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TRAFFIC West 2009 featured the hottest bidding war in the history of recent domain auctions. Ad.com sold for a hefty price to a heavy hitter in the domain industry. Watch the auction bidding in action, and learn who won the domain of 2Q 2009 at domain industry’s regular U.S. conference show, in Silicon Valley! Be sure to visit www.targetedtraffic.com for more information!!!
Sun, May 3 2009 » 2 Letter .Com's, Domain Auctions, Domain Conferences, Domain Prices, Domain Sales, Domain Values, Selling Domains, T.R.A.F.F.I.C., Uncategorized, VIDEOS » No Comments
Minisites for your Domains come in many different forms. One that has become popular is taking a niche and building a news aggregator using Wordpress and the FeedWordpress Plugin which is built specifically to aggregate RSS feeds from sources that you choose. This How-To Create A Wordpress Minisite Tutorial will show you how to create a Wordpress Minisite aggregating news for a specific topic, in this case using Cpanel and Fantastico.
Originally I was going to paste all pictures and info in one blog post but after seeing the length of the post I feel its best to offer it is a PDF document in a sort of informal E-Book format (for free of course).
To download the Wordpress News Aggregator in 15 Minutes Process click this link (its free) Wordpress Minisite News Aggregator in 15 Minutes
Mon, April 13 2009 » Development, Domain Tools, WordPress Tools » No Comments
Steven Sikes is co-founder of YouAnd.ME, a rapidly growing online dating site. He is also a domain investor who found domaining almost by accident after offers for names came in after he would purchase a name for a new business idea. After seeing the value of domains he began investing and has recently been successful with his .ME domain investments, but without further ado. Here is Steves interview:
Steve, I have to ask, what drove you to travel around the world at 18 years of age? That sounds like an amazing experience.
I received an academic scholarship to my university, Vanderbilt, and took high level science classes like organic chemistry, theoretical physics and molecular biology my freshman year; and I’d enrolled at the age of 17. Like many others in my dorm, I was pre-med. But I was overwhelmed by the course load, while also participating in intramural sports.
When I returned home for the summer, I worked as a construction worker and read travel books at night. Books by Graham Greene, Hemingway, Bruce Chatwin, and Paul Theroux. So I decided to break the news to my parents that I was going to take a leave of absence from the university and that I was giving up “pre-med” to pursue a life as a “writer”. Of course, this was some romantic notion and foolhardy at the time. But my parents always let me follow my own path, so they agreed and I sold my car and used my summer work money to pay for this trip around the world. I first boarded a Polish freighter ship in Wilmington, NC and went across the Atlantic and got off in Le Havre France. The “around-the-world” ticket allowed the passenger to use it within one year, with the stipulation that you had to move forward or diagonal in flight, and never back-tracking. So I combined this global journey with ship, train, bus and air travel, and the occasional hitchhiking. All in all, it was a fantastic experience and highly educational. I definitely made it on less than $10 per day, mostly by living in hostels or camping outdoors and cheap eats.
Care to share any stories from your travels or any or your other outdoor adventures?
For the rest of the interview, visit;
http://brucemarler.com/interview-with-steven-sikes-founder-of-youandme-and-domainer/
Mon, April 13 2009 » Interviews, Steve Sikes » 1 Comment
Found a nice site for RSS information…
Sun, December 21 2008 » RSS & Related » No Comments
Wed, November 26 2008 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Live Feed Coming Soon…
For now click the Banner Below to visit…
Jamie Parks is…LiveDomainer.com
check him out…
Mon, November 24 2008 » Uncategorized » 2 Comments
Abraham K Biggs, from Broward County, took an overdose of pills while broadcasting the act on Justin.tv – a live video website.
The 19-year-old filmed himself on a webcam in his bedroom and streamed the video online.
He had told users of the website that he would be committing suicide and invited them to watch.
It has been reported that Biggs had earlier written a suicide note in which he said he hated himself for being a failure and felt bad about having hurt other people.
Those watching Biggs take the pills before lying on his bed are thought to have insulted him and egged him on, reportedly thinking that the event was fake and that Biggs had not taken an overdose.
It is alleged that viewers then contacted police, who burst into Biggs’s room, where they found his body slumped on his bed, and turned off the camera.
One report suggested that as many as 1,500 people watched the live suicide.
The death was confirmed by the Broward County medical examiner.
Mr Biggs was a member of the bodybuilding.com forum under the name CandyJunkie and was known as Feels Like Ecstasy on justin.tv, it was reported.
Justin.tv is an open network of thousands of live streaming channels.
Sun, November 23 2008 » Weird News » No Comments
The Electronic Frontier Foundation strikes out against the governor of Kentucky…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged a Kentucky Court of Appeals Wednesday to vacate a lower court’s order authorizing the seizure of more than 100 Internet domain names associated with websites operating around the globe. The seizure, and the lower court’s exercise of jurisdiction over global domain names, threatens free speech across the Internet. In a move to combat what it viewed as illegal online gambling, the Commonwealth of Kentucky convinced a state court to “seize” 141 domain names because the names allegedly constituted “gambling devices” that are banned under Kentucky law — even though the sites were owned and operated by individuals outside of the state, and in many cases even outside of the country. Unless the sites screened out Kentucky users, the court held, the seizure order was proper.
In its amicus brief filed with the Court of Appeals on Wednesday in support of a writ vacating the judge’s order, EFF, CDT, and the ACLU argue that the First Amendment, the Commerce Clause, and the Due Process Clause of the Constitution prohibit state courts from interfering with Internet domain names that were registered and maintained outside the state. The brief argues that the seizure order was invalid because it threatened to impede access to a broad range of materials protected by the First Amendment.
“The court’s theory — that a state court can order the seizure of Internet domain names regardless of where the site was registered — is not only wrong but dangerous,” said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Matt Zimmerman. “If the mere ability to access a website gives every court on the planet the authority to seize a domain name if a site’s content is in some way inconsistent with local law, the laws of the most world’s most repressive regimes will effectively control cyberspace.”
As part of his ruling, the judge in Kentucky held that the domain names could be seized if they refused to implement “geographic blocks” to prevent Kentucky users from accessing the material. However, no such reliable filters exist, and even poor ones cost thousands of dollars. Any order requiring their use would unconstitutionally burden First Amendment rights.
“If the Kentucky order is upheld, no speech that conflicts with any law, anywhere in the world, would be safe from censorship,” said John Morris, general counsel for CDT. “Just as Kentucky is trying to take down sites located around the world, any government seeking to stifle free expression could try to interfere with lawful speech hosted in the United States.”
“A key free speech principle that has emerged from Internet litigation is this: Governments may not prohibit all access to websites as a remedy for unlawful behavior,” said David Friedman, ACLU of Kentucky General Counsel.
Sun, November 23 2008 » Domain Insight, Domain Law, Domain News » No Comments
Domisfera wanted to know more about the real state of SnapNames, so asked for an interview with Mason Cole. This is the result, if they are enough and relevant questions and comments from the readers, Domisfera will make a second interview
Great interview, for full text article; http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-deep-interview-with-mason-cole-from-snapnames/
Mon, December 17 2007 » Articles, Domain Insight, Domain Name Future, Domain People, Interviews, News, SnapNames » No Comments
Domisfera wanted to know more about Rick Schwartz, so asked for an interview with him. It’s not necessary to introduce him, a reading of the excellent profile written by Ron Jackson it’s enough.This is the result, if there are enough and relevant questions and comments from the readers, Domisfera will make a second interview.
Excellent interview, read the full text article here: http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-deep-interview-of-domisfera-with-rick-schwartz/
Mon, December 17 2007 » Articles, Domain Bloggers, Domain Insight, Domain Name Future, Domain People, Interviews, Rick Schwartz » No Comments