Parody site Lamebook and social networking giant Facebook have ended their legal battle with an agreement calling for Lamebook to retain its name but add a disclaimer to its site. "We are pleased to arrive at an agreement that protects Facebook's brand and trademark and allows for Lamebook's continued operation," the companies said in a joint statement. "The parties are now satisfied … [Read more...]
Google wants to know who you are
Apparently some of the buzz from the Edinburgh International TV Festival was identity. Google Ceo Eric Schmidt was asked a question about the need for real names. He replied by saying that G+ was built primarily as an identity service, so fundamentally, it depends on people using their real names if they’re going to build future products that leverage that information,” Carvin wrote in a Google+ … [Read more...]
Domain blogs by Alexa ranking: TheDomains.com leads the way
Quick look at the current Alexa ratings for Domain Blogs. Alexa Traffic Rank A measure of a sites popularity. The rank is calculated using a combination of average daily visitors to a site and pageviews over the past 3 months. The site with the highest combination of visitors and pageviews is ranked #1.Updated Daily Top 10 Domain Blogs by Alexa Ranking TheDomains.com 13,051 Elliotsblog.com … [Read more...]
Don’t do just for the sake of doing
This article is speaking from a purely business standpoint, nothing related to personal, social or philanthropic. There are only 168 hours in the week, a finite amount of time. Your time is your most valuable asset. Don't just do something for the sake of doing something. There needs to be a focus and a reason for why you are doing what you are doing. If you are going to spend hours researching names, … [Read more...]
P.tv does not sell at Great domains auction
P.tv was on auction at Sedo and only received a high bid of $15,500 and did not sell. The domain was registered on 3/18/2010 during the glitch that allowed many premium names to be regged for no premium. The registrant of P.tv got lucky with D.tv the same day he regged P.tv. Michael Berkens of World Wide Media, purchased D.tv for $18,000. Berkens wrote that he turned down $125,000 for the name saying he … [Read more...]
When the new Gtlds come .travel,.name,.jobs should be hot, OH wait they are already available
There seems to be this logic from those with a horse in the new tld race, that you cannot look at the unsuccessful extensions of the past, because this time its different. Well jobs is a great keyword and so is travel, and even though there are some restrictions on these sponsored tlds, its not like there is a clamoring from the world to get a piece. Now we hear .nyc is going to be hot, why isn't .la ? … [Read more...]
Ad platform that turns still images into an ecommerce store front
Stipple launched an ad platform that turns still images into ecommerce storefronts. The platform allows consumers to mouse over any product in a tagged photograph in online magazines or publisher Web sites to reveal brand name, pricing and links to save or make purchases. Stipple CEO Rey Flemings refers to the platform as AdWords for images. "The tool lets consumers discover the brand's name … [Read more...]
GoDaddyCloseout picks 8/24
MontanaPhysicians.com 9 year old domain .org regged HawkIsland.com 9 year old domain. Looks to have a couple Geo references one in Lansing Michigan. GetLa.com 7 year old domain. Pronounceable and could be used for Get LA. Robka.com 7 year old domain. 5 letter .com pronounceable. .Net regged. At $5 so hurry if you want. RamBooks.com 12 year old domain. .Net regged. … [Read more...]
One group that needs to think about .xxx cybersquatting CELEBRITIES
I was reading the .xxx cybersquatting piece on Domain Name Wire. Andrew mentioned who he thought should protect their brand and who did not have to worry about it. Kevin Murphy from Domain Incite mentioned in the comments, "another category you might want to mention is celebrities." I agree with Kevin 100 % and I think this will be a hot area for cybersquatting. There are plenty of … [Read more...]
New Tlds can be successful without unseating the King
CircleID published an article where it talked about a new TLD can compete with .com if its quality. TheDomains.com posted about it and you get the normal .com is king comment and a few posting not knowing what they are owning. .CO is a cctld you can call it a gTld but its not. If you are going to get that delusional over an extension, why not insist you are King of some land no one has heard … [Read more...]
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