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XXX Hits The Spot for Adult Industry Innovator
September 22, 2011 @ 8:38 AMJoan Irvine, who has spent nearly a decade advocating a responsible side to a controversial industry, runs IFFOR (the International Foundation For Online Responsibility), the organisation that makes the policy for the soon-to-be-launched .xxx internet domain.
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Go Daddy Poised to Hit 50 Million Domain Milestone Next Week
September 22, 2011 @ 7:37 AMA big milestone for the biggest domain name registrar. The Go Daddy Group, which includes domain name registrar GoDaddy.com, is likely to cross the 50 million domain milestone next week. The company hit 45 million domains registered just nine months ago in December. The 50 million domains number represents the total number registered at a …
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Market Leader Buys RealEstate.com For $8.25 Million
September 21, 2011 @ 8:08 PMMarket Leader, a NASDAQ-listed provider of online marketing and technology solutions for real estate professionals, this morning announced the acquisition of RealEstate.com. The agreement includes the RealEstate.com domain name and website, as well as a network of more than 250 participating brokerage companies and “hundreds of other real estate domains”.
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Rahm-for-President Domain Names are Going, Going …
September 21, 2011 @ 9:15 AMRahm Emanuel is heading to Iowa later this fall, ostensibly to rally Democrats to support President Obama’s reelection efforts. Rahm Emanuel is heading to Iowa later this fall, ostensibly to rally Democrats to support President Obama’s reelection efforts.
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Mike Berkens Invests Six Figures in .XXX Domains
September 21, 2011 @ 4:52 AMA few weeks ago, I wrote about Frank Schilling’s 7 figure investment in .XXX domain names as part of the ICM Registry’s Founders Program. I learned that another
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End User Domain Buys From Washington Post and Entrepreneur
September 20, 2011 @ 10:30 PMTwo large publishers buy domain names. The Washington Post Company and Entrepreneur Media both bought domain names this week. Here’s a look at these and a handful of other end user sales at Afternic over the past week. The Washington Post bought expressnow.com for $1,188. After buying FullBeauty.com for $4,290 two months ago, Redcats USA …
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O.co (aka Overstock.com) Acquires O.info Domain for New Consumer Portal
September 20, 2011 @ 10:06 PMO.co (also known as Overstock.com, Inc., NASDAQ: OSTK), today announced the acquisition of the domain name O.info for a new consumer information website. The company acquired the domain name from Afilias Limited, the official .info domain registry. The O.info site is scheduled to launch in March 2012.
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Facebook Insights for Domains – Measuring Social Media Success
September 20, 2011 @ 9:50 PMWhen social media marketers ran Facebook campaigns that were aimed at driving traffic toward their websites, they had to resort to tools such as Google Analytics in order to measure success or failure of their Facebook campaigns. However, a nifty new addition to the Facebook arsenal is the ‘insights for domains’ feature which has been introduced with minimum fanfare by Facebook. I strongly believe that if you run Facebook campaigns for your website then this is a ‘must have’ tool in order to monitor and optimise your Facebook content consumption.
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DotBrand Solutions Launches in The Middle East
September 20, 2011 @ 8:50 PMDotBrand Solutions MENA has launched in the Middle East to empower Arab companies in protecting their trademarks in the era of new top-level domain names, acquiring and operating their own in TLDs…
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ICANN Issues Applicant Guidelines for New Generic Top-level Domains
September 20, 2011 @ 4:39 AMInternational internet regulation group ICANN (www.icann.org) announced on Monday it has launched a micro website (<a href="http://icann.org/newgtlds" rel="nofollow">http://icann.org/newgtlds</a>) for new generic Top-Level Domains, which offers information about the program in the form of the ICAAN-approved Applicant Guidebook, and access to the TLD Application System.
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