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Second
Keynote Speaker Added For DOMAINfest New York,
Parked.com Teams Up With DNWStats.com and 3-Letter
ccTLDs Go On the Auction Block at NameDrive.com
I've
been awaythe past four days visiting family in
central Ohio, including my 91-year-old
mother who continues to amaze me with her good
humor and positive outlook on life. I have never
heard her complain about anything in my
life (even though growing up I gave her plenty
of reasons to be upset!). I've never know
anyone quite like her and it is always a joy to
just spend a few days sitting, chatting and
laughing with her.
That
was the first of three trips I am taking this
month - all personal travel rather than business
for a change. As a result I will miss the string
of conferences coming up the final
two weeks of this month. That's too bad because
there are some very interesting events scheduled
on both sides of the Atlantic.
A
second keynote speaker has just been announced
for the DOMAINfest
New York City Power Networking Day
that will kick off the show marathon one week
from today at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan.
That will be Naresh Rekhi, Director,
Product Management, for comScore
Inc.Naresh will share statistical insights on
user, keyword and advertising category trends
and discuss key metrics on the growing influence
of social media, mobile media, and video
content.
A
couple of weeks ago the first keynote speaker
for DOMAINfest New York was announced - David
Mason, the Senior Vice President for the AOL
Content Platform.Mason is
a veteran technology entrepreneur and e-commerce
pioneer who started one of the first Internet
bookstores in 1994 which later became
Buy.com. With all of the interest in video
and creating content for websites, Mr. Mason's
talk should be a very valuable one to sit in on.
In my last
post before heading up to
the midwest this past Friday I told you
about Andrew Alleman's new DNWStats.com
service that brings a trusted third
party domain traffic and revenue statistics
verification service to the domain
industry. The stats
come
directly from parking services that have
agreed to work with DNWStats, including DomainSponsor,
NameDrive, Sedo and Skenzo.
Today Allemann announced
that another major PPC provider, Parked.com,
has also signed on. I think it is a
brilliant idea and wish Andrew continued
success with it as the free service
continues to expand.
One
other note today - a week-long domain
auction featuring 300
3-character country code
domains is currently
underway on NameDrive'sNDX
Market site. Many of
these are pure 3-letter names -
others combine letters and
numbers.
The
auction got underway yesterday
and will end at approximately 5pm
(Central European Time) on Tuesday,
August 17. Keep in mind that
if you have not already opened a
NameDrive
account and
registered as an NDX Market certified
buyer (forms to do that are
available at www.ndxmarket.com),
you will need to complete those
steps to participate in the
auction. It takes about 48 hours
to be certified, so there is
still plenty of time to do it
before the auction closes.
Domains in the auction represent
several ccTLD extensions
(including .AT, .BE, .CH, .CO.UK,
.DE, .ES, .FR, .NL, .PL
and .SE) with starting prices
ranging from $40-$600. Visit
www.ndxmarket.com
to see the complete list of
domains to be auctioned. If you
still have questions, just drop
a note to [email protected].
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