YP.com Sold for $3,850,000

According to a SEC filing, a public company Live Deal Inc. (NASDAQ:LIVE), sold the domain YP.com on November 5, 2008, to YellowPages.com LLC for $3,850,000. The domain, according to the company, was an active site and was the source of ongoing revenues from the sale of Internet Advertising Packages.

The 100 Oldest Internet Domain Names

Just read a great article at PCWorld.com which lists the 100 Oldest Internet Domain Names, which are:

1. symbolics.com: March 15, 1985

2. bbn.com: April 24, 1985

3. think.com: May 24, 1985

4. mcc.com: July 11, 1985

5. dec.com: September 30, 1985

6. northrop.com: November 7, 1985

7. xerox.com: January 9, 1986

8. sri.com: January 17, 1986

9. hp.com: March 3, 1986

10. bellcore.com: March 5, 1986

11. ibm.com: March 19, 1986

12. sun.com: March 19, 1986

13. intel.com: March 25, 1986

14. ti.com: March 25, 1986

15. att.com: April 25, 1986

16. gmr.com: May 8, 1986

17. tek.com: May 8, 1986

18. fmc.com: July 10, 1986

19. ub.com: July 10, 1986

20. bell-atl.com: August 5, 1986

21. ge.com: August 5, 1986

22. grebyn.com: August 5, 1986

23. isc.com: August 5, 1986

24. nsc.com: August 5, 1986

25. stargate.com: August 5, 1986

26. boeing.com: September 2, 1986

27. itcorp.com: September 18, 1986

28. siemens.com: September 29, 1986

29. pyramid.com: October 18, 1986

30. alphacdc.com: October 27, 1986

31. bdm.com: October 27, 1986

32. fluke.com: October 27, 1986

33. inmet.com: October 27, 1986

34. kesmai.com: October 27, 1986

35. mentor.com: October 27, 1986

36. nec.com: October 27, 1986

37. ray.com: October 27, 1986

38. rosemount.com: October 27, 1986

39. vortex.com: October 27, 1986

40. alcoa.com: November 5, 1986

41. gte.com: November 5, 1986

42. adobe.com: November 17, 1986

43. amd.com: November 17, 1986

44. das.com: November 17, 1986

45. data-io.com: November 17, 1986

46. octopus.com: November 17, 1986

47. portal.com: November 17, 1986

48. teltone.com: November 17, 1986

49. 3com.com: December 11, 1986

50. amdahl.com: December 11, 1986

51. ccur.com: December 11, 1986

52. ci.com: December 11, 1986

53. convergent.com: December 11, 1986

54. dg.com: December 11, 1986

55. peregrine.com: December 11, 1986

56. quad.com: December 11, 1986

57. sq.com: December 11, 1986

58. tandy.com: December 11, 1986

59. tti.com: December 11, 1986

60. unisys.com: December 11, 1986

61. cgi.com: January 19, 1987

62. cts.com: January 19, 1987

63. spdcc.com: January 19, 1987

64. apple.com: February 19, 1987

65. nma.com: March 4, 1987

66. prime.com: March 4, 1987

67. philips.com: April 4, 1987

68. datacube.com: April 23, 1987

69. kai.com: April 23, 1987

70. tic.com: April 23, 1987

71. vine.com: April 23, 1987

72. ncr.com: April 30, 1987

73. cisco.com: May 14, 1987

74. rdl.com: May 14, 1987

75. slb.com: May 20, 1987

76. parcplace.com: May 27, 1987

77. utc.com: May 27, 1987

78. ide.com: June 26, 1987

79. trw.com: July 9, 1987

80. unipress.com: July 13, 1987

81. dupont.com: July 27, 1987

82. lockheed.com: July 27, 1987

83. rosetta.com: July 28, 1987

84. toad.com: August 18, 1987

85. quick.com: August 31, 1987

86. allied.com: September 3, 1987

87. dsc.com: September 3, 1987

88. sco.com: September 3, 1987

89. gene.com: September 22, 1987

90. kccs.com: September 22, 1987

91. spectra.com: September 22, 1987

92. wlk.com: September 22, 1987

93. mentat.com: September 30, 1987

94. wyse.com: October 14, 1987

95. cfg.com: November 2, 1987

96. marble.com: November 9, 1987

97. cayman.com: November 16, 1987

98. entity.com: November 16, 1987

99. ksr.com: November 24, 1987

100. nynexst.com: November 30, 1987

All the Domain Names News You Need In ONE Source

While is really good at provided relevant search results for a keyword or keyphrase search, it doesn’t do as well when you are looking to stay on top of a category…..enter AllTop.com

AllTop.com enables you to explore your passions by collecting stories from “all the top” sites on the web. They’ve grouped these collections — “aggregations” — into individual Alltop sites based on topics such as environment, photography, science, Muslim, celebrity gossip, military, fashion, gaming, sports, politics, automobiles, and Macintosh. At each Alltop site, we display the headlines of the latest stories from dozens of sites and blogs.

You can think of an Alltop site as a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points—they are not destinations per se. The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading by both displaying stories from the sites that you’re already visiting and helping you discover sites that you didn’t know existed. In other words, our goal is the “cessation of Internet stagnation” by providing “aggregation without aggravation.”

As this relates to the domain world, check out http://domain-name.alltop.com/

Google Offers Domain Parking Direct to Publishers

http://domainnamewire.com/2008/12/11/google-offers-domain-parking-direct-to-publishers/

Fast-Fingered Domain Squatters Flip Bush Library URL For $35K

Doh. Domain squatters snatched away the domain name GeorgeWBushLibrary.com and made an easy $34,990 profit on promptly selling it to back to Yuma Solutions, the web development company that let it expire. Yuma has been a contractor for the Bush family for quite some time, and the domain name they accidentally let expire belonged to the George W. Bush Library Foundation. It originally bought the domain in 2007 from another squatter for $3,000.

It looks like Yuma is going to have to eat the cost of not renewing the domain.

The Dallas Morning News reports:

Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Library Foundation, said Tuesday that he didn’t know about the Web site being lost and recovered. But, he said, he would know if the library had been stuck with a surprise $35,000 expenditure.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/11/fast-fingered-domain-squatters-flip-bush-library-url-for-35k/

TRAFFIC Down Under Domain Sale Results

Last night was the TRAFFIC Down Under domain auction in Australia and I was virtually there as I watched the auction live via webcast and listened as well…..I was able to bid using ProxyBid.com and the auction was pretty interesting and only two domains sold for over $100k…..there were:

CR.com and SanJuan.com

I picked up www.AcidRefluxRelief.com www.InEarHeadphones.com  and www.FreeCellMinutes.com - if anyone is interested please let me know…..

A couple domains in the $400k - $1M had zero takers….SenoirCitizens.com no bidders at $400k and Venice.com - no players at $1M opening bid…..

I really wanted GranolaBar.com which ultimately sold for about $4k - $5k…I stopped bidding at $2,500…..my heart was racing though, LOL

Here is a pic of the auction…..

Five Biggest Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make

I came across a GREAT video today on the Five Biggest Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make by Jerry Kaplan - check it out…..it’s very good!

Jerry Kaplan, serial entrepreneur, executive, technical innovator, and author, elaborates on the five biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs make:
1) Having unclear goals and an unclear mission
2) Trying to prove that they are smart
3) Greed - doing it for money.
4) Hiring people that they like rather than people that they need.
5) Not knowing when to let go.

Check it out and let me know what you think…

I’m Feelin’ Lucky Button Costs Google $110M

If one little button caused your company to lose out on $110 million in potential annual revenue, you would probably kick that silly button to the curb, right? Well, not if you’re Google. About one percent of users click the search engine’s “I’m Feeling Lucky Button,” but because the button takes searchers directly to the top result, bypassing search ads, the button doesn’t generate the same revenue as regular queries. Feelin’ lucky then suddenly feels like losin’ $110 million in possible annual revenue. In most businesses, that costly little bugger would lose its job faster than a vampire working at a blood bank, but Google exec Marissa Meyer pish-posed the idea of not letting users get lucky anymore, explaining, “It’s possible to become too dry, too corporate, too much about making money. I think what’s delightful about ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ is that it reminds you there are real people here.”

rock CAN roll

I sit on the Board of Directors of rock CAN roll which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit food hunger organization…I met the founder about two years and when I heard your vision and saw/felt her PASSION, towards the cause, I told her I would help her achieve her goals….

Two years later, rockCANroll has collected over 30,000 food items and nearly $30,000. All the food is placed in local food pantries and shelters….did you know as affluent as Long Island, NY is there is still 800 food shelters!! WOW - that sucks!

Last night I had the pleasure of volunteering at the rockCANroll table at the Rat Dog concert at Westbury Music Fair (a/k/a CapitalOne theater) and was happy to collect nearly 200 food items and just under $300…thanks boys & girls…it’s all going to help feed our fellow long islanders!!

Bob Weir also signed some rockCANroll tote bags…thanks Bob!!

Checkout Aimee, our founder, being interviewed……

Find more videos like this on B2BVid.com

Remember just how lucky we should be and not take things for granter; especially this Holiday season….the grass may be greener next door but take some time to water your own!

Domaining….a thrill and addiction

I admit it…I DO HAVE a PROBLEM….I am addicted to domain names…no seriously!

It all started in 1997 while I was attending law school…I would spend countless late nights purchasing domain names…I only wish I focused more on generic domains that have direct type-in traffic…Ex. Candy.com

I was obessed on the 1800 genre; I had and still have lots of domains such 1800Accountants.com , 1800Tutors.com  1800Veterinarians.com and 1800Apartments.com….I had and lost domains like 1800Chiropractors.com, 1800Stockbrokers.com, etc.

In the begining I registered most of domains thru ValueWeb for about $76 a year….at one point I registered NYClassifieds.com and than had a two week battle with ValueWeb after someone else got the domain after I was charged and received confirmed registration….I also picked up some other fantastic domains like LazyStudents.com, InternetEsq.com, MarineSupplyStore.com and JewishRecipes.com.

In 1998 I founded Prime Visibility, a internet marketing firm specializing in search engine optimization, paid search management, social media optimization, link building, web 2.0, web analytics, etc. My domaining activities were not as aggressive in the early days of Prime Visibility as I was building a company from the ground up…three - five employees the first 2-3years….than 6-8 employees; than 20, than 30, than 40 than 60…..what a ride it’s been!!

There a period I vividly remember in 2000/2001 when new.net introduced .school and .agent  extentions and the 5 of us or so at our desks are screaming things like…”I just registered Baseball.agent and Modeling.agent, Bartending.school, Flight.school, etc.

A decade later I am still at it and more passionate than ever….there has been TREMENDOUS success in the industry and I have ALWAYS been strong believer in the value of domain names….heck I wouldn’t be renewing them for over a decade if I didn’t think so!

This year I have picked up some gems such as RequestFunding.com, JerichoTurnpike.com, SuckingThumb.com and OfficialGameBall.com - looking forward to procuring some more.