Millions of companies providing Web hosting services, argue that they are a leader in this business that they can provide the best service possible and that their prices do not compare any other company. No need to say that an experienced user immediately sees all the tricks and can determine whether it fits the web hosting or not.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com is the longest single word (without hyphens) .com domain name in the world. ...
Sounds like that: http://www.clickpix.de/sounds/llanfair.mp3
And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllan...
My company owns several high value, high traffic domains, but I’m not a domainer, so domain registrars and their policies and prices are about as fun and interesting to me as watching paint dry.
Memo to CEOs: Ask for a bailout, and your company will be reduced to a caricature.
Recent congressional hearings on the plight of GM, Ford, and Chrysler have illuminated a few important issues—like how the Detroit executives travel when on business. Populist politicians and gotcha journalists delighted at the prospect of rich CEOs riding corporate jets to ask for taxpayer money.
May It Please the Mozzers,
The Washington State Attorney General announced in a press release yesterday that it was suing a Redmond-based SEO company, Visible.net. According to the Complaint, Visible also does business under the name WebMarketingSource.com, Caputures.com, and Captures.com (that’s not a typo). The AG also names the owner of the companies, Gilbert Walker, as a defendant in the case.
I’ve registered hundreds of domain names over the past few years. Each time, before clicking “Complete Purchase,” I made a point to think about every individual name, how it would be developed into a website with a specific purpose, how it could be profitable, how it would benefit an existing company or launch a start-up.
The domain name vibrators.com sold for US$1 million to PriveCo, a small company selling adult goods, and is set to be one of year's biggest sales.
Going by Ron Jackson's Domain Name Journal year to date sales charts, the sale would currently sit in fifth place in reported sales. The year's biggest reported sale was fund.com, selling for $9,999,950.
Certainly the domain name is a good fit for the company based in Detroit, Michigan, although they will be undoubtedly hoping the value of the domain name will lead to an increase in sales.
As Google recently turned 10 years old, some analysts and investors began to say the company was suffering from early signs of maturity. Google's growth rate, while still brisk, has slowed significantly and is expected to slow more because of the economic slowdown. Eric E. Schmidt, chief executive, said Google was better positioned than other advertising companies to survive a recession.
Dark Blue Sea Limited, parent company of Fabulous.com, released their September 2008 Quarterly Report (PDF) today. The report contains DBS’ key performance indicators, trading performance, domain portfolio information, finacial position, strategic outlook and a brief on the impact of the Australian dollar versus US Dollar.The company revenue from direct navigation slipped again this quarter. Since their March 2008 quarterly report, DBS believes that “trading conditions have continued to worsen” in the online advertising industry.
The presidential election behind, investors once again faced the reality of an economic slowdown on Wednesday, pushing markets lower.
Several earnings reports offered disappointing assessments. GMAC, the finance company partly owned by General Motors, said Wednesday that it lost $2.52 billion in the third quarter and that its mortgage unit, ResCap, was struggling to survive. Time Warner reported a higher-than-expected profit for the third quarter, but lowered its outlook for the rest of the year.
