Its pretty hard to find a picture of Donald Trump in the last few weeks not wearing a baseball cap with his now famous tag line of the his 2016 Presidential run of "Make America Great Again' You might be surprised to find out that The Donald filed a trademark on the term back in November 2012. However the trademark was filed for opposition in 2013 and not finally granted until July, 14th … [Read more...]
Vice.com Covers Gary Millin of World.com “The Man Squatting on Millions of Dollars Worth of Domains”
Vice.com just did a story of about Gary Millin of World.com who has one of the great domain name Portfolio's in the world. Unfortunately the author of the story, Jason Koebler chose to go with the "S" word to describe the amazing portfolio of assets they have put together ("Squatting") rather using the … [Read more...]
Here Is the Godaddy Super Bowl Commercial; Not Risque But Downright Risky
The Godaddy.com Super Bowl commercial has been released and as promised for the first time features a dog, name buddy, with a VERY brief appearance by Danica Patrick Although there are no sexy, barely clothed women, I would say this commercial is as risky a commercial as the company has ever run on the Super Bowl. Other Godaddy.com Super Bowl ads have been Risque, but I think this is just … [Read more...]
After 7 Years, This Is Where Thedomains.com Has Been & Where it’s Going
Our first post was made on December 4th, 2007 so amazingly enough we have been hard at work over here at thedomains.com for 7 years. I have no idea where the time has gone, but it went, and a lot of it. We have published over 7,700 posts and just under 85,000 comments. We have been busy. As bloggers we have a natural urge to be first to publish "breaking news" and stories. Sometime … [Read more...]
Google Rolls Out “Contributor” Which Allows Users To Block Adsense Ads For A Fee
According to CBS News, Google is rolling out a new service called "Contributor" that will allow users to block seeing AdSense ads on site users visit for a charge. "Working with a handful of websites, including Mashable, the Onion, Science Daily, wikiHow, Imgur and Urban Dictionary, Google is offering subscriptions for $1, $2 or $3 per month that will block AdSense advertising on those sites, … [Read more...]
AriaSystems Is Offering Free e-book On Monetizing the Internet of Things
AriaSystems.com is offering a free ebook on "Monetizing the Internet of Things: Perspectives from the Front Lines," an e-book released today and available free of charge from Aria Systems, "the leading innovator in recurring revenue management." "The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to create new business models as significant as those that were inspired by the Internet and the smartphone 20 … [Read more...]
DomainHoldings Launches New Ad Exchange Bidtellect; Names Lon Otremba as its CEO
Adweek.com just covered Domain Holdings new ad exchange Bidtellect and the company's new CEO Lon Otremba who previously ran the social gaming firm Tylted. "Bidtellect is the brainchild of John Ferber, who along with his brother Scott co-founded Advertising.com in 2004." "Otremba and Ferber said they've built a new tech platform that can help brands buy native ads in an automated fashion, at … [Read more...]