I don’t think I’ve done a single post on my blog yet this year about .TV, and honestly, that’s a shame because they have been rocking it, big time. I have been a believer in .TV for years now but the initial premium pricing turned off many investors and end-users, and Internet TV hadn’t [...] Continue reading →

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I’m constantly adjusting my portfolio, and I dropped 160 names in the past year because they didn’t fit my own personal criteria anymore. All but 2 were .com’s. Most were descriptive product domains. All had at least some search volume. None were TM-infringing. I decided to take a [...] Continue reading →

For anyone getting ICANN withdrawal pangs, you can start preparations for the next ICANN meeting to be held in Toronto, Canada, the 45th ICANN meeting, by registering now! ICANN opened registrations following the close of its 44th meeting held in the Czech Republic capital of Prague this week, the largest ever with 1821 registrations, for [...] Continue reading →

This guest post was written by Phil Corwin and originally appeared on DomainNameNews. Expect the unexpected. Because it will happen. And it has just happened in the application phase of ICANN’s new gTLD program, with potentially profound consequences for the future of e-commerce. During the three year period between the June 2008 ICANN Board [...] Continue reading →

LinkedIn – the global network for professionals – has tweaked its 3 year old integration of Twitter, to comply with Twitter’s new policies. According to the LinkedIn blog: “If you had previously synced your LinkedIn and Twitter accounts, and selected the option to share Tweets on LinkedIn, those Tweets generated from Twitter will no longer [...] Continue reading →

The Internet, TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines & Mobile are all competing in a race to wield the most influence on consumer purchasing decisions. The value of domain names will be heavily influenced by how this race turns out. A new study shows we are continuing to gain ground but we are not there [...] Continue reading →

Fadi Chehade, new ICANN CEO, will assume office on October 1st – all while outgoing CEO, Rod Beckstrom‘s tenure ends on Sunday. As CEO, Fadi Chehade will receive a base salary of $560,000 plus up to $240,000 in bonuses. Nice! So how much of this money will he spend recovering his dot com? Shocking as [...] Continue reading →