A new study by a major internet security company is taking aim at typosquatting, the practice of buying a misspelled domain name in the hopes that someone will mistype the name and land on that site. If someone then clicks on an text ad on the site the domain owner and the parking company will make money. [Read more…]
NameMedia Files for IPO
NameMedia, a company that acquires, develops, and trades digital real estate, has filed with regulators in the United States today to raise up to $172.5 million dollars in an IPO. [Read more…]
Dallas Cowboys Return Cowboys.com Domain Name
Last week I spoke about SEO, Search, and Domain Names at the TRAFFIC domain name conference, held in Hollywood, Florida. The highlight of the conference was the live internet domain name auction on Friday, October 12th, at 2pm, hosted by Moniker. One of the domain names that was up for sale was Cowboys.com, a great domain name. The Dallas Cowboys apparently was amongst the many bidders for this name and ultimately won the auction for $275,000. Now, about a week later, they want to give it back. [Read more…]
Meet the Lawyers IP Discussion at the TRAFFIC Domain Conference 2007
Do domainers know where to draw the line? “There is no question that the TM laws and how they are applied online are NOT consistent with the decision making for offline enterprise. Someday there will be hundreds of reversals as domains taken wrongly from domainers that were not actually violating a trademark. [Read more…]
Meeting of the Chiefs – Report from the TRAFFIC Domain Name Conference
CEOs and Presidents from the top companies in the domain and traffic space discuss the state of our industry. Also covered will be the future direction of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. shows, plus why the industry is increasingly important to Wall St. while getting the cold shoulder from Madison Ave, and how that translates to Main St and the Vertical markets found there. Divyank Turakhia President of Skenzo, Monte Cahn, CEO Moniker.com/DomainSystems.com, Ammar Kubba CEO TrafficZ.com, Tim Schumacher, CEO Sedo, Jeff Bennett COO NameMedia, Sigmund Solares CEO Parked.com, Dan Warner COO Fabulous.com and Jerry Nolte CEO Domainer’s Magazine [Read more…]
Moniker’s Domain Name Auction Returns to T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2007
Moniker, one of the world’s best full service domain name registrars, will continue their incredible “live” domain name auctions in conjunction with the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Name Conference in Hollywood Beach at the Westin Diplomat Resort on October 12, 2007 at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. [Read more…]