3 From Danno
Danno sends three little vignettes:
1. NameMedia Announces Strategic Marketing Partnership with Network Solutions
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071030006018&newsLang=en
***FS*** Strategic reliances make for great press.. But this one could be juicy for NameMedia. Story intimates that they get some kind of back-end passthrough to offer Name Media’s names to front door customers looking for new domain registrations at NetworkSolutions.com .. It’s a great time to own large portfolios of domain names.
2. IP Community Critical Of Proposals On ICANN Agenda
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=804&res=&res=1024_ff&print=0
***FS*** A little compromise would go a long way. “Can’t we all just get along?”
3. After losing Facebook Bid, Google Unveils Secret Weapon: Maka-Maka
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/29/googles-response-to-facebook-maka-maka
***FS*** makamaka, hukupookooo, comeoniwannalayya.. Hawaiian words are heaps of fun… I say habeas secret. Hoping this is more than dodgeball.com on steroids.
sounds like a load of crapcrapa
btw, Wiki is a huge Hawaiian word- In the Hawaiian language, the word “wiki” means “quick”, and “wiki wiki” implies “very fast.” That was the inspiration for Wiki software.
the Wiki Wiki Bus is how you get from the plane to the terminal when you first step off and get laid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Wiki_Bus
http://www.greetersofhawaii.com/
I sold 14 names at Afternic last year alone, before the Name Media buy out. Since, I have only sold 1.
I have been hanging in with them hoping for these kind of developments. It is encourging to see. I wonder how much effect the big TRAFFIC and Roundtable auctions are having on the old auction houses. I know I am have more success at those now.
Loss of Whois may actually be a very good thing.
This could save me a lot of money on fees for Private Whois.
WHOIS Follow UP:
Whois Studies Approved, Privacy Deferred
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hCiHLmZiymo5BhARlugPCaGcTsUQD8SKFC680
Dan