Archive for April, 2008

Domain name entrepreneur Edwin Hayward issued a press release today announcing his company, MemorableDomains.com, sale of Britain.co.uk at the Internet World show in Earls Court at the end of April. According to the release the company will be offering over 2,000 of their top domain names for sale at the show including Maps.co.uk, Mum.co.uk, Dad.co.uk, […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Britain.co.uk For Sale at Internet World”, url: “http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/britaincouk-for-sale-at-internet-world/1531″ });

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Following the reported sale of Pizza.com, mainstream media is once again picking up on domain buzz. Boo and Huffy, the animated commentators at Minyanville.com, do their take on domain names and naming trends. Check out the video on the right side of the article.
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WOW ! I just woke up to an earthquake in my home town of Springfield, Illinois, 1 day before I leave for the earthquake capital of America (San Francisco, CA) to attend Domain Roundtable. According to the USGS the earthquake was a 5.4 magnitude centered at 38.501°N, 87.898°W which appears to be 173 miles […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Earthquake Wakes Up Illinois - 5.4 magnitude quake largest ever felt in midwest ?”, url: “http://www.domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/earthquake-wakes-up-illinois/1529″ });

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Looks like the domains with zero dollar reserves have little mini bidding wars going on several days before the auction closes. It is sort of fun to watch. One example is the combined two domain lot of SecretCode.com & SecretCodes.com. We let this Lot into the auction with a zero dollar reserve and people are […]

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I missed this story about Joe Davison of Electron Interactive.  Looks like Joe picked up a great domain this week to add to the company collection. Details on the deal and the press release can be found at the Electron company blog.
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Live Current Media, previously known as Communicate.com, has partnered with the newly created DLF Indian Premier League to build their official website, IPLT20.com. Live Current has agreed to be the cricket league’s exclusive online content provider for the next 10 years, signifying their first cricket-related relationship for the company, who owns the premium domain Cricket.com. […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Live Current Media Launches IPLT20.com”, url: “http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/live-current-media-launches-iplt20com/1527″ });

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For quite some time, search engines have ranked websites based on the relevancy of keywords, the number of incoming links, and the rank of the pages sending the links. Microsoft has recently applied for a new patent that will add another factor into the mix: the age of the domains that are offering the links.
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As Michele from BlackKnight reports, the .IE registry has just passed it’s 100,000th registration. The article also looks at available domains, expired domains and current registration procedures.
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As CIRA, the operator of the .CA registry for Canada announced, the 1 millionth .CA domain was registered on April 13th, 2008. In order to celebrate this milestone, the registry has set up a new user story website at OneMillionDomains.ca.
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I'm sitting in the Qantas club at the moment reflecting on what the upcoming week in San Francisco will bring. Nothing like winging my way across the Pacific once again :-)

I must admit it that I'm really looking forward to the sessions that I'm moderating on Saturday as they…

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