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Posted on Thursday, 18th December 2008 by Kevin

We all know that registrars have started taking ownership of names that registrants let lapse. Registrars even go through their non-resolving names and change them to point their own parking pages instead. So it is always an important task for the domain portfolio manager to keep an eye on their names and where they are [...]

Tags: domain name parking, Domain Names, Lame Delegation, LameDelegation.net, registrar, verisign
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Posted on Thursday, 11th December 2008 by Kevin

Generic Domain Name Ownership
Prime generic domain names are steadily being acquired and used by world class companies. Here are some examples of names that corporations own…
* Bank Of America - Loans.com
* Barnes and Noble - Books.com
* Bayer - Aspirin.com
* [...]

Tags: domain flipping, Domain Names, domain names for sale, domain parking, domain registration, generic domain names
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Posted on Thursday, 11th December 2008 by Kevin

An out-of-work banker who became a symbol of the looming financial crisis by trudging Manhattan streets wearing a sign advertising “MIT grad for hire” has landed on his feet - scoring a well-paying job at an accounting firm.
In a more hopeful sign of the times, Joshua Persky got rid of his sandwich board and demonstrated [...]

Tags: Business, Domain Names, domains, ecommerce, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Online Marketing, real estate
Posted in Branding, Domain Name News, Domain Names, Entrepreneur, Humor, Marketing Resources & Tools, Money & Finance, My Thoughts On The Internet, News Stories That Interest Me, Online Marketing | Comments (0)

Posted on Wednesday, 10th December 2008 by Kevin

Tags: dnforum, Domain Names, domainstate, namejet, pool.com, snap names
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Posted on Tuesday, 9th December 2008 by Kevin

Venture capitalists see opportunity… In A Recession!

By Edward Iwata, USA TODAY
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Ever the glowing optimists, venture capitalists here vowed this week that a backlog of healthy young companies — with $100 million-plus in annual revenue and growing — are poised to lift the economy and stock market next year when they [...]

Tags: angel investors, Domain Names, internet, investors, money, venture capitalists, web 2.0
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Posted on Tuesday, 9th December 2008 by Kevin

The 100 oldest registered .com domains
Rank
Create date Domain name
1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
11= 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
13= 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM
15. 25-Apr-1986 ATT.COM
16= 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
16= 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986 FMC.COM
18= 10-Jul-1986 UB.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 BELL-ATL.COM
20= 05-Aug-1986 GE.COM
20= [...]

Tags: Domain Names, first domain names registered, oldest domain names
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Posted on Tuesday, 9th December 2008 by Kevin

Reposted from: http://www.conceptualist.com/
This guy is on top of his stuff!

To those in the domain space, before being in the space have you realized the power of domain names? Before seeing in your own eyes the statistics on domains and the enormous power of which have type-in traffic, power that can be measured by quantity and [...]

Tags: domain investing, Domain Names, domaining, sahars blog
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Posted on Monday, 8th December 2008 by Kevin

“There is no doubt that we are at the epicenter of history in the making. All the titans of business across the street are crumbling and here this little tiny group of domainers is becoming the next generation of “real estate” barons. Domains may turn out to be the safest asset in the world. You [...]

Tags: Domain Names, domain real estate, erealestate
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Posted on Monday, 8th December 2008 by Kevin

From Matt Cutt’s Other Blog http://www.isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com
This week I was invited to attend a quorum where the subject of domaining and “domain traffic” was the topic for discussion. I wont bore you with the name of the company that held this get together but, sufficed to say, they are a big enough deal for me to [...]

Tags: Domain Names, domain parking, Is it me or is everyone else stupid?, matt cuts, search marketing
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Posted on Saturday, 6th December 2008 by Kevin

When I started writing this, my first sentence was “The time for making easy money with domain names has passed.” It didn’t take me long to realize, though, that there never really has been any easy money in domains.
* Think it was easy to invest $70 each for domains back in [...]

Tags: domain name, domain name investing, erealestate
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