Which tld should bite the dust? http://www.domainersgazette.com/the-dot-what-tld-deathmatch/  ***FS*** Domainer’s Gazette runs a refreshing poll ..  Should serve as excellent guidance to newbies. Parking Transparency  Whizzbang sets out a roadmap for Standards and Transparency for parking companies. ***FS*** I think true transparency is a pipedream absent some kind of leverage on the upstreams.  Nothing begets nothing [...]

  In the Washington Post no less: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/28/AR2007112801679.html?hpid=moreheadlines As reported a few weeks ago this is a very thorough action targeting certain practices and practitioners. Quote: “”The complaint names three registrars as defendants — BelgiumDomains, CapitolDomains, and DomainDoorman — as well as what Dell claims are nearly a dozen Caribbean shell companies that allegedly served as [...]

Godaddy Go Daddy asks how to improve their signature auctions:  Elliot puts his mind to work and posts up a three point plan. http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/11/27/godaddy-tell-us-how-to-improve-signature-auctions/   Domain Speculation Pointers. http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/11/26/domain-speculation-pointers/ ***FS*** Elliot goes into depth.  Focus of this article is brand spanking new registrations. I thought all good names were already taken?   Everything but new [...]

 http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071124/auctions_booming.html This story about the auction space is interesting for several reasons.. Firstly it shows me that the purchase of Snapnames.com wasn’t so bad (in spite of loosing large domain name auction inventory supplier Network Solutions). Oversee could turn lemons into lemonade by modifying Snapnames proven auction platform to work for all sorts of products and services.. [...]

 This sh** is not going un-noticed,.. “Senators Push for ‘Serious Scrutiny’ of GoogleClick Deal by FTC” http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/11/20/senators-push-for-serious-scrutiny-of-googleclick-deal-by-ftc/?camp=newsletter&src=mv&type=textlink and… Not your everyday UDRP Case. (winner for the good guys) http://www.dnforum.com/f26/sold-dropped-then-udrp-buyer-2-thread-251832.html#post1305753 ***FS***  This is good stuff…  I guess the more the light shines on the importance of online media and paid-search,  the more sensible minds come around [...]

Teen Millionaire (whateverlife.com) http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/52250/teen-millionaire  2.  Slippery Slope: Google Owns a Search Engine Optimization Company http://www.sitepronews.com/archives/2007/nov/16prt.html

http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/11/reinclusion-request-into-google/   As the owner of tens of thousands of blacklisted domains,  this is very useful information.  That said, I have a theory that if you build something useful enough or just have good enough domains, people will try to find you outside of the Google search framework. Not displaying black-listed URLs which search users call for by [...]

   Charley writes: “”An Open Letter to Google I’m frustrated with Google. Google, I’ve had enough. I’ve been a customer since the beginning, when you sold search ads on an impression basis. I’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars with you. Sure, I don’t spend as much as some of the big companies, but you [...]

http://blog.snipperoo.com/2007/11/death-of-the-do.html   Summary:  A guy who could have bought billions of dollars worth of domain real estate by applying his foresight (but didn’t) now declares “domain names dead” and hypothesizes that we will abandon domain names in favor of Rube Goldberg inspired Universal Search Locators (USLs) which will take over as the foundational elements of the web..  While I could [...]

Yahoo and Google plan to turn their e-mail systems and personalized home page services into social networks. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/inbox-20-yahoo-and-google-to-turn-e-mail-into-a-social-network/index.html?ex=1352696400&en=b7f0d6a896f23bec&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Josh sends link and says:  For most people, email is important.  For many people, it is vital/mission critical.  I’m a strong proponent of people getting their own email address under their own domain name.  Gives you alot of [...]