08|12|2007 8:16 am EDT
8/5-8/11 2007: The Week in Domains
Here at Domain Name News:
- $682k in Domain Sales at Internext Adult Domain Auction
- Miva Makes Good on 4 Year Past Due Payment
- ICANN debuts monthly magazine
- RedHerring covers FairWinds brokering Pharmacy.com
- Employee charged with selling employer’s domain name sofa.com for $200K
- BPHG rolls out Weblog.com
- Naked.com and BigTits.com Sold
- Tucows introduces cost+ pricing model
- New York State Makes Their Own Domain Laws
- Domain Roundtable Traffic
- Microsoft Messenger blocking .info
- Unofficial Moniker Internext Silent Auction Results
- ICANN further simplifies public comment process
- Marchex aquires VoiceStar, adds Bill Day as CMO, renews yahoo! partnership
- Marchex stock drops to $9.00
And elsewhere…
- Newday.com: Domain names dominate Internet real estate
- Communicate.com Blog: Study: Web advertising will soon top newspapers
- Whizzbang’s Blog: Australian Newspapers Reports on Domains
- SearchEngineLand: AdSense For Domains Opt Out Coming To AdWords Advertisers
- Mashable: Yahoo May Consider Letting Google Handle Paid Search
- DNJournal: Lift Off: How New Sales Platforms are Sending the Domain Aftermarket Into Orbit - The Domain Distribution Network (DDN)
- PaidContent.org: Answers.com Sees 28% Traffic Drop As Google Algorithm Changes; Will Dictionary.com Deal Go Through???
- Three Year Old website Treehugger.com sells for $10 Million USD (via)
- GlobeDomains: .ru is closing in on 1 Million Registrations
- DomainNameWire: CreditCards.com files for IPO
- Elliot’s Blog: The Bulletin on Domain Names - One of The Crown Jewels Of The Business
ICANN
- ICANN visits Russian Conference
- ICANN investigating Domain Tasting, and Michele writes about it @CircleID
ccTLDs
- DomainNews.com: auDA wants your Input regarding the .au Dispute Resolution Policy
- HighEndWeb Names: CIRA Launches Search for New CEO
Hoping to see you all at Domain RoundTable.

