.CO registrations edge closer to half a million domains

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The number of .CO web addresses registered to date has topped 460,000, edging closer to half a million registrations.  According to the registry's home page (www.cointernet.co), the domain hit 468,435 registrations putting it on pace to surpass half a million web addresses by mid-September … [Read more...]

Porn.co, YouPorn.co – First in Category Killing Adult .CO domain names launched

Porn.co

Porn.co, a web address that has been enjoying type in traffic for months, has launched a web site branded as YouPorn.co.  Taking advantage of .com websites of the same name. Porn.com and YouPorn.com are popular online adult destinations.  YouPorn.com has an Alexa Traffic rank of 67, making it … [Read more...]

Tweetup.com Becomes Postup.com: Idealab to include Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networks

PostUp

Bill Gross and Idealab have been busy making changes to Tweetup.com, a domain name the company acquired in March 2010 for an undisclosed amount.  Today, Idealab announced that Tweetup.com was changing the company's name to Postup.com, a domain name purchased on Sedo for $14,900 in … [Read more...]

Frank Schilling scores with PizzaBurger.com

Pizza Burger

It's interesting how many different types of domain names Frank Schilling owns.  I've come across NA Media landing pages often when typing a web address directly into my browser.   It seems like you can't stumble too far on the internet without encountering one of the hundreds of thousands of … [Read more...]

Husband and Wife Team, New owners of Pizza.net: Undergoing Changes

Amazon Thunder

Todd Reum, the new owner of the Pizza.net domain name, is using the web site to cross-promote another website he owns and operates: AmazonThunder.com.  Amazon Thunder, created in 2005 by Todd Reum and his wife Jeanette Reum, specializes in acai berry products.  According to the website's … [Read more...]

Still Working on Updating the Fusible Web Site

Last month we switched Fusible.com from a custom-built web site to WordPress, a much needed makeover.  The move to WordPress gives us access to hundreds of thousands of plug-ins and tools and gives us the flexibility to make changes without paying  for development costs to perform routine … [Read more...]

Bill Kara and Eric Borgos: A little friendly competition for “Virtual Pets” top spot

Virtual Pets

This week Bill Kara's VirtualPets.com hit the first page of Google Search for the term "virtual pets" - a term that is searched nearly 50,000 times per month, globally.   In late June,  Bill Kara launched a beta version of the website VirtualPets.com - a place where casual gamers can … [Read more...]

HowDoYou.com Winners, still time to enter and win $10,000 for telling Verisign how .com changed your life

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On June 28, Mike Berkens also covered the story.  Since then, a voice over actor who uses Wiivoice.com, a man who started one site that turned into a network of 2,500 sites, a person who has connected with friends through new media, and other people have been the weekly winners of Verisign's … [Read more...]

Domain name valued at nearly $1,000,000 to headline upcoming GreatDomains auction for much less

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While the competition among domain auction sites is growing, Sedo's GreatDomains has been stepping up its game.  The next Premium Domains auction is scheduled to start at GreatDomains on August 19th, and the list of names up for auction has grown to over 100 domains. Headlining the event, is … [Read more...]

Who owns the best Groupon domains?

Groupon

With its traffic base nearly 7 million visitors in July 2010, Groupon has attracted plenty of attention, not only by the media and venture capital companies, but by domain name speculators looking to cash in on the company's popular name.  But not all domain names were registered after Groupon's … [Read more...]