Ten points for Register.com

Everyone has their registrar of choice and prefers to register their domains with them. For the purpose of organizing one's domains, it's prudent to keep your domain names with as fewer registrars as possible. Register.com is not my choice of registrar, although it belongs to the first group … [Read more...]

Wikipedia: The choice of a Copy and Paste generation

Wikipedia is out of bounds today, participating in a global protest against the proposed SOPA bill that threatens our civil rights. And yet, I'm not so sad seeing Wikipedia's black page after each search query. You see, centralized sources of information aren't really a good thing. Free or not, … [Read more...]

See you in October

On Friday, Rick Schwartz announced a deal that myself and 34 others could not refuse; a $995 ticket for TRAFFIC 2012 in Ft. Lauderdale. Having attended TRAFFIC 2008 in Orlando and TRAFFIC 2010 in Las Vegas, I can only say that I'm very excited to have booked my attendance for this year, a full … [Read more...]

There’s lots of room in the Domain Industry

When success arrives in the form of a sale of a business, those of us that partook in its first steps, observing its growth should rejoice. Ron James of NamePros negotiated a deal with domain monetization company Bodis that few could refuse; the end result will be a bigger, better, faster domain … [Read more...]

Subdomains and the future: A few thoughts on iReport.CNN.com

Rick Schwartz broke his blogging silence of five weeks yesterday - much to my delight and that of others. His subject of discussion - the dropping of iReport.com in favor of the subdomain iReport.cnn.com by the CNN Network - offered the opportunity for a stimulating discussion. The sale of … [Read more...]