http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/2008/04/lll-domain-bargains-come-at-high-cost.html

The blogs are buzzing with envy about the "steals and deals" on lll domains. Examples: TP.com $800 YASM.com $850 witu.com $5,100 cstw.com $125 rrzz.com and Say.org - $500 WJA.com - $735 ZLI.com - $500 PQT.com - $571 RLU.com - $900.

First issue is Google and Yahoo are putting the squeeze on monitizing what is not a keyword that someone actually bids on. The domain keyword MUST now be the keyword. And AdWords has changed policies that the display URL must match the URL in the frame.

Second issue is voice-search. Try calling 411 and asking for the phone number for any of those. See what happens. And then understand this is the first SNOWE-bill test to confirm a legitimate business in use.

Next is TM issues which under the new laws will not be as easy as claiming "generic" especially if you have no legitimate business or namesake around the acronyms. Included in that group above are two HP trademarks, a huge investment bank ticker symbol, an airline ticker symbol, a a software program that attempts to be a complete rewrite of the NASM assembler licensed under a revision of the BSD license, a patented Mycobacterium tuberculosis testing benchmark, a teacher' union, an island off Kenya, a Christmas Tree farm, a radio station in Tucson, a steel stock symbol, a college of humanities, the Command & Staff Training Wing (Singapore Civil Defence Force), a herbicide used to taint drinking water, Tom Peter's Wire Service and my favorite Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies-- Michigan's Wolverine Venture Fund First-Ever IPO! The Wolverine Venture Fund (WVF) is a multi-million dollar venture capital fund ...

But what do I know? Only best to avoid risks especially now and be wary of why these are being tossed to the curb if they are so valuable.

But there were other auction buyers without a care in the world-- martinsheen.com, sap.mobi and uspostalservice.com changed hands today. And Googlemaiil.com is on the block now. So it's no wonder my friend Rick Schwartz walked off in disgust. His words will echo loud for years to come: "the biggest threat may be from within. Let's face it - many registrars and others are just outright whores and their practices are not only raising eyebrows, but rules and laws will be put in place to try and control them and their abuses. While doing so we may get smothered in the process.

Some domainers are no better.They focus on Trademarked domain names and that does not help us either. Some think the problem is small. I will respond to that once I stop laughing. It is out of control and makes everyone look bad.

I see what is going on daily when I get emails from the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). The threats are everywhere. Forces against us are joining together. If the domain industry does not get ahead of this we will all see the day in which some unfair ruling will be used to take your assets away from you. Those assets are worth a fortune. No matter what silly appraisal you have had, GREAT domains are worth much more than what they say. The proof will be obvious when you see the millions they will spend to get what you have at a FRACTION of the fair market value.@Domainer

Thanks for sharing javierf

> The Rape of iReit:
http://namebio.com/NameBioBlog/2008/04/04/the-rape-of-ireit/

I can't believe that...
Who give auth code while loosing $40.000 ?

El mundo domainer tiembla ante los posibles alcances del SNOWE-Bill... y ya conocen el dicho: "En río revuelto, ganancias de los registrars." :komete4: