
Via Franky’s blog:
“Mark Sutcliffe of CanWest News Service calls for end to “domain hogging” “If you don’t use a domain, it should get thrown back and opened up.”
Businesses find best Web names alreadytaken.com
I’m sure corporations would love that.. Is AOL a domain-hog taking the love out of the Internet (Love.com) and redirecting it to their dating site? How about CNET with their terrific inactive names like Kids.com ..it’s a dressed-up paid-search parking page.. Couldn’t Disney or Nickelodeon do a better job with Kids.com? How about companies like IAC, Demand Media and Marchex who have invested collective billions buying domains (for cash) and developing them to limited and varying degrees? How many domain-names are too-many? Who gets to say what is ‘active’ or ‘developed’? Who gets to judge what is acceptable development progress year to year? A lot of domain registrants are making a fortune slowly developing media companies around their names.
Read the rest of this excellent post here.
There’s a really cool vacant oceanfront nearby here. Can you believe it?? Those Land squatters!!
Seriously, what are these guys drinking? Unbelievable.












Sahar,
Quick question, when did you first start in the domain business?
Thanks,
David
—-ANSWER—-
Nov. 99 after reading about the business.com domain sale. More info here:
http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2007/may.htm
Cheers
Sahar