July 2010

The Graham Chronofighter Oversize Overlord Mark III Watch- Cool Factor

(July 31, 2010)

“Cool watch, buddy”. That’s what the person in line at Starbucks said to me while I was wearing this Graham Chronofighter Oversize Mark III Watch. I get that all the time being that I’m in the business but this was particularly interesting because I was only wearing this watch for 15 minutes to inspire myself [...]

Total Value of 2Q-2010 Domain Sales Jump 26% Over the Previous Quarter & 38% Over A Year Ago

(July 31, 2010)

In the latest DN Journal newsletter we break down 2Q-2010 domain sales results which showed a big jump from the previous quarter as well as from the same quarter in 2009. We also profile an impressive young woman who is doing some great work for a charity that is widely supported by the domain industry.

Interesting NameJet.com Pre-Release Domain Stats

(July 31, 2010)

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 [...]

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

(July 31, 2010)

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 [...]

DomainHammer.com Bulk Alexa, PR and Yahoo checker

(July 31, 2010)

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, [...]

DomainTools.com’s Whois.sc Is Now Whois.sc

(July 30, 2010)

I had always still used Whois.sc to get to whois.domaintools.com. The domain name simply did a forward in the past but that is no longer the case! Pretty wise by DomainTools.com to do this, because Whois.sc will start ranking better in search engines IMO. So what does the New Whois.sc look like and what is new? Doing [...]

Omega Speedmaster Moon Watch Ref 3590.50.00 Fly-Back Chronograph

(July 30, 2010)

To continue the series on driver’s watches like the Rolex Daytona and Breitling Windrider Chronomat which have been blogged about this week, today we’ll look at the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch. The “Moonwatch or Moon Watch” is technically called the Omega Speedmaster Professional.  What’s interesting about this watch line’s story is that Omega didn’t make the [...]

IHG Fought to Control Domain Names But Parks Two of Their Own Generics

(July 30, 2010)

A while back, I wrote about Intercontinental Hotel Group’s massive UDRP filing for 1,529 domain names that they believe infringed on some of their hotel brands. They ended up winning a large majority of the domain names in this filing, and the few domain names that I checked smartly forward to the proper IHG website [...] Related posts:

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$15-$20 per day domain: UDE.com closing Tuesday on Latonas.com

(July 30, 2010)

Many of the readers here are interested in revenue and traffic domains only. This one is for you guys and gals. The name is ude.com. It appears to be getting 600 – 900 visitors per day and generates $15-$20 per day parked. According to Sedo the traffic is 56% North American and 76% type in, [...]

Woman With World’s Smallest Waist Wins Cybersquatting Lawsuit

(July 30, 2010)

A domain name is a terrible thing to waist. Cathie Jung, who is in the Guinness Book of World Records as having “The Smallest Waist on a Living Person” at 15 inches, has won rights to the domain name CathieJung.com. Jung filed an Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act en rem (meaning it was against the domain [...]

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