Archive for the ‘Industry news’ Category

Software.co.uk sells for $224,566

Earlier today Sedo sold Software.co.uk for €150,000, approximately $224,565 . This is a great sell for the owner. The new owner is Software.com ( Holdings Pty Limited) according to the Whois information. The domain now redirects to Software.com This is a great purchase for the owners of software.com to help expand their brand. Im sure [...]

Google Wave – Understand What it is – future of instant messaging and emails

Google Wave, the two words that have the Internet gripping onto their computer seats and wondering just what is this new invention from Google and what can it do for me. Well I took the time out to read over a few tutorials and watch the 1hr 20minute video on their home page and see [...]

Yahoo win Yahoo.tel in arbitration

Yahoo has been rewarded the domain Yahoo.tel by an national arbitration forum. Yahoo were the the first tech company to file for arbitation of a .tel domain when the case was opened back in August. Why Yahoo didn’t pick up the domain for $300 during the sunrise period I don’t know , but it would [...]

Google Clicks Up 14% & CPC Drops 6%, Overall GOOG Up 7%

Last night Google released its third-quarter earnings and it was a very good earnings release. Google’s earnings are up 7% this past quarter compared to last years Q3. They earned $5.94 billion in revenue with operating income at $2.07 billion, or 35% of revenues. Greg Sterling has more of the business news at Search Engine [...]

Another good week over at NameJet.com

It has been a great week over at namejet.com this week as they have another $100+ performance. Over at thedomains.com the domains that he has been following over at Namejet have all sold. He says that 33 domains have sold for over $1,000 each, for a total of $128K. This averages out at $4k a [...]

Toys.com to be auctioned of this month

Minimum bids, asset purchase agreement, and 10% deposit required by February 25. Well today it was announced that the on going read about auction of toys.com will go a head on the 27th of Febuary. The domain which was won earlier this month by Faculty Lounge for $1.25 million at a bankruptcy auction, was then [...]

Yahoo upgrade their search ads

It has been said today in various blogs and papers including the New York Times that Yahoo will start adding video and images into their paid search advertisments. It is a blod move by Yahoo whos`s primary source of ad revenue was display ads. The market shift has seen Yahoos display ad revenue drop on [...]

Domain Mardi Gras starts today

New Orlens will play host to Modern Domainer Magazines new domain event Domain Mardi Gras. After the sucess of last months Domainfest it will be interesting to see the outcome of this event. Domain name Wire estimate that about 200 people will attent the event that is set to be a great occasion for all. [...]