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Steve Jobs Has Died

Steve Jobs, one of the greatest visionaries of our time has passed away. He was just 56 years old. Tomorrow morning in his obituary we will read about all of [...]

US Online Ad Revenue Soars

For the six month period ending June 30Th,2011, online ad revenue hit a new all time record stopping just short of $15 billion. That’s a 23% increase over the same [...]

A Typo Can Ruin You Life

First, the following article is not about typo domains. It’s about a young mans world being destroyed because of a typo and the internet. Years ago I used to be [...]

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Vertical Axis VS The University of Texas For TexasSports.org -Let’s See Who Won

Published on June 29th, 20102 comment

I just finished reading the decision for the UDRP involving Vertical Axis Inc (VA) vs. , The University of Texas System. Very good decision. Vertical Axis Inc wins the decision. [...]

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Sedo Weekly Sales Include Videodating.com and knowyouroptions.com at 50,000 each

Published on June 29th, 20103 comment

Sedo Weekly Sales Include Videodating.com and knowyouroptions.com at 50,000 each. Videodating.com at 50k I understand, knowyouroptions.com at 50k I do not, so i’ll be interested in seeing what they do [...]

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Judge Rules Google’s YouTube Not Infringing on Intellectual Property

Published on June 24th, 2010one comment

A judge ruled yesterday that Google was not quickly of copyright infringement for earning revenue off copyrighted material on their site. The judgement said that Goggle was protected against Viacom’s [...]

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Major Adult Affiliate Program Closes Down

Published on June 23rd, 2010one comment

One of my readers recently sent me information about WEGcash closing down their affiliate program. From what I am told it was one of the more popular adult affiliate programs. [...]

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I’m Booked for DomainFest 2011 – Are You?

Published on June 22nd, 20104 comment

When I spoke yesterday with my contact at Oversee, I told them again how great Domainfest 2010 in LA was. The speakers, networking, hotel and parties were all first class. [...]

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SmartName Shuts Down Smartname Classic- The End of An Era

Published on June 3rd, 20107 comment

A week or so before June 1st, I received a call from Namemedia telling me that Smartname Classic, the last system that Ari and I used when we ran Smartname, [...]

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How I turned a domain making less than a dollar a day into one making 18k per year.

Published on June 2nd, 201011 comment

Recently, I took a long look at my domains. I ran various analysis patterns. Some names have dropped in revenue while other names are actually making more money than they [...]

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Sedo Weekly Sales – Omusic.com sells for $45,000, homeequityloan.net at $38000, Shoes.tv 18000K

Published on June 1st, 2010one comment

Here’s the weekly Sales figures for Sedo. The top sale was Omusic.com at $ 45K. I was not shocked to see the $ 38k for homeequityloan.net. Good key words and [...]

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Namejet Auction Currently at $37,559 for a Misspelling (Sold for $53,022)

Published on May 24th, 20103 comment

For the last few hours the domain name GovermentGrants.com has been in an extended auction at Namejet. I went to watch the season end of Fox’s 24 thinking that the [...]

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Jeff Bennett, President/COO of NameMedia, Leaves Direct Navigation Industry

Published on May 24th, 20104 comment

Jeff Bennett, an icon in the Search, Direct Navigation and Domain Media business, Is leaving NameMedia. He has taken on the role of CEO for Swaptree.com. Jeff is one of [...]

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