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EVE Gamers Raise $45K Online for Japan
by domainqueen on Apr.06, 2011, under News
DomainNameReview.com: The EVE online space science fiction gamers have something to be proud of, moving almost $45,000 to the Red Cross effort in Japan. The donation was executed via a digital fund drive that raised enough virtual funds that its operators were able to convert “pilot licenses” in the game (PLEX) to real funds. This shows the power of gamin…
The Wonder of Domain Words
by domainqueen on Mar.06, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: I was inspired this week by a site called chatzy.com. I found it due to an url flung out during a game chat where myself and their very important city mayors of Caesary.net were discussing out league strategy. The domain name contained the keyword “chat”. I have seen several thousands names including this name on auctions for probabl…
Domains and Your Rights
by domainqueen on Mar.05, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: Thirty years ago, telling a brand name from a hijacker was easy. Pepsi was Pepsi, Coke was Coke. But the growing unease among domainers follows the ability of the UDRP and WIPO panels to arbitrate on a case by case basis. If all the factors are not present in scenario A, then the domain owner for scenario B cannot tell the leaves fro…
New Media Online Burgeoning
by domainqueen on Mar.03, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: When I read that Charlie Sheen has 910,000 Twitter followers and is (unofficially) endorsing products like Pong, chocolate milk, Naked Juice,and adult entertainers, I tend to react with surprise. But niche spokespersons could use Twitter to fashion a following from everything from agave-loving diabetics to game playing movie screenwr…
Ezines: The Domainer’s Friend?
by domainqueen on Feb.28, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: I must confess I have never cottoned to Ezines. I have never liked the system, the phony emails congratulating you for coaching seminars you never took, and the quality of the articles is much much worse that About.com. But recently I was offered a spate of article writing gigs to SEO promote some domains from some clients. The submi…
The Social Network Oscars, Part 3
by domainqueen on Feb.27, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: Sandra Bullocks is presenting the Best Actor derby. The camera shows Jesse Eisenberg in the Social Network scene where Jess Eisenberg (as Mark Zuckerberg) tells the Winkleyvii lawyer he does not have his full attention. . Justin Timberlake is sitting right behind him. But can he triumph over Colin Firth? Sandra reads Colin’s name, an…
The Social Network Oscars part 2
by domainqueen on Feb.27, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: Three websites come up SERP with a Google search for Oscar winners, and between Surge, Radar Online (404 error) and America Online, none of them are fresh or new. Watching three relays of winners come through the stage door from the backstage and to the press room I am in advance of the press and online publishing. this means any onl…
The Social Network Oscars Part 1
by domainqueen on Feb.27, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: I am watching the press room interviews live for the Academy Awards, which are an incredible combinations of toadying and election night jitters folded into winner’s glee. The verbalizations of Aaron Sorkin alone are worth the rice of admission free. Despite the publicity of the ABC website, the actual coverage live costs $4.99. I tr…
Domaining ch-ch-Changes
by domainqueen on Feb.26, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: The Triple X TLD earthquake approaches on little cat feet. My summary of the average domainers’ interests so far? A very specious stripe of domainer wants this trade association, user traffic and name value. If you parent a blog daily as I do, you’ll know one already gets enough of a certain type of spam. I do not relish seeing a tra…
Game On
by domainqueen on Feb.24, 2011, under News
FavoriteDomains.com: I strongly urge anyone wasting time on Madden, fantasy football, or ad-hoc Iphone repair to stop what they are doing and check out some graphic animation books. Find some starving artists and buy some sketches to scan,model and render in a game engine. Seminars and secondary education in game design is hot now in colleges and trade s…