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.
My co-workers are all on their way to DomainFest Amsterdam this week, and the lineup is very impressive.
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 of two afternoon panels, more info and a list of panelists on the ICANN Public Participation site.
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 and industries.
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 their consumers increase the benefit from VOIP and other things that this TLD hopes to enable.
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 near where we stayed. Congratulations and many years of happiness to Alex and Jenny, who got married while we were there and shared that great event with Melissa and I.
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, Austria, and I recommend attending one if you never have.
