Tablet traffic is very different from mobile phone traffic. I recently looked through the my Google Analytics account to understand how visitors access Domain Name Wire. 96% of visits come from a traditional computer such as a laptop or desktop. That leaves a relatively small number coming from mobile platforms. But more shocking to me [...] Jatka käsittelyssä →

Most visits are from the U.S., but almost half from other countries. Most visits to Domain Name Wire come from the U.S. — but it only represents 52% of the total. Here are the top 10 countries in terms of visits to Domain Name Wire through the end of April: 1. United States 2. Intia [...] Jatka käsittelyssä →

A few thoughts about the domain industry. I’ll be at a conference all day, so I’m going to kick today off with some recent thoughts about the domain name business. I have other posts in queue for today. …ICANN will be under intense pressure to hit its deadlines now that it’s sitting on $350 [...] Jatka käsittelyssä →

Republican National Committee registers Cory Booker domains and creates petition sites. Ever since Newark, New Jersey mayor and super-hero Cory Booker kinda-sorta-maybe got on the Obama campaign’s case for attacking Mitt Romney on his Bain record, Republicans everywhere have been rejoicing. That includes the Republican National Committee, which just registered the domain names IStandWithCory.com [...] Jatka käsittelyssä →

Domain Name Wire is now hosted by GoDaddy.com A couple weeks ago I changed web hosts to GoDaddy.com. Several people have asked why I decided to change hosts in the first place and why I chose GoDaddy. Why I changed hosts When I started Domain Name Wire I hosted it with the same host [...] Jatka käsittelyssä →

Publicly traded new TLD company has a solid market value. Ylimmän tason toimialueen tiloilla, a pure play company focused on new top level domains, has a market cap of around £ 39 miljoonaa. That’s over $60 miljoonaa USD. We’re talking about a company that basically has no revenue. So far it has just been spending [...] Jatka käsittelyssä →

NextMovie picks up Film.com. MTV Networks site NextMovie has acquired Film.com, the company announced last week. MTV Networks is part of publicly traded Viacom. This was not a domain name purchase; it was a full fledged web business. Film.com has a U.S. Quantcast rank of about 15,000. Edelleen, it’s always noteworthy to see web sites [...] Jatka käsittelyssä →