The DOMAINfest website has been updated with content from their January 2009 conference.

Visitors can now view a collage of photos taken at the event.  Also posted are full- length videos of each session so that attendees and non-attendees can benefit from the vision and advice of our expert panelists.  In addition, there are a number of written and video testimonials available. They give a flavor for the business-building and networking opportunities that DOMAINfest Global offered.

The links are:
http://www.domainfest.com/videos
http://www.domainfest.com/photos
http://www.domainfest.com/videotestimonials
http://www.domainfest.com/writtentestimonials

The updated website also mentions the feedback from the DFG post-event attendee survey.   Sample findings include:

•    97% of survey respondents rated DOMAINfest Global as valuable or extremely valuable.
•    87% rated the sessions and content as valuable or extremely valuable.
•    84% of respondents said that they were able to meet with industry leading vendors and service providers.
•    81% met new, influential business contacts.

The video of the fireside chat with Steve Wozniak, the keynoter and co-founder of Apple Computer, is also on the site. As many of you know, Steve has been in the news lately with his appearance on “Dancing with the Stars.”

Perhaps it isn’t a new feature and I just haven’t noticed it before today, but when you highlight a word or phrase in a New York Times article (in Safari or Firefox), a small question mark graphic pop-ups. If you click on the graphic, it opens a new window with an Answers.com powered reference search.

The search results page includes dictionary definitions and other tidbits of information.  Instead of a visitor having to leave the site to find out what a particular word means, the NYT provides the answer – and monetizes it. At the top of the search box is PPC advertising powered by Google.

This is a neat feature that should generate additional revenue revenue, increase page views, and keep people on their site for a longer period of time. Smart thinking from the New York Times!

Jumpkicks, Inc. is a development-stage company whose stock is traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board Market. The company is an online martial arts retailer that sells products, such as uniforms, shirts, equipment, mats, and other products related to martial arts. They also provide information of interest to martial artists and instructors. The company operates exclusively online.

Until May of 2008, the company operated online on Jumpkicks.com, however, something happened in May that caused the company to lose their primary domain name. A Whois search from April 15 revealed that the domain name wasn’t set to expire until March of 2009, so a forgotten renewal seems to be out of the question.

To remediate the situation, the company purchased other domain names and uploaded their website on to these new domain names: Jumpkicks.net, Jumpkicks.org, Jumpkicks.us, and Jumpkicks.info. The company is also pursuing other options to get their primary .com domain name back.

Unfortunately for Jumpkicks, they are now realizing just how important the .com domain name is to their company’s operations. Because of the situation, the publicly traded company was forced to note this in their a 10K/A filed today.

“Unfortunately, the domain name www.jumpkicks.com lent significant value to our company. The long history of the Site drew regular repeat traffic. We are now attempting to draw traffic to the new domain names, but we have thus far been unable to do so successfully. If we are not able to generate significant traffic, we will not be able to generate significant revenue to support our operations.”

This goes to show how important an established domain name is to a company and why many small companies with high value domain names are reluctant to sell their domain name and move it to a lesser known domain name.

I saw a nice domain name up for auction at Snapnames today: FBS.com. At the moment, there are 5 hours remaining to bid. I can’t really suggest a use for the name, which is why I am not bidding, but there’s something about the name I like.