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Aftermarket Domain Sales As High as $90M – Infographic

A UK based hosting company, Nimbus Hosting, has released an interesting infographic graphing out the 500 most expensive domain names and broken it out into industry sectors such as travel, sports, and finance. They reported the most expensive domain ever … Continue reading

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The Real Story on “The Internet Give-away”

The story of the Internet becoming a bit more independent is not a bad one. The United States isn’t really losing anything here. I’ll try to explain and will post a press release that  the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names … Continue reading

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Microsoft to Buy Linkedin for $26B

Linkedin has always been one of my favorite social networks. I’m hoping that they don’t change much. But today, Microsoft announced they are buying them for $26 billion dollars!  Below is the official press release: REDMOND, Wash., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, … Continue reading

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Local Sites With Revenue Over $1M Annually

I just ran across an interesting PDF that lists local / niche news sites, listing their annual revenue.  Revenue for local news / feature sites has been a challenge for the news industry as well as for domain name investors.  … Continue reading

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