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18. December 2008

Record Sales for GreatDomains Auctions in Q4

Bucking the economic down-turn, domain marketplace Sedo reported record quarterly results from their auction-house GreatDomains. Sales for their November and December auctions totalled over $600,000, with 91 domains sold.

Top sales included Crab.com, Hole.com, ZP.com and Hottube.com. Whilst these are quite good quality, they aren’t A-grade industry domains. I …

8. December 2008

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We Have Taken Your Domain Hostage

Thanks primarily to the work of George Kirikos, many domain owners should now be aware that ICANN are proposing the removal of price controls on the new gTLDs. On the surface, this may seem harmless enough; what do you care about the renewal costs of domains that don’t even exist yet? You need …

2. December 2008

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Gurus.com Overture Keyword Tool

For many domainers, the results from the Overture Keyword Tool were a key metric in estimating how many visitors a domain would receive, before taking the plunge to buy it. Unfortunately, after an increasingly intermittent service, Yahoo shut the tool down late last year, leaving domain buyers with one less way of predicting traffic. As several of [...]

30. November 2008

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Limos.com: $5 Million in Sales in 2007

The Phoenix Business Journal is reporting that Canal Partners LLC of Scottsdale has acquired a stake in Limos.com for $2.5 million. Of interest for domain owners, the article also mentions that the site produced $5 million in sales during 2007 from 5 million visitors - that’s a healthy $1 per visitor. They’re predicting that revenue will grow [...]

26. November 2008

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Microsoft File Another Cybersquatting Lawsuit

Microsoft have filed another cybersquatting lawsuit, this time against Domain Investments LLC of Florida, and 23 other unnamed parties. Microsoft is seeking damages of $100,000 per domain, plus any revenue made from the domains, as well as charges of false advertising. According to their website, Domain Investments LLC is a “domain development and monetization business serving both the [...]

26. November 2008

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Are You Ready for Cyber Monday?

Cyber Monday is nearly upon us again! For those of you not familiar with the term, Cyber Monday refers to the Monday after Thanksgiving that signals the beginning of the online Holiday shopping rush. For domainers and website owners, this can be a very profitable time, especially if you have your landing pages and sites optimized [...]

25. November 2008

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Twitter Gives Facebook The Bird

Kara Swisher of Boomtown is reporting that negotiations by Facebook to buy the micro-blogging service Twitter have failed. Twitter were apparently offered $500 million in Facebook stock, but the actual value of that stock appears to have been a sticking point. Founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams in October 2006, Twitter has seen 600% growth in the last year. [...]

24. November 2008

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Facebook Wins $873 Million Spam Lawsuit

Facebook has won a record $873 million in a CAN-SPAM lawsuit against a number of spammers, including Adam Guerbuez and Atlantis Blue Capital. The spammers created false Facebook login pages earlier this year to trick users into handing over their passwords. The compromised accounts were then used to spam the users’ friends. Guerbuez has made money [...]

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