According to a press release sent this morning, Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) applied for 68 new gTLD's on its on behalf and a submitted total of 92 applications. In addition to 68 application it filed on its own behalf, the company submitted 5 gTLD geographic applications for or in association with the cities of London, Miami, and Budapest, together with the German States of Bayern and … [Read more...]
Google Applies For 50 New gTLD’s
According to Adage.com Google has applied for 50 new gTLD's altogether, including those reported by other media outlets. .Google, .Youtube, .Lol and .Docs are the only 4 new gTLD's that Google announced on its blog today, so they have 46 more they aren't releasing information on today. You can check out the full Adage.com story here. … [Read more...]
Google Promises More Transparency For Advertisers
Google has just promised more transparency for advertisers on its blog. (Still nothing for publishers) The new report promisses to: Provides Impression Share at the keyword level A new Auction Insights Report which will provide competitor data. In-depth is the Top of page rate. Here is the post: A key component of developing a search ads strategy is understanding what other … [Read more...]
Facebook Prices IPO At $38 A Share With a $104 Billion Market Cap
Facebook priced its IPO at $38 a share, raising $16 billion which will be the third largest IPO in U.S. history and the largest ever IPO by a U.S. technology company. It will start trading tomorrow under the symbol: FB At $38 a share Facebook is valued at $104 Billion dollars. At $38 Facebook will trade at more than 100x of earnings or PE For comparison sake here are the some market … [Read more...]
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Resigns
The CEO of Yahoo Scott Thompson resigned tonight according to a report in the Wall Steet Journal. He told the company that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Ross Levinsohn was named as interim Chief Executive Officer. Here is the press release: ""Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that the Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board of Directors … [Read more...]
Demand Media Reports: Beats Expectations Sends Stock Soaring & Spends $18M On New gTLD’s
Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) just reported its earnings for the 1st Q of 2012 beating expectations and sending the stock soaring in aftermarket trading up almost 20% Some interesting stuff in this report including that Demand invested $18 Million in new gTLD's. Previously Demand reported it was allocating $5 Million for new gTLD's meaning that they were going to apply for some 25 new … [Read more...]
Tucows Reports Revenue Up 22% & YummyNames Sells $1.9 Million In Domains
Tucows.com (AMEX: TCX) reported its earnings for the 1st quarter of 2012 after the market closed today. "Net revenue for the first quarter of 2012 increased 22% to a record $27.5 million from $22.6 million." "Net income for the first quarter of 2012 was $1.7 million, or $0.04 per share, compared with net income for the first quarter of 2011 of $0.7 million, or $0.01 per share. Net income … [Read more...]