Comments on: Microsoft / Yahoo Deal Increases Value of Generic Domain Names

By: owen frager

owen frager — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:38:37 +0000

If generic domains are so hot, why did the smartest mind in domains name his new auction platform bido.com rather then domainauction.com?

It seems to be working for him too.

By: Anil

Anil — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:58:04 +0000

I agree with Todd Mintz, a small change in search engine algorithm (which they do from time to time) will throw most of generic domains out of gear. We can just hope that they don’t change their current policy to give extra weightage to generic domain names in serp for long time.

By: bing bling

bing bling — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:17:50 +0000

you got fish food in your inbox.

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By: Jim Holleran

Jim Holleran — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:07:51 +0000

I make a nice income parking some names using a Yahoo Feed? Does anybody have any opinions if that could effect parking in a positive way?

Thanks, Jim

By: George Pickering

George Pickering — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:31:14 +0000

It’s too bad IAC/Ask.com can’t get their act together to create a strong third competitor. From an SEM prospective, Ask.com and Looksmart.com convert at a significantly lower rate than Google, Yahoo, and MSN.

One would think, with IAC’s wide reach they could “raise their game” to at least take 10% of the search market. However, the Ask.com acquisition has been little benefit to Ask.com or IAC – IMHO