Archive for February 2nd, 2010

I’m sure by now you’ve seen this shirt in at least a few DOMAINfest pictures circulating around the net, but I wanted to give you the story behind it. About two months ago I sat at my desk thinking of ways to make money when suddenly the race car style shirt popped into my head.... »

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The names Медведев.рф (Medvedev.rf) and Путин.рф (Putin.rf) are among the many reserved IDN ccTLDs in the forthcoming .рф extension. Why does this not surprise me? Could you imagine a political dissenter owning Putin’s domain? A recent Russian report noted that approximately 7,000 domain names have been reserved so far. From that amount,... »

The submission deadline for the Domainer Mardi Gras Showcase Auction is tomorrow, February 3rd, 2010.  I had the chance to submit a few of my domain names over the weekend.  I am sure that the majority of my names most likely won’t make the cut but I gave it a try anyway.  Here is... »

This is a “random thoughts” post.  Skip over it if you feel the need. It’s my blog… this is what’s on my mind today. I frequently get asked “entrepreneurial questions” from my close friends, and even from random people.  People are seeking advice and direction, especially in today’s economic climate.  Everyone wants to come up with that one... »

A Federal Appellate Court has ruled against AOL and given Advertise.com the right to continue doing business under their generic domain name. AOL claimed Advertise.com violates their trademark on Advertising.com. AOL's over-reaching claims also scuttled a $1.4 million auction sale of Ad.com. »

I had mentioned QR codes a little while back in 2009 here on DotWeekly and created a QR Code using Google’s Xzing software that technically would send you to DotWeekly.com if you took a picture of the QR Code with your mobile device that had the code reading software on it. Microsoft is joining the... »

This is a really cool feature that Google will be integrating into it’s search result pages.  The idea is that users will begin to fill out their profiles at http://google.com/profiles.  Profiles should be completed with all your social networking tools, blog, etc.  After a bit of time once your profile propogates and as you continue... »

(image source) It changes over time however there are patterns to recognize: 1. .MX (Mexico) domains are going strong right now. Follow today’s auctions you will see how strong the activity is. 2. One word .CC, .WS , .Info, .US domains. Buyers tend to like them. 3. Four letter .Com domains. If you avoid the letters X,... »

The agenda for day two, January 27, 2010 was the following: 9:00am – 10:30am Structured Networking – Ask the Experts and Interact With Peers 11:00am – 12:15pm Keynote – Tony Hsieh, Zappos.com CEO 1:45pm – 3:00pm Session 3 – Turning Killer Domain Names Into Killer Websites 3:30pm – 4:45pm Session 4 – Domain Names: How Prime Internet Real Estate Builds SEO and... »