MediaWhiz Division AuctionAds Wins eBay Star Developer Award for ''Most Innovative Application-Buyer'' eBay Developers Conference

 June 21, 2007 - NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AuctionAds, a division of MediaWhiz Holdings Inc., today announced it received the eBay Star Developer Award for "Most Innovative Application-Buyer" at the sixth annual eBay Developers Conference. AuctionAds (www.auctionads.com) enables users to monetize their website by displaying live eBay auctions next to their related copy.

"We are honored to accept this prestigious award, which recognizes that AuctionAds is a successful tool for leveraging the lucrative eBay affiliate system, in a way that is easy for publishers to use," stated AuctionAds CTO David Dellanave.

"The eBay Star Developers Awards recognize developers for their innovation and commitment to the eBay platform," said Max Mancini, senior director of disruptive innovation at eBay. "AuctionAds was awarded for its efficiency using innovative caching techniques, allowing it to serve up 30 million impressions a month with only 200,000 API calls, an impressive volume of traffic per API call."

The eBay Developers Conference in Boston brings together more than 500 third-party developers, entrepreneurs and affiliates to meet with technologists and business leaders from eBay, PayPal, ProStores, Shopping.com and Skype.

About AuctionAds

AuctionAds (www,auctionads.com), a division of MediaWhiz Holdings Inc., users to monetize their website by displaying live eBay auctions next to their related copy.

About MediaWhiz

MediaWhiz is a leading online marketing company delivering a fully integrated solution for brand advertisers, direct marketers and publishers by leveraging its suite of marketing services to achieve measurable results. Services include affiliate marketing, lead generation, email marketing, list management, display advertising, text link advertising and search marketing. MediaWhiz delivers more than 3 million monthly leads to over 3,000 advertisers through its database of more than 100 million consumer email addresses and relationships with over 20,000 publishers. Private equity firm Lake Capital first invested in MediaWhiz in August 2005. Through acquisitions and organic growth, MediaWhiz has established its position as a leading provider of integrated marketing. More information on MediaWhiz is available at www,mediawhiz.com.
Contacts

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212-994-4660

Domain Name Portfolio Announced for Sale

A powerful real estate domain name portfolio composed of all 50 U.S. state names is for sale. Housing Predictor.com announced the news.

Destin, FL (PRWEB) June 26, 2007 -- A powerful real estate domain name portfolio composed of all 50 U.S. state names is for sale. The announcement of the portfolio was made by the developer of Housing Predictor.com, an information driven web site, which provides more than 250 local housing market forecasts in all 50 states.

It's been said to be one of the richest domain name portfolios to ever come along, and it even includes Washington D.C. as a bonus. Every name in this premium collection starts with the word Find, followed by each state name, and ends in Houses.com like http://www.FindCaliforniaHouses.com. All of the domains are currently in use on the web and may be accessed online.

Real estate is one of the top five topics visitors search for on the Internet, and the purchaser of this real estate domain name portfolio will be able to write their own ticket.

A prototype program to market real estate in the next generation is already quietly underway in Florida. Crews are out collecting video of each and every major city in Florida to show the exterior of homes. Eventually it's clearly the way real estate will be marketed and sold almost without a need to visit a home. Studies show 80% of all buyers and sellers of real estate now go to the Internet first to conduct research and view listings.

This real estate domain name portfolio, which is composed of all 50 U.S. state names, could be used to explode innovative real estate marketing on the net like never before.

Names like this don't come along every day and they offer endless possibilities. They will provide the new owner the competitive edge in today's new world of marketing. Netscape now estimates there are more than100 million web sites on the Internet, and the web is growing like never before.

This domain name portfolio could be a network of sites providing the search for real estate listings in every state of the nation. It might be developed into a video streaming network, providing high tech tours outside in the neighborhoods and provide a virtual tour of the inside of the home with a sound track narrated by a broadcast professional.

As web 2.0 becomes more and more a part of the Internet the possibilities are countless. For more information on this domain name portfolio visit http://www.EzRealEstateReferrals.com

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Press Contact: Mike Colpitts
Company Name: Housing Predictor
Phone: 850 622-1016
Website: http://www.ezrealestatereferrals.com

You may have heard about the tiff between Ebay and Google that resulted in ebay stopping their PPC advertising on Google for a short while. According to this post, it seems the results were not really all that much given the overall traffic that ebay gets from Google without the paid traffic. My question is that with the way AuctionAds is ramping up with so many webmasters adding the ads to their sites, could this result in ebay dropping paid ads from Google long term?

Today we took a little visit to Reinvent Technology's web site, the company that is owned by Kevin Ham. We were looking for press releases that we could use on our site as content. We first checked Google and were disappointed to find nothing new and actually a lack of any recent news as well.

We need more content because if it all dries up no one will visit our site and well I'm sure you know how depressing THAT would be...

So while there were no press releases or news there, we did notice that they have a list of domains the company owns and we thought our domainer readers would be interested in knowing what they were.

So here is the list that we found on http://www.reinvent.com/domains.html:

3dAnimation.com
AcousticGuitars.com
Actor.com
AdventureJobs.com
AffiliateMarketing.com
Alcohol.com
Alcoholics.com
ArticleFinder.com
AskQuestions.com
Attorney.com
AutoLocater.com
AutoTrading.com
Awning.com
BabyGifts.com
BabyShowerGames.com
Baptism.com
BarbadosRentals.com
BarCodeScanners.com
BargainHotels.com
Be.com
Beat.com
BestFlights.com
BibleCollege.com
BicyleVacations.com
BioChemistry.com
BoardingSchool.com
Bogota.com
BonAppetite.com
BonBon.com
BrainBusters.com
BridalBouquets.com
BridalDresses.com
BudgetVacations.com
BuyAutos.com
CameraPhone.com
CanadaNews.com
Car.net
CarDecals.com
CarDetailing.com
CardScanner.com
CareerPathways.com
CareerTest.com
CarFinancing.com
CarPaint.com
CarpetDealers.com
CarPhone.com
CarRent.com
CashPayDay.com
CellularPhones.com
CheapScooters.com
CheapTires.com
CheapTravel.com
ChildrenGames.com
ClassmateFinder.com
CollectableDolls.com
ColonialHomes.com
Commercials.com
Consolidate.com
CouponSaver.com
CreditRating.com
CreditReportOnline.com
CrossStich.com
CruiseFinder.com
Cycle.com
Cyprus.org
DesignerDresses.com
Diabetic.org
Dialysis.com
DiscountAuto.com
DiscountCruise.com
DiscountVacation.com
Diseases.com
DogBeds.com
DogKennel.com
DownloadRingtones.com
DownloadSongs.com
DreamAnalysis.com
DrugAddictions.com
DvdCovers.com
ElementarySchool.com
Elyrics.com
EmploySearch.com
Eparty.com
Etextbooks.com
Eticket.com
ExpensiveCars.com
ExtremeGames.com
FaxOnline.com
FicaScore.com
FileShare.com
FlightChecker.com
ForceField.com
Francais.com
FreeHost.com
FreeLegalAdvice.com
FreeMusicVideos.com
FreePhoto.com
FreeTones.com
FreeVideo.com
FunnySongs.com
FurnishedApartments.com
FurniturePatio.com
Garnets.com
GeoThermal.com
GoldMarket.com
GolfInFlorida.com
GolfSwings.com
GospelMusic.com
GroupHomes.com
Hairs.com
HawaiianWedding.com
HawaiiVacationHomes.com
HDTV.com
Headstones.com
HealthCareers.com
HermitCrab.com
HooverDam.com
HouseSeeker.com
IncomeFromHome.com
Infertility.com
InkRefills.com
InMotion.com
Innovations.com
Instrumentals.com
InternetStats.com
Investigator.com
InvitationCards.com
Kalahari.com
KidsVacations.com
LaHotels.com
Laptop.com
LastMinuteTravelDeals.com
LasVegasShowTickets.com
LCD.com
LCDprojector.com
LeatherHandbags.com
LivingRooms.com
LoansForBadCredit.com
Lupus.com
MauiVacationHomes.com
MBAdegree.com
MedicalBracelets.com
MedicalCodes.com
MedicalHealth.com
MedicalHelp.com
Medrx.com
MexicoChat.com
MobileHomeParks.com
ModularHome.com
MontegoBay.com
MortgageCalculators.com
Mother.com
MovieSearch.com
MusicShare.com
MyMeds.com
NaturalRemedies.com
NewCellPhones.com
Notebook.com
NowAndForever.com
NurseFinder.com
NY.org
NYC.org
OnlineBanking.com
OnlineCreditReports.com
OnlineCreditReport.com
OrganicWine.com
Orthotics.com
OverSeaJobs.com
PChardware.com
PeopleSearch.com
PersonalChoice.com
Pharmaceutical.com
PhysicianSearch.com
Planetarium.com
PlayGame.com
Preview.com
Proverbs.com
PublicSchools.com
PuppyTraining.com
QAtester.com
RaceCars.com
Rapture.com
Refurbished.com
Religion.com
Reptile.com
ResumeBuilders.com
RoutePlanner.com
SalesTraining.com
SchoolGrants.com
ScooterDepot.com
SlideShows.com
SecondWorldWar.com
ServiceDogs.com
SevenWonders.com
SevenWondersOfTheWorld.com
Sidekicks.com
Sitcom.com
Skateboard.net
Skins.com
Slapshot.com
SlumberParty.com
SoapOpera.com
SongText.com
SpainHoliday.com
Spanish.com
SpanishTeacher.com
SpanishTranslations.com
Spyware.net
StockAnalysis.com
StorageUnits.com
Streetrods.com
StudentCollegeLoan.com
TahoeAccomodations.com
TanningSalons.com
TestEquipment.com
TheHolyBible.com
TimeShare.org
TrailerHomes.com
TrainingDogs.com
TravelFares.com
TravelLastMinute.com
TravelPlanner.com
TravelShop.com
TubalLigation.com
TummyTucks.com
TypeOnline.com
UnclaimedFunds.com
UsedBikes.com
UsedSUV.com
USmail.com
USweather.com
UtahVacations.com
VacationGetaways.com
Vacuum.org
Venture.com
Vest.com
Vids.com
VirtualLibrary.com
WasteContainers.com
WebPageMaker.com
WebStats.com
WeddingGowns.com
WeddingInvitation.com
WeddingShoes.com
Wire.com
WishingWell.com
WorkUniforms.com

I took a look about a dozen of these domains and I was struck by how pedestrian most of the parking pages were. I didn't see that any were what I would consider optimized and I would have expected that the owner would have these puppies humming with really nice templates and some kind of content.

Perhaps they generate so much income as they are that it's not a concern. None that I saw had any Google PageRank either. I did find one site that had a link to actor.com and it looks like the domain used to have a real site at one point...

If it were my domain I'd... "What would you do daddy, what would you do?"
Well, if it was MY domain, I'd... "What would you do daddy, what would you do?"
Smother that domain in Keywords and Wikipedia re-writes,
And host it on my own.

-With Regrets to Zappa Frank's "Brown Shoes Dont Make It"

Millionaires Among Us - Vancouver's Domainers Cashing In
By Julianna
The article came on the heals of Business 2.0 Magazine's cover story about Vancouver resident Kevin Ham, proclaiming him "the most powerful dotcom mogul you have never heard of". Arguably the most successful domainer in the world, ...
WebnamesBlog.ca - http://webnamesblog.ca

Money, Money, Money
By Sean Charnock
The article is about Kevin Ham, who has built a $300 Million Dollar portfolio of domain names. $100000 for Greeting.com, and $31000 for Christianrock.com and so on. He's a domain name mogul. In a technology world, this seems to be the ...
TheInnerLayer -- where SL'ers... - http://theinnerlayer.softlayer.com/

SHOW ME THE MONEY - PAULA MOONEY'S MAKING MONEY ON THE INTERNET LIST
By The Old Vic(The Old Vic)
Kevin Ham ($300 million - although not $300 million a year it must be said) and 2. Frank Schilling ($20 million - again not annually) to the bottom 118. Fame Fire with $19 (well done for having the guts to admit it but it could prove to ...
NET MONETIZATION - http://www.netmonetization.com/

Cameroon Auctioned Its Internet Namespace
By (hris
According to Business 2.0 magazine, Kevin Ham is the "most powerful dotcom mogul," after building a $300 million empire by bidding on successful domain names at auctions (like those at The Venetian in Las Vegas.) Even though the dot-com ...
Deleted and Expired Domains - http://www.bizprolink-internet.com/blog/index.htm

Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains - June 1, 2007
Kevin Ham, the $300 million master of Web domains - June 1, 2007 Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 Magazine. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire.
redundante.net - http://redundante.tumblr.com/

Dan's (and Jeremy's and Jon's) awesome new adventure
By isabelwang
Business 2.0 calls Kevin Ham (owner of 300000 domains) "the owner of the Internet". The Sydney Morning Herald tells of Dan Warner's "slow and steady accumulation of domains, bought for less than $7 and sold for thousands, day in and day ...
isabel wang's blog - http://www.isabelwang.com/

Cameroon Auctioned Its Internet Namespace
By (hris
Technology: How Cameroon Auctioned Its Internet NamespaceAfrican Path - Minneapolis,MN,USAAccording to the article, the brain behind it all is Kevin Ham, described as "the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard ...
BLOPTIMIZATION Blog - http://www.bloptimization.com/index.htm

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Technology: How Cameroon Auctioned Its Internet Namespace
African Path - Minneapolis,MN,USA
According to the article, the brain behind it all is Kevin Ham, described as "the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of"
http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=1060

To Own The Internet
By SCUBILLOS
According to Business 2.0 magazine, Kevin Ham is the "most powerful dotcom mogul," after building a $300 million empire by bidding on successful domain names at auctions (like those at The Venetian in Las Vegas.) Even though the dot-com ...
- http://www.businessquickie.com/

The business of domain names
By Michael Tavani(Michael Tavani)
Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 Magazine. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire. And by the way chalklit.com, theyup.com (young urban professional), ...
Urban Eola - http://www.urbaneola.com/

Yahoo Outsmarts Google in Cameroon Domain Play ?
By ekwogefee
Kevinham In the June cover story of Business2.0, The Man Who Owns The Internet, I write about how a domainer named Kevin Ham struck a deal with the government of Cameroon to set up a wildcard -- a line of software code that reroutes all ...
- http://ekwogefee.akopo.com

The Ultimate Way To Get Rich From Domain Name Typos
By Luke
I read this article in Business 2.0 magazine the other day and was amazed not only by how many domain names Kevin Ham owns, but also by his ingenious idea to grab traffic for unregistered domain names. Basically, he struck a deal with ...
borloz.com - http://borloz.com

The man who owns the Internet
By michaeljung
The man at the top of this little-known hierarchy is Kevin Ham -- one of a handful of major-league "domainers" in the world and arguably the shrewdest and most ambitious of the lot. Even in a field filled with unusual career paths, ...
- http://michaeljung.wordpress.com

EBay cancels ads in tiff with Google
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
EBay is one of Google's biggest advertisers. The search engine funnels millions of Web surfers to the auction site. But the two companies have grown ...

EBay threatens to pull ads off Google
MSNBC - USA
Google's retreat came only after Ebay cut some of its advertising spending on the company's search site, in what appeared to be a blunt attempt to warn ...

By now, ebay has to have taken notice of what the company behind AuctionAds has done and started to realize that at least where the content network is concerned, they could do a lot better. If you have not see the ads from AuctionAds yet, they are a cross between the small text ads that you see from Google, and the multi-tabbed ads (Which are cool) from that loser company Chitika (Don't get me started on them. It's enough to say they dropped me and treated me like shit. Try them at your own risk, but do some searches in Google first before you waste your time with them.).

AuctionAds are as easy to use as AdSense, but the two nice things are that 1) they include a small image from each auction, which most AdSensers know greatly improves click-through rates, and 2) you can choose the keywords to target the ads to your site.

The keyword targeted takes a little extra work that you don't have with contextual ads like Google's, but from what I have seen it pays off. There's no learning curve and if you are not happy with the ads you see you can make some changes. To see a good example of how this works, visit our site: http://www.EbayAuctionAds.com and you can test out the results.

I think you have to have considerable site traffic to realize the best results, or a site that gets traffic related to shopping or products. We had positive results right away, but we still have to keep our day job for now. Most site owners are reporting results as good or better than ours so it's worth testing on at least one site for sure.

Since Google has been discouraging the use of images placed closed next to AdSense Ads, I can see more people trying AuctionAds, and perhaps in some cases replacing AdSense if the income is there. What I expect to see is Google responding to this new attention to ebay as a revenue generator by allowing advertisers to add small images to be placed next to their ads, OR providing a library of images that advertisers can select from as relating to their products and services.

Over 1 Million Potential Victims of Botnet Cyber Crime

On June 13, 2007 the Department of Justice and FBI announced the results of an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle "botherders" and elevate the public's cyber security awareness of botnets. OPERATION BOT ROAST is a national initiative and ongoing investigations have identified over 1 million victim computer IP addresses. The FBI is working with our industry partners, including the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University, to notify the victim owners of the computers. Through this process the FBI may uncover additional incidents in which botnets have been used to facilitate other criminal activity.

A botnet is a collection of compromised computers under the remote command and control of a criminal "botherder." Most owners of the compromised computers are unknowing and unwitting victims. They have unintentionally allowed unauthorized access and use of their computers as a vehicle to facilitate other crimes, such as identity theft, denial of service attacks, phishing, click fraud, and the mass distribution of spam and spyware. Because of their widely distributed capabilities, botnets are a growing threat to national security, the national information infrastructure, and the economy.

"The majority of victims are not even aware that their computer has been compromised or their personal information exploited," said FBI Assistant Director for the Cyber Division James Finch. "An attacker gains control by infecting the computer with a virus or other malicious code and the computer continues to operate normally. Citizens can protect themselves from botnets and the associated schemes by practicing strong computer security habits to reduce the risk that your computer will be compromised."

The FBI also wants to thank our industry partners, such as the Microsoft Corporation and the Botnet Task Force, in referring criminal botnet activity to law enforcement.

Cyber security tips include updating anti-virus software, installing a firewall, using strong passwords, practicing good email and web security practices. Although this will not necessarily identify or remove a botnet currently on the system, this can help to prevent future botnet attacks. More information on botnets and tips for cyber crime prevention can be found online at www.fbi.gov.

The FBI will not contact you online and request your personal information so be wary of fraud schemes that request this type of information, especially via unsolicited emails. To report fraudulent activity or financial scams, contact the nearest FBI office or police department, and file a complaint online with the Internet Crime Complaint Center, www.ic3.gov.

To date, the following subjects have been charged or arrested in this operation with computer fraud and abuse in violation of Title 18 USC 1030, including:

    * James C. Brewer of Arlington, Texas, is alleged to have operated a botnet that infected Chicago area hospitals. This botnet infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide. (FBI Chicago);

    * Jason Michael Downey of Covington, Kentucky, is charged with an Information with using botnets to send a high volume of traffic to intended recipients to cause damage by impairing the availability of such systems. (FBI Detroit); and

    * Robert Alan Soloway of Seattle, Washington, is alleged to have used a large botnet network and spammed tens of millions of unsolicited email messages to advertise his website from which he offered services and products. (FBI Seattle)

The FBI will continue to aggressively investigate individuals that conduct cyber criminal acts.

    Washington D.C.
    FBI National Press Office
    (202) 324-3691

Domain Name News Bytes - June 11, 2007
By Editor
It's a good question: Kevin Ham, Yun Ye, Communicate.com Inc. Even Frank Schilling lived their before retreating to the warmer climate of the Cayman Islands. Incidentally, domain registrar Dotster is located in the city of Vancouver...but ...
Domain Name Wire - http://domainnamewire.com

Search Month: May 2007 Search News, In Review
It starts off with a profile of Vancouver entrepreneur Kevin Ham ("The Man Who Owns the Internet"), who operates a $300 million domain "empire" but goes on to discuss others who have become wealthy from domain speculation, ...
Search Month: Search News In Review - http://searchengineland.com/

Does Your Product Name Pass the Typing Test?
By William Lozito
Before buying a domain name at auction, "dotcom mogul" Kevin Ham checks it against an imaginary keyboard by "air-typing." He's looking for names that people will type into their browser's address bar directly. ...
Name Wire: The Product Naming Blog - http://www.namedevelopment.com/blog/

Dotster Launches Redesigned Web Site
HostingTech.com - Leawood,KS,USA
Dotster, Inc. (dotster.com), an ICANN-accredited domain registration and web hosting companies, announced it has redesigned its Web site to improve navigation ...

dotMobi extends trademark registration
United Press International - USA
"The extension of the Trademark Registration period to ... holders with additional and much needed time to decide upon and organize their domain name applications ...

Web Host and Domain Registrar, RegisterFly, Premieres Domain ...
Cheap Web Hosting Directory - South Pasadena,CA,USA
... Its core product offerings include domain name registration, web-hosting, SSL certificates, e-mail service, site-builder services, Whois privacy protection and ...

Project promotes firms to go online
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
The CNNIC launched a program called "Project Growth" at the end of June which offers a suite of options including domain registration support, Website building ...

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Announcing the Launch of Virtulawyer.com, The New Legal Directory Resource

Virtulawyer.com will certainly deliver effective legal solutions to all consumers, say its creators. From simple legal matters to the most complex and difficult cases, consumers can rely on the site to guide them through all of their legal needs. With hundreds of lawyers listed on the site, virtulawyer offers seamless service across practice areas, no matter where clients reside.

(PRWEB) June 12, 2007 -- Virtulawyer.com is a new, free legal-information resource for ordinary people seeking information on legal issues and controversies.

This is a premier destination for legal news and information, with listings of attorneys specializing in all areas of the law throughout the country. Virtulawyer.com boasts a sleek sexy look and increased functionality, and promises consumers everything legal.

The listed lawyers offer experience across industries and strengthen all legal services. The site features functions such as lawyer referral, accident lawyers, bankruptcy lawyers, family lawyers and reliable criminal and business lawyers just to name a few.
Virtulawyer now connects readers to state-specific legal resources with its handy Legal Websites in all States.

Virtulawyer is also home to lawyers who focus on mergers and acquisitions, finance, securities, private equity, outsourcing, tax, privatizations, antitrust, labor and employment. All attorneys on Virtulawyer have extensive experience serving clients, from individuals to multinational telecommunications and information technology companies, and give every client the legal representation that they deserve, regardless of how big or small.

Additional Information on virtulawyer is related, but not limited to, many general legal terms and subjects, such as employment discrimination, affirmative action, adoption laws, immigration law, probates, and wills just to name a few.

" Virtulawyer.com will provide consumers with a directory of legal resources, in all aspects of the law, which gives one the opportunity to choose a lawyer that 'stands out' to them." Said Janice M. of Virtulawyer.com

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National Arbitration Forum Issues Three Decisions on Internet Domain Name Disputes

Trademarks: Disney, Jimmy Buffett and Angels

MINNEAPOLIS, May 23, 2007 - The National Arbitration Forum recently issued decisions on three separate domain name disputes filed by Disney, Jimmy Buffett and Angels Baseball.

"We continue to see a trend towards filing complaints under the UDRP, rather than lawsuits, for these Internet conflicts," said Kristine Dorrain, Internet Legal Counsel of the National Arbitration Forum. "We're on the way to surpassing last year's record-breaking domain name filings." In 2006, the National Arbitration Forum saw its largest filing year ever, marking a 21% increase over 2005.

The following three decisions were made in accordance with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) by independent and neutral arbitrators on the National Arbitration Forum's panel.

DisneyComics.com
One of the world's largest entertainment corporations, Disney Enterprises, Inc., submitted a complaint electronically on February 15, 2007. The National Arbitration Forum panel found that the domain name DisneyComics.com was being cybersquatted by Dayanand Kamble of India who used the website to offer advertising links and products, some related to Disney's trademarks.

The panel found that the domain name was confusingly similar to the DISNEY mark. In addition, the respondent used the website for commercial gain and therefore had no legitimate rights in it. Furthermore, DisneyComics.com was registered and being used in bad faith by the respondent who took advantage of the confusing similarity between the disputed domain name and Disney's famous mark. Because the complainant proved all three elements required of the ICANN Policy, the request to transfer DisneyComics.com to Disney Enterprises, Inc. was granted on March 27, 2007.

JimmyBuffettUniversity.com
On February 22, 2007, Margaritaville Enterprises, LLC, controlled by popular singer Jimmy Buffett, submitted a complaint electronically with the National Arbitration Forum asserting legal rights to the domain names BuffettUniversity.com, JBuffett.com, JimmyBuffettUniversity.com and UniversityOfBuffett.com.

The panel concluded that the Jimmy Buffett-themed domain names were identical or confusingly similar to the registered trademark JIMMY BUFFETT. Furthermore, the respondent and registered owner Whapp Innovations, Inc. was using the domain names to operate pay-per-click websites and thusly for commercial gain. It was clear to the panel that the respondent had no rights or legitimate interests in the domain names and had registered and used them in bad faith. On April 2, 2007, the panel found that the complainant had established all three elements required under the ICANN Policy and had defended successfully its trademark in domain name dispute resolution. The four domain names were ordered to be transferred to Jimmy Buffett.

Angels.com
On February 26, 2007, the Los Angeles Major League Baseball team, Angels Baseball, filed a complaint electronically with the National Arbitration Forum against Lee Dongyeon, the registered owner of Angels.com. The respondent, of Korea, requested the dispute be decided by a three-member panel.

The panel found that Angels.com was identical to the complainant's ANGELS trademark. However, it was found that the Respondent had registered the ANGELS mark in Korea without any opposition from the American baseball team. Because the respondent has trademark rights in the domain name, Angels Baseball failed to prove this element. Finally, the panel found that the respondent may not have known of complainant and therefore did not register Angels.com in bad faith. Although the baseball team uses ANGELS as a trademark, it failed to prove two of three elements required under the ICANN policy to transfer a domain name. The panel denied the transfer of Angels.com to Angels Baseball on May 14, 2007.

About the National Arbitration Forum
The National Arbitration Forum, an industry leader in arbitration and mediation services for over 20 years, is an expert in the resolution of Internet-based disputes. An innovator in the industry, the National Arbitration Forum serves as one of three primary providers of the ICANN domain name dispute resolution program, resolving issues involving disputed trademarks. Over 8,000 intellectual property cases have been filed through the National Arbitration Forum's state-of-the-art case management system. For more information, visit http://www.adrforum.com/.

For more information:
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Fact Sheet, Searchable Case Database, Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Dayanand Kamble Decision, Margaritaville Enterprises, LLC v. Whapp Innovations Decision, or Angels Baseball, L.P. v. Lee Dongyeon Decision.

Media Contact:
Christina Doucet
media@adrforum.com
Phone: 952-516-6486

More than Two Lakh Names Registered with 'in' Domain

NEW DELHI , INDIA - 5 November 2006 -National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and Afilias India Private Limited announced that the '.in' domain has reached 2,00,000 registrations, nearly doubling its presence in the market place since last year.  The .IN registry has grown to nearly 30 times the initial size of approximately 6500 domains prior to the January 2005 re-launch. The re-launch included a more competitive price, expanded eligibility, a state of the art technology platform, and broader distribution through the global registrar network.

While India rated 63 per cent in the usage of '.in' domain name 37 per cent were registered outside Indian soil.  Over 150  countries are represented by '.in' domain owners. The most popular countries are India, US, and Germany, which together account for over 81 percent of registrations, followed by the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Switzerland and Italy.

Expressing his happiness over the significant increase, Shri Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of Communications & Information Technology said,   "This is an important milestone in the 10 Point Agenda for India I introduced in 2004, as '.in' is now firmly established as a leading country code domain and reflects India's leadership in technology and the Internet". Shri Maran further said that the Government would shortly introduce the registration of '.in' domains in native Indian languages, beginning with Tamil and Malayalam Since '.in' is unrestricted, organizations and individuals across India can now reach their audience with an Internet address that proudly proclaims their Indian affinity. NIXI has brought a greater market focus to '.in' and has helped to proliferate the Internet in India.  All Indians on the Internet should get their '.in' now while great names are still available.

"We are proud to support .IN" said Ram Mohan, Director of Afilias India, who provides technical support to the .IN domain.     As regards Afilias,  it is  a fully integrated global provider of domain name registry services, maintains international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, sales offices in London, England, sales and operational facilities in Toronto, administrative offices in the U.S. near Philadelphia, PA, and operational offices in New Delhi, India. Afilias provides a full range of registry services leveraging proven technology that is fast, reliable and secure.

It may be recalled that the Department of Information Technology (DIT) and National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) took the initiative of setting up of the state-of-the art, hardware and software and re-launched the '.in' Registry.   The entire process of registration is available online.   The opening of the '.in' Registry has significantly improved and  broadened the availability of the domain names.

Internet Domain Names worldwide have assumed greater significance in recent times with the Internet increasingly being used as an effective medium for communication, governance, education and commerce.  The system of registration of Internet Domain Names can facilitate the proliferation of Internet in a country.  Many countries have, therefore, adopted liberal and market friendly policies to register large number of Domain Names under their country code, broadly consistent with globally accepted policy and procedures of Domain registration.

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My question is, does Kevin Ham own any .in domains...?

(hris

Kevin Ham $300 million Domain Investment Empire
By Jay Jason
Business 2.0 run a story on Kevin Ham. It talks about how this trained family doctor started investing in domain names and built a $300 million empire.
Investing Mag - http://www.investingmag.com/kevin-ham-domain-investment/10/

Kevin Ham: Master Of Our Domains
By (hris
If You Can't Find A Domain Name, Kevin Ham May Have It By (hris Following the recent discussions around the purchase of jobs.com.au and the resulting owner I was very interested to read about the activities of Kevin Ham king ping ...
Non-Commercial Email - http://www.ncemail.com/index.htm

Signs of the Times...
By Frank Schilling
1. http://www.domainersclub.com/ -- An Oktoberfest party and binge drinking opportunity for an exclusive club of domainers (channeling an image of Yun Ye and I in matching beer-bong helmets). 2. http://www.kevinham.ws/ -- A Kevin Ham fan site where the site's own foundational URL is 'for sale' ..
Seven Mile - http://frankschilling.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/signs_of_the_ti.html

The man who owns the Internet
CNNMoney.com - USA
He's nearly as reluctant to share details about his newest company, called Reinvent Technology, into which he's investing tens of millions of dollars to ...
money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050989/?postversion=2007052205

Domain Name Business Red Hot again
I4U - May 23, 2007
Mr. Kevin Ham is one of them and makes an estimated $70 million in revenue per year. He owns over 300000 domain names and also does things like serving ads ...
http://www.i4u.com/article9082.html

Yahoo Outsmarts Google in Cameroon Domain Play
Business 2.0, CA - May 22, 2007
In the June cover story of Business2.0, The Man Who Owns The Internet, I write about how a domainer named Kevin Ham struck a deal with the government of ...
blogs.business2.com/sloan/2007/05/yahoo_outsmarts.html

Odiogo's Web 2.0 'Listen Button' Lets You Instantly Hear Text Articles On Your Computer

Starter kits available for WordPress, Blogger and other blogging platforms

(PRWEB) June 7, 2007 -- Odiogo announced today the launch of the 'Listen Button' (http://www.listenbutton.com), a web 2.0 service which allows Content Publishers to provide visitors with an easy and instant way to hear regular text articles. Located near the familiar 'Email' and 'Print' buttons on top of each article in mainstream media and blogs, the Listen Button when clicked will open a player which will read aloud the currently displayed article.

"With the PC entering the living room as the brain of the home multimedia center, text content providers need tools which seamlessly turn readers into listeners," said Marc Kawam, CEO of Odiogo.com. "Our Podcast solutions and the Listen Button empower content providers to mobilize and boost the value of their text content by making it instantly audible."

"This audio feature is fast becoming a must-have capability for content sites," Kawam said. "This is an essential feature for a multi-tasking environment, where people can listen to articles from their favorite sites while working on their computer or performing other tasks. The Listen Button also expands the reach of a content site by allowing vision-impaired readers and language learners to easily access the site's content."

Amir Orni, CEO of Jpost.com, the Online Edition of the Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com), said: "The Podcast Service we launched with Odiogo was received positively by our readers and has quickly reached thousands of downloads on a weekly basis". Orni added: "We welcome the Listen Button feature as it answers a need many of our readers had. Now, one click gets stories read out-loud on the PC."

The Odiogo Listen Button has been adapted for major blogging platforms. Starter kits have been developed to quickly install the button on blogs developed in the WordPress, Blogger or TypePad environments. Bloggers can enable the Listen Button on their sites for free. This allows Bloggers to meet their constituencies' desires for a more 'easy to consume' media - as compared to written content - at no cost to themselves.

Nigel Powell, publisher of The Red Ferret Journal (http://www.redferret.net) said: "The Listen Button is a very cool way for my readers to grab a dose of the blog while they're busy doing other things on their PC at home or in the office. Just the very thought of it makes my teeth ache with joy."

Stacy Blackman from Stacy Blackman Consulting (http://blog.stacyblackman.com) said: "Readers of Stacy Blackman Consulting's blog are MBA candidates who are constantly on the move and have limited time online. Odiogo provides them not only with a way to listen to the posts on their iPod but also when they are on-line, while multitasking."

The Listen Button is already available on several sites, among them:
-    http://www.jpost.com
-    http://blog.stacyblackman.com
-    http://www.redferret.net
-    http://blog.prompt-speechapps.com
-    http://www.uneasysilence.com
-    http://www.gideononline.com/blog


How it works
The majority of publications on the Web use RSS feeds, the standard distribution format. Odiogo monitors all feeds of its Content Partners and automatically creates for each news item high fidelity audio files using cutting-edge text-to-speech technology. Unlike many of its predecessors, this new breed of artificial intelligence technology observes punctuation and more natural speech patterns to provide a superior listening experience, which the Odiogo linguistic team together with the Odiogo blogger community is continually fine-tuning. Files are hosted on Odiogo's servers which makes integration with any text content provider a simple activity, requiring at most a few hours of work.


About Odiogo
Founded in 2005 in San Francisco, California, Odiogo (http://www.odiogo.com) is in the business of mobilizing and vocalizing content. Products include a groundbreaking service that enables newspapers, magazines, and blogs to automatically create audible versions of their content. The Odiogo-produced sound files can be listened to on computers and mobile devices such as iPod™, MP3 readers and cellular phones.

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Press Contact: Patrice Khawam
Company Name: Odiogo
Phone: 1-888-220-4467
Website: http://www.odiogo.com

 

Battle of the Brokers

Eight players dominate the domain name aftermarket

Davis, CA (PRWEB) June 6, 2007 -- While private sales account for the vast majority of the US$111 million domain resale market (more than 24 percent), eight exchanges or brokers compete for dominance while domain valuations skyrocket.

"Private transactions are where most of the big deals take place," Zetetic Senior Analyst Keith Pieper said. "But the market has gotten very lucrative with a dominant four holding companies accounting for nearly 46 percent of all transactions."

Combining the Afternic acquisition with BuyDomains, NameMedia is now a leading player in this space. In sheer volume, the domain name exchange market is lead by NameMedia, SEDO then GoDaddy, the only players managing over 1,000 transactions in 2006.

On a transaction level, Moniker leads this group with an average transaction value of US$45,308, followed by SEDO at US$7,180, NameMedia at US$1,845 and GoDaddy at US$822. The chart enclosed breaks down the leading eight exchanges and the trackable private market, for comparison.

Clearly, GDNX and Afternic's Bazaar are the liquidation outlets for anyone wanting to sell or buy a domain name for cheap. SEDO, BuyDomains and Afternic all compete for the middle tier of valued names with averages closer to the overall market average of US$5,582 in 2006.

However, quantity does not always yield quality. In addition to having the highest average sale prices, private transactions typically have some of the highest quality names as well, often with the shortest character lengths, highest number of incoming links, highest cash flow multiples, daily visitor counts and keyword popularity. However, GoDaddy domain names on average had the highest number of incoming Alexa links while SEDO domain names had the highest number of incoming Yahoo links on average. Domain names sold through Domain Cargo have the highest score for English Written and Spoken popularity while domain names sold through Moniker had the highest internet keyword popularity of the leading brokers. In general, Google Page Ranks are quite low in the resale market, with most exchanges averaging a one out of ten.

A free metrics table summarizing the various averages and scores of each broker is available FREE for a limited time to anyone purchasing a domain name appraisal at http://www.Zetetic.com

Methodology
The data above represents aftermarket or broker exchanges and not "dropped" or "expired" domain registries such as SnapNames. The data is only from transactions that took place in 2006. Visit Zetetic.com for more about Zetetic's research and data collection methodologies. While Zetetic makes every effort to collect and track the private market, it is commonly estimated that the private marketplace accounts for more than 80 percent of all domain name resale transactions, most of which are not revealed publicly. As a result, the "private" transactions listed above are only listed for directional purposes.

About Zetetic:
Zetetic is an independent domain name research company providing appraisal and analytical services to domain name registrars, brokers, owners, buyers, sellers, speculators and aggregators. Zetetic has aggregated over 39,000 domain sale transactions across over 100 sources since 2003 and has a historical database reaching back to 1996. Zetetic now adds nearly 2,000 additional transactions to it's database each month. Zetetic currently uses this information to provide domain name appraisals directly to domain name owners, buyers and affiliate resale partners using algorithmic and analyst appraisal methodologies.

For more information, please contact Zetetic at 1-877-ZETETIC or visit http://www.Zetetic.com

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Press Contact: KEITH PIEPER
Company Name: Zetetic
Phone: 877-938-3842
Website: http://www.zetetic.com

Can't find a domain name, Kevin Ham has it
By Michael Specht
Following the recent discussions around the purchase of jobs.com.au and the resulting owner I was very interested to read about the activities of Kevin Ham king ping domainer. Trained as a family doctor, he put off medicine after ...
Michael Specht - discussions... - http://www.specht.com.au/michael

The Man Who Took Every Good Domain Name And His $300 Million Empire
The culprit is the infamous domainer named Kevin Ham. Like every other domainer, he though of many different domain names and "parked" these on servers showing advertisements. For instance, he grabbed up weddingshoes.com and loaded
*Jozzua - http://www.jozzua.com

Have I got a Domain Name for you!
By Paul Sloan
Kevin_ham03_2 I've received tons of email in response to my Business2.0 cover piece about Kevin Ham in the current issue. Not surprisingly, a lot of people want to reach Ham. Some even included domain names they're looking to sell.
The Key - http://blogs.business2.com/sloan/

Domain Name Errors A Good Thing?
By (hris ((hris)
I'm looking for some valuable domains now - and fresh off of the newest issue of Business 2.0 that has an amazing article on Kevin Ham (the $300 million dollar dot com mogul), I think that I'm going to dabble into the domain aftermarket
Deleted and Expired Domains - http://www.bizprolink-internet.com/blog/index.htm

New Projects and Blogs
By Krunk
The man who owns the Internet - Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 Magazine. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire. Online Savings from Washington Mutual
Krunk4Ever! - http://www.krunk4ever.com/blog

Agoga.com plus Cameroon plus Misspellings equals Big Shady Business
By Anthony
Upon further investigation, I found that the mastermind behind the Agoga.com domain name is a Canadian resident named Kevin Ham, a famous domain squatter. It appears that he has made a business arrangement with the Cameroon nation to ...
Tap Tech Blog - http://www.go2tap.com

Kevin Ham Fan Blog Launched

Aero-domain: it's all in the name

The web address nafa.aero provides a case book example of the benefits of using the aero-domain as a means of providing the essential differential among domains.

06-01-2007 - Press release from: Secura GmbH - The National Aircraft Finance Association, NAFA, is a US-based non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the general welfare of individuals and organizations providing aircraft financing and loans secured by aircraft; to improve the industry's service to the public; to work with government agencies to foster a greater understanding of our member's needs.

The Association provides a case book example of the benefits of using the aero- domain as a means of providing the essential differential among domains. The lottery of who got the name first can be particularly difficult for associations - which may end up with initials that identify it clearly within its own sector of interest, but which may also duplicate the initials of an organization in a completely different sector.

In pre-Internet days, that did not present a problem. For example, those involved in financing general aircraft were unlikely to be involved with a body involved in "teaching artists the fine art of making art" or with an association for those involved in managing fleets of cars, trucks and vans. But unique means unique within the Internet and all those groups use the initials "NAFA". So the art group took nafa.com (first registered 1994) and the fleet management association took nafa.org (first registered 1995), while the National Aircraft Finance Association took nafa-us.org (first registered 1999).

Today type "NAFA" into Google and the first page comes up with a whole range of organizations using these initials, as well as those already mentioned. They include the North American Flyball Association (flyball.org), the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (nafa.edu.sg), North American Fur Auctions (nafa.ca), and the North American Falconers Association (n-a-f-a.org).

Not surprisingly, NAFA decided to remove itself from the web noise, focusing its Internet naming policy exclusively at its core business - the air transport community.

"Adopting the aero-domains was an obvious choice for us," according to NAFA Treasurer and Executive Director Karen Griggs. "There are 83 million domain names worldwide and 46 percent of those are .com. No wonder there can be confusion. Our business is specific - it's of no interest to the vast majority of those using the Internet. But those who do deal with us need predictability - and we need security. Adopting the .aero domain has yielded both. Our members and stakeholders know where they can find us. And that's what counts."

NAFA's membership and associate membership of some 120 companies are all leaders in helping buyers, sellers and finance companies within the aircraft transaction process. The organization also provides members with a forum for both education and the sharing of information and knowledge - all directed at encouraging the financing, leasing and insuring of general aviation aircraft.

Hans-Peter Oswald
https://www.domainregistry.de/aero-domain.html

Secura is accredited at ICANN for all generic Top Level Domains. Secura can register all generic top level domains and all active country domains

Secura GmbH
Am Alten Posthof 4-6
D-50667 Koeln
secura@domainregistry.de
http://www.domainregistry.de
Tel. 49 221 2571213
Fax 49 221 9252272
ICANN accredited registrar
of Top Level Domains

Short guide to chinese cn-domains

The cn-domain is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the People's Republic of China.

06-01-2007 - Press release from: Secura GmbH - Like most countries, people can register for second-level domain names, e.g.mercedes.cn. However, there are preset ones for certain types of organizations and geographic locations. The third-level registrations at cn-domains were available before second-level registrations became available in 2004, and third-level registrants were given first shot at getting their name at the second level when this was opened up.

Generic second-level domains

.ac.cn : Academic or scientific research institutions
.com.cn : Commercial
.edu.cn : Educational institutions
.gov.cn : Government agencies
.net.cn : Internet oriented organizations
.org.cn : Organizations

Foreign companies register usually at .cn and com.cn, also at .net.cn and .org.cn. The com.cn extension is in China still more popular than the cn-extension. A prudent company registers thereofore at .cn, .com.cn, .net.cn and .org.cn.

Domain names with Chinese characters may also be registered at the second level under the .cn top-level domain.

The Registry of cn-domains has made available cn-domains for each of the Chinese provinces. These domain name extensions, like .com.cn and .cn, are completely unrestricted and open to anyone.

China has one of the largest growing Internet populations. As of June 2004, there were over 94 million internet users. With such high popularity, and in conjunction with some of the infringement we have already seen, it may be prudent to consider securing top mark(s) in these extensions.

- .ah.cn Anhui Province
- .bj.cn Shanghai
- .cq.cn Chongqing Province
- .fj.cn Fujian Province
- .gd.cn Zhejiang Province .zj.cn
- .gs.cn Gansu Province
- .gx.cn Guangxi Province
- .gz.cn Guizhou Province
- .ha.cn Henan Province
- .hb.cn Hubei Province
- .he.cn Hebei Province
- .hi.cn Hainan Province
- .hk.cn Xianggang Province
- .hl.cn Heilongjiang Province
- .hn.cn Hunan Province
- .jl.cn Jilin Province
- .js.cn Jiangsu Province
- .jx.cn Jiangxi Province
- .ln.cn Liaoning Province
- .mo.cn Aomen Province
- .nm.cn Neimeng Province
- .nx.cn Ningxia Province
- .qh.cn Qinghai Province
- .sc.cn Sichuan Province
- .sd.cn Shandong Province
- .sh.cn Shanghai
- .sn.cn Shanxi Province
- .sx.cn Shanxi Province
- .tj.cn Tianjin
- .tw.cn Taiwan Province
- .xj.cn Xinjiang Province
- .xz.cn Xizang Province
- .yn.cn Yunnan Province
- .zj.cn Zhejiang Province

Hans-Peter Oswald
https://www.domainregistry.de/cn-domain.html

Secura is accredited at ICANN for all generic Top Level Domains. Secura can register all generic top level domains and all active country domains

Secura GmbH
Am Alten Posthof 4-6
D-50667 Koeln
secura@domainregistry.de
http://www.domainregistry.de
Tel. 49 221 2571213
Fax 49 221 9252272
ICANN accredited registrar
of Top Level Domains

Why to register md-domains

Blog Press Release
Press Release from:
Secura GmbH

2007/06/01 - What is a md-domain? The md-domain is the web address that identifies you, your company or your organization with the healthcare industry. Thousands of professionals and companies in the healthcare industry are already utilizing md-domains for their branding and marketing efforts, including some of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. The md-domain is a valuable and unique asset that can be used as an intuitive and dynamic communication tool. The md-domains are the perfect web address for medical professionals and healthcare companies. The md-domain is a permanent professional

ICANN Registrar Secura: Fast and reliable registration of md-domains
address and it is a dynamic communication tool and distribution channel for participants in the healthcare community.The md-domains may be used to protect your brands and trademarks to prevent international cyber-squatters from purchasing yourdomain names and using them for other purposes.The md-domain may be used as a unique, intuitive, and available promotional tool to market prescription and OTC drugs

ICANN accredited Registrar Secura is developing an Internet domain for the global healthcare community where participants in the healthcare sector can acquire valuable md-domains that correlate precisely with the marketing of their core business practices andnew products .The md-domain permits corporations and individuals to establish a unique Internet presence that carries an automatic, intuitive association with healthcare and other medical services and applications.

Since becoming operational, there has been significant interest in the md-domain. The wide adoption of the md-domains, prior to launching a formal .mdmarketing campaign confirms the need and desire for a top level healthcare centric domain. The number of md-domainsregistrations continues to grow exponentially with this exposure.

The leading adopters in the .md registry are: ·
-Physicians
-Medical Schools
-Private Practices
-Health Clinics
-Drug Development Companies
-Pharmaceutical Companies-
-Health Insurance Companies
-Medical Laboratories

Additionally, Fortune 1000 companies have adopted the md-domain as part of their global brand marketing strategy.

Hans Peter Oswald
https://www.domainregistry.de/md-domain.html

Intelective Communications, Inc. Announces Purchase of Large Block of High Quality Domains

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 29, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Intelective Communications, Inc.(TM) (Pink Sheets: WPNC), an online media company that provides online advertising services and owns an online ad network of web sites, is today announcing the purchase of a block of approximately two hundred and fifty .com domains relating to the Travel and Real Estate vertical markets.

"Domain names are the real estate or vacant online property and web sites represent the buildings and/or improvement of this vacant land," said Lee Traupel, CEO of Intelective Communications, Inc. "There is a limited supply of quality domains and we consider domains as a strategic asset that will improve in value - we will continue to aggressively buy domains to accelerate the build out of our advertising network. Our intent is to also resell some percentage of these domains to generate immediate revenue and develop the rest, with text, audio and video content and to ultimately integrate them with our online advertising network.

"The domain registration and resale market is growing extremely fast, driven by the shortage of available high quality domains, especially those with a .com extension, which is all we are purchasing at this juncture. The actual number of registered domains has grown 800% since 2000 according to Verisign, with domain registrations reaching 120M in Q-4 of 2006, representing growth of 32% from the previous year. High quality domains with two to three words that identify a market segment and/or support an online brand are commanding resale prices of $2-5K or more per domain in many cases. We are already generating modest amounts of traffic which should increase as we buy more domains and deploy search engine optimization best practices."

About Intelective Communications, Inc.

Intelective Communications, Inc. (http://www.intelective.com) is a leading provider of online advertising services including: domain selection and development, pay-per-click campaign management, search engine optimization, online media buying and planning, web site design, search-targeted text and video content designed to generate search engine rankings for its client base. The company has an ad network of 250 web sites that are targeted for the Automotive, Travel and Real Estate vertical markets.

Founded in 1999, Intelective Communications, Inc. is headquartered in the Sacramento, California area and is managed by an experienced team of executives. The company has partnered with market leaders in pay-per-click campaign management, technology providers and has strategic relationships with a number of outsourcing firms in the US and Asia. For further information: http://www.intelective.com, investor@intelective.com, 800-804-5007 Digital Pathways(TM)

Statements contained in this news release, other than those identifying historical facts, constitute 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Safe Harbor provisions as contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relating to the Company's future expectations, including but not limited to revenues and earnings, technology efficacy, strategies and plans, are subject to safe harbors protection. Actual company results and performance may be materially different from any future results, performance, strategies, plans, or achievements that may be expressed or implied by any such forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

SOURCE: Intelective Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: Intelective Communications, Inc.
Lee Traupel, 800-804-5007

West Point Capital Merges with Intelective Communications, Inc.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- West Point Capital, Inc (Pink Sheets:WPNC) is announcing today a merger with Intelective Communications, an established online advertising agency that owns an ad network of web sites.

"We have been providing very sophisticated online marketing consulting services, with emphasis on search engine positioning in excess of seven years and have a network of 50 revenue producing web sites that are focused on the automotive vertical," said Lee Traupel, CEO of Intelective Communications, Inc. "The online advertising market is growing rapidly at a rate of approximately 28% per annum, generating over $4.2 Billion in revenue in Q-4 of 2006 and global search revenue is projected to increase from $4.5 billion in 2005 to $13B by the year 2010 - we want to leverage this tremendous growth through acquisitions and investment in the build out of our advertising network to drive incremental revenue."

"Clearly the online advertising market is extremely dynamic and larger media companies are aggressively acquiring smaller firms in order to shorten time to market and grab market share - we've seen three large deals in the online advertising space in the last few weeks: Google's acquisition of Double Click for $3.1 Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion - New York Times, Yahoo's acquisition of Right Media for $680 million and Microsoft's buy out of aQauntive for $6 billion. We have no assurances that we would ever command this type of a premium in the marketplace, but we do want to aggressively position ourselves for future growth."

About Intelective Communications, Inc.

Intelective Communications, Inc. (http://www.intelective.com) is a leading provider of online advertising services including: domain selection and development, pay per click campaign management, search engine optimization, online media buying and planning, web site design and search engine targeted text and multimedia content development. The company has an ad network of 50 web sites that are targeted for the automotive vertical but is also building out a network of sites to address the Travel, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Medical and general purpose Consumer vertical markets.

Founded in 1999, Intelective Communications, Inc. is headquartered in the Sacramento, California area and is managed by an experienced team of executives. The company has partnered with market leaders in pay per click campaign management, technology providers and has strategic relationships with a number of outsourcing firms in the US and Asia. For further information: http://www.intelective.com, investor@intelective.com, 800.804.5007

Statements contained in this news release, other than those identifying historical facts, constitute 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Safe Harbor provisions as contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relating to the Company's future expectations, including but not limited to revenues and earnings, technology efficacy, strategies and plans, are subject to safe harbors protection. Actual company results and performance may be materially different from any future results, performance, strategies, plans, or achievements that may be expressed or implied by any such forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

SOURCE: Intelective Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: Intelective Communications, Inc.
Lee Traupel, 800-804-5007

BRS Media Announces iDotz.Net to Offer .CX, .MU, .GD Domains and More.

Unique Web addresses for the context, consumer experience, music, mobile unit, gold and others.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 16, 2007 -- BRS Media, an e-commerce firm that specializes in assisting Internet companies build and brand on the power of the Web, announced today the addition of .CX, .MU .GD, .NF, .KI and .TL domain names to iDotz.Net, a full service multi-domain registrar service.

iDotz.Net (www.idotz.net) will provide domain name registration under: .CX the ccTLD from Christmas Island, .MU the ccTLD from Mauritius, .GD the ccTLD from Grenada, .NF the ccTLD from Norfolk Island, .KI the ccTLD from Kiribati and .TL the ccTLD from Timor-Leste.
In addition, the list of new extensions will also be extended to resellers under iRRP.Net, iDotz.Net Reseller Registrar Program.

"We are thrilled to be offering .CX, .MU, .GD, .NF, .KI and .TL domain names to the world via iDotz.Net." remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc., "Our multi-domain registrar service offers one of the largest and most sought-after selection of top-level domains in the marketplace" adding, "Domains under these new extensions are open globally, easy to access, work reliably worldwide, are so easy to remember. Plus, really great names are still available!"

BRS Media became the first company in the World to offer a premium multimedia domain name after launching dotFM back in 1998. And since that time thousands of web sites have taken advantage of the unique power of a branded web address.

iDotz.Net (www.idotz.net) offers "Cool Domains @ Great Prices" by providing one of the largest range of domain name choices worldwide, easy to use domain management tools, DNS management, web hosting services, SSL secure certificates, and more. The assortment of domain names iDotz.Net offers include; Premium Multimedia Domains such as: .FM, .AM, & .TV; gTLD domains like: .COM, .NET, .ORG, .BIZ, .INFO & .NAME; Country specific domains like: .US, .DE, .IN, .ES & .CN; as well as, Boutique Domains: .LA, .MN, .IM, .SC & .WS (WebSite).

BRS Media, a member of the National Association of Broadcasters, the International Webcasting Association and the Webcaster Alliance, is a full service Internet e-commerce firm that helps radio and multimedia web sites build and brand on the power of the Web. The company's online portfolio comprises: dotFM® (www.dot.fm) & dotAM® (www.dot.am), domain registrar of premium multimedia .FM and .AM domains; iDotz.Net (www.idotz.net) domain registrar of all gTLD domains (.com, .net, .org, .biz, .info & .name), as well as, boutique domains (.la, .tv, .sc, .im & .mn); iMobz.com (www.imobz.com), the coolest mobile content site featuring: ring tones, cell phone games, wallpaper and screensavers; @Radio.FM & @Radio.AM, free Web based email services; Webz.Net (www.webz.net), The Internet Webz Directory, Search the Web by category for Information & Resources; and the ever-popular Web-Radio (www.web-radio.fm). BRS Media Inc. can be found on the World Wide Web at www.brsmedia.fm. dotFM and dotAM are registered trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.

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Company Name: BRS Media Inc.
Phone: 415-677-4027
Website: http://www.idotz.net

Domain Transfer Special Offer Available For RegisterFly® Customers Moving to Network Solutions®

It's simple; if customers cannot find a company's Website, then they will take their business elsewhere. This is why maintaining an online identity at a consistent domain name is crucial to the marketing campaign of any small business. Recently, RegisterFly® customers have been unable to renew domain names, but now with the help of Network Solutions®, they can maintain their online identity by moving their domain names for only $9.99 a year.

(PRWEB) May 15, 2007 -- Network Solutions, the original domain name registrar, is extending a domain transfer special offer to consumers and small businesses that have been adversely affected by RegisterFly's loss of ICANN accreditation.

"In recent months, RegisterFly lost its ICANN accreditation, leaving its customers unable to renew domain names and making it difficult for them to transfer domains to another more reliable registrar," explains Jeff Grosman, Senior Vice President of Product and Marketing and Management.

In an effort to help the affected individuals and businesses keep their online identities, Network Solutions® is offering a RegisterFly Transfer Special. For $9.99 a year, more than 70% off of the regular domain transfer price, RegisterFly customers can transfer their .com, .net, .org, .biz, .us, or .info domains to Network Solutions.

As a pioneer in the domain registration service, Network Solutions has successfully helped millions of consumers and small businesses establish a Web identity. Transferring or renewing domain names through Network Solutions allows consumers and businesses to utilize its industry-leading support and expertise. In fact, free, live customer service is available via telephone or e-mail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Moreover, managing a domain name(s) is simple when using Network Solutions easy-to-use account management tool. Clients can choose to utilize automatic renewal for their domain name(s), which means domain names won't be lost because of a missed payment. Also, unauthorized domain transfers, otherwise known as domain hijacking, is virtually eliminated with Network Solutions Domain Protect feature.

Network Solutions is a trusted leader in domain name registration because it realizes that secure domain name transfers and registration are of supreme importance and they truly care about the online identities of its customers.

"We understand that domains are a very important part of the online identity and marketing of a small business, says Grosman, "This is why be believe that they should be protected."

To begin the domain transfer special offer process or for additional information about this RegisterFly Transfer Special, please visit NetworkSolutions.com.

About Network Solutions
Network Solutions, the original domain name registrar, is the leading provider of affordable Internet Services for businesses. Their full line of easy-to-use Web services include, Web hosting, Web site design, online marketing, e-mail, e-commerce software, cheap domain transfer and more. Network Solutions is committed to brining the best Web-based products and services to customers, no matter their technical skill level.

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Company Name: Network Solutions, LLC
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Website: http://www.networksolutionsretail.com/registerfly/

INTERNET REIT FORMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH DNFORUM.COM, WORLD'S LARGEST ONLINE DOMAIN COMMUNITY

Relationship Brings Substantial Financial Capital to 30,000-Member Online Forum

DNForum's Adam Dicker Joins iREIT Executive Team

HOUSTON, August 22, 2006 – Internet REIT (iREIT), a leader in direct search and Internet advertising, today announced that it has partnered with DNForum.com, the largest professional domain community discussion forum on the Internet. iREIT will assist DNForum with delivering increased functionality and features to members.

Launched in 2002, the DNForum forums contain over 850,000 posts and more than 30,000 active registered members, making it the leader in domain discussion boards. DNForum was also awarded the 2006 Name Intelligence Award as the best online community to discuss, buy and sell domains.

"The DNForum partnership is immensely valuable for iREIT," said Bob Martin, chief executive officer of iREIT. "iREIT is actively acquiring high-quality domains and looking to build our relationships with domainers, and DNForum will enable us to reach these users while providing much-needed liquidity to the market."

DNForum's Adam Dicker Joins iREIT
iREIT also announced that DNForum's Adam Dicker has joined iREIT as executive vice president and a member of the Board of Advisors. Dicker will help drive iREIT's acquisitions, marketing, analytics, content development, and domain optimization and monetization functions.

Dicker brings extensive experience and domaining expertise to iREIT. A well-known figure in the industry, Dicker founded High Impact Sites, Inc., a company that owns thousands of high-profile domains and operates a number of active websites, including Penpals.com, Planets.com, Witchcraft.com, FirePrevention.com, Avatars.com and Download.net. Prior to his work in the domain industry, Dicker was the Network Services Manager for Quantitude, a Cendant-owned company.

"iREIT is an industry leader with significant capital for acquisitions and a team comprised of domain-industry pros. With its strong reputation for fast, professional transactions, iREIT will provide solid cash flow for domainers on DNForum," said Adam Dicker, iREIT executive vice president. "With iREIT's support, I look forward to expanding the functionality and value of DNForum for the benefit of our members."

"As a veteran domainer and entrepreneur, Adam adds substantial experience, industry relationships and creativity to the iREIT team," added Martin. "Adam has done a great job of building and enhancing DNForum as well as his own portfolio and is very well-respected within the industry. Adam will be instrumental in iREIT's continued success in acquiring, developing and monetizing Internet properties."

About Internet REIT
Internet REIT (iREIT) is a next-generation Internet media company that acquires, develops and monetizes high-quality domain names and web properties. iREIT's domain portfolio includes such premier properties as the Netster.com portal, Bands.com, CreditReports.com, Shows.com, AfricanAmericans.com, NativeAmericans.com, VietnamWar.com, OfficeSupply.com, and many others. A leading supplier of high-value Internet traffic to advertisers, iREIT receives more than 50 million visitors per month through its portfolio of over 400,000 domain names. iREIT is a privately held company based in Houston, Texas. For more information about iREIT, please visit www.ireit.com.

Dot TK Registry Launches Auction Domain

Amsterdam - Jul 11, 2006 (PRN): Dot TK, the registry for .TK Internet Domain Names, announced today the launch of Dot TK Auction Domain - a new tool for Internet users to promote their online auction or product on the Internet.

In an online auction setting, products are usually found through the auction website's search function. This limits the promotional options to the merchant, and the traffic to the online auction. Dot TK Auction Domain allows auctions to be found directly, also outside the auction website! Dot TK Auction Domain is free of charge.

To get started with Auction Domain, the Internet user with an auction or online product promotion should capture the URL (website address) of his auction or advertisement. Usually this is a very long URL which is difficult to remember. This user simply copies and pastes this URL in the Dot TK website. The Dot TK system will visit this auction URL, register the product information, and automatically generate a custom domain name based on the product or service sold. With two easy steps a Dot TK domain name is registered. For example, a yellow bike can now not only be found on the auction website, but also by going directly to http://www.yellow-bike.tk.

"Auction Domain increases the possibility of being found at no cost.", says Joost Zuurbier, founder of Dot TK. "With Auction Domain you can advertise your auction to other people you know, or just place a short ad with your Auction Domain in other media such as newspapers. You generate more exposure and traffic for your auction, which will increase your auction revenue".

Dot TK Auction Domain works with all 36 major auction and advertisement websites, such as eBay, Yahoo! Auctions, QXL, Marktplaats, Speurders, Yezzz, DHD24 and MercadoLibre.

About Dot TK
Dot TK is a joint venture of the Government of Tokelau, its communication company Teletok and Taloha, Inc., a privately held company. The government of Tokelau has appointed Taloha, Inc. as the exclusive registration entity. Taloha, Inc. is privately funded and has offices in San Francisco, USA and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. With its management team, experienced staff and multi-redundant backbones in both countries, Taloha, Inc. is handling millions of domain name registrations.

More information about Dot TK can be found on http://www.dot.tk
More information about Auction Domain can be found on http://www.auctiondomain.tk

For more information, contact:

Joost Zuurbier
DOT TK: RENAMING THE INTERNET
Tel. +31 20 5315725
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Email: joost.zuurbier@dot.tk
Website: http://www.dot.tk

Internet Finance International Acquires New Domain Name Verticals, Launches Five New Websites and Places Premier Domain Names Into Auction

Internet Finance International acquires new domain name verticals, launches five new websites and places premier domain names into auction.

Chandler, AZ (PRWEB) July 22, 2006 -- Leading Internet media distribution and direct search firm Internet Finance International Corporation recently acquired a portfolio of approximately 300 domain names across two major verticals – business and travel with the Company's portfolio estimated at 1400 domain names and climbing. Chris Kern, President of Internet Finance International Corp. stated "the recent domain name acquisitions in the travel and business verticals are very valuable, especially when coupled with a specific type of business, city, state or country. These recent additions are crucial to building our online media network and creates a compelling platform for direct search and local search which are two of the hottest markets in Internet advertising." Further developments and specific site launches in these verticals will be announced in the near future.

Internet Finance also brings the public five new websites that were launched during July, 2006. These specific vertical portals, more recently referred to as vortals, can be found under the following names: www.ServiceHealth.com, www.HealthPlanPros.com, www.eCompanies.info, www.HotelPlace.net , and www.BestHotelsInGermany.com. These vortals were designed and launched to become leading destinations to provide niche oriented content and advertising placement to improve the user experience and to better match targeted media to consumer needs. Chris Kern commented "our business plan and strategy is very focused towards building depth within specific market niches, similar to major direct search and local search companies such as NameMedia, and Marchex, which collectively have more than a million domain names and related websites." Internet Direct Search and Local Search advertising is estimated to bring in between $400Million and $800Million in 2006, and in excess of $1Billion in 2007 by estimates from several media analysts. "This is a emerging aggressive growth market where there is plenty of room for established companies and new players to come on board and contribute to this burgeoning sector of Internet media – we're here to stay," stated Mr. Kern.

Internet Finance also has decided to re-deploy another segment of its business model - selling niche oriented domain names. DNJournal reports recent July domain name sales showing Wifi.com being sold for $225,000; PrimeRate.com changing hands for $110,000, and Diamond.com being the 2006 sale of the year at $7,500,000 (sold in May 2006). The Company has elected to place highly relevant direct search domain names such as SearchFrankfurt.com, BestHotelsInCanada.com, SearchForHotels.net, and WifiShopping.net, amongst several others, into to auction at Sedo.com – the world's largest domain name marketplace.

About Internet Finance International Corporation:
Internet Finance International Corporation was founded in 1992 on the premise of assisting small and middle market companies with their business development and financing needs. Since 1996, the Company's focus was realigned towards acquiring domain names, online business development and growing its Internet media distribution network. With approximately 1400 domain names and 20 leading Internet properties, the Company benefits from leveraging current technology and direct search methodologies to optimize the online experience in addition to acquiring strategic domain names and domain name portfolios serving specific market verticals and niches.

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Domain Registrar, 4DOMAINS, INC., Completes The Integration of 4 Acquisitions

Leading domain registrar and web hosting company consolidates 4 acquisitions.

Palm Desert, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2006 -- 4Domains, Inc. announced today that they have completed the backend integration of their four hosting acquisitions of last year. The primary brands that were merged consisted of: www.4Domains.com, www.4Hosting.com, www.Defined.net, and www.Bluehill.com. The primary integration components were: billing, servers, networks, control panels, and consolidating the domain names into the company's domain registrar. The Company is in the process of completing the website synthesis of the respective domains and expects that to be concluded within weeks.

"We are very pleased about completing the highly successful year long integration project because this gives us a platform to better serve our current customers and more quickly scale the organization" said Chuck Steinberger, CEO of 4Domains, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEInc. "We now can devote more of our energies to: developing new products, enhancing our services, marketing initiatives, sales and business development opportunities."

"This milestone closes a chapter in our technology infrastructure initiative and allows us to allocate more of our development staff to build software products and tools that enhance our overall customer's user experience" said John Palmer, CTO of 4Domains, Inc. "We are working on some exciting projects at the moment that have the potential to change the landscape of the industry."

About 4Domains, Inc.
4Domains.com is an ICANN Accredited Domain Registrar. 4Domains.com is one of the largest profitable accredited registrars and web hosting businesses in the world. Along with its other brand of www.Bluehill.com they have been in operation since 1995. Both 4Domains.com and Bluehill.com are owned by 4Domains, Inc. 4Domains, Inc's mission is to provide a customized environment primarily to the home office and small to medium size business market by offering the opportunity to create a professional online presence through the use of tools, products, and services in an area where technical resources and disciplines are limited. 4Domains.com's product offerings include: domain name registration, bulk domain name registrations, domain transfers, domain renewals, drop names, domain auctions, web hosting, virtual private servers, VPS, reseller plans, virtual dedicated servers, dedicated servers, dedicated clusters, web design, web templates, and a free domain name with each new shared hosting package. For more information visit: www.4Domains.com.

About SEInc
SEInc is an investment holding company that is actively engaged in acquiring assets of internet properties. SEInc management team has many years of large and small acquisitions and post integration expertise with the objective of maximizing shareholder value. SEInc management has been involved in raising millions from VC's along with other equity and debt financial strategies. SEInc will continue a course of organic and inorganic growth in the web hosting and domain name industries as well as other strategic internet property acquisitions.

Safe Harbor Statement
Any statement made in this news release (other than those of historical fact) about an action, event or development, are forward looking statements. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to be materially different from any future performance that may be suggested in this release. Such factors may include risk factors including but not limited to: the ability to raise necessary capital to fund future acquisitions, adequate liquidity to manage operations and debt obligations, successful integration of acquisitions, the introduction of successful new products and services, pricing and competition, reliance upon lenders, contractors and vendors, fluctuations in customer demand and commitments, and or other risk factors outside the control of the companies management team.


Press Contact: Chuck Steinberger
Company Name: 4DOMAINS, INC.
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Website: www.4Domains.com

Largest Live Domain Name Auction Produces Nearly $2.1 Million in Sales

The largest live Internet domain name auction ever held produced nearly $2.1 million in sales in just 3 hours Thursday, May 4, in the main event at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST Conference at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Another piece of domain history was made during the auction when SEX.NET sold for $450,000 in the largest .net sale ever reported.

(PRWEB) May 9, 2006 -- The largest live Internet domain name auction ever held produced nearly $2.1 million in sales in just 3 hours Thursday, May 4 in the main event at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST Conference at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Another piece of domain history was made during the auction when SEX.NET sold for $450,000 in the largest .net sale ever reported.

The gavel also dropped on two other blockbuster six-figure sales during the bidding in front of a standing room only crowd. A rare two-letter .com, CD.COM attracted $275,000 and a three-letter gem, POS.COM commanded $250,000. There were dozens of other sales in the five-figure range.

Veteran professional auctioneer John Berry was flown in from Florida to call the auction conducted by Monte Cahn, CEO of Moniker.com. The auction was the centerpiece of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST conference. The event attracted more than 500 Internet entrepreneurs for the largest gathering of domain investors held to date.

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. co-founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu introduced the event with an October, 2004, conference in Delray Beach, Florida, and over the past 18 months have added shows in Silicon Valley and Las Vegas that have attracted domain owners, venture capitalists and investment bankers from around the world. More information on past and future events can be viewed at http://www.TargetedTraffic.com. The next conference and domain name auction is scheduled for October, 2006.

Rick Schwartz 561-997-6286

Howard Neu 954-662-1816

Press Contact: Rick Schwartz
Company Name: WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS
Phone: 561-997-6286
Website: http://www.targetedtraffic.com

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Real Estate Investing Goes Digital as Investors Snap Up Internet Properties

Savvy Investors are latching on to the rebirth of the Internet and riding the wave of domain name sales and search marketing and advertising all the way to the bank.

(PRWEB) August 24, 2006 -- Internet Real Estate, aka domain names, are becoming increasingly more valuable and harder to find, says Scott Alliy, President of DomainsAvailableNow.com, a division of Houston-based Allied Internet Solutions Inc.

Television and radio and of course Internet advertising is revealing that more and more businesses are using the power of memorable and meaningful domain names to brand their services and products and business name into consumers' minds.

What most businesses don't realize, says Scott, is that having multiple domain names is like having more doorways into your brick and mortar business. And Scott adds at just $6 to $10 for annual registration, buying multiple meaningful domain names and pointing them to a website could be the best investment a person will make in his or her business.

The plain truth, says Scott, is that memorable and meaningful domain names are essential to Internet business success.

Scott knows the power of a good domain name for Internet startups as well. In 2002, Scott acquired the name FindaSeminar.com and built it into the world's largest training search engine that currently produces over $3 million in training seminar registrations annually.

He warns business owners to consider buying now since he says prices on available domain names will continue to increase as more business owners come to understand the power and return on investment that good domain names bring.

Scott's company Allied Internet Solutions Inc. owns over 500 domain names like OwnTheHome.com, AutoLoanByWeb.com, PriceQuotesDirect.com, WinePriceGuide.com, MyTire.com, HybridConvertible.com and many others that can be seen in their domain name search engine DomainsAvailableNow.com.

About us:
Allied Internet Solutions Inc. is a Houston-based Internet consulting firm offering Internet business consulting as well as web design and implementation services and Search engine marketing services. The company is known for creating such popular niche market search directories as FindaSeminar.com and VenueChooser.com and also owns Whatsay.com AddPR.com Expressseek.com and DomainsAvailablenow.com.

Contact Info:
Helen Alliy
Director
Allied Internet Solutions Inc.
800 349-1935

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Domain names become premium Web real estate

By Jon Swartz | USA Today

May 9 , 2006 - SAN FRANCISCO - Everyone should have Amy Schrier's problem. For six months, she resisted selling the domain name Blue.com for $200,000. Using a formula she devised to fetch the highest market value for domain names, Schrier eventually convinced a private party that Blue.com was worth $500,000. Since the name was sold in March, its site now includes links to sexual material and airfare ads.

"The market will really explode when people realize they are sitting on premium real estate," says Schrier, 37, an entrepreneur in New York who bought Blue.com for $65,000 in 2002.

Dan Taylor, 54, an industrial designer in Toronto, stumbled onto his domain riches. In the 1990s, he bought Realtone.com with the intent of developing online content for skin-care products. As Taylor's luck would have it, that was before ring tones became available on cellphones. When Universal Entertainment in Germany came calling for the domain name last year, Taylor sold it for an undisclosed amount.

Schrier and Taylor are among an estimated 1,000 to 2,000 individuals who make a living buying and selling domain names, though about half prefer to remain anonymous to avoid competition, says Ron Jackson, editor and publisher of Domain Name Journal.

'A long-term investment'

Most domainers buy and own names. They "park" on sites, where they develop content in the form of Web links and ads, to generate income and increase the value of their virtual real estate.

"It's a long-term investment, like owning a home," says Lawrence Fischer, vice president of business development at SmartName.com, a company that owns and manages thousands of domain names, including Stockquotes.com. "But if a major brokerage firm came along with a big offer, I would be willing to listen."

Plenty have been willing to pay. Sales of 5,851 domain names generated $29 million in 2005, compared with the sale of 3,813 names for $15 million in 2004, market researcher Zetetic says.

Venture-capital firms, too, are betting on domains. Last year, Highland Capital Partners plunked down more than $20 million on YesDirect, a holding company with 600,000 domain names. YesDirect is developing content for websites using the names, says Bob Davis, a managing general partner at Highland.

Further underscoring the hot domain-name market: Its biggest trade show ever took place in Las Vegas last week. About 400 to 500 domainers and investors took part - double what the same show drew a year ago, organizer Rick Schwartz says. Officials at Yahoo and Google, both of which own domain names, attended. There, the largest live domain-name auction produced $2.1 million in sales in three hours.

'Like a lottery ticket'

"It's like buying a lottery ticket, but the odds are better," says Ken Carey, 50, a longtime autoworker in Grand Rapids, Mich., and part-time inventor who owns 200 domain names, including Lowcostimports.com and Automotivecomputers.com. "All you gotta do is hit the right niche, and you're well on your way to being a millionaire."

When Carey thinks a technology is about to take off, he says, he buys a domain name that pertains to it. The more generic the name, the better its value, says Carey, who is about to retire.

Sometimes, the payoff is huge. Online entrepreneur Gary Kremen snagged $12 million in cash and stock this year when he sold Sex.com to Escom, an adult-entertainment company.

Sometimes, it lands the owner in legal hot water.

When Benoit Deschenes, 38, of Montreal, approached a health care conglomerate about selling it a domain name containing its name, the company balked and threatened legal action, he said. On the advice of his attorney, the unemployed Deschenes says, he is selling the domain name to the company for a small, undisclosed sum.

"I never imagined it could be like this," says Deschenes, who says he collects domain names like coins and stamps. "It's a crazy time."

A surge in online ads and Web viewing have made domain names a serious business proposition. Online ad revenue is expected to reach $13.6 billion in the USA this year, up 14% from last year, according to Jupiter Media. Overall, 153 million people in the USA use the Web, up 2.5% from a year ago, Nielsen/NetRatings says.

"Those who understand domains and what they represent, can and have done very well," says Schwartz, 52, who sold Men.com for $1.3 million in late 2003, a huge profit from the $15,000 he paid for it in 1997. He bought Property.com for $750,000 last year.

Schrier, who sold Blue.com for more than twice what she was originally offered, may soon offer advice.

She intends to market her formula for getting the most value out of domain names.

Internet stealth company steps out

Waltham firm has 650,000 Web names

By Robert Weisman | The Boston Globe

June 12 , 2006 - A venture-backed Waltham company that's quietly amassed more than 650,000 Internet domain names is stepping out of stealth mode today and unveiling its plans to build a substantial Boston-area Web 2.0 business around the emerging field of "direct navigation."

The company, called NameMedia, is being led by Kelly P. Conlin , 46, a veteran media executive who previously had been chief executive of International Data Corp. in Boston and Primemedia Inc. in New York. NameMedia has already hired 75 people in its office near Route 128 to buy, sell, and develop businesses around Internet domain names.

NameMedia, which already is profitable, says it owns more Internet domain names than any other party and draws more than 25 million consumers monthly to its vast collection of websites. It makes money when computer users type the name of one of its sites, such as photography.com, bookstore.com, or jobfinder.com, into the Internet address bar and then click on advertising links.

Eventually, its revenue stream will expand to include everything from trading Internet domains to running a variety of e-commerce, media content, and community-oriented businesses on the websites.

"The analogy we use is real estate," Conlin said in an interview. "Our objective is to build the largest portfolio of undeveloped real estate on the Internet. Some of the sites we have will be held for resale. The best ones, the waterfront properties, we'll build businesses around. It's a content-light, user- friendly way for people to find what they want."

In addition to the 650,000 Internet domain names it owns, NameMedia has struck partnerships with third parties giving it the right to monetize or sell about 350,000 other domain names, Conlin said.

Within the world of Web 2.0, the name coined for the second wave of businesses to capitalize on the Internet, direct navigation, sometimes called direct search or "searching without a search engine," is considered one of the fastest-growing niches. It is projected to generate $650 million in sales this year in the United States, about 7.5 percent of all search revenue, much of it from revenue sharing with search engines like Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. on paid placement ads hosted on its sites, said Jordan Rohan , an Internet stock analyst for RBC Capital in New York.

Rohan estimates that revenue pool could double in the next three years if direct navigation companies like NameMedia can refine their processes and develop e-commerce portals on their sites.

"More than any businesses I've seen on the Internet, these companies get to cash-flow positive almost immediately," Rohan said. "Direct navigation is the overgrown toddler of the online media space. It's large, growing, and a little bit clumsy in its movements right now."

People have been buying up Internet domain names since the early 1990s, though most of the early speculators were "domain parkers" or "cybersquatters" who owned static websites. As companies like Google and Yahoo deployed technology to monetize Internet traffic through advertising, some of those website owners were able to piggyback on their success by hosting advertising links. The sites attract traffic because millions of Internet surfers bypass search engines and type domain names directly into address bars.

Hundreds of people own portfolios of websites, but among the dozen or so companies that are trying to develop e-commerce and other businesses, NameMedia is one of the largest, Rohan said. Its competitors include Demand Media and Oversee.net, both of Los Angeles, iREIT of Houston, and Marchex of Seattle. While all seek to monetize their sites, each has carved out a different strategy.

"We're really a media company," said Richard Rosenblatt , co founder and chief executive of Demand Media, which was formed through three acquisitions and owns 200,000 domain names. "We're not going to build out all of the domains, but we'll use tools and technologies to create a better consumer experience on all our domains."

NameMedia is the new name of BuyDomains.com, a company that was started in Washington, D.C., in 1999 and acquired last year by a pair of venture capital firms, Highland Capital Partners of Lexington and Summit Partners of Boston. During the past year, operating in stealth mode under an interim name of YesDirect, the company moved to Waltham and acquired more domain portfolios and a technology platform for monetizing its sites through advertising. The company has increased its workforce to 75 from about a dozen.

"You hate to predict the future, but I think a business like this can be a multibillion-dollar franchise," said Bob Davis , managing general partner at Highland Capital, who sits on the NameMedia board.

Davis would not say how much Highland and Summit, the two largest NameMedia shareholders, paid to acquire BuyDomains or how much funding they'd provided during the past year.

Cameroon strikes it rich on the internet Cameroon's .cm web address has created an unexpected source of revenue for the West African nation Jonathan Richards May 30, 2007 - The Republic of Cameroon is blessed with many natural riches – among them copious quantities of coffee, cocoa and crude oil. To these more traditional sources of wealth the West African country has recently added a new income stream: the royalties from one of the most lucrative internet country codes in the world. Cameroon’s .cm suffix is a common mistyping of the most popular top level domain, .com, meaning that each day thousands of internet users searching for .com sites are directed Cameroonian web addresses which do not exist. Typically when a browser is unable to locate the site among the 200 or so .cm sites that are registered, an error message is displayed. Under a deal signed by the Cameroonian Government in the middle of last year, however, any request for a .cm sites that is not registered is now sent to a ‘parking’ page where adverts relevant to the site the user intended to visit are displayed. Type in almost any .cm address, including company names (microsoft.cm) and themes (party.cm; beer.cm) and the browser will be redirected to an advertising-laden page called ‘agoga.com’. The deal, struck with a Canadian internet entrepreneur who owns more than 300,000 domain names, was seen by the Government as a chance to capitalise on the unexpected value of the .cm domain, the country’s largest internet service provider said. Only an estimated 10,000 of the Cameroon’s 18 million citizens have internet connections, and the majority of the .cm addresses that are registered with the Government agency that runs the country’s server, ANTIC, are official sites. ‘Typo-squatting’ – the purchasing of domain names which are similar to hugely popular addresses to take advantage when users mistype – is recognised as a lucrative source of advertising revenue. Under the deal reached with Cameroon, however, any request for an unregistered .cm site will default to Agoga’s site – as opposed to the company having to own the domain name, meaning that the number of searches from which Agoga will benefit is potentially limitless. “We can continue to register legitimate .cm names – it’s just when a page doesn’t exist that the person searching is sent automatically to Agoga,” a spokesman for Cameroon’s largest internet service provider (ISP), Camtel, told Times Online from Yaounde. Cameroon is the latest in a succession of countries to have benefited financially from the licensing of their country codes. In 1998, the south Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which owned the rights to .tv, signed a 12-year deal worth $50 million with the .tv corporation as a way of supplementing the income from its exports of copra, a form of dried coconut. Kevin Ham, the Vancouver-born businessman who runs agoga.com, is understood to earn more than $70 million a year from his collection of domain names, which includes god.com and satan.com. Mr Ham, whose sites reportedly receive 30 million unique visitors a month, is said to be negotiating similar deals with Colombia (.co), Oman (.om), Niger (.ne), and Ethiopia (.et). Bloggers criticised Agoga’s business as “sneaky” and “not in the spirit of the internet”. “It’s a total disservice to internet users and to brand names which doesn't provide any benefit to anyone,” David Ulevitch, chief executive of OpenDNS, a company which redirects users to the correct site when they mistype a domain name, said. A writer on the blog ‘Swan Fungus’ said: “I wonder if these people's brains work on a different plane, where the sole focus in on dishonorable ways to make a quick buck.” On its website, Agoga describes its service as “providing top level domain controllers with a way to earn money from the otherwise unused segment of the domain,” and offers a way for companies who feel the service infringes their trademark to get in touch. Neither Agoga nor the Cameroonian National Agency for Information and Communication Technology (ANTIC) were available for comment.