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Monthly Archive for July, 2010

Dot .CO madness: What domains did I spend my money on?

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 Acro: Since the .CO Registry opened up its gates ten days ago, more than 370,000 .CO domains have been registered. Initial concern over the long-term visibility of .co domains was calmed down by Google’s reassuring statement that .co domains will be given equal treatment among .com, .net, .org and the various other TLDs and ccTLDs. A...

Interesting NameJet.com Pre-Release Domain Stats

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 DotWeekly: I always like to dig into things a little deeper than most because it often brings to light some things we may not notice just by looking at something. So, today I wanted to do a little bit of digging and get some stats on domain names that are currently in the Pre-Release section on

OK.gov Wins Two Awards

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 SullysBlog..com: OK.gov is the official Oklahoma state website.  OK.gov won the Best State and Local Government Marketing and Best Creative Marketing Program given by the GovMark Council, a not-for-profit agency focused on the government technology market.  The state has really put some effort into the site making it very usable for the residence of ...

If Sex Sells, This Domain Is A Winner

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 SullysBlog..com: I went to the Mayhem festival last night with a friend of mine whose duty it is to keep me young.  The show featured 5FDP, Lamb of God, Rob Zombie and Korn.  I went primarily to see Korn, but Rob Zombie definitely stole the show.  But I digress from my point.   Wandering around while some Related posts:Register.com Sells for $135 ...

.co.uk names are still good investments. At least they don’t eat you up in renewal fees

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 Rick Latona: After a post like last weeks’, where I spoke on .ie and their restrictions, you may be thinking that it is too hard to get involved in ccTLD investing. Trust me, I know it’s easier to just stick with .com but I have seen huge rewards from going global. It’s a little harder  to get

.CO speculators turn hand registered domains into quick profits, already

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 Fusible.com: Many of the .co domain names registered in the last week were web addresses purchased by speculators in the quest for quick profits.  The .co domain, which reportedly has over 366,000 domains registered to date, could prove to be lucrative. No matter your opinion of the domain, everyone from Twitter to Mike Mann to Francois

.Co LandRush Notices Finally Go Out To Applicants

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 The Domains: Finally last night I got an e-mail from the .CO registry concerning the land rush applications I placed. This is the first notice or any information regarding the land rush applications I have received since placing the orders. The first notice tells you to set up your account: “”As a result of your recent application(s)

Tony Kanakaris: My Big Fat Greek Domainer Network is expanding

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 DomainGang.com: I called Tony Kanakaris up on a Friday afternoon, right as happy hour madness was hitting the US east coast. Tony is a fellow domainer and developer – manager of the Social Domainers network. Tony, yassou malaka! – I could not resist the Greek verbal jab at my friend. Who is this? Lucius! Ti kaneis,

OutdoorFountains.com receives $22,000 bid at GreatDomains

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 Fusible.com: The domain name OutdoorFountains.com has received 1 bid at GreatDomains for $22,000.   While $22,000 may sound like a lot of money to plunk down for some investors, it’s not a lot of money for the sole bidder who could very well be a company selling outdoor fountains as a product —- a company looking to get a

DomainHammer.com Bulk Alexa, PR and Yahoo checker

July 31, 2010DomainingComments Off
 DotWeekly: Have you ever wanted to estimate the traffic of a domain before buying it? I bet so, and I know that checking traffic indicators, like Alexa Rank, number of Yahoo Backlinks and Google Pagerank all by hand takes a lot of time. And if you have a list of dozens or even hundreds of domains to check,