Archive for May, 2011:

Google To Show Domain Names In Adwords HeadLines

Written on May 18th, 2011 by directnavigation6 shouts

How many times have you click on an adwords ad link thinking you were going to a certain website, only to be taken somewhere else? Obviously it has been happening to too many people. Google today announced that it will display the landing page’s domain name as part of the headlines on top placement ads.

The change should increase click thru to adsense ads that have strong generic domains. This is another reason to own prime generic domains for your business.

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Read all about it here.

DomainFest Barcelona Announces Speakers and Agenda

Written on May 12th, 2011 by directnavigationno shouts

Domainfest Barcelona has announced the agenda and list of speakers for their June show. In addition they will offering 1 day passes for $295 and $495 with dinner for those that want to come for the main day which is the wednesday of the show. Oversee always puts together a good show. The press release to follow:

LOS ANGELES and FRANKFURT (May 11, 2011) — DomainSponsor®, the traffic monetization division of Oversee.net® and organizer of the DOMAINfest® series of conferences, has announced the agenda for its second annual DOMAINfest® Europe conference in Barcelona, Spain June 7-9, 2011. The agenda is designed to help attendees, sponsors and expert speakers share business insights and form new partnerships.

Presentation and panel discussion topics and experts were carefully selected to provide the domain investors, online marketers and website developers in attendance with ideas on how to address important issues impacting their businesses today. Networking activities will play an important role in helping attendees continue the dialog on these topics.

Agenda Highlights
The agenda kicks off on Tuesday, June 7 with a networking cocktail reception in the exhibit hall from 16:00-20:00.

Presentations, panel discussions and the Moniker domain auction will take place on Wednesday June 8.

Morning presentations include:
• European Legal and Regulatory Issues. Paul Keating, founder of Law.es, will discuss the most recent, critical, legal, regulatory and ICANN trends and issues impacting domain investors in Europe and abroad.
• SEO Best Practices After Panda. Richard Baxter, CEO of SEOgadget.co.uk, will discuss the impact of Google’s recent panda algorithm changes on SEO best practices. His presentation will offer tips on information architecture techniques that can improve organic rankings. He will also offer his perspective on how the Yahoo/Bing partnership will impact users, advertisers, and publishers in Europe.
• Dark Patterns: User Interfaces Designed to Trick People. This keynote presentation will be given by Dr. Harry Brignull, User Experience Designer at Clearleft.com. Dr. Brignull will present examples of websites that rely on so-called “dark pattern” techniques designed to mislead the user into a conversion path. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how to increase conversions without resorting to “dark patterns.”

Afternoon panel discussion sessions include:
• TLD Update: Growth Trends and Investment Bets. Expert panelists will each give fast, hard-hitting five-minute presentations that highlight their top three observations and predictions regarding ccTLDs and gTLDs. Q&A to follow. Panelists include Daniel Eisenhut from InternetX, Tobian Wann from Verisign and Ken Hansen from Neustar, Inc.
• Mobile, Social and Affiliate Revenue Strategies. Expert panelists will each give five five-minute presentations highlighting a variety of new trends and techniques that can help earn maximum revenue on domain traffic. Q&A to follow. Panelists are Laurence Aderemi from Google Europe/AdMob, Miguel Ochoa from Affili.net and Peter Glaeser from Sponsormob.

English-Spanish translation services for all presentations and panel discussions on Wednesday June 8 are sponsored by Law.es.

To facilitate relationship-building among attendees on Thursday, June 9, attendees will select and participate in two different, small-group excursions. All excursion groups will reconvene for lunch and dinner to share fun stories about their cultural experiences.

Morning excursions include:
• Backstage at FC Barcelona (sponsored by Verisign)
• Gaudi walking tour (sponsored by Neustar)
• Old Town & Las Ramblas walking tour
• Tapas cooking class
• Wine tasting in Penedes

Afternoon options include:
• Barcelona in the Middle Ages walking tour
• Montserrat tour
• Savory stroll scavenger hunt
• Tapas bar crawl
• Old Town & Las Ramblas walking tour

Wednesday and Thursday evenings will include elegant dinner networking parties at famous venues.

Moniker Live and Extended Domain Auction
Moniker® will host a premium domain auction on Wednesday, June 8, at the Pullman Barcelona Skipper hotel beginning at 16:00. (10 a.m. US Eastern, 7 a.m. US Pacific). The auction will offer simultaneous live in-person as well as online remote real-time bidding.

The Moniker Extended Premium Domain Auction involving online bidding only will begin on Wednesday, June 8 at 18:00, (noon US EDT, 9 a.m. US PDT) and end on Wednesday, June 22 at 19:15 (3:15 p.m. US EDT,12:15 p.m. US PDT). For details on all auctions, including how to bid remotely, please visit: http://domainauctions.moniker.com/2011/DOMAINfest-Barcelona

Sedo’s Six figure Sale leads Big Week for Salesing

Written on May 4th, 2011 by directnavigationone shout

Sedo’s list of sales starts with the sale of consolidation.com for $220K USD. This is a good generic domain catching the attention of the right buyer for the right price. Other sales that I note are : attorneys.info 13K USD, mai.com 80K EUR, onlinepay.com 32K USD, mortgagesearch.com 10K USD, and menstshirts.com 3K USD

Domain name Price Currency

.COMs
consolidation.com 220000 USD
mai.com 80000 EUR
melrose.com 75000 USD
xout.com 55000 USD
jexy.com 40000 USD
totalmovie.com 40000 USD
onlinepay.com 32000 USD
dogtag.com 28000 USD
deme.com 25000 USD
groupedin.com 24000 USD
ekko.com 20000 USD
med360.com 15000 USD
habitatvirtual.com 15000 EUR
thedailyscore.com 12500 USD
mortgagesearch.com 10000 USD
sunburnt.com 8800 USD
cloudmonitoring.com 8600 USD
winfinite.com 7500 USD
candybuffet.com 7000 USD
mabrouk.com 7000 USD
modelhub.com 6500 GBP
atiye.com 6400 USD
poptropical.com 6200 USD
recordsetter.com 5995 USD
kortingen.com 5900 USD
conceptstore.com 5750 USD
icoin.com 5000 USD
bamia.com 5000 USD
wisemen.com 5000 USD
pecciola.com 5000 EUR
briggo.com 5000 USD
e-cue.com 5000 USD
nzc.com 4400 USD
ioldies.com 4283 USD
allthedeals.com 4200 USD
smsmarketing.com 4100 EUR
seotest.com 4065 EUR
luzid.com 4000 EUR
vidmag.com 3900 USD
whisperpower.com 3500 USD
thexray.com 3188 USD
sellads.com 3100 USD
verycook.com 3000 EUR
cloudbite.com 3000 USD
transfermobile.com 3000 USD
phptagengine.com 3000 USD
menstshirts.com 3000 USD
studyinturkey.com 3000 USD
localbride.com 3000 USD
meigo.com 3000 USD
3sl.com 2950 USD
splashcube.com 2850 USD
floridaelevator.com 2800 USD
floridaelevators.com 2800 USD
e-congress.com 2700 USD
chapeaux.com 2500 EUR
mtpx.com 2500 USD
bidadate.com 2500 USD
myei.com 2500 USD
alusra.com 2500 USD
popularlayouts.com 2500 USD
radiorelease.com 2500 USD
cloudini.com 2500 USD
enik.com 2400 EUR
rydis.com 2300 EUR
semya.com 2300 EUR
justbids.com 2300 USD
pennypop.com 2250 USD
littlerobot.com 2222 USD
enigme.com 2205 EUR
amorcasino.com 2200 USD
noord.com 2200 EUR
mypayphone.com 2200 USD
fpro.com 2200 USD
exoticbirds.com 2150 EUR
redcountry.com 2100 USD
fenouillet.com 2020 USD
pocketgarden.com 2000 USD
siteport.com 2000 USD
antsearch.com 2000 USD
pokerbit.com 2000 USD
qboid.com 2000 USD
mageon.com 2000 EUR
activefactor.com 2000 USD
mkit.com 1999 USD
allpaintings.com 1995 USD
sealion.com 1900 EUR
monkeyschool.com 1894 USD
surveymedia.com 1850 USD
destinationme.com 1795 USD
vidmarketing.com 1795 USD
centerdeals.com 1595 USD
voicemailmarketing.com 1576 USD
mbafirst.com 1560 USD
noow.com 1550 USD
monnaievirtuelle.com 1500 EUR
therightfit.com 1500 USD
euroxx.com 1500 EUR
bim360.com 1500 USD
breakover.com 1500 USD
trakkr.com 1500 USD
biddates.com 1500 USD
fifteendegrees.com 1500 EUR
arttutor.com 1500 USD
host1.com 1500 GBP
oikogeneia.com 1500 USD
activatehealth.com 1500 USD
zoomus.com 1500 USD
riskscore.com 1500 USD
hospitalitytoday.com 1500 USD
zapio.com 1500 USD
itrion.com 1500 USD
peoplesuccess.com 1500 USD
retoquefotografico.com 1490 EUR
telematrix.com 1472 USD
basicgolf.com 1400 USD
facespotter.com 1356 USD
tradebench.com 1350 USD
berlinpharma.com 1300 EUR
flasheffect.com 1300 USD
pediatricspecialty.com 1288 USD
ecodor.com 1200 EUR
teesme.com 1200 USD
seminarsandevents.com 1182 USD
arrs.com 1118 USD
mypayphones.com 1100 USD
acribo.com 1100 EUR
eloanbroker.com 1095 USD
comforted.com 1060 USD
vopy.com 1050 USD
pixelhut.com 1010 USD
911911.com 1001 EUR
yellowcoupon.com 1000 USD
e-format.com 1000 USD
solapro.com 1000 EUR
camaxo.com 1000 EUR
hitmap.com 1000 USD
generiks.com 1000 USD
53399.com 1000 USD
g8k.com 1000 EUR
boozebox.com 1000 USD
vadrum.com 1000 USD
albex.com 1000 EUR
swissorigin.com 1000 EUR
anime-shop.com 1000 USD
ebint.com 1000 USD
eco-concept.com 1000 USD
supportview.com 1000 USD
iosite.com 1000 USD
ice-skates.com 1000 USD
magicquest.com 1000 USD
laboratorywork.com 999 USD
reachteam.com 995 USD
lionlion.com 994 USD
7view.com 979 EUR
charitybangs.com 950 USD
dcruise.com 940 USD
pixm.com 925 USD
purefy.com 900 USD
hbsolar.com 900 USD
numeta.com 900 USD
chemgate.com 900 USD
answertoeverything.com 900 USD
pedaled.com 890 USD
kiwisgraphics.com 882 USD
servicekits.com 875 USD
miniconveyor.com 850 USD
rentaldirect.com 850 EUR
e-payments.com 827 USD
celerator.com 800 EUR
tirestar.com 800 USD
minhost.com 800 EUR
classic-comedy.com 795 USD
hibei.com 750 USD
gloprofessionals.com 750 USD
voicetree.com 750 USD
evercon.com 700 USD
womancode.com 700 USD
womencode.com 700 USD
urma.com 700 USD
maperia.com 700 USD
leilaoonline.com 700 USD
cunce.com 700 USD

ccTLDs
tada.de 11000 EUR
whiskey.co 10000 EUR
hollandrad.de 9520 EUR
led.cc 8000 USD
salarycalculator.co.uk 4997 GBP
usedboats.co.uk 4650 USD
five.ca 4500 USD
lebensplanung.de 3950 EUR
clubpingouin.fr 3500 USD
golfonline.se 3400 GBP
howrse.es 3000 EUR
investcorp.fr 3000 EUR
mcommerce.it 3000 EUR
ocm24.de 2975 EUR
bollicine.tv 2880 EUR
abnehmhilfe.de 2618 EUR
mscdirect.co.uk 2500 GBP
obs.tv 2225 EUR
elternversammlung.de 2000 EUR
niku.de 2000 EUR
baucenter.ch 2000 EUR
golfcarts.de 1950 EUR
servicereport.co.uk 1800 EUR
printproduktion.de 1785 EUR
mopan.in 1600 GBP
localhero.cn 1500 USD
fietsenmaker.nl 1500 EUR
networks.tv 1500 USD
hometv.ch 1500 EUR
pokerstrategy.tv 1500 EUR
livrescolaire.fr 1500 EUR
searchbay.de 1500 EUR
finden-sie.de 1488 EUR
n.tl 1450 USD
t.cx 1450 USD
sehrgutshop.de 1300 EUR
canadadrug.ca 1250 USD
employment.mx 1250 USD
hundert.ch 1250 EUR
sicher-vermieten.de 1200 EUR
eventapp.de 1200 EUR
done.in 1150 USD
remortgagesupermarket.co.uk 1060 GBP
planners.co.uk 1007 USD
industry.tv 1000 USD
alaultima.es 1000 EUR
nose.fr 1000 EUR
ukwebhost.co.uk 1000 GBP
filmgeschaeft.de 1000 EUR
radiologue.fr 1000 EUR
broadway.me 1000 USD
lmarket.co.kr 1000 USD
chatpoint.be 1000 EUR
promocode.ca 999 USD
kaiser-industries.at 990 EUR
mein-referendariat.de 980 EUR
cax.it 900 EUR
tecnoempleo.es 900 EUR
qrcode.de 850 EUR
dutyfreestore.co.uk 800 GBP
callgirl.co 800 USD
parfumpascher.fr 800 EUR
building-best-brands.it 800 EUR
3q.be 750 EUR
gamez.fr 750 EUR
guardi.de 750 EUR
maisonetdecoration.fr 750 EUR
apothekenvermittlung.de 750 EUR
kiwords.de 750 EUR
pokerking.us 750 USD
yachtconsultant.de 700 EUR
rubychacha.co.uk 700 GBP

Other
attorneys.info 13000 USD
aquaculture.org 6500 EUR
work.eu 5820 USD
1337.org 5599 USD
epayments.net 5500 USD
gamecheats.net 5000 USD
finanzberater.net 4500 EUR
happy.info 4000 USD
training.asia 4000 USD
rally.net 4000 EUR
serien-forum.net 3500 EUR
jeuxenligne.net 3000 EUR
bewerbung.info 2900 EUR
anime.info 2899 USD
voipprovider.net 2500 USD
lawyer.info 2500 USD
tornado.net 2500 USD
digitalresponse.net 2250 USD
destinflorida.org 2000 USD
viral.eu 1801 EUR
poseidon.info 1699 USD
healthy.biz 1650 EUR
inspirationalquotes.info 1500 USD
heimtrainer.org 1500 EUR
ausland.org 1500 EUR
supplement.info 1450 USD
betsson.org 1100 USD
7q.net 1010 EUR
stromrechnervergleich.net 1000 EUR
referral.mobi 1000 USD
solarcell.org 1000 USD
travelinsurancequotes.org 1000 USD
abacar.eu 990 EUR
shiraz.org 980 USD
loansonline.org 950 USD
multichannel.net 900 USD
superbahis.org 875 USD
investcorp.eu 750 EUR
womancode.net 700 USD
womencode.net 700 USD