NEW YORK, NY – Usually when you read an article in Google News, you expect it to give you some good advice, especially when it is a reputable news website. That’s not what happened today when Google News led me to question whether or not I was even on a real news website. Rather than focusing so much on cleaning up Facebook and Twitter, maybe Google should check their own inclusion practices. The article is on CBS News Detroit and it is called “6 Best Practices for Choosing … [Read more...]
If I Had Just Started With Domain Names Today, I Don’t Think I Would Make It
NEW YORK, NY – When I started in this industry it was the year 2000. The Internet looked very different than it does today, and people were just starting to get acquainted with Google. Search engine optimization was a lot easier to do with most people not having even heard of the term “SEO”. Back then, as a website owner, you were able to take advantage of certain techniques which could easily put you ahead of the majority. Compared to today, there was little competition … [Read more...]
Will People Use Alternative Domain Names Like They Do Toll Free Phone Numbers?
NEW YORK - Much like .com domain names, 1-800 toll free phone numbers with meaning in their letters such as 1-800-FLOWERS, are hard to come by these days – or even impossible to obtain, based on limited supply. Although it is indeed possible to get a 1-800 phone number today, if you’re looking for a vanity number, such as one with clear meaning in its letters, you’re much more likely to get it using an alternative such as 888. This is very much what we are seeing today … [Read more...]
It’s Here: NamesCon Officially Starts Tomorrow at the Tropicana in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, NV – The long anticipated NamesCon event begins tomorrow with its 11:00 am - 11:45 am "Welcome to NamesCon" photo and session. Domain enthusiasts from around the world have begun rolling in since this morning, myself included. The event is taking place at the Tropicana, which is one of the first hotels on the Las Vegas strip located on the east corner of Tropicana Boulevard. Known as the largest Domain Name Conference in the United States (maybe the world), … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 01/01/2018 – 01/07/2018
NEW YORK, NY – Just released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as Publica.com at $75,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as Traumjob.de at 8,000 EUR ($9,550.40 US Dollars) and the top other as ttc.org at $5,580.00 US. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 01/01/2018 – 01/07/2018. Domain … [Read more...]
.ORG Year in Review (2017): Top 100 Highest Reported .ORG Domain Sales (NameBio)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, 3,503 .org domain sales were reported last year (compared to 3,664 .net and 66,159 .com sales). The value of these top 100 is just $1,161,492.00 (about $125K less than their .net legacy competitor and about 1/25th of the $25M in .coms). The majority of these .org domain sales also, like .net sales, took place at venue Sedo.com, taking 36% of the top 100 (35% .net). Particularly interesting is the performance for this list of top 100 .net … [Read more...]
Examining Past Alternative Dots Helps Predict Future Adoption of New Ones?
NEW YORK, NY – Sometimes to predict the future, it is as easy as simply examining the past. Based on a comment from one of my readers, this simple graph shows movements and numbers of registrations for some of the ‘original’ alternative dots and what is happening with them. Alternatives such as .BIZ, .INFO, .MOBI, .PRO, .NAME, .XXX for example, verse the originals. What good are or were these alternative URLs availability and how have newcomers adopted these into branding … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 11/27/2017 – 12/03/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as Oar.com at $35,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as Wi.Fi at 19,000 EUR ($22,466.55 US Dollars) and the top other as Ton.org at $48,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 11/27/2017 – 12/03/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 11/13/2017 – 11/19/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as Sanda.com at $75,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as stromfreunde.de at 21,420 EUR ($25,139.58 US Dollars) and the top other as gdpr.org at $15,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 11/13/2017 – 11/19/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 10/30/2017 – 11/05/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as mommy.com at $100,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as raise.co at $9,500.00 USD and the top other as then.org at $5,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 10/30/2017 - 11/05/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 09/18/2017 – 09/24/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as Medically.com at $53,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as Experience.tv at 35,000 USD and the top other as StaySafe.org at $5,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 09/18/2017 – 09/24/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/28/2017 – 09/03/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as netlife.com at $75,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as monitoring.de at 9,999 EUR ($11,918.31 US) and the top other as otn.org at $7,500.00 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 08/28/2017 – 09/03/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
US Fortune 500 Businesses, Their Domain Name Characteristics, and Secure Status
NEW YORK, NY - Each year Fortune Magazine publishes a list of the largest companies in the United States by revenue. Below is the list for 2016. Also below, are some interesting characteristics of their domain name choices including whether or not these companies are prepared for SSLs on their corporate websites. 494 are using .com domain names, 4 use .nets, 1 .org, and 1 .xyz. 494 (98.8%) have chosen the ".com" extension for their domain name. 235 (47%) are running … [Read more...]
What Do You See Here? Top 10 Legacy Domain Name Sales Over Last Few Years
NEW YORK, NY - Thanks to sites such as Namebio, we can examine REPORTED domain name sales over the years in just about any order or scenario. Today I wanted to look at the top 10 domain name sales over the last few years for legacy and some popular domain extensions. They are listed here twice; once accounting for only characters in the domain and then again for those including numeric and dashes. There has been some changes in the investments from foreign countries such as … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/21/2017 – 08/27/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as quoin.com at $15,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as rechnung.de at 11,900 EUR ($14,252.04 US) and the top other as Tampa.org at $10,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 08/21/2017 – 08/27/2017. Domain … [Read more...]