Come on, Groupon: The $20 Billion IPO
The news of the day – other that the dipping of the Demand Media stock – seems to be that Groupon is now planning an IPO for the 3rd quarter of 2011. What’s more important, is that Groupon has chosen Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as the underwriters of the IPO. In other words, the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Demand Media stock plummets – Google Panda 2.0 to blame?
Demand Media, owners of mass-produced content farm eHow has lost a sizable chunk of its traffic due to the new Google Panda 2.0 release of April 11th. Despite escaping the wrath of Google during the initial Google Panda 1.0 release, eHow is now essentially slaughtered by the new Google ranking algorithm. The Demand Media stock […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Which cloud are you on? New YouTube tool for trending videos
The use of “tag clouds” – or seemingly random displays of text to emphasize the frequency of terms, is not new. Tag clouds are usually generated in varying text font sizes, boldness and colors providing easy access to secondary elements, such as links to trending topics or discussions. Every new idea, however, uses something already […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Forget about Chatroulette – New playa in town!
For the past year plus we’ve been flooded with news about how a then 17 year old Russian put together the next big thing since sliced bread. Addictive or not, Chatroulette soon became a victim of its own controversy. But times change and fresher ideas arrive, one of which is CuteRoulette. No, it’s not about […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Government might close down but the USPTO won’t
Do you have any ongoing trademark applications or other pending trademark procedures for your domain projects? If so, the expected Government shutdown won’t affect you – the US Patent and Trademark Office is self-sufficient in that respect. As announced in a press release today: In the event of a government shutdown on April 9, 2011, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reactivation Period: eNom’s new game
It looks like a lot of eNom domains that are pre-released on NameJet are now sharing the same, new contact information in the WHOIS: Reactivation Period (reactivation-pending@enom.com) +1.4252744500 Fax: +1.4259744791 15801 NE 24th Street Bellevue, WA 98004 US Looks like a method to “wrap” the status of these domains into some legal pretext as they […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bob Parsons of GoDaddy – Repeat offender?
The newly disclosed scandal – and assorted video – of Bob Parsons hunting elephants in Africa isn’t news exactly. The GoDaddy president and CEO has long maintained his affection towards the mother continent and alleged birthplace of the modern man. Exactly a year ago, Bob Parsons appeared in a photo holding up a newspaper that […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Firefox 4.0 is out but your web site still sucks
The big news is that the latest version of the Mozilla-powered browser, Firefox, is out. The long-awaited version 4.0 was released yesterday and upgrading has been painless. Firefox 4 can be downloaded via the Upgrade option or directly from http://firefox.com for those of you that want a clean install or a switch from other browsers. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNForum does the right thing – Removes ‘Japan Tsunami’ domain
With every instance of a disaster striking, some people that consider themselves ‘domainer entrepreneurs‘ seek the registration of domain names related to the event. If one builds a web site that offers information on the disaster or at least some pointers to further point that source of traffic to informational or relief web sites, that’s […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Japan Donations: Not all countries able to contribute
An online chart depicting donations from Facebook users around the globe to quake-stricken Japan shows some interesting facts, that extend to the domain community as well. The chart, available as a slideshow depicts the amount of conversations – and thus, eventual donations – that originated from Facebook with Japan as the recipient. There are several […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bing.com pledges $100,000 to Japan – Screws up on the method!
Microsoft search engine Bing pledged up to $100k to a fund supporting the Japan quake and tsunami victims. Their press release was rather straightforward, however their tweet asked for retweets priced at $1 each. How you can #SupportJapan – http://binged.it/fEh7iT. For every retweet, @bing will give $1 to Japan quake victims, up to $100K. A […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Architelos : The Beginning and the End
Ron Jackson of DNJournal published yesterday a snippet of news that caught our attention. Former CEO of the .ORG Registry, Alexa Raad, announced the formation of Architelos – a corporation that will specialize in market development; the focus being the domain industry. The company web site at Architelos.com gives its explanation about the name being […]
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