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With the buzz circulating around the upcoming Sex.com sale, mainstream press is picking up the story of  “the world’s most expensive domains”.  Several people contacted us to tell us about CNN running the Sex.com domain sale on the ticker this morning.

Now HuffPo is getting in on the story with their take on the top domain sales.  They’ve included a couple domains on their list that many reading will point out were more than just domain sales (insure.com,casino.com, fund.com ).  The story actually looks like it may have been sourced from the Daily Telegraph story from today.  See I told you that everyone is getting in on this story.

The best part of the HuffPo story though is that they allow their readers (the average Joe) to rate, on a 1-10 scale, whether these were good buys or not.  Only a couple domains have broken out of the 5 range so far. If you’ve ever wondered what people thought of these sales. Now you can see first-hand

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I just literally stumbled across  a new blog aggregation service called Gurus.com which is covering the domain industry along with blogs of some other industries.  The site is using the Slogan; “one site, all the gurus”

Of course most of you are familiar with Domaining.com and NameBee.com which have been serving the domain community quite well as blog aggregators.

Gurus.com is categorizing domain blogs as: “Web Development and Domains Gurus”

The only blogs currently covered by Gurus.com in that category are:  TheDomains.com, ElliotsBlog.com, DNJournal.com,  DomainNameNews.com,  TheFragerFactor.com and the Conceptualist.com.

I don’t know about any of the other guys, but no one from Gurus.com contacted me to ask if they could include our posts in their service and no one contacted me to tell me they were doing so.  However seeing who owns it I’m willing to forgive him (read below).

Gurus.com which says it is in Beta does not currently contain any advertising.

Other Industries currently being covered by Gurus.com are:

“Financial Gurus”

“Internet Marketing Gurus”

“Pro Blogging Gurus”

“Productivity Gurus”

Now back to whom owns the domain Gurus.com?

None other than Ammar Kubba of Thought Convergence and Trafficz fame.

However this is a personal project of Mr. Kubba.

Reached for comment Mr. Kubba said about the site:

“”I envision a site that eventually aggregates blogs / information sites from experts across all fields, i.e., financial gurus, domain gurus, plumbing gurus, etc., along with a social component that allows people to comment and contribute their experiences, knowledge and opinions”

Sounds like a great plan.

I know domaining.com tried a few weeks ago to add in some non-domain blogs into its feed but got some push back since many mainstream blogs publish can publish 10 posts a day or more.

Gurus.com is laid out in sections (changed by a drop down menu) so if you just want to see just the domain blogs or just the financial blogs you can, thereby allowing all of these to co-exist without overwhelming each other.

I wish Ammar the best of luck in this new project.

Now to the really important part.

I assume the honor of being named a “Guru”, like the Nobel Prize, comes with a large cash award and a nice trophy.

Ammar you have my address.

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If you have an early stage company with a great domain, great idea, or both, and you are looking for investors to help you reach the next level T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan wants you in their Test Track program. They are also looking for live domain auction submission. Also - GoDaddy reached a HUGE new milestone today.

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Talk about having some bad timing.

The domain ChileEarthQuake.com dropped just 2 days after the 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile.

Today the expired domain was auctioned off and sold on SnapNames.com

While we always discourage people from registering domains that take advantage of any disasters we couldn’t help but notice the irony that this domain was not renewed by its former owner and then lost the domain just 2 days after the disaster struck.

Hopefully the new owner will do the right thing and send the traffic to the Red Cross or some other reputable charity, however right now its just parked.

Domains, External Articles

Last week I announced an exclusive Chef Patrick contest held by Name.com with $750 in prizes. Every Wednesday, until the end of the month, we will announce a $50 Name.com account credit. Then, at the end of the month we will announce one grand prize winner who will receive a $500 Name.com account credit. Our second weekly [...]

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While looking at Sedo.com today I noticed the sale of MusicVideos.com for $250,000. MusicVideos.com was previously owned by DNStination, Inc which purchased the domain name from Yahoo, Inc mid to late 2009. DNStination either owns or has sold domains like iSlate.com, Me.com and Z1.com. The current whois information of MusicVideos.com is private and at this [...]

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The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Guns.com staged a clean getaway - topping the chart with a sale that was 8 times bigger than the runner up (which was also a six-figure domain). 6 ccTLDS also muscled their way onto the new Top 20 Chart, along with a pair of .net henchmen.

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Go Daddy announced today that it has just surpassed 40 million, registered domain names.

Godaddy said it typically registers a million domain names per month.

Godaddy also says they have a 50% market share of all active new domains registered in the world and is more than three times the size of its closest competitor.

Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons is quoted as saying:

“”The Go Daddy portfolio surpassed 40 million domain names today.  The Internet is the heart of the new economy,” said . “The Internet is one of the few sectors showing monumental growth and Go Daddy is positioned in the sweet spot of the expansion. Think about it, to have your own Web site, you need a domain name and no one can deliver on a domain like Go Daddy. Our growth is essentially a window into what’s happening with the Internet.”

“For the last two consecutive years, Go Daddy has been registering, renewing or transferring a domain name at the rate of one every second of every day.”

Wow

“Over the next twenty-five years, I see the Internet growing exponentially,” said Parsons. “Think about it, whether you are communicating, learning or conducting business, being on the Internet is where it’s all happening. I’d say if you aren’t online with your business, you really aren’t in the game.”

Go Daddy’s growth is benefiting people looking for jobs right now too.   Currently there are more than 100 open positions available at www.GoDaddy.com/Jobs.

Domain Registrars, External Articles

During DOMAINfest in January I had an opportunity to chat with my friend Tony Kanakaris about a new project he was working on. After further development and beta testing Tony officially released SocialDomainers.com yesterday. In his own words Tony says… SocialDomainers.com is the Facebook for domainers, the place to meet local domainers near you, the place to [...]

Contests, External Articles

This is from Cole Mason, one of our highly valued customers here at Bido.

(Thanks Cole!)

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