Sedo quietly removed visit indicators from parked domains

Change is good, when it's announced and declared. When it's quietly introduced, nobody realizes its subtle effects, until later on. So I just discovered that by introducing a pop up of metrics … [Continue reading]

Bido responds on the double-dipping post

The other day I described how the otherwise likable Bido upset me, by allowing the owner of a domain to list it on GoDaddy's TDNAM as well. By doing so, both Bido and the seller essentially lost a … [Continue reading]

Manos Hadjidakis: GoDaddy gone Greek – The Bouzouki video

Earlier today, DomainGang posted an article about the new GoDaddy video, featuring a Greek and a geek, as directed by the ad agency Deutsch. In this rendition, the song used in the video was … [Continue reading]

Bido: Double-dipping the domain auctions

Imagine bidding on an item on eBay and winning it, only to be told that it was sold on Craigslist. Essentially, you're disclosing your bidding intentions to an unscrupulous seller that does not honor … [Continue reading]

Ten years already: My extended testimonial about Escrow.com

Owen Frager made an eye-opening post yesterday, about generic domains - and how corporate procedures and bureaucratic minds can make or break a brand. My personal testimonial about Escrow.com, as … [Continue reading]