http://valleywag.com/tech/plentyoffish/how-much-is-a-one+man-dating-site-worth-316950.php Quote: “”But what would he need VC money for? Being cash-flow positive means never having to say you’re sorry. There’s a simple reason why Plentyoffish hasn’t garnered more attention: Silicon Valley is only interested in stories it can grab a piece of.”” ***FS***  If there’s a downside about the Valley it’s just that …  [...]

http://www.whizzbangsblog.com:80/content/view/307/1/ Quote: “”Being able to count the sales conversions and estimate the value of sales for each market vertical allows Google to be able to manipulate the traffic so that the advertiser’s conversions are just above the quality floor mentioned in a previous article on Quality.”” ***FS***  Michael is talking about the two sided shave.  [...]

Danno sends three little vignettes:  1.   NameMedia Announces Strategic Marketing Partnership with Network Solutions http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071030006018&newsLang=en ***FS***  Strategic reliances make for great press..  But this one could be juicy for NameMedia.  Story intimates that they get some kind of back-end passthrough to offer Name Media’s names to front door customers looking for new domain registrations at [...]

Colin Pape writes: “”Hey Frank, Thought you might find this post on company naming interesting… http://www.namedevelopment.com/blog/archives/2007/10/company_naming_11.html Looks like the mainstream naming and branding guys are finally starting to acknowledge just how important domains are when forming companies and doing business…”” ***FS*** I think many of these folks get it already..  more coming around every day.

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/10/farming-domains.html Quote: “”Enter the new ever.com. We hooked up the Squidoo engine to it and people have already built pages like:  best.cameras.ever,  best.lyrics.ever, funkiest.mammal.ever and even worst.president.ever. We’re limiting the number of pages built per person, and after thirty days, if the page isn’t improved and promoted, we put it back the pool… I think [...]

Josh sends link: http://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/news/262015/great-domain-name-not-essential-for-sme-success.thtml J: “The headline is somewhat out of joint with the article.  Only somewhat.  Bebo.com is cited as a name that is meaningless, yet the site is successful.  Bebo may have previously been meaningless, but the folks who built the site and contribute to it built meaning into it.  Bebo is a [...]

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9807330-7.html Quote: “Google intends to generate 50 megawatts of electricity from renewable forms for its operations by 2012.” ***FS*** Perhaps there’s some truth to the quirky saying:  “One day we’ll take our Google to the Google to get some Google for our Google”

Jeff Burkey sends link: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/10/thinking-abou-1.html Quote: “”The internet has taught people what to do when they see a domain. It’s not just an address, it’s the first bit of marketing…”” ***FS*** Excellent piece by Seth Godin.. he articulates how domain names reinforce the idea of commitment..  I particularly like the reference to Josh Quittner who was wayyyyyyy ahead of his [...]

http://www.domaininformer.com/news/press/071029ElmedMedicomatLtd.html ***FS***  Uh oh…  Virtual world .webs.   In my view the only ‘new’ extension which could ultimately rise up to become a significant challenger or viable new alternative to .com is .web. Unfortunately it won’t happen in this virtual world setting. Real domain names resolve in everyone’s browser, anywhere in the world without the help of plugins or [...]

Peter writes: “”hey Frank, thought I’d share.. anybody ever thought of updating the grace period rules to allow for “offer” auctions prior to pre-release? more here: http://www.domainersgazette.com/domain-grace-period-alterations/“” ***FS***  So it begins..  some sensible discussion relating to what’s broken with the current system.  Industry professionals are ultimately the experts who experience the Domain System’s problems and inefficiencies first-hand, [...]