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In the latest edition of the iGoldrush Report, Morgan Linton shows you how to effectively use wordpress, one of the best platforms out there for developing your domains into brands. In previous episodes, you learned the basics of how to install and setup wordpress on your domain. Over the next 6+ minutes, you'll learn what [...] Continue reading
The tradition of spoofing Go Daddy’s .CO commercial has continued in 2012. Name.com posted this humorous video of Denver Broncos star running back Willis McGahee in a spoof of Godaddy’s “Body Paint” Super Bowl commercial. With all due respect to McGahee, I prefer the Godaddy commercial starring Godaddy girl Natalia Velez. [...] Continue reading
I think my favorite day of the year is Super Bowl Sunday, especially when my New England Patriots are playing. I don’t ever miss a Pats game, even when I’m on vacation. Anyways, here’s a brief Super Bowl Sunday update. - I don’t know about you, but it’s been strange seeing some Super Bowl commercials [...] Continue reading
It’s Super Bowl XLVI Sunday today – for those of you not into Roman numerals, that’s 46. The Romans counted it as “ten less than fifty plus five plus one“. Super Bowl XLVI (Giants vs Patriots) is today Sunday, February 5, 2012, at 6:30pm ET. Anyway, Andy Milonakis never liked the Super Bowl, as the [...] Continue reading
Domain name sales totalled $84,431,965 through Sedo in 2011, the company’s 2011 Annual Domain Market Study that includes a review of the fourth quarter. However this was a significant drop on the 2010 calendar year when there was $101,438,953 in sales, a drop of $17,006,988. However it should also be noted that the $13 million [...] Continue reading
In the last Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for 2011, honest.com topped the sales, selling for $180,000 through GoDaddy Auctions, followed by a trio of domains sold through Moniker/SnapNames, the first of which being phd.com ($150,000), then bolt.com ($125,581) and flora.com ($95,000). Sales of .COM domains dominated the week, taking out the [...] Continue reading
For ICANN’s New gTLD Program, a range of “Rights Protection Mechanisms” (RPMs) has been established. Prior to any new gTLDs being approved and becoming operational, these new gTLD RPMs include pre-delegation objection procedures described in more detail on the Center’s dedicated portal: Legal Rights Objections under ICANN’s New gTLD Program – Filing a Legal Rights [...] Continue reading
Well it’s 10:37PM which means the day is almost over, and I still haven’t had a chance to sit down and write my weekend musing yet! No, I haven’t been busy with meetings today, after a busy week at the conference Daina and I spent the day enjoying some much needed R&R. Since it’s late, [...] Continue reading