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Is .com Just Natural For People? Here is Some Proof
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.18, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: If you have not heard yet, Poker.org sold for $1 Million Dollars. Yes, the domain name was Poker.org, not poker.com or poker.net or xyzpoker.com… it was Poker.org . Although the coverage in the domain industry would be considered light by most standards for a 7 figure sale, why I do not know but the coverage
DoveMenCare.com Super Bowl Ad a Flop?
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.18, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: Dove® ran a Super Bowl ad and included the domain name DoveMenCare.com in it. This is not something new to include a domain name in an ad to continue the message online for the company at a site specific for the product being advertised. This is smart and often works very well to help continue
Candy.com Stuck on P2 at Google
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.17, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: I have been following the Candy.com website launch ever since the domain name sold for $3 Million USD (+ 2% royalties) to watch the category killer domain name climb the ranks in search engines. Since the domain was a parking page before being sold, I thought it would be interesting to watch the site climb
KnowQuack.com : You Don’t Know Quack, Really? Aflac
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.15, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: In early January the insurance provider Aflac® rolled out a new ad campaign with a focus on "You Don’t Know Quack" and used the domain name KnowQuack.com in the TV ad that I saw. The tag line is catchy and for sure get’s your attention. At first, I was like.. what do you mean I
HelpFlo.com Progressive Insurance Help Flo Contest
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.15, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: Progressive® Insurance has rolled out a new ad campaign and is looking for somebody to Help Flo at Progressive. They are doing so by asking people to visit HelpFlo.com and submit a video on the site with why you would be great helping Flo.
HelpFlo.com is a nice clean site that users submit there video per
Promoting A Sub-Domain, Own It As A Domain!
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.13, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: Every domain name has a Sub-Domain. Most people have no clue what a Sub-Domains is, so let me explain it a little bit.
The easiest way to describe a Sub-Domain is anything BEFORE the actual domain name itself. The most common Sub-Domain that each and every domain name has is www.
The www. is actually a Sub-Domain.
WorldsGreatestSpokesperson.com Nationwide’s New Ad
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.13, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: The insurance provider Nationwide® started a new ad campaign with its pitch putting focus on finding and using "The World’s Greatest Spokesperson" and allows people to follow the progression at WorldsGreatestSpokesperson.com .
I like seeing any company use an exact match domain to it’s campaign no matter of &…
KPN.info Sells For $15,000 EUR After Failed WIPO
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.12, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: KPN.info has been sold at Sedo.com for $15,000 EUR. This is a fairly high price for a 3 letter .info domain name compared to what the majority of 3 letter .info domain names sell for. The minimum wholesale currently for 3 letter .info domains is about $90 according to 3Charcter.com.
Interestingly enough, in early of 2008
Berries.com Becomes A Force For Valentine’s Day
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.12, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: Berries.com and it’s category killer domain name are making a strong charge at being a top company that specializes against all the flower shops you keep seeing ads on TV and Banner Ad on the net! I saw a couple ad’s run yesterday for the site and all I could think of was, "What a
Ugly Domain: 75000000.com at 195 MPH
by Jamie Zoch on Feb.11, 2010, under News
DotWeekly: So since I am a huge racing fan and I also am lucky to work at home, I was able to watch the NASCAR qualifying races yesterday for the Daytona 500 during mid day! Clearly in NASCAR there are sponsors almost everywhere and domain names are often used on the cars, driver suits, pit boxes,