 7-Figure Blockbusters Headline DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week's hit parade is led by a pair of domains that cracked the million dollar mark -…
• People in the News: Skip Hoagland, Dan Warner, Simonetta Batteiger, Gregg McNair & Rick Schwartz
  Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: Domain industry people in the news including geodomain giant Skip Hoagland, the long-time face of Fabulous.com - D…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Slashes Early Bird Prices for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York to New Lows
  With a successful show in Amsterdam now behind them, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. organizers slash early bird prices for their next event - T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York.…
• Photos and Highlights from the Farewell Party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam & The Day After
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Photos and highlights from the closing night party at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam and Thursday's…
• Final Day Photos and Highlights from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs Conference in Amsterdam
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from the final day at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam, including RickLa…
• Wednesday Photos & Highlights from T.R.A.F.F.I.C Amsterdam Including Kevin Ham's Keynote
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Photos and highlights from Wednesday's schedule at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam, including the key…
• Photos & Highlights From the First Full Day of Business at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
  DN Journal has just posted photos and highlights from the the first full day of business at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam. The sch…
• DN Journal's First Report from Amsterdam Where the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs Conference Begins Tonight
  Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: our first report from Amsterdam where the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference gets underway tonight with a dinner at…
• Jay Westerdal Launches a New Website Devoted to His Legal Battle With Thought Convergence
  Jay Westerdal has set up a new website to post developments in the ongoing lawsuit filed by Thought Convergence against Westerdal and other shareholde…
• Shows.com Leads the Cast on This Week's DN Journal Top 20 Domain Sales Chart
  Sales from the two live domain auctions at last month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference started closing in large numbers this week to dominat…
• Domain Roundtable to Help Raise Funds for the ICA By Selling Donated Domains During Live Auction
  Thought Convergence, the organizers of the Domain Roundtable conference coming up June 14-17 in Washington, D.C. will provide time during the show's l…
• The Latest GreatDomains Auction Ends Thursday Afternoon & the AfternicDLS Expands Its Reach
  Sedo's latest GreatDomains premium domain auction ends Thursday afternoon at 1pm (U.S. Eastern time) with 80.com and CD.net among the names going on t…
• Miracle Man: How German Domainer Markus Schnermann Beat the Odds and Hit It Big
  German domainer Markus Schnermann is the picture of good health: physical, mental, financial - you name it - he is at the top of his game. Domainers i…
• DN Journal's New Monthly Newsletter Previews T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
  DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features an exclusive interview with RickLatona.com President David Clements previewing the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTL…
• Holiday Weekend Gets Off to a Good Start at the Jackson Household But the Party is Already Over
  Ron and Diana Jackson kicked off the long Memorial Day Weekend enjoying a visit from a domain industry friend and his family who were traveling throug…
• Michael Mann and Rob Monster Will Make Speaking Debuts at Domain Roundtable
  Attendees at next month's Domain Roundtable Conference in Washington, D.C. will see two industry heavyweights, BuyDomains Co-Founder Michael Mann and…
• Year's Biggest Non .Com gTLD Sale & 3rd Highest ccTLD Deal Top DN Journal's Weekly Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market returned this week with the biggest non .com global TLD sale of…
• Sedo Begins Month-Long Auction Binge & TRAFFIC Amsterdam Enters the Final Countdown
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Sedo begins a month-long auction binge on Thursday, the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference coming up June 1-4 in Amsterda…
• Companies in the News: The AfternicDLS, DirectNic, NameJet and PremiumDomains.com
  The AfternicDLS has expanded its reach thanks to a new registrar partner, Directnic.com, NameJet will auction off 15 premium .me domains next month an…
• Thought Convergence Issues Statement on Jay Westerdal Termination.
  While we believe that employment matters should be dealt with internally rather than in a public discourse, we feel compelled to address the misstatem…
• Breaking News: Thought Convergence Has Filed Suit Against Jay Westerdal
  A search of court records shows that Thought Convergence filed suit against Jay Westerdal, his father and other parties on May 1.
• High End of the Aftermarket Missing This Week But the Low to Mid Range Marches On
  The price tag on the #1 domain on DN Journal's new weekly sales chart is the lowest we have seen for a chart topper in quite some time. Though the hig…
• Breaking News: Jay Westerdal Terminated by Thought Convergence
  Jay Westerdal, who sold his company, Name Intelligence, LLC (which included DomainTools.com and the Domain Roundtable conference), has been dismissed…
• Dr. Kevin Ham Makes a Major Move Aimed at Becoming a Global Leader in Interactive Media
  Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology is making a bold move toward becoming a major player in the convergence of TV and the Internet. In a bid to become…
• DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley
  The 15th show in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference series was staged April 27-30 in the Silicon Valley. Co-Founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu had a tou…
• 2009: The Year PPC Gives Way to New Methods of Domain Monetization?
  In any case, it looks like 2009 will at least be The Year of New Domain Monetization Initiatives. The flood of alternatives to domain parking continue…
• Ron Sheridan is Back With a New Company That Says It Can Cure the Domain Monetization Blues
  Ron Sheridan is back in the saddle again. Less than 3 months after the legendary director of business development left his post at DomainSponsor, Sher…
• Sunny Days for GeoDomains: DN Journal's Review of the 2009 GeoDomain Expo
  The annual GeoDomain Expo, staged by Associated Cities, has a history of presenting exceptionally high value events despite charging the lowest regist…
• Domain Aftermarket Stages Strong Rebound in the Opening Quarter of 2009
  Domain sales in the 1st quarter of 2009 rebounded sharply from a dismal showing in the closing quarter of 2008. DN Journal sales data, collected from…
• World's Most Famous Domainer Will Be The Keynote Speaker at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
  In a coup for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference coming up in Amsterdam June 1-4, show promoter Rick Latona has landed Dr. Kevin (The Man Who Owns t…
• Atlanta.com Owner Skip Hoagland Stages a Talent Raid on that City's Local Newspaper
  In another sign of the times, Atlanta.com is making a bold attempt to lure writers, reporters and managers away from the city's once powerful but now…
• Double Length Report at DN Journal Covers Domain Sales Reported Over the Past Two Weeks
  After a week off for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley, DN Journal has published a double length domain sales report that will bring you completely up to…
• "Zappy" Zapolin Unleashes Internet Warrior & New Video Captures Main Street View of Domainers
  Mike Zappy Zapolin has opened the doors at InternetWarrior.com where the widely respected domain investor/developer is offering his guide to web succe…
• $1.4 Million Ad.com Auction Win Puts Divyank Turakhia in the YouTube Spotlight
  YouTube spotlights Skenzo/Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia in two videos from the Ad.com auction he won with a $1.4 million bid last week at the T.…
• Sedo Sweeps the First Five Spots on This Week's Top 20 Sales Chart at DN Journal
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo was firing on all cylinders this week, sweeping the first five spots on our new Top 2…
• New Articles Provide More Evidence of What Time Calls "The New Internet Start-Up Boom"
  A small business start-up boom continues to gain steam in the midst of the recession as laid off employees decide to try working for themselves. The t…
• Bad Environment for Business? Owners of Three New Domain Related Companies Think Not
  With the severe downturn in the general economy this might not seem like the best time to open a new business but that hasn't stopped a trio of vetera…
• Is Twittersquatting the New Cybersquatting?
  Is Twittersquatting the new Cybersquatting? Pingdom.com says it is and they have some interesting facts to back up their case. Elsewhere the ICA files…
• First Newspapers, Now Magazines. New Data Shows the Bloodbath Expanding in Old Media
  The Internet is the ONLY media platform expected to see a growth in ad revenues this year. Everyone knows newspapers have become basket cases but new…
• Keynote Speaker Named for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley
  The keynote speaker has been selected for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference coming up April 27-30 in Santa Clara, California. He is Scott K…
• GoDaddy Sued for Alleged Cybersquatting in Their Domain Parking Program
  GoDaddy is being sued for alleged cybersquatting in their domain parking program. Ubid, Inc. filed the suit in a U.S. District Court, asserting that G…
• $250,000 Domain Tops New DN Journal Chart & ccTLDs Take 3 Spots in the Top Ten
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Last month Richard Gabriel sold Auction.com for $1.7 million in the year's third biggest d…
• Moniker Releases T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley Auction Catalog With Over 5,500 Domains
  The complete catalog for Moniker's live and extended online domain auctions at this month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference has been released…
• Good News for Domains: Time Says "The New Internet Start-Up Boom" is Underway
  Last month we wrote about seeing a nice uptick in domain sales to small business end users. The new issue of Time Magazine confirmed that something is…
• New Cover Story at DNJournal.com: Who Neu? The Life of a Multi-Talented Domainer
  DN Journal's new Cover Story profiles domain attorney & T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu. As a talented singer, actor and interviewer Neu has appe…
• Physicians.com Sells for $250,000 & Hot Water Rises Around ICANN's Plan to Flood the Web with New TLDs
  Physicians.com changes hands for $250,000. Plus, hot water continues to rise around ICANN's plan to flood the Internet with an unlimited number of new…
• New Study Shows Generic Domains Give Search Engine Ad Campaigns a Huge Boost
  A new study underscores the value of generic domain names, especially with respect to using them to improve results from search engine advertising cam…
• 2009 GeoDomain Expo Preview: Development To Take Center Stage in San Diego
  The 2009 Associated Cities GeoDomain Expo will be staged in San Diego April 23-25. To get the inside scoop on what will be happening at this month's s…
• Industry Standard Says "Latest Plan for Domain Names is as Doomed as .coop and .mobi."
  ICANN's plan to flood the Internet with an unlimited number of new global domain extensions continues to be a hot topic. Following Tuesday's piece in…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DNJournal.com
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the first time since early February, no 6-figure domain sales were reported. However t…
• USA Today Quotes DN Journal on ICANN's Plan to Flood the Internet with New TLDs
  A new USA Today article was published today about ICANN's plans to roll out an unlimited number of new global TLD's within the next year. DN Journal's…
• New OzDomainer.com Podcast Puts Ron Jackson on the Other Side of the Interview Table
  Australia's Ed Keay-Smith has released a new interview in his popular podcast series at OzDomainer.com. DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron Jackson was…
• Domain Roundtable Releases the Agenda for Their June Conference in Washington D.C.
  The Domain Roundtable Conference, coming up June 14-17 in Washington D.C., has announced the agenda for the first major domain show in the Nation's Ca…
• A Popular Domain Industry CEO is Stepping Down and.the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley Agenda is Out
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: The popular CEO of Fabulous.com's parent company, Dark Blue Sea, is stepping down...T.R.A.F.F.I.C. has released the pre…
• Bido Helps Bail Out the Burros, The Smart Method Behind Domain Madness & An Appealing Expo Agenda
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: A Bido charity auction raises over $2,000 for an endangered animal shelter...Domain Madness introduced a promising new…
• $300,000 Domain Claims the Top Spot on DN Journal's Weekly Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A $300,000 sale that ranks among the year’s ten biggest headlines our new Top 20 chart w…
• Another Major Newspaper Goes Bankrupt & Free Videos from DOMAINfest Global Go Online
  Both of Chicago's daily newspapers are now in bankruptcy after the Sun Times files for court protection...You can now view videos of the seminars from…
• Rick Schwartz Issues a Forecast for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley & The Industry at Large
  DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features a conversation with Rick Schwartz that reveals what is in store for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. confer…
• Rick Schwartz Says Some Domainers Will Get Rich in the Recession, But Not With Domains!
  In the last big economic downturn domainers like Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham made their fortunes by buying up assets few others wanted. Could histor…
• Shocking New Data Shows Theme for Next Month's GeoDomain Expo Couldn't Be More Timely
  The theme for next month's GeoDomain Expo in San Diego will be Freefall! (How to Monetize the Collapse of Traditional Media). A stunning new report on…
• The Ultimate Guide to Everything Twitter - Twemendous Tips for Tweaking Your Tweets
  A sizeable community of domainers has taken over a corner at Twitter.com, the increasingly popular social network based on microblogging. For those wh…
• A New Combatant Enters the MiniSite Wars & Bido.com Announces Another Format Change
  The rapidly growing domain mass development sector that we wrote about in our current Cover Story got another new player today (and more are on the wa…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DN Journal Led By Year's Third 7-Figure Sale & Surging ccTLDs
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Our latest Top 20 Chart is led by the year’s third biggest sale to date and the country…
• In the Lowdown at DN Journal Today: .Tel, Rick Schwartz, Kevin Ham, the ICA and the Grim Reaper
  The new .tel extension opened for public registration today...Rick Schwartz will appear on a live web broadcast tonight...ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwi…
• Don't Be an Ass - Befriend a Burro! Domainers Fight to Save an Animal Rescue Facility
  This industry attracts more good-hearted people than any I've ever been a part of. Another example of that came this past weekend when a group of doma…
• New Companies Are Making the Dream of Affordable Mass Domain Development a Reality
  Domain name owners have long dreamed of a day when it would be possible to affordably develop their names en masse. That day is here, but there are st…
• The Hatchets Have Been Buried: Associated Cities Leaders Announce A Major New Agreement
  Disagreements among leaders at Associated Cities (operators of the GeoDomain Expo) broke into public view last week and put the status of the show in…
• Time for a Pity Party? Sorry, No Time for That in This Business!
  The past couple of days I've talked about improving sales in the domain aftermarket this month. Maybe it is just the coming of spring, nature's time f…
• March Surprise: Is the Domain Aftermarket Uptick a Blip or the Beginning of a Rebound?
  Is that a ray of light we see at the end of the tunnel or a train coming our way? Things are looking brighter in the aftermarket this month and even 7…
• Spring Fever Hits the Domain Aftermarket with Solid Sales at Every Level
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DN Journal (this one actually covers two weeks since we were away on vacation last week). Maybe we should…
• "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Poorhouse" - Alternate TLDs Are Finally Paying Off
  Six months ago it looked like the financial world was ending. Now I'm having my best month ever and a lot of the revenue is coming from a surprising s…
• Full Steam Ahead: The GeoDomain Expo is a Go and We Have a First Look at the Show Agenda
  The decision is in - after several days of uncertainty due to boardroom bickering, Associated Cities confirms the 2009 GeoDomain Expo will go on as sc…
• Tomorrow Will be a Landmark Day in the Media World (and for the Domain Business Too)
  Tuesday will be a landmark day in the media world (and an important one for the domain business as well). The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will print it…
• Latest on the GeoDomain Expo: Indications Are the Board Will Vote Monday to Proceed With the Show
  In an update to a story we posted earlier today, we now expect the remaining board members at Associated Cities to vote Monday to proceed with next mo…
• Photos & Highlights From a Vacation Visit to Charleston SC (With a Domain Twist Of Course!)
  I just returned from spring vacation visit to one of America's most history rich and picturesque cities, Charleston, South Carolina. The first thing I…
• GeoDomain Expo Update: Three Board Members Resign and Attorney's Advice Sought
  An official statement on the status of next month's GeoDomain Expo may be delayed until the attorney for show organizer Associated Cities weighs in on…
• Go or No Go? Official Status of GeoDomain Expo Remains Unresolved Amid Conflicting Reports
  Associated Cities Co-Founder Josh Metnick says an official statement regarding the status of next month's GeoDomain Expo is planned for release Sunday…
• Transfer of Toys.com Completed Over the Weekend and Sedo Announces a $450,000 Sale
  The transfer of Toys.com to Toys R Us looks to have been completed over the weekend. That $5.1 million sale is the biggest of 2009 to date. Sedo will…
• Industry Execs Comment on Domain Investing in 2009 and Beyond
  DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter has comments from executives at Sedo, Parked.com and Neustar on the outlook for domain investments in 2009 and…
• Condolences to Veteran Domain Investor Marc Ostrofsky and his Family
  It has been a week of highs and lows for veteran domain investor Marc Ostrofsky. He had dinner with actor/comedian Robin Williams just days before Wil…
• Toys.com Sale Continues to Bring Mainstream Media Attention to Domains with ABC News Story
  The $5.1 million sale of Toys.com to ToyRUS last Friday continues to draw mainstream media attention to domain names. Yesterday it was The BBC, today…
• The BBC Reports on the Domain Aftermarket: Has the Recession Really Cut .co.uk Prices in Half?
  The BBC has issued a report on the domain aftermarket and the recent $5.1 million sale of Toys.com in a bankruptcy auction. Have .co.uk prices really…
• German ccTLD Flattens the Competition to Lead DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week a German country code domain flattened the competition in all extensions with a…
• Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: 2009 GeoDomain Expo Registration Opens + News from Sedo and the AfternicDLS
  In DN Journal's Lowdown today: Registration opens for the 2009 GeoDomain Expo in San Diego, Sedo's no reserve online domain auction is winding down ju…
• Domainer Mardi Gras Lets the Good Times Roll: DN Journal Reviews the Big Show on the Bayou
  When someone tells me they are thinking of starting a new domain conference I tell them think of something else! But when Modern Domainer told me last…
• ICANN President and CEO Dr. Paul Twomey Announces He Will Leave ICANN at the End of the Year
  ICANN President and CEO Dr. Paul Twomey today announced that he will leave the organization after his contract expires this year. The announcement cam…
• Newspapers Close Their Doors as New Report Predicts Local Advertisers Will Double Their Spending Online
  More evidence that domain owners are in the right place at the right time. A new report from the Kelsey Group predicts that money spent on local adver…
• Afilias Publishes a Major Progress Report on the .Info Extension and a Team of Domainers Scores an Upset Win in India
  The operator of the .info registry, Afilias, has released a detailed new report on the progress the first new global TLD has made since its introducti…
• High End of the Market Shows Some Life As 3 Sales Totaling Over $700,000 Lead New DN Journal Weekly Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market stirred from its slumber this week with three of the year’s s…
• The Recession is Producing a Huge Wave of New Search Traffic for Financial Keywords (and Related Domains)
  New research from comScore shows the recession is driving a huge wave of new traffic to search terms related to financial matters, traffic that adds v…
• On the Road Again - Some Travel Notes as We Head Home from the Frigid North
  We are en route back home to Florida after stops in New Orleans and Ohio. Some things you need to know while we are making the trip; our weekly domain…
• Photos and Highlights From the Closing Day of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference Saturday in New Orleans
  The first Domainer Mardi Gras conference closed Saturday. We have photos and highlights from the final day in New Orleans where attendees enjoyed brun…
• Bourbon Street Balcony Bash Caps Day 2 at the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans
  Here is a link to DN Journal's Friday photos and highlights from the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans - a day featuring the keynote addre…
• Photos and Highlights From the Opening Day of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans
  We have photos and highlights from the opening day of the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans Thursday - everything from the opening cocktai…
• Verisign Reports Worldwide Domain Registrations Rose 16% in 2008 with Country Codes Growing at an Even Faster Clip
  Verisign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief, covering the 4th quarter of 2008, is now out and it showed another big jump in worldwide domai…
• Sedo Books a Sale of More Than $380,000 to Lead This Week's Top 20 Chart at DN Journal
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com.The report is headlined by the second biggest domain sale reported so far this year, one th…
• Domainer Mardi Gras Ready for Its Debut Thursday Afternoon in New Orleans
  Final preparations are underway for the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference that opens in New Orleans Thursday at 5pm (U.S. Central Time). Aftermarket.com,…
• Huge Opportunity for Domain Owners: 56% of Small Businesses STILL Have No Presence Online
  New research shows there is a great opportunity for domain owners to profit from a huge untapped pool of small business end users. Only 44% of the sma…
• The Babe Ruth of Business Development: Ron Sheridan's Rise from Orphan to MVP
  The February Cover Story is out at DN Journal. It is the story of Ron Sheridan, the highly regarded Business Development Director at DomainSponsor who…
• Bido.com Plans to Return to the Domain Auction Wars Next Week
  Bido.com is set to make a comeback next week. The one-name-a-day auction platform debuted early last year but went dark due to repeated technical snaf…
• Still Another Top Yahoo Search Exec Jumps to Microsoft - the Third to Switch Sides Since November
  Though Yahoo spurned Microsoft's offer to buy the company last year (and subsequent overtures to buy just Yahoo's search business) it is starting to l…
• Michael Gilmour Asks Domainers to Help Victims of the Wildfires That Are Devastating His Australian State
  Massive wildfires are raging through Australia's Victoria state destroying lives and property. Victoria is home to many well-known domainers. One of t…
• RT.TV Tunes in $62,500 to Lead This Week's Action in the Domain Aftermarket
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of strong country code domains headed the .coms off at the pass to lead this week's…
• Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Jumps from DOMAINfest Global to Dancing With the Stars!
  That is the improbable leap that Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wozniak is about to make. Fresh off his appearance as the keynote speaker at the big…
• Sedo Ready to Run Their First No Reserve Online Domain Auction
  Sedo has announced its first No Reserve online domain auction will be held February 26 - March 5. It can be hard to get sellers to put good domains in…
• Triumph in Tinseltown: DOMAINfest Global 2009 Raises the Conference Bar (DN Journal's Definitive Show Review)
  DN Journal has just published its comprehensive review of last week's DOMAINfest Global 2009 Conference in Hollywood, California. Packed with previous…
• DN Journal Previews the New Domainer Mardi Gras Conference Coming Up This Month in New Orleans
  The latest addition to the domain conference line-up, Domainer Mardi Gras, will run for the first time February 19-21 at the Westin Canal Place Hotel…
• The Decline of Ad Spending and the Rise of SmartPhones (and Why Those Disruptive Forces Will Affect You)
  A new survey of top media and advertising execs says the decline of ad spending and the rise of smartphones are the most disruptive forces in media to…
• Toys.com Could Change Hands for $1.25 Million if Creditors OK Bankruptcy Auction Results
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown - an inside report from an under the radar bankruptcy auction where Toys.com closed at $1.25 million Wednesday. A multi-…
• Sedo Says They Sold More .Infos Than .Orgs in 2008 and That Dollar Volume for .US Domains Jumped 40%
  Sedo has just issued a fascinating study of the 2008 domain aftermarket. Some of the surprises included more .info domains being sold than .orgs and a…
• Year's First Reported 7-Figure Domain Sale Tops DN Journal's Latest Weekly Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. There was one blockbuster sale but high ticket transactions continue to be rare as the gen…
• Wrong Number? The .Tel Land Rush Got Under Way Today But Its Appeal to Domainers Is Limited
  Another new TLD land rush has just gotten underway but most domainers are likely to sit this one out. The new .tel has some ease-of-use features that…
• DomainSponsor's Legendary Business Development Director Ron Sheridan Steps Down
  After successfully completing a two-year quest to throw a party for domainers at the Playboy Mansion (accomplished last week at DOMAINfest Global), Do…
• On the Road Again - Notes on DOMAINfest Global, Domainer Mardi Gras and Europe's 1st T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference
  With the DOMAINfest Global Conference running this week in Hollywood, California, we're on the road again! We have some notes on that event as well as…
• Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and HitFarm Parking Service Are Opening a New Office in Dubai
  Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and the company's domain parking service provider, HitFarm.com, are planning to open a new office in Dubai. Dr. Ha…
• Michael Collins Resigns His Position as Executive Director of the ICA
  Michael Collins has resigned as Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association in order to work on transitioning a retail business he owns fr…
• Sendori.com is Acquired by the Operators of Ask.com, a Division of Barry Diller's IAC
  In the first major domain company acquisition of 2009, Ask Sponsored Listings (operators of Ask.com), a division of Barry Diller's IAC internet empire…
• A Major Domain Industry Acquisition Is About to Be Announced
  The acquisition of a well-known domain industry company is about to be announced, DOMAINfest Global releases the final agenda for their conference whi…
• Domain Buyers Still Picking Up Low to Mid Range Names But High Ticket Items Stay on the Shelf
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Continuing a trend we saw develop in 2008, high end domain sales remain few and far betwee…
• Kentucky Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court's Attempt to Confiscate 141 Gambling Related Domain Names
  The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a local judge's controversial order that 141 gambling related domain names be turned over to the state. T…
• Parked.com Replaces Account Reps With New Account Management Teams - "Developer" Included
  Parked.com introduced a new account management system today. In the past each client had just an account rep. In the new system every customer gets an…
• 15 Domain Industry Experts Break Down What Went Wrong in 2008 and Predict What Will Happen in 2009
  DN Journal's annual State of the Industry Cover Story has just been published. After 4 years of robust growth the domain business hit stormy weather i…
• Domain Industry Layoffs Are Creating a Rich Talent Pool for Companies Seeking to Fill Key Positions
  While no one likes to see domain industry layoffs, there is an upside for start up companies and existing firms with holes to fill and budgets to fill…
• Oversee.net - Parent Company of DomainSponsor, Moniker & SnapNames - Announces a Major Layoff
  Oversee.net, the parent company of three of the best-known brands in the domain industry, DomainSponsor, Moniker and SnapNames, announced that they ar…
• TDNAM Gets a New Name, Bob Parsons Dishes About His Average Workday and .US Gets a Plug in TV Guide
  GoDaddy's TDNAM aftermarket domain auction site has a new name - it's now GoDaddy Auctions. In a related note, GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons describes h…
• Domain Sales Activity is Light in the First Full Week of the Aftermarket's 2009 Season
  After two weeks that were shortened by major holidays, the domain aftermarket just logged its first full week of 2009. Ironically, while sales held up…
• New CEO at Yahoo Spurs Hope for a Stronger PPC Competitor & Domainers Doubt Multi-Million $ .Travel Sale
  In DN Journal's Lowdown today: New Yahoo CEO brings hope of a stronger competitor to Google, free videos of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under seminars go onli…
• After Being Shut Down by School Administrators, a High School Newspaper Beats the System by Publishing Online
  The old system of media gatekeepers deciding who can report the news and what news will be published is being washed away once and for all. With a dom…
• Markus Frind Works Less Than an Hour a Day But His Website Rakes in $10 Million a Year
  A new article in Inc. Magazine profiles PlentyOfFish.com founder Markus Frind who, working by himself, developed and runs a site that generates $10 mi…
• The Atlantic Ponders the Death of The New York Times and What the New King - Web Journalism - Will Look Like
  With a story called End Times (in the latest issue of The Atlantic), writer Michael Hirschorn has penned the best article we've seen to date about the…
• 6-Figure Sale at Sedo Leads DN Journal's 1st Weekly Chart for 2009
  Sedo wound up sweeping the top three spots on DN Journal's new weekly Top 20 chart and piled up 10 of the 20 chart entries. Their list included a $167…
• No Recession at Directi/Skenzo as They Rank Among Asia's 500 Fastest Growing Companies for the 4th Year in a Row
  Directi/Skenzo continues to defy the recession as the red hot India-based company just landed on Deloitte & Touche's prestigious list of the 500 Faste…
• A Bright Spot in the Current Recession: Marketers Plan to Spend Big on Content Creation This Year
  Despite the recession many marketers are planning to increase their spending in several areas online. Content creation will be one of the big winners…
• BusinessWeek Magazine Says Only One Ad Medium - Online - Will Grow in 2009 & The Others Will Never Be The Same
  The success of many domain and website owners is based on online ad spending. While ad budgets in general will be slashed in 2009, most experts agree…
• 4th Quarter Tailspin Saddles 2008 Domain Aftermarket With a 10% Sales Decline From 2007
  DN Journal's latest free newsletter is being emailed to opt-in subscribers today. With the close of the 2008 domain sales season yesterday, this month…
• For the First Time the Internet Has Passed Newspapers As a Preferred Source of News
  The Internet has passed newspapers and now trails only TV as the most popular source for news according to a new report from the respected Pew Researc…
• The Final Weekly Domain Sales Report for 2008 is Now Out at DN Journal
  The final weekly domain sales report for 2008 is now out at DNJournal.com. Moniker closed a $275,000 sale that took the lead position on our new Top 2…
• Ari Goldberger Called It 3 Years Ago: New Data Shows WIPO Cases Have Doubled Since the Current Domain Boom Began
  A new analysis of WIPO cases shows that the number of domain disputes has doubled over the past five years. The reasons are being debated but one of o…
• Comics.com Plays a Key Role in the Comic Strip Industry's Bid to Survive by Migrating from Print to the Web
  Yet another institution from traditional media, the venerable comic strip, is looking to the web for salvation as its current distribution platform, t…
• The Location and Dates for the 2009 GeoDomain Expo Have Been Announced
  The geodomain industry's premier event will be moving to the West Coast in 2009 for a spring time conference that will close the weekend before the ne…
• What Was OnlineNic Thinking!? And How Does Verizon Keep Getting Away With the Same Thing?
  Verizon wins the biggest cybersquatting judgment ever - more than $33 million in a suit against registrar OnlineNic.com. Our take on why, even though…
• NameMedia Withdraws Its Planned $172 Million IPO
  Name Media has decided to pull their planned IPO offering citing market conditions. The Massachusetts-based domain conglomerate (parent company of Buy…
• Domains Defy Christmas Sales Slump With Five 6-Figure Sales Closing This Week
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. In contrast to retailers who are suffering through a dismal Christmas season domain seller…
• The 100 Oldest .Com Domains on the Internet: PC World Takes Us Back to the Beginning
  Do you know what the first .Com domain ever registered was? PC World magazine took us back in time with a new article published this week that runs do…
• A Veteran Domain Investor Meets Israel's President and Explains Why Domains Rock (Even in a Recession)
  Veteran domain investor Mike Zappy Zapolin of the Internet Real Estate Group met Israeli President Shimon Peres last week when Zappy was in Tel Aviv t…
• How Acquiring and Developing High Quality Domain Names Gave Warren Royal Control Over His Own Destiny
  The new December Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. The plunge in parking revenue over the past year has left many domain owners looking for lifejac…
• ICANN Plan for New gTLDs in More Trouble as U.S. Government Joins the Skeptics
  ICANN's plan to roll out an unlimited number of new global domain extensions starting next year has hit a major roadblock. The U.S. Government has joi…
• Results from Thursday's Sparring Match Between GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons and Company Critic Andrew Allemann
  GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons invited a critic of his company, Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire.com, to be on his GoDaddy Radio show Thursday. In case you…
• GreatDomains Auction Sales Dominate DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Chart
  A huge batch of completed sales from Sedo's GreatDomains.com premium auction site dominate the new weekly domain sales chart at DN Journal. We have ex…
• GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons, Fresh Off a $2 Million Party for Employees, Spars With a Company Critic Today on His Radio Show
  GoDaddy celebrated a 42% jump in sales this year by throwing a spectacular $2 million holiday party for its employees. TDNAM auction customers can cel…
• National Advertisers and TM Owners Call on ICANN to Stop Its Planned Roll Out of New gTLDs
  A powerful trade association representing thousands of famous brands has called on ICANN to halt its plans to roll out an unlimited number of new gTLD…
• Why There May Be a Silver Lining in the Dark Cloud Google Placed Over Parking Companies Last Week
  Google put a dark cloud over the heads of domain parking companies when they went into direct competition with their partners - but there may be a sil…
• Are the PPC Companies Toast? DN Journal's Take on Google's New Parking Plan
  Anyone in North America (and eventually the world) who wants to park a domain can now go directly to Google and bypass the parking companies. Does tha…
• Tribune Bankruptcy: "The notion that the local newspaper will always be there - no matter what - is no more."
  The ongoing migration of ad money to the web played a major role in the Tribune Company's stunning bankruptcy this week. One commentator observed that…
• Many Domain Owners Depend on Online Advertising But the Recession is Killing Ad Revs, Right? Wrong!
  The advertising industry's top forecasters are predicting that online advertising will keep growing at a healthy clip next year and, in terms if growt…
• Past Week Produces a Trio of Six-Figure Sales Including One of the Year's Ten Biggest ccTLD Sales
  Domain buyers were busy last week, ringing up three six-figure sales including one of the ten biggest country code sales of 2008. That was one of seve…
• DOMAINfest Global Registrants Are Looking Forward to a Special Party at the Playboy Mansion Next Month
  Those going to the DOMAINfest Global conference in Hollywood, California January 27-30 will be treated to a trip to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. The…
• A Webinar You Won't Want to Miss: Michael and David Castello on Developing Domains
  Brothers Michael and David Castello (who were the subject of a popular DN Journal Cover Story two years ago this month) will be the featured guests on…
• Domain Thieves Becoming More Brazen with Hijackers in the Ukraine and Iran the Latest to Strike
  Tis the season to be jolly - unless you are victimized by one of several domain hijackers currently operating in the shadows of the Internet. One appa…
• New Reports from Verisign and Nominet Size Up the Domain Registration Market as ccTLDs Continue to Rock
  New reports from Verisign in the U.S. and Nominet in the UK show total domain name registrations continue to expand but the growth rate is slowing dow…
• Jon Lumpkin Leaves Richmond.com to Help Skip Hoagland Build an Ambitious Dual Purpose Site on Alexandria.com
  After award winning work at Richmond.com, Jon Lumpkin has left to join Skip Hoagland's Domains New Media where he will help build a new site on Alexan…
• Pair of $150,000 Sales From Rick Latona's Live Auction in Australia Lead This Week's Domain Sales Chart
  Though the long Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S. shortened the work week to just three days for most Americans a string of completed live auction sale…
• Rand Fishkin Says SEO is Hot Again and That the Recession is a Big Reason For the Boom
  Are Fishkin's comments counter intuitive? Not really. The web is the most efficient business platform in the world and thus the one best suited to hel…
• Domainer Stephen Webb Turns to Development and Finds an Audience With WeAreRadio.com.
  Today in the Lowdown: An introduction to our new comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia, domainer Stephen Webb'…
• Fabulous Affair: DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under
  DN Journal has published its comprehensive review of the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held outside the United States. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Unde…
• The Economy Is Tanking But Online Ad Spending Is Expected to Set Another New Record in 2009
  Here is still another reason to be thankful this weekend - the continuing growth of the online advertising market. Despite the meltdown in the general…
• Egypt: An Inside View of This Stop on the Domain Industry's October/November World Tour
  Over the past few days, we've given you an inside view of domain events in Australia and on the French Riviera. Today it is on to Egypt where Directi…
• Country Code Domains Dominate DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Report
  Country code domains turned in the strongest performance we have seen since starting our weekly domain sales report over five years ago. The biggest c…
• An Inside Look at the 3rd Annual SedoPro Partner Forum on the French Riviera
  Photos from the 3rd Annual SedoPro Partner Forum held on the French Riviera make us wish we could have been there. A fabulous waterfront hotel, yacht…
• After a 32-Hour Trip Home Some Extra Photos and Notes from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under
  We're back from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia with some additional notes and photos from a fabulous show staged by, appropriat…
• Final Notes Before Heading to Australia for Traffic Down Under and Kudos to Jeff Kupietzky
  I'll be spending the entire weekend flying to Australia to cover next week's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference for you. I posted some show notes be…
• Domain Development Trend Continues to Pick Up Steam as Domainers Roll Out New Websites
  Domain development is attracting more and more domain owners who are looking for ways to offset their PPC revenue declines. Well-known domainers Page…
• How Domains Helped Michael Gilmour Bounce Back Bigger Than Ever After Losing a Fortune Overnight
  In 2003 Australian entrepreneur Michael Gilmour found himself broke after losing a fortune overnight. He took his last $100 and bought a domain name.…
• Don't Look Now But Variable Domain Pricing Is Rearing Its Ugly Head Again
  George Kirikos, a veteran domainer and long-time ICANN observer, has spotted language in new gTLD contracts that could pave the way for Verisign to ch…
• Four Six-Figure Sales Totaling Well Over $1 Million Lead New DN Journal Weekly Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Four big six-figure sales, totaling well over a million dollars, lead the new Top 20 chart…
• Christmas May Suck for Brick & Mortar Retailers But Experts Predict Double Digit Growth Online
  Forecasters are predicting a bad Christmas season for retailers with one exception - online sales are expected to easily surpass last year. In another…
• Big Sales Week Shaping Up As Sedo Closes Two Deals Totaling $725,000
  DN Journal's next weekly domain sales report (due out tomorrow night) is shaping up as a strong one, especially after two big six-figure sales were ju…
• Is SEO Dead? Micah Baldwin Says There Is a Better Way to Build Traffic
  If you do SEO for a living, you will be out of business or irrelevant in 3 years according to Lijit Networks exec Micah Baldwin. A lot of domain owner…
• Online Ad Network CEO Joe Apprendi Says Web Publishers Are Well Positioned to Weather the Recession
  The business pages are filled with bad news but here is some positive information for domain owners to mull over this weekend. Veteran online advertis…
• The ICA Corrects CADNA's Misrepresentation of Cybersquatting as a Criminal Offense
  The Internet Commerce Association has responded to a press release issued yesterday by the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) that erroneousl…
• DN Journal Releases Latest Quarterly Analysis of Sales Trends in the Domain Aftermarket
  DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter breaks down 3Q-2008 domain sales to see what the numbers reveal about the health of the aftermarket. Plus, more…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report From DNJournal.com
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Another big wave of completed live auction sales from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conferen…
• The Lowdown on Why GeoDomainer.com Has Been Down
  Today in The Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The scoop on why social networking site GeoDomainer.com has been inaccessible the past two weeks, details on a…
• Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett Graduate From the Harvard Business School
  Doctors Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett have become Harvard Business School graduates after completing the school's intensely demanding Advanced Manageme…
• BoycottKentucky.com Asks Domainers to Call That State's Governor Today
  BoycottKentucky.com is asking domain owners to call the office of Kentucky governor Steve Beshear en masse today to express their displeasure with his…
• Our Early Voting Experience and Online Polls Where You Can Cast a Ballot
  The U.S. presidential election won't be held until Tuesday but thousands of web surfers have been casting their votes in online polls for weeks now. W…
• Daughter of Domainer Rob Grant is Breaking Out in the Music Business
  Lizzy Grant, the daughter of veteran domainer Rob Grant, is making a splash in the music business. Lizzy has just released her first record (available…
• A Quartet of Six-Figure Domain Sales Lead New DN Journal Chart
  The new weekly DNJournal.com domain sales report is out with four six-figure sales and a flood of completed live auction sales leading the aftermarket…
• Ari Bayme Replaces Geodomain Giant Dan Pulcrano as CEO at MovieTimes.com
  Ari Bayme, is taking over as CEO at Movie Times, Inc., a company that owns a portfolio of several thousand movie related domain names and operates the…
• New Photo Gallery Added to DN Journal's Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York
  We're on the first leg of a one-week vacation trip but before heading out we added an exclusive new Photo Gallery to our T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York cover…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under Preview: Australia Ready to Welcome Domainers From Around the World
  The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference heads overseas for the first time November 18-20 when Fabulous.com hosts the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference on Aus…
• Harvard Business School Bash Brings Domain Industry Execs Face to Face With Bill Gates
  Internet Real Estate Group President Andrew Miller and CEO Mike Zappy Zappolin were among the Harvard Business School graduates who got to meet lumina…
• Kentucky Judge Rules Against 141 Gambling Related Domain Owners
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• Dr. Kevin Ham is Named an Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner
  Reinvent Technology CEO Dr. Kevin Ham, who was the subject of DN Journal's May 2008 Cover Story, has been named winner of the Pacific Region's prestig…
• DOMAINfest Global 2009 Lands Apple Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as Their Keynote Speaker
  The DOMAINfest Global 2009 conference coming up in January has scored a major coup by landing Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as their keynote…
• USA Today Columnist Tells Readers NOW Is the Time to Get a Domain Name and Build a Website
  In a new column today, USA Today business columnist Gladys Edmunds told her readers that NOW is the time to get a domain name and build a website to p…
• Back on Track - The Domain Aftermarket Rebounds Strongly From a Weak Outing Last Week
  The domain aftermarket got back on track this week with a solid outing led by one of the year’s five biggest country code sales at an eye-popping $3…
• Big City GeoDomain Owners Face New Competition as NBC Unveils New Local Portals
  Big city geodomain owners will be facing some tough new competition as NBC-TV begins converting their local station websites into broad based city por…
• Fabulous.com Announces a Live Domain Auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under to Benefit the ICA
  Fabulous.com has announced a charity live domain auction to benefit the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) will be held November 19th during the T.R.…
• Domain Registrations in Latin America Soared Almost 18% in the Past Year
  Domain registration rates around the world continue to grow at a double digit pace. A new report from the Latin American region says total registratio…
• Big Personnel Move Could Shake Up the GeoDomain Industry
  Two key members of the award-winning Branson.com team have left to help Skip Hoagland develop his portfolio of prime U.S. and International geodomains…
• Exclusive Photos From Poland's First Major Domain Conference Last Weekend in Cracow
  DN Journal has exclusive photos from the MeetDomainers conference held in Cracow, Poland last weekend - including a live domain auction that saw some…
• Weak Week For the Domain Aftermarket - The Question Is Why?
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This wound up being the weakest week of the year. There are two likely reasons for that, o…
• The Kentucky Hearing Into That State's Attempt to Confiscate 141 Domain Names is Over
  The Kentucky hearing into that state's attempt to confiscate 141 gambling related domain names was held today with the judge deciding he would need 7…
• The ICA is in Kentucky Today Protesting That State's Attempt to Confiscate 141 Domain Names
  The Internet Commerce Association is in Kentucky today, protesting that state's attempt to confiscate 141 domain names from their rightful owners. Els…
• New DN Journal Cover Story: At T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Domainers Thrived While Wall Street Dived
  The new October Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Our comprehensive review of the 2008 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference explores why show goers f…
• Moniker Releases T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Online Auction Results & Canadian Domainers Form a New Association
  Moniker has released the results from their T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York online auction. Coupled with their two live auctions in the Big Apple, Moniker wou…
• Stephen Douglas and Jay Westerdal Settle Their Lawsuit and the AfternicDLS Expands
  Former Domain Roundtable producer Stephen Douglas has settled a lawsuit against Name Intelligence, the company behind the 2007 conference he directed,…
• Cellphones.mobi, Games.mobi and XXX.mobi Will Go on the Auction Block November 5
  Some of the .mobi registry's best domains, including cellphones.mobi, games.mobi, blackjack.mobi, doctors.mobi, quotes.mobi and xxx.mobi will be aucti…
• New DN Journal Domain Sales Report Covers the Past Two Weeks of Market Activity
  We were away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference last week so our usual weekly domain sales report was delayed until today when we publish…
• Two More Domain Conferences Will Get Underway Over the Next 7 Days
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is over but two more domain conferences will get underway outside the U.S. over the next 7 days. We have details on those even…
• Sedo Has Completed the First Seven-Figure Domain Sale Since the First Quarter of 2008
  Sedo has just completed the first seven-figure domain sale since the first quarter of this year - moving Invest.com for $1,015,000 through their Great…
• $3 Million Moniker Auction and Annual T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Awards Cap Successful Show in New York
  Organizers of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference completed their 12th successful run this morning in New York City. We have photos and highlights from the…
• Photos and Highlights from the First Full Day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Wednesday
  Here are DN Journal's photos and highlights from the first full day of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York Wednesday, including two live auction…
• Opening Day Photos and Highlights from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference in New York
  The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference got underway last night. DN Journal has some photos and highlights from the opening activities and a look ahead…
• Some Final T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Notes Before Boarding a Plane for Show Week in the Big Apple
  Here's a rundown of what's on tap for day 1 at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Tuesday and some notes on why this conference is shaping up to be an especially interest…
• A Record Number of Top Tier Domain Names Are Being Offered For Sale In The Week Ahead
  Between the latest premium domain auction currently underway online at Sedo's GreatDomains and the quartet of live auctions coming up at next week's T…
• Research Firm Says .Com City Domains Could Surpass Local Newspaper, Radio & TV Outlets
  Research firm Borrell Associates has added their voice to the chorus that believes .com city domain names are superbly positioned to one day succeed l…
• Half-Million Dollar Sale, ccTLDs and GeoDomains Headline DN Journal's Weekly Sales Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We saw a 2-letter .com change hands for $500,000 in one of the year’s 10 biggest sales a…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Opens One Week From Today - Here's What's On Tap in the Big Apple
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is just seven days away. We run down some of the anticipated highlights as show organizers promise to shake things up in the B…
• How Directi's Divyank Turakhia Earned His First Million at 18 and Went On to Build a Company Valued at $300 Million
  Divyank Turakhia gives new meaning to the term meteoric rise. As a 16-year-old high school student in 1998, he co-founded the Directi Group with a $60…
• BusinessWeek Has Named a 22-Year-Old Domainer One of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs
  California real estate loan broker and domain investor Daniel Negari has been named one of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs by BusinessWeek magazine…
• New Pew Research Survey Illustrates Why Ad Dollars Will Continue to Flood the Web
  Every two years Pew Research releases a definitive survey showing where the public goes for news and information. The first report since 2006 is out a…
• Development Partnership Frees Premium Domain Owner from Dependence on Google and Yahoo
  Another owner of a top generic domain name has taken his asset to another level by teaming up with a partner that brought site development, capital an…
• Sedo Announces $500,000 Sale of LI.com
  The domain aftermarket continues to hold strong despite the downturn in the general economy and falling PPC revenues in the domain industry. Sedo CEO…
• $325,000 Sale Leads Trio of Six-Figure Domains to the Top of DN Journal's New Weekly Chart
  It was another solid outing for the domain aftermarket with a trio of six-figure sales leading this week's DN Journal sales report.. One of those, a t…
• ICA Board Member Ron Jackson Comments on Co-Founder Rick Schwartz's Resignation
  Internet Commerce Association Co-Founder Rick Schwartz announced his resignation from the domain industry trade group today. ICA independent board mem…
• .Pro ReLaunched With Lower Prices Today and Bido.com Has Bowed Out of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Live Auction Line Up
  If at first you don't succeed - relaunch. That is what the .Pro registry did today, hoping to lure buyers in with lower prices. Elsewhere Bido.com is…
• Parked.com Brought Florida Domain Owners Together for a Party Last Night in Tampa
  In the kind of local gathering that will become more common as the domain industry continues to grow, Parked.com brought Florida domain owners togethe…
• Verisign's Latest Domain Name Industry Brief Shows Registrations Continue to Boom
  Verisign has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief covering the second quarter of 2008. The new report shows demand for domain na…
• The Domain Aftermarket Held Steady Despite the Long Labor Day Break
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A six-figure sale at SnapNames led the hit parade and headlined a new all-extension Top 20…
• Another New Domain Conference Has Just Been Added to the Crowded Industry Calendar
  Is the world ready for still another domain conference - especially one that will be staged on just four weeks notice? Before you run screaming for th…
• Inside "The Domain Game" - What David Kesmodel Went Through to Get His Book Published
  David Kesmodel had to overcome a string of obstacles to get The Domain Game into print. He tells DN Journal how he managed to keep the book alive afte…
• Intercosmos Media Group Crew is Blogging Live from New Orleans Today as Hurricane Gustav Storms Through the City
  As Hurricane Gustav is slicing through Louisiana today, an Intercosmos Media Group team including Parked.com CEO Sig Solares is currently in New Orlea…
• Rick Schwartz Is Mad As Hell And He's Not Going To Take It Anymore
  Rick Schwartz is on the warpath. In an exclusive interview for our new August newsletter previewing the Sept. 23-26 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New Y…
• Rise of the Web Prompts a Popular Newspaper Columnist To Abandon Ship Before It Sinks
  A prominent newspaper columnist has abruptly quit because he said sports journalism has become entirely a website business. Jay Mariotti, who also app…
• Why Microsoft's New IE8 Browser Could Be a Knee to the Groin for Google
  A new feature in Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 8, (released in beta yesterday) could spell trouble for their arch-rival Google. Here h…
• DN Journal Exclusive: Dr. Kevin Ham and Dr. Chris Hartnett Are Heading Back to College!
  Two of the best-known figures in the domain industry are heading back to college this fall even though they both already hold doctorate degrees. Here'…
• Stephen Douglas and Sam Nunez Step Into Key VP Roles at WhyPark and Sedo
  Two well-known domain companies have filled key executive positions by naming new Vice Presidents. Stephen Douglas joins WhyPark.com as VP of Business…
• Blockbuster Sales Pace Another Big Week for the Domain Aftermarket
  The usual summer doldrums were sent packing again this week as a quartet of huge six-figure sales led another banner outing for the domain aftermarket…
• Bad Times? BS! The Opportunities We Have to Choose From Are Unprecedented
  Some old friends who are worried about their jobs disappearing have been asking me if there are still opportunities to make a living with domain names…
• Radio Ad Revs Sink Leaving the Internet as the Only Medium Still Enjoying Double Digit Growth
  First it was newspapers, then magazines, then TV. Now it's radio singing the declining ad revenue blues - but there is one bright spot on that industr…
• My iPhone 3G Arrived Today. Is This Device the .Mobi Killer So Many People Say It Is?
  A week after ordering it, my iPhone 3G showed up today. Here are some initial thoughts on whether or not this is the .mobi killer some claim it will b…
• Latest Live Auction Lays an Egg and Geo Domain Sales List gets a New Administrator
  In today's tardy Lowdown post Moniker's latest live auction fails to stir an SEO crowd, we spend a day at a local car lot and Page Howe takes over adm…
• Bido's Blues Lead to Auction Hiatus and the AfternicDLS Signs a Big Distribution Deal with Name.com
  A second straight day of technical snafus has led Bido.com to pull the plug on the online auction service for the time being. Elsewhere Name.com will…
• New DNJournal Weekly Sales Report: One Buyer Doles Out Over a Million Dollars For 11 Domains
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and it is a jaw-dropper. We saw a half-dozen six-figure sales this week and all of those do…
• Latona Laments a Missed Opportunity in ccTLDs and IDNS. We Add Some Thoughts to the Mix
  Rick Latona, one of the world's most successful .com investors, spends a lot of time traveling around the globe. While hopping from one country to ano…
• Oversee Executive Talks With DNJournal About Layoffs at the Company Friday
  One of the world's leading domain companies, Oversee.net, reduced its workforce by 10% Friday. Oversee VP Mason Cole spoke with us about the tough dec…
• A Cure for the Sinking PPC Revenue Blues? Sendori.com Thinks They Have the Right Prescription.
  Sendori.com has come up with an innovative domain monetization system that bypasses Google and Yahoo by allowing advertisers to bid directly on traffi…
• John Berryhill Foils a Reverse Hijacking Attempt With a Swift Kick to the Beech-Nuts
  Attorney John Berryhill has foiled another reverse hijacking attempt, perpetrated this time by a Swiss company that makes Beech-Nut foods. They tried…
• The Countdown to T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is Underway With a Free Hotel Offer and Live Auction Preview
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is just five weeks away and the promotional drumbeat is starting to build. Show sponsor TrafficZ is offering their customers t…
• Howe About That! The Inside Story of One Man's Rise From Low Budget Domain Flipper to Million Dollar Dealmaker
  In four short years Page Howe has become the poster boy for the amazing things that are possible in this business. This is the previously untold story…
• Survival Has Become "A Struggle of Epic Proportions" for Newspapers Hammered By the Web
  A a struggle of epic proportions. After laying off 36 more people, that's how the publisher of a local newspaper owned by the New York Times described…
• Three-Word Domain Sells for $260,000 to Top New DNJournal Weekly Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. One of the largest three-word domain sales we’ve ever seen took the #1 spot on our Top 2…
• Magazines: The Hits Just Keep on Coming (Hits That Hurt) As Readers and Advertisers Head to the Web
  As the foundations of traditional media continue to crumble, print magazines are the latest to find their necks in a noose. A new report covering the…
• Forbes.com Readers Love Domains - New Article is #1 on Their Website Today
  Forbes.com writer Charlie Foster just posted a new article about the domain business and he says it became the top-ranked story on the influential bus…
• A New Study Says Ad Spending on New Media Will Climb 21% This Year As the Web Continues Its Historic Rise
  The general economy is sputtering but the media industry continues to be among the fastest growing industrial sectors in America. Better yet, a new st…
• Auction Fever Heats Up in August with Live and Online Events Popping Up Everywhere
  August is shaping up as one of the busiest months ever for domain auction activity. You will need several scorecards to keep up with the action and we…
• Dutch Treat: Netherlands ccTLD Takes the Top Spot on DNJournal's Weekly Top 20 Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The top domain is a Dutch country code name that ranks among the 12 biggest ccTLD sales so…
• The Domain Roundtable Conference is Heading East - Washington D.C. Will Host the 2009 Show
  The 2009 Domain Roundtable conference will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel June 14-17. This will be the first Roundtable on the e…
• New Solutions Seek to Counter Declining PPC Revenues
  As PPC revenues continue to sink, solutions to improve domain monetization are springing up from within the domain community. Portfolio Help from Bido…
• Entrepreneur Magazine Highlights Opportunities in the Domain Industry
  Entrepreneur Magazine has published a very nice article on the domain business by Laura Tiffany titled Imminent Domaining. The piece does a nice job o…
• Generic Domain Names Under Attack: An Alarming Trend in UDRP Proceedings
  With the rise of domain name values in recent years people who would like to separate domain owners from their assets without paying fair market value…
• Seven Key Building Blocks That Can Help You Construct a Winning Website
  If you are ready to tackle developing one or more of your domain names, Stoney deGeyter has written a concise new series of articles called Seven Buil…
• The U.S. Has Put a Damper on ICANN's Dream of Running the Domain Name System As They See Fit
  The United States has made clear that it has no intention of giving up oversight of the Internet's Domain Name System and they let ICANN know that was…
• A New Report Says the Yellow Pages Are About to Take a Fierce Beating from the Internet
  The next traditional ad medium likely to be slain by the Internet is the Yellow Pages according to research firm Borrell Associates. Over the next fiv…
• Action.com Attracts 230K to Top DNJournal.com's Weekly Domain Sales Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The top dog this week was a one-word .com domain that attracted close to a quarter of a mi…
• Matt Bentley, One of the Industry's Brightest Young Executives, Is Leaving Sedo
  Effective Friday (August 1), Matt Bentley is leaving his post as Chief Strategy Officer at Sedo. In his 6 years with the company Bentley has compiled…
• The Computer DN Journal is Written On Died Over the Weekend. Here's Why I Built the New One from Scratch
  When I returned home from the GeoDomain Expo my home computer refused to start. Needing a quick replacement but finding nothing but plastic junk in th…
• MySpace Boss Peter Chernin Thinks the Site is Underpaid for Ads But Video and Mobile May Change That
  MySpace.com is wildly popular but Peter Chernin, the President of parent company News Corp, says ads on the site don't generate the kind of money they…
• Drop Wizard Gordon Martin Puts All of His Chips on Country Code Domains
  Drop Wizard Gordon Martin is back in the saddle. After closing his popular drop catching service in 2004 he quietly switched his focus from .com to co…
• Rick Schwartz Has Sold Property.com In a Deal Believed to Be One of the Biggest Ever
  Buyer Brad Geisen, the founder of Foreclosure.com, plans to roll out a revolutionary new real estate marketplace on Property.com in 2009.
• Early Statistics From the .ME Launch Show 50% of the Registrants Came From the United States
  .ME is the country code for Montenegro but when the extension was relaunched in a new disguise last week half of the registrants came from the U.S. Se…
• Lightning Strikes Twice: DNJournal.com's New Weekly Domain Sales Report Is Out
  6-figure .org sales are rare but this week TWO of them hit the top of the chart. It was also a huge week for the country codes as seven ccTLD domains…
• The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper - Will Geo Domains Replace Them As King of the Local Media Hill?
  Our local daily continues its anorexic decline. Meanwhile another major publication hopes to survive with a new model that will debut tomorrow. As the…
• O2 Cool - Veteran Domainer Howard Hoffman's New Relationship With Actress/Author Mariel Hemingway
  Major congratulations go out today to long-time domain investor Howard Hoffman (who also operates PPCIncome.com). In addition to his domain endeavors…
• DN Journal's Inside Look at the 2008 GeoDomain Expo Has Just Been Published
  DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2008 GeoDomain Expo in Chicago has just been published. We have behind the scenes details and dozens of photo…
• End of the Week Tidbits from the Lowdown at DNJournal.com
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York sells a fourth live domain auction seat for their September conference to Bido.com, the domain business heats up in Brazil, .p…
• Rick Latona Fills the 3rd Spot on T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s New Roster of Five Live Auction Providers
  Moniker.com has always been the only live auction provider at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences but the show's organizers have decided to let up to five auct…
• Why are Many Potential Registrants of .ME Domains Crying "Woe Is Me" Today?
  Registration of .ME domains opened to the public today but a lot of potential registrants are crying woe is me after paying for domains at GoDaddy onl…
• Have Bad Times Hit the Domain Industry Yet? Here's What the Latest Sales Data Shows
  DN Journal has compiled and released the latest domain sales data for the first two quarters of 2008. We give you the facts and figures on how the dom…
• Trio of Six-Figure Sales Highlight Another Strong Week for the Domain Aftermarket
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and once again it was a solid week for the aftermarket. A trio of six-figure sales included…
• Star-Crossed Domain Video.us is Up For Grabs Again
  For the third time in 15 months, the highest valued .us domain to date - Video.us - is up for grabs. The two previous owners had the name stripped fro…
• Another Major Player Has Entered the Domain Conference Promotion Game.
  Parked.com and Modern Domainer Magazine will sponsor a show in New Orleans during Mardi Gras week February 19-21, 2009. Parked.com and Modern Domainer…
• Photos and Highlights from the Final Day of the 2008 GeoDomain Expo in Chicago.
  The 2008 GeoDomain Expo closed in Chicago Saturday (July 12) with a 12-hour day packed with big events. It opened with a morning session featuring sto…

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• Rod Beckstrom Confirmed to Head "Beautifully Complex" ICANN
  Rod Beckstrom was confirmed on Friday as the head of ICANN at the board meeting that concluded the week-long meeting. In his acceptance speech thankin…
• MichaelJacksondied.com already registered
  The sudden death of the King of Pop,Michael Jackson surprised us all.
• '.eu' internet domain to be available also in Cyrillic and Greek alphabets
  Speakers of Bulgarian and Greek will soon be able to have .eu websites in their own languages.
• Yahoo wins domain name case
  Yahoo has submitted a complaint to the National Arbitration Forum claiming rights over the domain name , yahoomailcom.com .
• .yu domains will stop working from September 30
  Google announced that .yu domain names will  stop working from Septemeber 30.
• 7 ways to protect your brand from cybersquatters
  Cybersquatters are siphoning away increasing numbers of users from the Web sites of businesses large and small.
• Register your domain name in .CM, the typo of your .COM
  Luxembourg, June 25th - The launch of .CM has successfully started with a significant number of trademark names registered during the Sunrise period a…
• Sedo sells Timemanagement.com for $100,000
  Some other great domain names were sold by Sedo these days.One of them is timemanagement.com,sold for $100,000.
• Broadmoor Associates to Offer Exclusive Sale of Premium Web Domain Names: naturalgas.com, footwear.com and electricpower.com
  Broadmoor Associates, a brokerage firm that specializes in domain names and established websites, announced today that it is the exclusive broker for…
• The owner of the trademark lego wins domain names case
  Another domain name case ended recently at WIPO,with the transfer of two domain names freelegoporn.com and legopornxxx.com to Lego Juris AS,the owner…

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• Insurance Company Loses Generic Domain Name Land Grab
  Combined Insurance Group Ltd loses two domain name arbitration cases. Combined Insurance Group Ltd has lost two domain name battles for seemingly gene…
• Amazon.com Officially Dumps North Carolina Affiliates
  Company cancels affiliate accounts due to sales tax law. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has officially dumped its North Caroline affiliates (aka “Associa…
• Potential ICANN CEO Uses Bogus Whois Information
  Man slated for CEO position at ICANN uses fake information for his web site’s whois record. Rumor has it Rod Beckstrom, former cybersecurity directo…
• Tiger Woods Can’t Sink Putt for Child’s Domain Name
  Woods loses domain name arbitration case. Golfer Tiger Woods has lost an arbitration case to get the domain name that matches one of his kids’ names…
• Martha Stewart Chokes on EverydayFood.com
  Media company loses attempt to get domain names through arbitration. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has lost a domain name dispute over the names Eve…
• Domain Name News Worth Reading
  Two articles you should take the time to read. Over the past 24 hours I’ve read two great domain name articles I want to pass along. The first is an…
• National Arbitration Forum FAIL
  Double jeopardy comes to UDRP. Last week I wrote about a WIPO domain arbitration case in which a complainant refiled a case after losing the first tim…

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• Google Voice Launching Any Day Now: Be Ready to Reserve Your Phone Number!
  The quietly anticipated Google Voice suite (formerly known as GrandCentral) is set to go live any day now. Gizmodo reports that Google has reserved 1…
• Monitor Google, Yahoo and Bing Rankings for Free with Authority Labs
  Authority Labs is offering a free trial of their search ranking monitoring service! This is a relatively new company having launched in December 2008,…
• SitePoint Set To Launch Flippa.com Enhanced Website Sales Marketplace
  Members of the popular SitePoint Forums marketplace received an announcement this morning about the upcoming launch of Flippa.com, a rebranded and enh…
• Domain Buzz - This Week in Domaining
  Well the domain industry is starting the summer off with a bang.  Ron Jackson of DNJournal kept us up to date on the TRAFFIC Amsterdam conference whi…
• Congratulations WordPress, You’re Doin’ It Right!
  WordPress is one of the most widely used website content management systems today, though I suspect they’ve got some secret they’re not telling us…
• POLL: Do You Buy Expired Domains?
  Many of us missed out on the dot com rush, but that doesn’t mean that the domaining industry is slowing down one bit or that you completely missed t…
• SEO Advice of the Year! Google’s Matt Cutts on Successful Blogging
  Matt Cutts is head of webspam team and the respected voice of Google for web developers. Matt recently gave a presentation on the subject of SEO and b…
• Hot New Domainer Resources Coming This Summer to DotSauce
  You may have noticed a few adjustments to the DotSauce blog layout.  I wanted to freshen things up a bit and provide more breathing room for our arti…
• TRAFFIC Amsterdam Domain Auction Inventory - 2000 Quality Country Code Domains For Sale
  Rick Latona Auctions will be hosting the first ever ccTLDs focused, live auction in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Thursday, June 4th at 4:00 PM GMT +1 at…
• How to Use GMail Filters and Labels to Become a Domainer Pro
  Creating labels and filters in GMail can be an easy way to save time and hassle managing a hectic inbox.  We simply don’t want to deal with emails…

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• Beckstrom is ICANN New CEO
  ICANN made is official today  named former U.S. National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) director Rod Beckstrom as its new CEO, replace the retiring Paul…
• Should Yahoo’s Flickr.com Buy Flicker.com?
  Flickr.com is of course the huge photo sharing site owned by Yahoo. However, Yahoo does not own the .com for the proper spelling of the word, which is…
• AdSense For Mobile Apps Launches Today
  According to reports Google unveil a beta version of AdSense for Mobile Applications yesterday which allows companies that develop mobile applications…
• It’s Official: ICANN Wants The Proposed Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Rules To Apply To .Com’s
  Back on June 1 we told you about a new proposal by the IRT a group of trademark holders who have committee status with ICANN and their proposal for a…
• Warning: A Brazen Phising Attack Underway Aimed at GoDaddy.com Account Holders
  Just to warn everyone, there is a phishing attacked underway, aimed at Godaddy.com account holders. I received over 100 e-mail overnight purporting to…
• NameJet.com Announces New DeadBeat Bidder & Re-Auction Policy: Is It Enough?
  Back In March we posted a blog, about the problem that NameJet.com was having with  non-paying bidders. Today NameJet.com announced, a tougher new po…
• eHelp.com Sells For $43K At NameJet.com
  Just following up on our story yesterday, the domain eHelp.com sold for $42,801 and is a nice sale if its get’s paid for and sticks (Toxic.com still…
• Group Of Registries Want ICANN Privatized & Out Of US Control
  The world’s regional Internet registries (RIRs) have annoucend they support the  European Union’s demand, proposed by European Commissioner Vivia…
• Bing.com PPC Clicks Up 13% Since The Switch From Live.com
  Efficient Frontier Inc, which calls itself the world’s largest search engine marketer says that the number of clicks on ads served by Microsoft Bing…
• The End Of PPC? Google Starts Testing “Pay For Performance”
  According to a report in Media Post today, Google chas begun soliciting advertisers to participate in an “experiment” that puts information, such…

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• Rod Beckstrom Confirmed to Head “Beautifully Complex” ICANN
  Rod Beckstrom was confirmed on Friday as the head of ICANN at the board meeting that concluded the week-long meeting. In his acceptance speech thankin…
• Beckstrom New ICANN CEO/President
  ICANN has chosen security expert Rod Beckstrom as its preferred candidate to take over the role of chief executive and president, replacing Paul Twome…
• .FOOD Launched by Wolfgang Puck at ICANN Sydney
  Internationally-renowned chef Wolfgang Puck launched a bid for the .FOOD generic Top Level Domain at the ICANN Sydney meeting today. .FOOD is the brai…
• European Commission praises ICANN, but wants more independence from U.S., transparency and accountability
  The European Commission last week called for more transparency and multilateral accountability in the governance of the internet while praising ICANN…
• Register Now for Remote Participation for ICANN Sydney meeting - Live video, audio, presentations and chatroom
  Following a very successful experiment with remote participation at the last meeting in Mexico City, ICANN have expanded its use to the main room for…
• ICANN Opens Public Comment Period on ICANN Fee Amendment from .PRO
  On 17 June 2009, ICANN received the attached communication from Catherine Sigmar, General Manager at Registry Services Corporation (dba RegistryPro) (…
• Domain Roundtable 2009 Auction Catalogue Posted
  The Domain Roundtable Aftermarket.com auction catalogue has been posted and is available for early bidding at Aftermarket.com. Be the first to bid on…
• .AU Domain Name Sales Get Rocking
  Sex sells, and in domain names this is even more true. This week the highest ever reported sale of a .au domain name took place since auDA, the policy…
• ICANN Seeks Expressions of Interest for Bulk Transfer of Names
  As the result of the recent de-accreditation of registrar Maxim Internet, Inc., ICANN is seeking expressions of interest from ICANN-accredited registr…
• Things to See and Do in Sydney During the ICANN Meeting
  With the ICANN Sydney Meeting fast approaching and attendees rolling into Sydney over the next few days to prepare, below is a guide for some things t…

• ICANN: New gTLD Global Events Start Soon
  Starting this month, ICANN will be hosting a series of global New generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) events in various locations around the world. These…
• Former New York Mayor Ed Koch Supports .NYC gTLD Proposal
  One of the several likely applicants for a new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), dotNYC who are bidding to operate the .NYC gTLD, have gained the suppo…
• ICANN: New gTLD Program Updates
  A ICANN offers a set of announcements for public discussion as meeting in Sydney nears. The announcements include: New Explanatory Memo for Pre-delega…
• ICANN Sends Notice of Breach to Registrar
  ICANN sent a notice of breach [PDF, 80K] to ICANN-accredited registrar Lead Networks Domains Pvt. Ltd. based on Lead Networks Domains Pvt. Ltd.’s fa…
• Instra Corporation Revives ENUM with PhNUM®
  Melbourne, Australia - Instra Corporation, an ICANN accredited registrar and Communications Service Provider, has revived ENUM with its commercial lau…