Despite warnings from a local citizen that they were about to lose MiamiPolice.com, the Miami Police Department let the domain drop because they didn’t want to pay the renewal fee. To absolutely no one’s surprise a cybersquatter grabbed the name and parked it. Now a Miami news outlet is blowing the whistle on the police.
A few top domain blogs and news sites do well financially through advertiser support, but it is a labor or love for the majority who don’t make a lot of money from their efforts. Domaining.com, the top aggregator of domain news headlines, has come up with a plan to make the holidays a little merrier for those content producers.
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The next to last week of the 2011 sales season came with a surprise – the rare appearance of a .net domain at the top of our all extension leader board. It is one of the year’s 10 biggest non .com gTLD sales and the 4th biggest .net sale reported so far in 2011.
Dr. Chris Hartnett is one of the most well-known investors in the domain business. However, Chris has always believed in diversifying one’s assets to hedge against disaster in any one category. Still, it may come as a shock to those who know him to learn where the mild mannered doctor is putting his money now.
We had a wonderful Christmas in Florida Sunday. It was 82 degrees & sunny so snow was a little scarce but we still have White Christmases – it’s just that the white stuff here is sand instead of snow! Our Christmas wish is that you & your families are having an equally joyous holiday season and that 2012 will be your best year ever.