Internet Advertising Bureau announces 35% climb in Internet advertising
Released today, an announcement of a 35% increase in Internet Advertising by the IAB. The announcement marks the total at $17B annual spends in 2006, which is a remarkable number, as most projections placed the number at $15B for 2006.
DomainFest Amsterdam!
My co-workers are all on their way to DomainFest Amsterdam this week, and the lineup is very impressive.
ICANN Lisbon
I am getting ready to head to Lisbon, and already have some responsibilities ahead of me. There is a tutorial workshop on the domain marketplace on Sunday 3/25 that is shaping up to be a great method of learning about the domain aftermarket. I am moderating the second...
Traffic West – Las Vegas 2007
Rick Schwartz, Howard Neu, and the team at WADND put on an AWESOME conference yet again. Great speakers, great food, great networking. The Targeted Traffic conference pulls together an amazing collection of people from all over the world and many different occupations...
Welcome, .TEL
Welcome to the Root zone, and godspeed to Telnic on their hard work and perseverence. From what I gather, the whole concept of the .TEL sTLD is fairly revolutionary in what they hope to accomplish, and I hope that the registrar channel will show interest to help...
Ahhh, Maui
Melissa dragged me from my workaholic existence of 'Frakes on a Plane' conferences for a 10 day vacation in Hawaii. It was almost too hard to leave this beautiful island. Wailea and Kihei were really neet places to visit, and there's a technology center in Kihei...
DomainPulse Switzerland
DomainPulse in Baden, Switzerland was a strong conference that made it clear to me that the European domain marketplace is quite robust. Each year, the German (.DE), Swiss (.CH/.LI), Austrian (.AT) registries take turns hosting the conference. Next year is in Vienna,...
DomainFest Global 2007 in Hollywood
This was a great show that brought together the most impressive groups of domain industry and domain owners. More to follow!
Off to ICANN!
Heading down to Brazil for my umpteenth ICANN meeting. I've been asked to moderate a panel on the registrar phenomenon called 'domain tasting' on 12/6/06. Domain Name Marketplace Workshop Link
DomainFest LA 9/20-22/06
Looks like I'll get to speak at the upcoming DomainFest LA. Here is the posted Schedule. I'll get to be on a panel with Bret Fausset and John Berryhill, so this should be a really good experience. Roger Collins of Afternic and many, many other amazing people will also...