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Twitter Username Availability Check on GoDaddy 2 Jul 2009, 11:51 am

"To use the feature, just login to your GoDaddy account and click on any of your domain names to access the manager (where you also go to do things like update name servers). There’s now a Twitter option under “Domain Enhancements” from which you can check your username availability." Source: Mashable Related posts:

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When Do You Adsense to a Website? 2 Jul 2009, 9:10 am

I recently received an email from a long-time reader who I have spoken with on several occasions and have done business with in the past who is looking for Adsense advice. He gave me permission to include parts of his email into this post to get opinions from my blog readers: We finally launched the websites [...] Related posts:

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How a Domainer Does Link Building 2 Jul 2009, 6:09 am

I will preface this by saying that I am not anything close to being an expert in link building. As with most of my development projects, my budget is tight and I am experimenting with everything, so what I write might not be the best way to go about things, but it’s a learning experience. [...] Related posts:

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GoDaddy Files Patent for Method of Selling Equity in Domain Names 2 Jul 2009, 7:35 am

Domain registrar files patents for system to sell equity in domain names.

Go Daddy Group Inc. has filed a patent for a method of selling equity in domain names and protecting the domain names in which the equity is issued.

The patent is for a system that will facilitate the sale of shares in a domain name. The patent application explains that a number of institutions are interested in investing in domain names, but there isn’t a simple mechanism to do so. Conversely, many domain owners are interested in selling equity in their domain names, but need a way to connect with investors.

The sale of shares of equity in a Domain Name associated with the current invention simplifies the current rudimentary process by which Registrants attract investors through either knowing the party or being connected through outlets such as forums or other online media. Such a centralized sale of shares of equity would need to provide means to underwrite the sale of such equity and provide a means to protect the domain name from inadvertently or fraudulently being transferred to another entity…

…The invention should have a desirable side effect on the entire domain name industry in that it may provide a significant amount of secure capital to registrants, which would allow them to develop their domain name organizations and invest in capital expenditures such as dedicated servers, other domain names, etc., while providing assurance to potential investors and underwriters that the domain name may be protected and used as collateral during the sale of such equity in the domain name.

United States patent application 20090171823 describes the method of connecting domain owners and equity underwriters as well as protecting the domain names that receive investments. Go Daddy has also filed United States Patent application 20090171678 specifically for protecting the domain name during investment.

Both patents were filed in 2007 but only published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today.

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Case Study: BrandBucket.com 1 Jul 2009, 11:54 pm

I've visited many domain name websites over the years, however I've never seen something as aesthetically pleasing as BrandBucket.com. Every domain of theirs has a logo created for it, along with the reasoning behind the domain. The thing I find most interesting about BrandBucket is that the large majority of the domains they sell are brandables. If you've ever tried selling 6 letter brandables on a domain forum, you've probably found there's not usually many takers above $20 and rarely any above $100.. BrandBucket has clearly positioned themselves to sell domains to the much more lucrative end user market -- one which has a whole lot more money than most domainers and doesn't place values on short domains solely based on trivial factors, most of which have little impact in the real world. BrandBucket also offers tools and suggestions to help visitors evaluate domains, no doubt building trust in their visitors that this is a company that cares about them and wants to help them find the domain that's right for their business. Related posts:

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UPDATE: NameJet’s .CM Landrush System Is Live: URL & Pricing Info Here 1 Jul 2009, 5:16 pm

Namejet.com is now taking orders for .CM domains on its site.

To place your backorders here is the direct link to the NameJet site: click here

Pricing has also been announced.

To be clear Namejet.com is NOT charging to place a backorder, however any domain which is registered, you will be charged $350 upon successful registration, including 2 years of registration.

As we discussed in our earlier post today, since Namejet.com is operating as the central clearing house for all .CM landrush domains you do not have to put orders in with multiple registrars attempting to get a particular .cm domain. If you place an order with Namejet and it is the only order placed for that particular .cm domain with any registrar, you will get it for $350 with the 2 year registration.

If there is more than one backorder placed with Namejet, or any other registrar accepting .cm landrush applications, then those people will be placed into a private auction for that domain.

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NameJet.com To Be Exclusive Clearing House For All .CM Domains 1 Jul 2009, 11:31 am

NameJet has reached an agreement with the .cm registry to be the exclusive auction provider for the .CM upcoming Landrush. (their site should be updated shortly)

NameJet will manage all the pre-order applications from the participating registrar partners through the registry.

NameJet customers will be able to submit their applications directly through NameJet for FREE (no application fees!).

With other registrars charging up to $300+ for each .cm domain in applications fees for the landrush (fees returned if domain is not obtained) this could save you a ton of dough.

Namejet.com will start taking pre-orders this afternoon and those will be accepted from July 15th through the 31st.

Auctions will then be scheduled for all domains where there was more than 1 pre-order application.

Rick Latona is also holding an online auction for some .cm domains that will NOT be available in the landrush. Those domain will be sold only through the Rick Latona auction which starts next week only July 7th.

We will have more on that auction next week.

The Domains

$20K & A Category Killer Domains Creates An Empire 30 Jun 2009, 8:50 pm

An short story appeared on the Deseret News, on how Ryan DeLuca started BodyBuilding.com and turned it into “the Internet most-visited body building and fitness site”

My favorite quote from the article:

“He took a huge risk by getting a $20,000 loan to buy the domain name BodyBuilding.com”

Bodybuilding.com is ranked by Compete.com as having just under 1.5 Million visitors a month.

Not bad for $20K.

Fortunately for Mr. DeLuca he didn’t follow some of the suggestions contained in another article out today, in the WebWorkerDaily.com, which talks about what to do when the .com you want is taken.

Some of the suggestions included:

Pick A Different Name

Add Dashes or Numbers.

Use an alternative extension like .net, .org, .biz, or .info.

In all fairness the article does also list as an option buy the .com from the owner if its not in use, but the article clearly failed to recognize what Mr. DeLuca learned.

There is no replacement for a category killer .com

DomainTweeter

9 Available Domains and why I like them - 6/30/09 30 Jun 2009, 7:00 pm

Here are some available names I came across today and why I like them. All are available for registration as of 10:00 EST tonight.

1. CollegeLifeCoaching.com

$10.51 CPC. Low monthly volume, but growing niche and net/org/info versions already taken. Could be used by a life coach to offer college life coaching (like this) or might make a good minisite for people trying to find a life coaching college.

2. PortableInkjet.com

.Net version already registered. Cost per click is $6.20 CPC, search volume 210 searches per month. Over 17,000 exact Google matches and 176 exact Google Product matches.

3. Geo hotel domains

Here are several geo hotel domains with good search volume. Might be worth developing mini sites for and monetizing with an affiliate program like this.

a. BaskingRidgeHotel.com (720/searches per month, $3.62 CPC) | examples

b. EastBrunswickHotel.com (1300/searches per month, $2.48 CPC) | examples

c. HamdenHotel.com (720/searches per month, $2.77 CPC) | examples

d. JerseyCityHotels.net (12,100/searches per month, $2.95 CPC)| examples

e. FarmingtonHotels.net (12,100/searches per month, $2.91 CPC) | examples

4. BiomedicalJobs.org

5,400 searches per month, $2.40 CPC. .Com/net/mobi/uk versions already taken. Over 100,000 exact match Google searches.

5. AutomobileDealers.us

8,100 searches per month, $2.52 CPC. Over 3 million exact Google matches. Nice domain for a directory site and makes good sense with the .us domain. Com/net/org/info/mobi/uk/cn versions taken.

That’s it for today. Most names posted go within minutes. If you are interested in receiving future available minisite domains…

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Since many names I post receive simultaneous registrations, you may want to use a fast registrar and have your billing information pre-programmed. Or use a program like Roboform to fill in your information.

I’m also going to start emailing some names exclusively to my mailing list subscribers and tweeting others just for my Twitter followers.

DotWeekly.com Domain Name Blog

Domain Sales: Seller Disadvantage Using 3rd Party Service 1 Jul 2009, 2:53 pm

Many domain name sellers, including myself depend on the two most popular domain listing services Sedo.com and Afternic.com while listing domain names for sale. When an offer does come in using these services, the seller is at a large disadvantage not knowing who the buyer is! No seller ever want’s to "leave some on the table" [...]

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Domain-name wars: Rise of the cybersquatters 30 Jun 2009, 11:32 am

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Computerworld - When the Web site FreeLegoPorn.com began publishing pornographic images created with Lego toys, trademark owner Lego Juris AS, which sells the popular plastic building blocks for children, acted quickly. "The content available on the site consisted of animated mini-figures doing very explicit things. We were not amused," says Peter Kjaer, an attorney for Billund, Denmark-based Lego.

Lego didn't go to court. Instead it filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center, which ruled in its favor. The domain registrar for FreeLegoPorn.com, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based GoDaddy.com Inc., eventually shut down the site and transferred the domain name to Lego, in compliance with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (often called the UDRP), a procedure set up by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to address domain-name brand abuse.

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Domain Names Podcast Episode 10 with Rick Schwartz “Domain King” 28 Jun 2009, 11:46 pm

Rick Schwartz "Domain King" I am happy to say that my Domain Names Podcast with “Domain King” Rick Schwartz is complete and live to listen to below. Rick is a “tell it like it is” type of guy which is one of the reasons I like to read his blog religiously over at http://www.ricksblog.com The conversation started in [...]

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Kevin Ham and Frank Schilling... Now on sale! 28 Jun 2009, 4:52 pm

That is right folks. Kevin Ham and Frank Schilling domain holdings are up for sale.. Thousands upon thousands of their domains are now available for purchase. Make your offer and you may just become the new owner of that great dot com keyword domain. Woohoo! Frank Schilling's domains are being offered exclusively through ProFormaInc.com and Kevin Ham's through DomainBrokers.com --- now as I wrote here just recently about the domain industry... There is lots of changes going on. 2009 is a very different year!!

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Godaddy.com Domain Coupon Codes + Auction Hot List 30 Jun 2009, 2:15 am

Here is a little Sunday treat for all DotWeekly.com readers. A list of Godaddy.com coupon codes + a Godaddy Domain Auction Hot list! All domains in the list have a range of ending times, starting with today and going out several days. All domains are directly linked to it’s specific auction page for easy bidding and [...]

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Our First & Maybe Last NameJet.com Picks 27 Jun 2009, 9:13 am

A lot of readers have been asking for us to release some picks for NameJet.com, like we do on a regular basis for SnapNames.com.

I don’t know how often I will do this, or if I will ever do it again, but here are some great domains available for back order on NameJet.com.

As we told you on the other day, under the new Namejet policy all auctions are restricted to only those who entered the backorder auction, even if the winning bidder defaults. (no more public auctions).

So if you have any interest in any of these domains you need to get your backorder placed now, as the deadlines for the backorders start as soon as 11Pm EST tonight. You can click on the links to backorder or copy and paste.

newjerseysingles.com (Singles domain are nice sellers in live auctions)

californiaforeclosures.com (California has the highest foreclosure rate in the US by far) (backorder time expired on this one last night at 11PM)

braces.info (A great one word .info, for a huge high paying topic)

filth.com ( A one word.com that can relate to the adult business or cleaning business)

freemp3downloads.com (name probably has huge traffic and is already at $2K pre-release)

prop8.com (this is the name of the GayMarriage Amendment in California the stried so much controversy and Gay Groups are calling for a new vote on this next year)

Gocarts.com (catergory killer domain)

KL.org (how often do you see a 2 letter .org for sale on Namejet?)

JWL.com (Nice 3 letter .com)

LitigationAttorneys.com (Huge, high paying topic with applies to tens of thousands of laywers).

BVF.com (another 3 letter .com).

ColdWar.com (one of the most discussed topics in the 1960’s and we could easily have another one with N. Korea).

JapaneseRestaurants.com (one of the biggest segments of that multi-billion dollar industry).

Oilchanges.com (talk about a category killer).

Falk.com (a simply huge last name with over 11.5 million references in Google, Like Peter Falk the actor).<

RefinanceMortgages.com (Talk about a timely subject, high paying category killer).

Ok I feel like I given away the keys to the store, enough already.

Domain Name Wire

Insurance Company Loses Generic Domain Name Land Grab 26 Jun 2009, 2:04 pm

Combined Insurance Group Ltd loses two domain name arbitration cases.

Combined Insurance Group Ltd has lost two domain name battles for seemingly generic domains, CheapAutoInsurance.com and CheapAutosInsurance.com. The company claims trademark rights to “Cheap Auto Insurance”, even though many of these trademarks and their dates of use are questionable based on evidence brought forth by the respondents.

The insurance company owns the domain name Cheap-Auto-Insurance.com. It should remind you of another case where a company with a hyphenated domain name is making a dubious case: the owner of c-a-s-i-n-o-s.org going after casinos.org.

For CheapAutoInsurance.com, the panel found that the complainant had not established a prima facie case in support of its arguments that respondent lacks rights and legitimate interests in the domain name.

The second case involves the plural version of auto, CheapAutoSinsurance.com. Combined Insurance Group Ltd claimed that this was simply a case of typosquatting, since the only difference between this domain and the trademark was the added ‘S’ on autos. But since the version of the domain that would be typosquatted isn’t just CheapAutoInsurance.com (it’s cheap-auto-insurance.com), this is a questionable claim. In this case, the panel found that the respondent had rights or legitimate interests in the domain, and it was not registered in bad faith.

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Mining for Gold: Domaining Style 26 Jun 2009, 10:48 am

Alright its time to do some old school Domain Mining. I was over at Rick Schwartz’s blog yesterday and read a post all about ‘Keyword Mining’. He does not come straight out and call it this but it’s what i call it. Rick goes on to explain how he mines for domains by using nouns, [...] Related posts:

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Pathetic attempt at “being a domainer” 25 Jun 2009, 8:58 pm

Every time a well-known person dies, a school shooting happens, an earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, plane crash, etc occurs, idiot wannabe domainers are first on the scene to register names like MJIsDead.com (no, I'm not going to give you a link). Private registration -- I wonder why. Doesn't really matter what you or I think of MJ -- he's still a person and he still has family, friends, and fans who miss him dearly. It's NEVER crossed my mind to ever register a domain like this about anyone. Some "domainers" are going so far as to justify this, saying the media makes money off the stories so why can't they. You learn that 2 wrongs don't make a right in what, kindergarten? Everyone knows many reporters are right up there with lawyers and payday loan vendors as the lowliest scum on the planet -- is that where we've now set the ethics bar? A lot of domainers are starting to sound a whole lot like black hat SEOs. These guys are another class of idiots who think they can hijack urls and subdomains, inject links into other people's websites, put up multiple 10,000 page splogs, spam the shit out of everyone's blog comments (mine included) with pharmaceutical, gambling, and adult content links, put spyware on people's computer which tells them they have a virus when they don't and threatens them what will happen if they don't buy their product, etc and think it's unfair when someone like Google decides they don't need scum like that in their index... The more and more I see stuff like this, the more and more I see the merits of increased regulation. Related posts:

Elliot's Blog

Simple Sample Email to an End User 25 Jun 2009, 10:35 am

A couple of weeks ago in the comment section of a blog post I wrote, someone asked if I could provide a sample email I’ve written to end users to sell domain names, and I am happy to oblige. Most of the time, my emails are short and to the point, as I know an [...] Related posts:

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It’s Official: ICANN Wants The Proposed Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Rules To Apply To .Com’s 25 Jun 2009, 9:39 am

Back on June 1 we told you about a new proposal by the IRT a group of trademark holders who have committee status with ICANN and their proposal for a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) for all new gTLD’s. In that post we told you that this was going to be a problem for all domains holders, including existing extensions like .com, .net and .org.

Today, in a very negative article on domaining, entitled “Domain Name Wars:Rise of the Cybersqatters, VP of ICANN Paul Levins made it clear that trademark holders and ICANN want the proposed rapid take down rules to apply to all existing extensions as well as the new gTLD’s which they have been proposed for :

“ICANN may be able to apply the new rules as existing registrar contracts expire, Levins says. “We may be able to retrofit the features that are in the new GTLD agreements to address abuse.”

The computerworld.com article goes on to say:

“the GTLD issue has intensified the focus on trademark abuse in domain names, and the matter now has ICANN’s full attention. So the GTLD proposals could be a catalyst for change.”"

Domainers need to understand that your entire business model is under attack. The article goes on to quote a rep of Verizon who says: “Even domain-parking sites that don’t include advertising are a problem”

Bottom line read the 9 page article for yourself and then join the ICA.