Domains Archives
Google Ranks the Web's Top Sites
Barry Schwartz at SEL posts on a new Google/DoubleClick AdPlanner ranking of the Internet’s top 1000 sites. This list is global, and the data come from installed Google toolbars and other sources. Here are the top 25 sites according to the list: Google has removed its own sites from the list, so no data on [...]
MerchantCircle Registering SMB Domains
Mike Blumenthal sent me a link to this post, where he describes the following: It appears that Merchant Circle has purchased as many as 10,700 domains. These domain purchases have been going on for a number of months and are often in the format of localbusinessnamelocale.com. MC has gone on to create a website for [...]
Debating the Value of 'Yellow Pages'
The ever-provocative Chris Smith pointed me to a blog post in which he criticizes the amount of money — $3.85 million — that AT&T reportedly paid for the domain “YP.com.” Putting aside the price, I think the acquisition is part of AT&T’s consolidation of the “yellow pages” brand online. Chris also mentions the nearly $100 [...]
What the Heck Is a 'LocalSearchPuid'?
Gary Price noticed a bunch of new Microsoft domain registrations. Among them is the enigmatic “LocalSearchPuids.” What the heck is that? Price speculates: PUID = (Portable Unique IDentifier). But what do you think? A local search “PUID” is: Portable Unique Identifier/ID A new ultra-portable micro PC device The local-search elves that Google is hiring to [...]
Marchex's Massive 'Local Network'
If you can believe it, Marchex has simultaneously launched more than 100,000 local and vertical search sites representing over a billion pages. The move is probably unprecedented outside of a search index. In May of 2006 Marchex acquired local search site OpenList and has used its technology assets and methodology to enable this launch. Before [...]
VerticalSearch.net: Wanna Buy a Domain?
My colleague Brian Smith who blogs for Search Engine Land and has his own excellent blog, Comparison Engines, asked me to publicize that the domain VerticalSearch.net is for sale. How much is it worth? I would say at least one million dollars. VerticalSearch.com (not owned by Brian) is a B2B search engine. Seriously, if you [...]
What's in a (Domain) Name?
The WSJ’s Kevin Delaney writes (sub req’d) about the domain “Hell.com” coming up for sale — a Halloween appropriate story: Hell.com is scheduled to be offered in a live auction organizers predict will draw bids of more than $1 million. The hot market for domain names, the addresses people often type in for Web sites, [...]
Brands, Domains and Web 2.0
If you’re a traditional (offline) company you can create a domain name that doesn’t identically match your company name. For example, if you are “Widgets R Us” you could be WidgetsRUSonline.com or GetWidgets.com, and so on. Your offline brand and online presence don’t need to match 100%, although it’s desirable if they do. Where everything [...]
About Greg
Greg Sterling is the founding principal of Sterling Market Intelligence (SMI), a consulting and research firm focused on the Internet's influence on offline consumer purchase behavior.
