Twitter has never been my best friend. Until recently. When Twitter originally became popular several years ago, I took it for a hype. A few weeks ago, I began my internship at a social media marketing firm downtown. I now spend 95% of my workday on Twitter and the other 5% slacking off. The [...] Continue reading
SamSilverman.com has been on my backorder list for approximately 2 years; and I presume it will stay there for a long time. SamSilverman.com was used by FullTiltPoker.com as a redirect domain name. I have been attempting to acquire the name for some time now. In recent news, FullTiltPoker.com was closed down by the FBI along [...] Continue reading
Friday is an ordinary workday for most Americans. However, this past Friday was not just any friday – that is for the porn industry at least. At approximately 11:59 p.m., the first .XXX top-level domain went live. Porn.xxx and Sex.xxx are now up, working, and ready for the world to see. ICM, the company [...] Continue reading
Citibank brings hope to all in the domaining industry with a comment made earlier yesterday. When Citibank issued a Buy on Verisign stock (VRSN), many customers questioned Citibank’s opinion as a large number of investors see domains as a dieing field, or a field that is beginning to level off. However, Citibank issued an interesting [...] Continue reading
Earlier today, Mitt Romney announced his candidacy for president in 2012. I went to Romney’s website, MittRomney.com, and watched his video announcement. As a domainer, I decided to do some digging on Romney’s domain. As it turns out, Mitt Romney registers his domain with GoDaddy. GoDaddy receives a lot of critique within the domaining industry. [...] Continue reading
Several blogs and news websites have reported a 24% increase in domain disputes in 2010. 2,177 cases were filed with the National Arbitration Forum in 2010, up 418 cases from the 1,759 cases filed 2009. These numbers, however, are worthless if not given any meaning. What does a 24% increase in domain disputes represent? The [...] Continue reading
Websites like Freelancer.com are booming. In the tough economy, business owners are hiring freelancers outside of the U.S. to do work for a fraction of the price a U.S. developer would charge. Over the past year, I have used Freelancer.com several times, and have had the chance to deal with a few different individuals and [...] Continue reading