Domains, Internet & Gadgets
The number of .info domain registrations has just passed 5,000,000. Just under 8 months ago we reported the 4,000,000 registrations which was confirmed in an Afilias press-release in March.
The Afilias press release also included a note about NewYork.info being the largest .info sale at the time $46,000. NewYork.info was subsequently resold again in July for $70,000 but is no longer the highest .info sale, travel.info is now the most expensive publically recorded sale selling for $117,000
Recognising the extraordinary growth of internet activity in India, ICANN has chosen to host their first meeting for 2008 in New Delhi, India.
ICANN has a few more details here
Sample addresses in 11 lanageuages:
Arabic, Persian, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Greek, Korean, Yiddish, Japanese and Tamil
will be added to the Internet’s central directories as early as next week, paving the way for Web surfers around the world to get online without knowing any English.
At this point, the 11 domain names are meant primarily for software developers and Web site designers to test the new system, but they are the first such names entered in the 13 key domain name directories (root servers).
If the trial is successful live IDNs should be available late 2008.
Full ICANN press release here
Dotmibiz.com has posted the results from the Sedo auction earlier today.
Sales over $10,000
Hosting.mobi $101,000
Bank.mobi $51,501
Download.mobi $51,500
Currency.mobi $47,000
Insurance.mobi $42,005
Chat.mobi $42,000
Traffic.mobi $36,008
Books.mobi $33,510
Free.mobi $31,500
Loans.mobi $ 30,000
Marketing.mobi $26,100
Creditcard.mobi $25,500
Rent.mobi $21,000
Creditcards.mobi $20,500
Voip.mobi $ 20,500
Webcam.mobi $16,000
DomainName.mobi $15,000
DomainNames.mobi $12,600
Advertising.mobi $12,100
Downloads.mobi $11,185
Credit.mobi $10,600
Atm.mobi $10,100
Payment.mobi $10,100
The new Microsoft live video search takes the video searches.biz to a new level.
Google has anounced it has acquired the startup company Zingku
Zingku says its technology makes it easy to share messages, pictures, “mobile flyers,” or other creations using mobile devices, according to the firm.
“Our service integrates your mobile phone with a personalized web site so that you can easily move (zing) things back and forth between the web and your mobile as well as…connect with friends,” Zingku’s website says
Tesco the largest British supermarket (Groceries) is to sell clothes online from November in time for the Christmas trading period. The DailyMail has more.
More Tesco online stores.
“Marchex is launching websites for thousands of cities, big and small. The play? To beat Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo to the punch in connecting businesses to nearby customers.
Zillow.com, the real-estate Web site, announced yesterday it has raised an additional $30 million which comes on top of the $57 million raised since its launch 18 months ago. Zillow Chief Executive Rich Barton (Expedia founder) said
“Zillow will use the new cash to continue improving its Web site and augment its advertising sales force. The company, which offers estimates of home values called “Zestimates,” has 155 employees, including 20 national ad sales representatives. It also now lets people post homes for sale on the site and ask questions about specific properties.
“The company is trying a localized advertising program. Businesses such as plumbers, architects or real-estate agents use the program to deliver targeted ads to people searching for home information within specific ZIP codes. About 6,000 businesses have participated.
Google has a beta test for Google Gadget Ads which allows Adsense publishers to add Rich Media advertisments to their websites like the major players.
GPM Group 