Archeo Domains the domain arm of Marchex (MCHX:Nasdaq) posted their 4th quarter newsletter which included sales data for the fourth quarter of 2014. They also provided a summary for the year. They did $1.7 million in sales and found that two word domains continue to be their best selling category. Lifestyle, Travel and Business/Finance were […]
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Verisign Releases Top Keyword Trends for February – Holo Top Keyword
Verisign posted today the Top 10 Keywords Registered in February. Holo was the top keyword for February in .com, Apple was the top in .net. This Sun., March 15, marks the 30th anniversary of the first .COM domain name registration, Symbolics.com. Today there are more than 116 million .COM domain names registered globally, and more […]
Continue ReadingGolfTrips.com Owner “The dot-coms seem to be the most user-friendly”
Archeo Domains (Division of Marchex) did a feature post on the owner of GolfTrips.com, the post came on the heels of the owner Brian Weiss purchasing GolfOklahoma.com from Archeo. Weiss is acquiring Golf related names according to geographical region. Weiss is building out a directory of golf related websites that currently is over forty names. […]
Continue ReadingHappy New Year – A Look Back at 2014
A look back at 2014 In the domain industry 2014 certainly belonged to the new gtlds. The new gtlds were the most talked about area in the domain world, forums, blogs and personal conversations were dominated by opinions, debates and agendas. The industry has never seen anything like this with so many new extensions all […]
Continue ReadingA look at repeating numbers in .com and .net
Yesterday after posting about the availability of the same repeating letter, Vincent Jacques asked about what repeating numbers looked like ? So I took a look at numbers 0 through 9 in .com and .net. No surprise that 8 was the most popular and you cannot register a repeating 8 until you are ready to […]
Continue ReadingA look at repeating letters and the most ridiculous hand reg I have ever made
After the sale of VVVV.com on NameJet for $22,100 I was having a conversation with someone that thought that was a high price since there probably not many uses for the domain. He asked me how many acronyms would there be for the same repeating letter ? I said I thought the name was valuable […]
Continue ReadingHow Important Are Monthly Searches ?
How Important Are Monthly Searches ? I was playing chess with my good friends Michael Castello and Toronto Domainer the other night, at a smokey cigar club in Ventura County. Michael is the most astute chess player I have ever met. Somehow, it seems that he is able to see five moves ahead. Michael clearly […]
Continue Reading4 Tips For Naming Your Business in an increasingly mobile world
Peter Gasca wrote a good article on INC.com about naming your business, of course there are several articles on the topic that have been written. I like to read them all and compare and contrast, I also look to look for common themes where there seems to be universal agreement. How you name your company […]
Continue ReadingOne Realtor Explains Why They Are Not Interested in Dot Realtor and Will Stick With Dot Com
Teresa Boardman wrote a piece on Inman.com where she expressed her desire to control her own destiny, not stand with the pack, and stick with .com over the new .realtor extension. I tend to agree with Teresa that the domain names should be more about the real estate she is showcasing and not about her. […]
Continue ReadingThe Media Outrage over Ebola.com Sparks an almost 10 fold increase in Ebola related registrations
Back on October 9, 2014 CNBC was the first media outlet that covered the Ebola.com domain being for sale. On October 14, the media frenzy started and their were posts all over the mainstream media, from The Daily Mail to The Washington Post. Yesterday Elliot Silver posted about the sale of Ebola.com to Cannabis Sativa, […]
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