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• Ask to Syndicate Microsoft Adcenter Ads

  Published: July 22, 2007, 12:26 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains, Google, Monetization, Paid Search

  http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001806 ...  Of course as a Google partner with the leading Google rev-share, Ask probably won't be displaying Microsoft ads very often.  Microsoft's paid search marketplace is still young and and doesn't have as robust a bid-base yet..  If Ask operates like I think

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• Ari/Larry Piece Now in The Washington Post

  Published: July 22, 2007, 12:17 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/22/AR2007072200339.html ..  one paper picks it up and the rest follow..  It is a great story tho.

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• What's Up at Pool?

  Published: July 22, 2007, 9:47 am

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  I spent about $500K at Snapnames last year and almost nothing at pool. Why? Because the customer service at Pool sucks. When I can't get the login for a domain, Pool drags their feet helping me out. Their attitude is "its your domain and its your problem" Recently when I couldn't get the login for a domain they responded by saying

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• USA Today Rediscovers the Domain Name Industry

  Published: July 21, 2007, 1:12 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  Scott Day sends link: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2007-07-21-domain-name-dealing_N.htm The Ari/Larry story revisited here..  Lots of Main Street folks will be taking it in this weekend.  Good for the industry.

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• I Dream of Rupert

  Published: July 21, 2007, 10:39 am

  Tags: Domain Names Domains, Google, Investing Non Domain Investing, Microsoft, Paid Search, Sports, Television, The Power Of The Internet, Traffic, Type In Traffic, Yahoo

  one of our potent domain names they received a single split-screen of targeted paid search advertising, married to a relevant Newscorp media content page?  Type a cooking name and get a relevant food story from today's Newscorp newspaper...  Type Sportscores.com and get ads coupled with the sports section of Foxnews..  Type

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• Internet Brands in $100mm IPO

  Published: July 20, 2007, 5:52 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  hundreds of thousands of names.. so break-off bite sized portions and charge ten times more..  "That" they can

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• Past Domain Marketing

  Published: July 20, 2007, 5:08 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  Tim Schumacher writes: Frank, I though you might like this picture - it's aGreatDomains' marketing action they took back in 2000. http://web.archive.org/web/20000303204324/www.greatdomains.com/AuctionCountDown.asp We aren't doing that kind of promotions (yet?), but after just one day, bidding is already very active in the big July GreatDomains

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• Affiliate Convention Silent Domain Auction Brings Incremental Dollars

  Published: July 20, 2007, 1:51 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  Danno sends link (thanks player): ""More Than $680,000 in Premium Domain Names Sold During the AffiliateSummit East Domain Name Auctions: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,143203.shtml___Best,Dan""

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• Typos Forever

  Published: July 20, 2007, 1:44 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  Sahar sends link (thanks Sahar!) http://news.com.com:80/2100-1016_3-6197767.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news ...  Oh yeah!..  Typos will soon be a thing of the past...  Right around the time the temperature in Hell drops below 33 degrees Fahrenheit.

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• Domain Roundtable Auction

  Published: July 19, 2007, 10:23 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/07/auction-update/ Jay blogs an update on the Domain Roundtable auction..  Can't wait to see the list Jay..  Sounds like some great inventory crossing the block.

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• As Paid Search Grows, So Grow the Clickfraud Stories

  Published: July 19, 2007, 8:45 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains, Google, Paid Search

  http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/19/click-fraud-rise-tech-internet-cx_ag_0719techclick.html?partner=alerts Patrick McDermott sends link: ""For whatever it's worth here's an update on Click Fraud from Forbes- "Click Fraud Goes Viral"Patrick""

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• Firefox Takes IE Down Another Notch

  Published: July 19, 2007, 7:44 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains, Google, Ip Issues, Microsoft, Monetization, The Power Of The Internet, Type In Traffic, Web Tech

  Danno sends spicy headline and link: ""FYI...July 17http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39167861,00.htm?r=1Best,Dan""" ***FS*** The way I see it Microsoft / IE have two choices.  They can clean up their act (browser) and stop gaming people's navigational intent via BS takeovers of your/my traffic to

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• Commerce Dept to Run .US?

  Published: July 19, 2007, 12:14 pm

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  come around to running one namespace I predict the DOC or FTC one day tries to run another. It's a natural extension of the

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• Cars, Domains and Dreams

  Published: July 19, 2007, 11:42 am

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  Domainer's Gazette writes: ""hey Frank,heard you were a car guy..thought I'd share:http://www.domainersgazette.com/wrecked-cars-expired-domain-auctions/ "" ***FS*** I am a car guy. No shortage of poignant analogies in this business..  and I particularly like this one :)  ..  Thanks for sharing

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• Long Live The King

  Published: July 19, 2007, 9:39 am

  Tags: Domain Names Domains

  http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=203274 Elvis.co.uk to go on sale.

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