DirenGeziParki.com – Tracking police and state brutality in Turkey
My plans for an editorial this fine Saturday morning changed; writing about anything other than the police & state brutality in Istanbul, Turkey would be inappropriate. Tens of thousands of people peacefully marched and occupied Gezi Park, one of the last remaining patches of green in Istanbul. The Turkish state, led by Prime Minister Tayyip […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick’s blog switched to WordPress!
It took Rick Schwartz a good six years to switch over from Typepad – an archaic and limited blogging platform – to WordPress, but the transition appears to have been completed in a smooth manner. The Domain King’s announcement of a blog arrived on April 3rd, 2007 – the title was Domain King announces Blog, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Medical study: Developers of .CO domains possess a minimum IQ of 145
Developers of .CO domain names, average a high IQ, according to a recent study conducted by the St. Paulus University of Medical Psychology. The study presented a blind sample of 450 entrepreneurs from the Silicon Valley area with a series of MENSA-approved questions, adding a field about their active web site. An astounding 97.5% of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flying high: Another big sale for Frank Schilling’s team with JetsForSale.com
After perusing the listings of recent domain sales, we located BoatsForSale.com that was sold by Frank Schilling for six figures. As it turns out, the week before a similar domain was sold; once again, by the ever-busy Frank who has put together a dynamic sales team in the Caymans, led by industry heavyweight, Jeff Gabriel. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Goodbye May: Final day to go .xXx at a rock bottom price!
Let’s face it: the .XXX gTLD is not for those that want to build a cuddly, family-friendly web site. Although no-one can stop you from doing so, your grandma might be tempted to try out other .XXX domains, at Search.xxx, once you set up her web site at GrandmaLoretta.xxx 😀 So, to be clear, as […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Aussie honesty: Fabulous increases prices but only for .net and .org
Australian domain registrar, Fabulous.com, announced that on July 1st the prices go up for registrations and renewals. The reason: both Verisign and PIR, managers of .com/.net and .org TLDs respectively, are making use of their contracts that call for a 7% annual increase. Unlike some other domain registrars, however, Fabulous.com is not raising prices for […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TRAFFIC Auction: The results are in!
How did the domains fare at the TRAFFIC domain auction today? Not too shabby! The TRAFFIC auction achieved millions of dollars in sales, bringing back memories of early TRAFFIC events, when the economy was not bad and George W. Bush was president. We were at war with Iraq, however. The domain auction results are in, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.No need for an auction: Frank Schilling sells Boatsforsale.com for six figures!
Why enter a domain to an auction when you can sell direct to end-users? That’s exactly what Frank Schilling did, with Boatsforsale.com, recently sold on Domain Name Sales – for six figures. The exact price isn’t quoted, but the range is: between $150,000 – $250,000. Nice! 😀 With that much cash, one can get a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Patent granted: GoDaddy to extend domain length to 2,048 characters
After an embarrassing auction at TDNAM for a particularly long domain name, GoDaddy – the world’s #1 domain registrar – has been granted a patent at the USPTO. Patent #12,342,256 produces “…a domain filesystem and microcode capable of extending the current octet limitations of labels, thus increasing the usable domain length to 2,048 characters.” This […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MannQuotes – Part VI: The Magnetism of Mike Mann
Unfazed by a recent domain hijacking attempt, Mike Mann continues to intrigue those inside and outside the domainer “circle of trust.” The ever-active uber-domainer has produced some extremely important witticisms, statements and words of wisdom – collectively called “MannQuotes“. We have now reached Part VI of MannQuote installments, having decided to switch to Latin from […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NationalAssociationOfCertifiedHealthcareBusinessConsultants.com finally expires!
One of the longest domains to have graced this side of the Internet, has finally expired. Registered in 2006, NationalAssociationOfCertifiedHealthcareBusinessConsultants.com was renewed for the past six years; the domain has currently entered the GoDaddy TDNAM. For $10 you can join the auction, but do you really need one such piece of junk? 😀 A quick […]
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