Centralnic has acquired yet another domain company. This time round it's German domain parking company Team Internet, which is probably better known under the name of its domain parking brand "Parking Crew". The London based company has been snapping up companies on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of years, though this is the first company focussed on … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquires Parking Crew
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Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up
Image via CrunchBase, source unknownGoogle dropped a bit of a bombshell yesterday when they announced that they were opening up Adsense for Domains to the general public (North American publishers first).Could this be the end for some of the smaller parking companies?With Google's ever growing publisher base I suspect that some of the parking companies are going to be under … [Read more...] about Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up
Chitika Launches Parking Solution
While many parking companies seem to be having issues it's interesting to see a new "player" entering the foray.Chitika, which is best known for it's "blog friendly" advertising solutions, has just launched a domain parking solution called "Chitika for Domains".The "beta" nature of the solution reveals itself very quickly if you try to explore it in any great depth. In less … [Read more...] about Chitika Launches Parking Solution
Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU
In some ways the failure of .eu to capture hearts and minds makes me sad. I'm European. I'd like to think that a European namespace could be a success, but that seems to be a misplaced desire.As I mentioned some time ago, the only way to grow a namespace or TLD is through usage. Once people start to see a domain extension in "action" then they begin to start using it. If people … [Read more...] about Eurid and the failure to promote dotEU
I Congreso de dominios – Madrid October 9th
There will be a one day domain congress in Madrid next month organised by the people behind ForumDominios.comThe day's lineup looks quite interesting and covers topics such as the Spanish domain market, monetisation strategies, legal issues, dotmobi, the future of the .es namespace and other topics.Full details and registration is on their site (in Spanish) … [Read more...] about I Congreso de dominios – Madrid October 9th
Google Launches Mobile Ready Adsense
It was only inevitable that Google would eventually offer a mobile ready version of its adsense platform. It's been doing it to some degree with the parking companies for some time, although maybe not directly.As one of the named investors in dotmobi this move is actually a bit late when you consider that there are already a number of other companies who were "first to market" … [Read more...] about Google Launches Mobile Ready Adsense
DomainSponsor Changes / Clarifies Payments
A few weeks ago DomainSponsor emailed their clients to inform them of planned changes to their payment processes. Frank covered it here. While anyone reading the email from a few weeks ago would have got the distinct impression that Paypal was being phased out: We will be phasing out the PayPal payment method Couldn't be clearer than that, now could it? Oh wait! This is … [Read more...] about DomainSponsor Changes / Clarifies Payments
DNZoom Closed Beta
I mentioned DNZoom a few weeks ago and was hoping to be able to try it out. I've been invited to take part in the private beta with a handful of others. I've been playing around with the interface and the various functions while chatting to Dan Kimball, one of the driving forces behind the new service. Web 2.0 services have been over hyped in the last couple of years and a … [Read more...] about DNZoom Closed Beta
Domain Portfolio Management Made Easy – DNZoom
I was sworn to secrecy about DNZoom a few weeks ago, but as they're about to launch they've finally given me permission to talk about it! If you have a reasonably sized domain portfolio then you've probably got domains spread across multiple registrars, parking services, hosting companies and marketplaces. You buy domains off Sedo, monetise them with DomainSponsor and offer … [Read more...] about Domain Portfolio Management Made Easy – DNZoom
Reactions to Oversee.net’s Acquisition of SnapNames
The acquistion of SnapNames has provoked some interest in the domain related blogspace. Michael Gilmour points to Frank Schilling, who brings a very different view to the deal and draws parallels with the traditional auction houses. Jay Westerdal follows up his original post with the email that I had mentioned the other day. Of course with all this talk of the SnapNames … [Read more...] about Reactions to Oversee.net’s Acquisition of SnapNames