Something I noticed today:
asdf.com - original website, hasn't changed from when it was first registered
asdfasdf.com - domain squatter
asdfasdfasdf.com - domain squatter
asdfasdfasdfasdf.com - domain squatter
asdfasdfasdfasdfasdf.com - domain squatter
asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf.com - finally, unregistered.
FIVE asdfs! There are people in the world who think that five asdfs is going to be worth something to someone.
Well there are about to be a bunch more top-level domain names, so at some point, dot-com is going to become less valuable real estate. Things are going to get weird RSN.
I finally ran into a client who has a service mark on their name. This means they can basically squash the squatter who has the name, take it from them with no compensation. I won't link to that squatter, as I don't want to give them any kind of promotion. I want to squash them like a bug. (But the client is a
sushi restaurant in Philly (and look what a nice job I did on their temporary website which will be replaced with something even nicer))