Archives for 2009

DNGator – Domain News Aggregator – Launches public beta

DNGator.com is a domain news aggregator that brings in one place, for your convenience, a number of informative blogs related to the domain industry. There are no accounts to create, no logins, no recording of personal information. Just by visiting DNGator.com you are able to view the most up to … [Read more...]

Archive.org – When the past comes back to haunt you

I recall that dark day in late 2003, when mp3.com was bought by c|net and all the music and artist data went into the digital oblivion, all of 1.7 million songs from 250,000 artists. That day, c|net refused an offer from the Archive.org operators to provide them with free archiving … [Read more...]

From Real Estate to Cyber Estate: How Nick Spanos turned a “No” into $60,000

The entrepreneurial spirit of Nick Spanos, a respectable Real Estate broker from Manhattan, NY and owner of bApple.com, led him to new ventures in the 1990's. His vacation rental business was thriving and so was his portfolio of domain names. Nick's business expanded on the Web to promote these … [Read more...]

V3Whois – A healthy alternative to DomainTools

As I'm writing this, DomainTools is down "for maintenance" purposes. I'm not sure for how long it'll be but currently I'm being inconvenienced, especially since I want to use their WHOIS tool which I pay extra for. DomainTools offers a remarkable history of WHOIS data that has assisted many times … [Read more...]

WhiteHouse.gov redesigned – Finally, a makeover worthy of a U.S. President

On Election Day, I commented about how the aesthetics of politics assisted to the outcome of the elections. It was evident that the Obama campaign listened to the hopes and aspirations of the American people, offering visuals that support such a choice - a genius approach, given that millions of new … [Read more...]