Last names: Keep it in the family

A portion of my domain portfolio consists of last name .com domains, some of which are common in Europe and North/South America. I don't do Asian names by choice. Some of these domains have a secondary meaning; in some cases they also match first names. It's how languages work in different … [Read more...]

Hurricane Sandy: The damage to the domain business was immense

Hurricane Sandy claimed more than 100 lives in the US and the loss to tangible property was devastating. With thousands of households and businesses in the greater area of New York and New Jersey left without power for weeks, the cost in lost business is impossible to calculate. There was also … [Read more...]

Internet Traffic: Top PPC dollar for your parked domains

For the past 40 days I've been testing Frank Schilling's Internet Traffic platform, for PPC performance. In summary, it rocks, and in the process I've terminated my PPC relationship with other parking companies, including Sedo. A full 100% of my parked domains are now at Internet Traffic and … [Read more...]

Windows 8: Upgrade or not?

Microsoft is releasing its milestone operating system, Windows 8, tomorrow. In fact, for those of you in Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, "tomorrow" is already there. If you live in those regions, you can actually pay for and download Windows 8, right now. So the question is, does Windows 8 … [Read more...]