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Domain Sales Stay Strong in 2009

By Nancy Bianchi on November 19, 2009 4:18 AM

As the recession continues to plague most sectors of the economy, domain sales continue strong for 2009. The top 10 largest domain sales of 2009:

Domain Name Sold	Sales Price	When Sold
Toys.com	$5,100,000	March 15, 2009
Candy.com	$3,000,000	June 9, 2009
Fly.com	$1,760,000	February 3, 2009
Auction.com	$1,700,000	March 24, 2009
Ticket.com	$1,525,000	October 14, 2009
Call.com	$1,100,000	September 1, 2009
Webcam.com	$1,020,000	June 9, 2009
Server.com	$770,000	August 4, 2009
Luck.com	$675,000	October 14, 2009
Exterminator.com	$600,000	October 14, 2009
Christian.com	$600,000	Spetember 8, 2009

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Insure.com

By Brooke Hunter on November 18, 2009 4:50 PM

Insure.com has recently sold for whopping US$16 million recently! This is a huge increase from 2001 when it was sold for $1.6 million. Involved in the US$16 million transaction is the domain name and the website itself.

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China to apply for .中国 'Zhongguo' domain name

By Nancy Bianchi on November 17, 2009 4:18 AM

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) today will apply for the top-level Chinese domain name "Zhongguo"(written in pinyin), to key Internet oversight agency the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), www.people.com.cn reported Global netizens may be able to log on to the Internet with the new domain at the beginning of next year at the earliest, according to reports.

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Egypt launches Arabic web domain

By Nancy Bianchi on November 17, 2009 4:10 AM

Egypt will open the world's first Arabic language internet domain, its communications minister has said.

Tarek Kamel said the new domain name would be ".masr" written in the Arabic alphabet. It translates as ".Egypt".

"It is a great moment for us... The internet now speaks Arabic," Mr Kamel said.

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IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Launch

By Nancy Bianchi on November 17, 2009 3:51 AM

16 November 2009, ICANN is pleased to announce the launch of the IDN ccTLD Track Process.

Non-English speakers across the globe will soon have access to the Internet addresses completely in their own lanuage. The Internet Corportation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization charged with overseeing the Internet's naming and numbering systems, is today launching a process for delegating a number of internationalized top-level domains.

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Any combination of letters can be worth something

By Maxime Grandchamp on November 16, 2009 9:26 PM

All domain names have potential. Any domain can, at some point, mean something to someone. And that someone may be willing to pay lots of money for it.
A good example are brand names: everyday new businesses are formed and brands created. So a good sounding domain with no meaning may become a brand in the eyes of the marketer of a big company.

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Domain Name Front Running

By Brooke Hunter on November 16, 2009 12:35 PM

Domain name front running is the act of a domain registrar using insider information to register certain domain names for the sole purpose of re-selling them or to earn profit.

Often front running is conducted via popular whois searches; where some whois websites can track what you look up. (NOTE: the Above whois does not log whois searches)

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DNS Errors

By Nicholas on November 15, 2009 11:37 AM

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a naming system for computers or resources connected to the Internet, or a private network. Its most important function is to translate domain names into the numerical identifier (usually and IP address) of the computer.

The DNS is a complex network. If any part of this network, between your computer and the server you are attempting connect to has problems, you will receive a DNS error. The problem can be with your computer, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), the server you are trying to connect to, or any DNS server in between, making the cause of DNS errors sometimes difficult to find.

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Fabulous Acquires Domain8.com.au Drop Service

By David Warmuz on November 13, 2009 1:54 PM

Dark Blue Sea the parent compnay of the well know domain parking company Fabulous just acquired the very successful Australian Drop Domain Service Domain8.com.au

Similar to the SnapNames service, Domain8 run by George Pongas, took over where DomainWatch.com.au another Australian Drop Service started. Domain8 was both a registrar and a drop domain catch service, butonly the Drop service was acquired.

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What to sell

By Maxime Grandchamp on November 12, 2009 10:40 PM

Most people believe that you simply need a name and a bit of time to make money when investing in domain names.
This is usually not the best way to make money.

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