According to a story in Media Post today, the data firm Performics, a company that tracks PPC ad buyers for the Retail industry says according to its data the is 88% increase in spend and 43% rise in click-through rates between Oct. 30 and Nov. 15 compared with the same time period a year ago. "Retailers and consumer product goods companies will continue to invest in technology, driving up … [Read more...]
Should TheDomains.com Require People To Use Their Real Names To Leave Comments?
This week on theDomains.com there has been a discussion of whether people should be allow to comment anonymously or should the ability to comment be limited to people who are willing to identify themselves So I'm throwing the topic out for discussion. Here are my thoughts; As an attorney I have this freedom of speech thing sort of ingrained in me. While I understand this people can … [Read more...]
Thanks To All, As TheDomains.com Wins The Best Blog Award At TRAFFIC
Just a quick note to thank all of you our readers; the commentators; and all of you that voted TheDomains.com as the Best Domain Blog at TRAFFIC yesterday. Both Judi and I are quite touched to receive the honor. Special thanks to the organizers of the TRAFFIC show Rick, Howard and to Barbara and Alina, Ray and Kim without whose very hard work the TRAFFIC show would not be possible. Also … [Read more...]
Generic Search Leads To Clicks On Organic Links 142% Of The Time
According to the GroupM Search study conducted by Kantar Media Compete entitled "From Intent to In-Store: Search's Role In The New Retail Shopper Profile: 93% of all buyers online or in stores use search prior to making a purchase. 86% of searchers conduct generic queries. Consumers who click on generic terms are often more likely to buy than someone who does not. Compete's research of … [Read more...]
Herman Cain Is Surging In the Polls But He Didn’t Wrap Up His 999 Plan Domains: 999plan.com, 9-9-9plan.com
Herman Cain is absolutely surging in the polls and now leading the Republican Field based in large part to his 999 tax Plan. While Mr. Cain is a hugely successful self-made businessman he still have could used a good domainer on his staff to lock up some valuable domain names essential to his campaign. How essential? Mr. Cain now seems to be completing with Bing.com to buy space under … [Read more...]
Domaining.com Now Blocked On FireFox Too
Last night Elliotsblog.com reported that Domaining was being show on the Chrome browser as a possible web forgery and blocked by the browser. This morning I got the same thing when I tried to get to the site on FireFox.com. The domain still seems to be resolving fine on Safari. You can still access the site on Firefox if you click on ignore this warning which is on the bottom right of the … [Read more...]
Napster.com Sold Again Now to Rhapsody
According to InternetRetailer.com, the site Napster.com has been sold once again, this time from Best Buy to Rhapsody International. Best Buy which acquired Napster.com for in 2008 for $121 million sold the site to Rhapsody International for an undisclosed amount Under the deal Rhapsody International acquires Napster’s subscriber lists and certain other undisclosed assets while Best Buy … [Read more...]