The Latest Domain Name Industry News As Reported on Dnjournal.

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For the 1st Time Digital Advertising To Outstrip Print in 2010 + .CO Launch Plan Unveiled
A major new market survey of American advertisers and marketers says this will be the year when digital advertising finally passes print media in ad revenue for the first time. Also today, the .CO registry announces its upcoming launch plan including a new Founders Program for early adopters that opened today.

Moniker Completes Year's Biggest .Com Sale To Date at $800,000
We have learned that Moniker.com has completed the biggest .com sale reported so far this year at $800,000. It is the third highest sale of 2010 overall, trailing a million .org sale and a ccTLD sale of more than $850,000.

The Rise (and Fall?) of Domain Conferences - For Years They Have Thrived But Can They Survive Oversaturation?
New Cover Story: The 2010 conference schedule began with 3 shows in 23 days - an average of one every 8 days! Can the industry continue to support the number of shows that are now being held? We provide a detailed history of the domain conference business and look at its future prospects in an increasingly crowded field.

Domain Industry Climb Team Reaches the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro & Returns Safely to Base
The group of more than two dozen domain industry pros who went to Tanzania, Africa to climb Mount Kiliminjaro in a fund raising effort for The Water School have finished their mission. 26 of the 27 climbers reached the peak and in the process raised approximately $180,000 for the non-profit organization.

Skip Hoagland Adds Another .Com GeoDomain to His World Class Collection
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Geodomain giant Skip Hoagland has joined with a partner to purchase a .com city domain website that represents one of Florida's most popular resort towns. Also, a huge new marketplace that sells only .CA domains (Canada's country code) has opened for business.

1st Domain Conference/Cruise Announced + an Update on the Domainers Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro!
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Domain conferences have been held on land in various corners of the globe over the past five years. In October, a conference will be held on the high seas for the first time! Also - we have an update on the progress of the two dozen domainers who are currently climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.

DOMAINfest Announces Return to Europe With Conference in Prague October 6-7, 2010
Four years after their first European conference in Barcelona, Spain, DOMAINfest will return to the Continent for a big show to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic October 6-7, 2010. Here is what's on tap.

Peddle to the Metal: $165,000 Sale at Sedo Wins This Week's Domain Aftermarket Race 
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A 165K sale at Sedo scored a runaway win in this week's aftermarket race. Four ccTLDs and a pair of .nets broke through the strong .com defensive line to join 14 .coms on our new Top 20 Chart. Two of those country codes crashed the top ten.

Registration for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan Opens With Some Very Attractive Early Bird Prices
Registration for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference coming up in Milan, Italy April 27-29 opened today with some exceptionally low early bird prices offered to those who are quick on the draw. A rate of ?499 ($679 at today's exchange rate) will be given to the first 50 people who register for the offer that expires March 15.

Mike Zapolin's PrescriptionDrugs.com Website Earns Spot in Harvard Business School Contest
Michael "Zappy" Zapolin has scored a major honor for his latest category killing domain name development project - PrescriptionDrugs.com. The Harvard Business School has selected the site as a candidate in their "New Ventures" competition. Zappy will present to a panel of judges this month with a spot in the final 3 on the line.

New Owner of UDRP.com Turns Out to Be Both a Domain Investor AND an End User
Bido.com sold UDRP.com for $16,500 last week. Considering the fact that each side in a single UDRP dispute typically spends several thousand dollars for legal services, we thought someone got a good deal on that domain. As it turns out the buyer was a both a domain investor and an end user.

DevHub.com Completes Seattle Office Expansion - Major Platform Upgrades Coming Next
DevHub just completed a big office expansion project. Next, Co-founder Mark Michael says DevHUb will be introducing some major upgrades to their site publishing and monetization platform. We show you the DevHub team in their new digs and Michael talks about changes designed to help bloggers make more money.

Domainer Mardi Gras Dialed Everything Up a Notch For the Show's Second Run in New Orleans
Dn Journal's comprehensive review of the 2nd Annual Domainer Mardi Gras Conference has just been published. This wire to wire report has new photos and individual session details that were not seen in our daily Lowdown updates from the show. In fact every photo in this review is being published for the first time.