Defense of Domaining Continues
Ron Jackson of DNJournal.com has provided me a number of links to mainstream media stories that profile the exciting industry of domain name investing. The stories are from the likes of the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, BusinessWeek, CNN Money, Bizjournals, Boston.com, etc.
The links (view them below) were added to the current discussion page at Wikipedia on “Domaining“. A small handful of mean-spirited posters have repeatedly submitted senseless comments and personal opinion there in their aim to get the domaining page deleted.
The domaining stories Ron provided links to are irrefutably superior & fact-based, and consequently obliterate the baseless accusations regurgitated by the troublemakers. For me, the real story here is … “What is Wikipedia?”
Is it a gossip column? Is it a flame-ridden chatroom frequented by angry teens? I have lost respect for Wikipedia having seen hard work both heavily filtered and repeatedly challenged by people who hide behind a faceless screen name and who launch one baseless accusation after another. To Wikipedia’s credit, they include an interesting comment from journalist, John Seigenthaler on the Wikipedia page about “Wikipedia“.
On the Wikipedia page, Seigenthaler is quoted as having described Wikipedia as …
a flawed and irresponsible research tool.
One has to wonder.
Domain Industry Stories
1. http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/businessideas/article195880.html
2. http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/10/domains-flip-aftermarket-tech-ebiz-cz_cf_0811domains.html
3. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_26/b4040059.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology
4. http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/29/technology/nextbigforeign.biz2/
5. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113200310765396752-FYV6dsilRS0N1fsiVu_bLf_5nI8_20061116.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
6. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122844055171581735.html
7. http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/07/30/online_domain_name_game_yields_real_profits_for_virtual_brokers/
8. http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/02/13/story2.html
9. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Domain-Name-Business-Booming-in-Post-Dot-Com-Era-129003WWAIE9.xhtml?wlc=1249613955&wlc=1249642500
