February 2009

Newspapers Close Their Doors as New Report Predicts Local Advertisers Will Double Their Spending Online

(February 27, 2009)

More evidence that domain owners are in the right place at the right time. A new report from the Kelsey Group predicts that money spent on local advertising online will soar 129% over the next five years while local ad spending in traditional media (newspapers, radio, TV, etc.) will decline another 20% over the same period.

Afilias Publishes a Major Progress Report on the .Info Extension and a Team of Domainers Scores an Upset Win in India

(February 26, 2009)

The operator of the .info registry, Afilias, has released a detailed new report on the progress the first "new" global TLD has made since its introduction 8 years ago. Also, a team of domainers is celebrating an upset win over a previously unbeaten team in India's prestigious Mumbai Corporate Cricket Championship.

High End of the Market Shows Some Life As 3 Sales Totaling Over $700,000 Lead New DN Journal Weekly Chart

(February 26, 2009)

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market stirred from its slumber this week with three of the year’s six highest sales reported over the past 7 days. Those sales totaled more than $700,000. Our new all extension Top 20 chart features 16 .coms, 3 ccTLDs and a .net.

The Recession is Producing a Huge Wave of New Search Traffic for Financial Keywords (and Related Domains)

(February 25, 2009)

New research from comScore shows the recession is driving a huge wave of new traffic to search terms related to financial matters, traffic that adds value to related generic domain names. Also today, some notes on Sedo's acquisition of RevenueDirect and Aftermarket.com's Domainer Mardi Gras online auction.

On the Road Again – Some Travel Notes as We Head Home from the Frigid North

(February 24, 2009)

We are en route back home to Florida after stops in New Orleans and Ohio. Some things you need to know while we are making the trip; our weekly domain sales report will be pushed back one day due to our travel commitments and while we are in the air today, news may come of a major domain industry acquisition.

Photos and Highlights From the Closing Day of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference Saturday in New Orleans

(February 23, 2009)

The first Domainer Mardi Gras conference closed Saturday. We have photos and highlights from the final day in New Orleans where attendees enjoyed brunch at a restaurant founded in 1832 before heading to an afternoon domain auction where Voodoo.com conjured up a $300,000 sale.

Bourbon Street Balcony Bash Caps Day 2 at the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans

(February 21, 2009)

Here is a link to DN Journal's Friday photos and highlights from the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans - a day featuring the keynote address from author/politician Tim Burns, a full round of seminars and a raucous Bourbon Street balcony party after the sun went down.

Photos and Highlights From the Opening Day of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans

(February 20, 2009)

We have photos and highlights from the opening day of the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans Thursday - everything from the opening cocktail hour to a messy but marvelous New Orleans crawfish boil and eye-popping Mardi Gras parades along St. Charles Avenue.

Verisign Reports Worldwide Domain Registrations Rose 16% in 2008 with Country Codes Growing at an Even Faster Clip

(February 18, 2009)

Verisign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief, covering the 4th quarter of 2008, is now out and it showed another big jump in worldwide domain registrations from the previous year. Total registrations in all extensions rose 16% to 177 million, with country codes rising even faster - up 22% to 71.1 million. We take a closer look at the numbers.

Sedo Books a Sale of More Than $380,000 to Lead This Week’s Top 20 Chart at DN Journal

(February 18, 2009)

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com.The report is headlined by the second biggest domain sale reported so far this year, one that weighed in at over $380,000.Our new all extension Top 20 Chart includes 14 .coms, four country code domains and a pair of .nets.

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