I tuned in via WebmasterRadio.FM to the big domain auction that Moniker put on in Hollywood, Florida last Friday. While listening to the professional auctioneer have to say things like “Hot Sexy Babes Dot Com” and “Free Porn Dot U S” was quite entertaining, the real interesting thing to note was the number of domains […]...

In case you missed it last night, Hiro’s buddy tracked down his Internet Stripper “friend” and showed up at her house (while the entire Las Vegas police department was there, of course). When asked how he found her, he replied “WHOIS database. You should really get an unlisted registration.” Dar. Moral of the story: If […]...

Before you blow most of your start-up capital (or life’s savings) on a great 3 or 4 letter .com domain, consider the following: Acronyms can stand for A LOT of different things. Are you sure there aren’t real word domains that would be a better fit for your business? 3 and 4 letter .coms are […]...

I hear this from local small business owners frequently -- they get a brilliant idea for a domain name, go to register it, and some cyber-squatter already has it. The obligatory rant about how cyber-squatters should be shot/thrown in jail/etc ensues. The fact of the matter is nothing can be done about squatters right now, so we're just going to have to be a little bit smarter about how...