The domain name industry rarely stands still. Every quarter brings new registration trends, changing buyer behavior, and fresh clues about where businesses and investors are placing their bets. Some shifts are obvious. Others hide beneath the surface until enough data tells the story.
Bodis gave domain investors three days’ notice. On 28 January 2026 the company announced it was shutting down its services. By 31 January it had stopped monetizing domains altogether, and it dropped its PayPal payout threshold to one cent so operators could empty whatever was left in their accounts.
1,301,839 links. 22,260 referring domains. Not one of them bought. Here is what the data says about how long a backlink actually lasts — and what it says about my own site. I have been publishing on this domain since around 2006. Over that time it … [Continue reading]
Norton released a survey this morning on children, parents, and artificial intelligence. The number the press release leads with is that 85 percent of American parents feel comfortable talking to their kids about online risk. The number that should … [Continue reading]
For years, SEO professionals have focused on rankings, clicks, and traffic. Google’s AI-generated answers are forcing a different conversation. A new analysis from SEO Essex suggests that the real battle is shifting from ranking in the top 10 … [Continue reading]
Here is a number that should make every digital agency sit up straight. AI-referred visitors sign up at eleven times the rate of Google search traffic. And most analytics tools cannot see a single one of them. That finding comes from a new … [Continue reading]
