Domain Tool of the Week: Impulse Domain Lookup Tool

Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 by clicky


This Domain Tool of the Week has simply blown me away.

Courtesy of The Mad Hat, the domain industry will flip over this Firefox extension that makes it super easy to lookup domain names. The extension lets you perform one click domain searches at your registrar of choice using the selected text in your browser window. Let me repeat that...the extension lets you perform one click domain searches at your registrar of choice using the selected text in your browser window.

It's named the Impulse Domain Lookup Tool and it's freaking sweet.



1. Highlight the text you want to look up.
2. Right-click and select "domain lookup"



The extension will normalize the text, removing spaces and other illegal characters etc, then launch a new tab/window to search for the domain at your favourite registrar.



3. Choose registrar and search. That's it.


Excerpt from The Mad Hat:
"I’ve been beta testing a Domain Lookup Firefox extension from Richard Kershaw at Quality Nonsense. I renamed it the “Impulse Domain Lookup Tool”. Say you’re reading a story in the CNN technology section on wireless earphones and decide you want to check real quick to see if wirelessearbuds.com is available. All it takes is a right click or keyboard shortcut to open a new window and query the registrar of your choice."


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(video) Keith Olbermann Weighs In on Republican Committee Cybersquatting

Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 by clicky



Here's a full list of domains registered by the Republican National Committee:


2007
calculatingclinton.com
canttrustclinton.com
clintonbabbit.com
clintoncleland.com
clintoncohen.com
clintonisbad.com
clintoniscorrupt.com
clintoniswrong.com
clintonkerrey.com
clintonlibrarycard.com
clintonlibraryresolution.com
clintonomalley.com
clintonsalazar.com
clintonschweitzer.com
clintontruthwatch.com
hillaryiswrong.com
hillarymythfact.com
hillaryrecords.com
hillaryspendometer.com
hillarytaxplan.com
hillarytruthsquad.com
hopelesshillary.com
outwithhillary.com
thetwohillarys.com

2008
amateurobama.com
barackisliberal.com
barackiswrong.com
baracknotready.com
barackobamanotready.com
barackobamatheliberal.com
baracktheamateur.com
barackthebeginner.com
fauxbama.org
hesnotready.com
meetbarackobama.com
norealexperience.com
nowecannot.com
nowecannot.net
nowecannot.org
obamaisliberal.com
obamaiswrong.com
obamanotready.com
obamaspendometer.com
obamatheamateur.com
obamathebeginner.com
yeswecandowhat.com
yeswecanwhat.com

Rupert Murdoch Outfoxed Over Domain Name Dispute

Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 by clicky


Found this on Wired about an hour ago.

The World Intellectual Property Organization is concluding that a Florida businessman is the rightful owner to foxbusinessnetwork.com. Still, WIPO said it was "suspicious" that the name was registered the same day the Rupert Murdoch-owned network announced February 2007 it was launching a business news channel.

The decision certifies that Worldwide Directory Services of Sebring, Florida, is the rightful owner of the disputed domain name. Derek Hodges, Worldwide's president, goes by the nickname "British Fox." Hodges had used the term staar test study guides Fox Business Network for legitimate offerings of services, including a domain name registration business and free business web page offerings, WIPO concluded

Read the entire transcript here.


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No Better Time To Be A Domainer

Posted on Friday, March 7, 2008 by clicky


With all the doom and gloom being talked about the domain industry over the past few months I thought it would be nice to throw some positive light on today's overall domain marketplace situation.

The negativity about the upcoming Snowe Bill, the drama over the resurfacing of an infamous domain appraisal scam, and the talk about the IRS domainer tax confusion definitely has some domainers doubting the future of domain name investing and the well-being of the entire industry. While I understand that all three may have drastic and negative implications on domaining, I can't help but still feel that there is no better time to be a domainer.

Our marketplace is still thriving.
Media and public awareness of the domain industry is still rising.
And companies and corporations around the entire globe are beginning to fully understand that a good domain name is a major integral factor in their overall business plan.

Domaining is big business. And it's here to stay.

Below are some articles/posts/opinions that I've read over the past week that indicate that today's domainers still should feel confident in their investments and understand that even though things seem bumpy right now, smoother sailing is still ahead.

Have a great weekend!

New York Times
"Coins In The New Realm"

Ecommerce Times
Getting Ahead in Domain Name Trading

Domaining.org.uk
LLLL.net domains - welcome to the next internet goldrush

American Nonsense

Switching to Domain Name Investing

Go Daddy
GO DADDY IS A TRAILBLAZER IN SAFEGUARDING CUSTOMER DATA

Talk Price
The Secret: Dropped Domains

DomainBits
WHAT EVERYONE OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT GEO DOMAINS

Learn N Earn
Big Bucks from Domains

The Conceptualist



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Mix.com - The Worst Usage of a Good Domain Name Ever

Posted on by clicky



Found this humorous article over at Mashable about how the owner of the domain name: Mix.com is not using this short, premium, generic and brandable domain name even remotely close to it's fullest potential.

(sample excerpt)
"The site has a photo of a girl in a bunny costume, holding a tray, with two fire extinguishers in the background. A Daffy Duck effigy, hung on a Christmas tree. A badge that says “We support the Writers Guild of America.” Two links to some CDs on Barnes and Noble, and a very short explanation of “How To Unlock A Password Protected Panavision HDW-F900 Camera."

I can see how this may drive some domainers crazy seeing such a great domain name used in such a nonsensical way. Who knows, maybe they will receive some offers after people hear about this? streampix app

Read the article here.
Enjoy.

Domain Backwording: The Journey Continues

Posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 by clicky


Since my first post on a new emerging domain trend called Backwording, I have, with help from other intrigued domainers, uncovered a little more interesting information, facts and tidbits about this topic. The last 5 days have been very exciting. Here's what we've found:

Things we've found out since the last post:

-- In early 2001, an Israeli firm named LocallyNet, made obscure headlines with it's idea of using a text-conversion algorithm in Internet browsers to allow typed-in entries to be read backwards by the browser. Seems the main motivator was that the CEO of LocallyNet saw the rapidly dwindling supply of domain names available as limitations to a growing Internet. This seems to be the origin of today's current backwording framework.

- As of today, there has not been one WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) domain name dispute case filed citing legal action against a backwards/reversed domain at fault or infringing on any UDRP policies.

- Major domain parking companies seem to often view backworded domains as regular domains and aggregate keyword advertising content as if the domain was not reversed. Examples are sthgilF.com (flights.com) and noisiveleT.com (television.com). [VERY INTERESTING]

- A huge marketplace for premium and generic backworded domains still exist, although each day a few more of our favorites are registered. Maybe people are starting to see this an an alternative method for advertising their websites?

- Google registered elgooG.com on April 7, 2000 and that domain has an Alexa ranking of 572,726. Another fun site is here.

- As expected, we were unable to find any significant sale records of any backworded domains in the past. This is mainly due to backwording still being an undiscovered niche.

- No matter how many people agree or disagree that backwording may become a permanent practice in the future, people and businesses around the world are already using backworded domains, and have been for quite some time.

- We also discovered that there is not a comprehensive list of developed domains that utilize backwording, so a project has been started and will be launched at Backwording.com. This website will be a community for domainers interested in backwording and a way for us to communicate more about the topic. Feel free to send me any backworded domains you have recently registered and developed so we can add them to our developed website directory (info@logistiklabs.com). More news will come soon. Stay posted by subscribing here.

So, as you can see, backwording is causing a small but definable ripple in the domain pool and causing other domainers to take notice. I'd like to thank everyone for their emails, comments and opinions on this emerging topic so far and look forward to uncovering more information about this interesting and hidden domain niche. The excitement is growing. Stay tuned.

-Rudy

Is 2008 The Year Of The .mobi?

Posted on Sunday, March 2, 2008 by clicky


- dotMOBI CEO Trey Harvin

The video, filmed by Lord Brar of DNForum and DomainingTips.com, is an encouraging interview for all domainers who have invested in the .mobi extension.  Trey Harvin, CEO of dotMobi, explains that 2008 will be a breakout year for .mobi due to a focused effort to invest in building the global awareness and mass marketing of the .mobi extension. 

Great news for the .mobi community.





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