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Top 15 Industries Domainers Should Pay Attention To

The only way to spread word of the value of a good domain name is to reach out to the public. There are many industries, businesses and individuals buying domain names daily, yet they are widely ignored by the domaining community. I would like to propose 15 industries that we should pay more attention to as far as researching and learning from the experts. These industries also represent a good opportunity to market domain names to web professionals. …

Rick Schwartz Floating TRAFFIC Without Sponsors Idea

I received an email from Rick Schwartz this morning with the subject, “BIG News from T.R.A.F.F.I.C.” and I immediately read the email.  Rick and Howard are expecting a big show in Florida in October (I am not surprised about this), and they are already discussing the format of TRAFFIC in 2011. According to Rick’s email. &#…

Quick Poll: Which Domain Priced $500K-$1M WIll Sell At DomainFest?

I just ended the week long poll I was running on which domain you thought would sell at the live domain name auction at Domainfest, which will be held in New York on August 18th , of those domain names with a reserve price range of $250K-$500K . The package of domains including Tshirts.com got the most votes with 32% of the voters predicting a sale with “None will …

Fortune.com: “Google: The Search Party Is Over”

A new post by Fortune.com, entitled Google: The Search Party Is Over” is an  interesting read especially for domainers who do any significant domain parking. The article which in large part discusses the business operations of Google says about search: That there is a real shift going on within the internet where search will soon be less used. “…

If We Did This We Would Get Sued: BlackBerry Grabs Blackpad.com

According to MobileCrunch.com , the company that makes  Blackberry  phones Research In Motion or Rimm for short, just purchased the domain Blackpad.com for their long-rumored BlackBerry tablet. The devise of course will complete with Apple’s iPad. “According to registration records, RIM purchased BlackPad.com just days ago.” The domain is being administered by one of those trademark protection companies, corporatedomains.com According to erictric.com : “”The …