8. Exact match domains became more powerful
Despite what i think will be a general consensus that the quality of Google SERPs improved dramatically over the past year, exact match domain names seemed to be ranking better and appearing in greater number, even for extremely competitive keywords.
via Search Industry Surprises of 2011 | SEOmoz.
Michael’s on a roll!
John Ferber is chairman and co-founder of Domain Holdings, a technology company focused on maximizing domain name portfolio value by creating development, management and monetization solutions.John, along with his brother Scott, co-founded Advertising.com in late 1998 and sold to AOL/Time Warner in 2004. John also participated in ABC’s TV series “Secret Millionaire” in 2011, helping unsung heroes in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles make a difference in their community.
via DomainSherpa.com -The Back-of-the-Envelope Drawing that Launched a $495 Million Business – With John Ferber.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Eric Borgos, Impulse Communications, Inc. – I learned that it takes a lot of work nowadays to buy a big domain name and develop it into a site that gets ranked well in Google. Instead, I can make the same amount of money buying a domain and flipping it, and that involves very little work. So, I plan to decrease my domain development and increase my domain speculation.
via Domain Industry Professionals: “One Thing I Learned in 2011″ | Elliot’s Blog.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Unfortunately, the process for moving a domain name from one registrar to another is way more complicated than it should be. We wanted to help shine a light on the domain transfer process. Although this gallery focuses on GoDaddy, the advice for DNS, email and web hosting are applicable to any registrar.
Step 1: Go to “Domain Management”
Login to your GoDaddy account and head to the “Domain Management” section.
This will open up a page that allows you to manage your various domain names.
via Mashable-HOW TO: Move Your Domain Name Account.
Friday, December 30, 2011
This was another very solid week for domain sales, including two of the year’s top ten transactions as well as two of 2011′s five biggest ccTLD sales. Leading the way was VU.com, a domain that changed hands in a private sale for $700,000, tying it for the 4th biggest sale reported so far this year. Mortgage Research Center, LLC acquired the domain from Canada’s Virtual Universe Corporation in a deal first reported by Elliot Silver.
via DNJournal -Three Domain Sales Totaling $1.25 Million Top This Week’s Chart With ccTLDs Ringing Up Four of the Five Biggest Sales.
Friday, December 30, 2011
The problem for Apple is that some of these domain names were registered immediately after the decision in the first case was handed down. This means that the group behind the registrations is likely to just move on to other domains, and Apple will be forced to file more domain disputes.
It’s a classic game of whac-a-mole, unless Apple figures out the true identity of the registrants and is able to track them down in the courts.
via Apple “wins”, but plays whac-a-mole with counterfeiters – Domain Name Wire.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Righthaven, a copyright-troll law firm that failed in its attempt to make money for newspapers by suing people for sharing stories online, is having its domain name auctioned off to help satisfy the Las Vegas company’s debts.
As of 3 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Righthaven.com was going for $1,250, up from $100 when the online auction started on Dec. 26. The auction, which ends Jan. 6, is to intended to recoup $63,000 in legal fees Righthaven owes after it lost a case in which a federal judge said reposting an entire news article in an online forum was fair use — an issue Righthaven has appealed.
via Copyright Troll’s Domain Name Auctioned to Pay Legal Fees | Threat Level | Wired.com.
Friday, December 30, 2011
ReverseInternet.com Jamie at DotWeekly, was the first one I saw mention it and now I use it almost every day. It’s the ultimate free spy tool. It picks apart a website and trying to find in common code like Google Analytics code or Commission Junction’s code. It allows you to often find out who owns a domain, even if it’s under whois privacy.
via A Couple of Tools I Like: ViewDNS.info, BustAName and ReverseInternet | Domain Shane.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Meanwhile, as all of this has been happening, GoDaddy has been engaged in a bare-knuckled litigation fight with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which puts on the Oscars each year. In May 2010, AMPAS sued GoDaddy, accusing it of facilitating trademark infringement from unscrupulous cybersquatters. The case has survived two motions to dismiss, and on Tuesday AMPAS told a court why GoDaddy’s controversial founder Bob Parsons should submit to a seven-hour deposition that explains the company’s various policies.
via Film Academy Targets GoDaddy Founder As Legal Fight Heats Up Exclusive – Hollywood Reporter.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
As first reported by Talking Points Memo, newtgingrich.com now redirects visitors to a rotating gallery of anti-Gingrich destinations, including scandal reminders such as Tiffany and Freddie Mac, a video of Gingrich with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and headlines such as “Gingrich ‘Inadvertently’ Names Porn Company ‘Entrepreneur of The Year’ For Stimulating The Economy,” and “Gingrich Presidential Campaign Implodes.”Newtgingrich.com is not Gingrich’s official Web site; that would be www.newt.org.
via Buzzblog: Dem PAC buys newtgingrich.com, wallops him with it.