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Evening Folks!!

When I asked the question tonight whether we should remain 1 show a year I was expecting everyone to clap and say yes. To my surprise there was silence. When I asked if folks would like to have a second TRAFFIC back in Las Vegas the crowd errupted in applause and hoots and hollers.

So it's a maybe. Right now I am absolutely spent. Can't even think of such things.

I want to congratulate this year's award winners in the 7th annual TRAFFIC Awards. Winners in RED. Congratulations to all winners and nominees. I am sure you will read more indepth coverage at DNJournal.com and TheDomains.com among others.

NOMINEES INCLUDE:

BEST NEW MONETIZING SOLUTIONS:
INTERNETTRAFFIC.COM
THEPARKINGPLACE.COM
DOMAIN HOLDINGS, INC
DM PRO
BEST OVERALL DOMAIN SOLUTION:
FRESHDROP
PARKLOGIC.COM
THOUGHT CONVERGENCE
THEPARKINGPLACE
SEDO
DOMAINMANAGER
THE 'WE GET IT' AWARD:
TERRAN MARKETING
PROCTOR & GAMBLE
CITRIX
THEPARKINGPLACE
ALEX & CARLO TABIBI
DNFORUM.COM
DOMAINADVISORS
DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR:
ELLIOTT SILVER
DAN WARNER
CASTELLO BROTHERS
ROB GRANT
LINTON INVESTMENTS
BEST DOMAIN BLOG::
THEDOMAINS.COM (Mike Berkens)
FRAGERFACTOR.COM (Owen Frager)
NEUSNEWS.COM (Howard Neu)
DOTWEEKLY (Jamie Zoch)
ELLIOTTSBLOG (Elliot Silver)
DNJOURNAL (Ron Jackson)
MORGANLINTON.COM (Morgan Linton)
SPONSOR OF THE YEAR:
SEDO
DOT CO
PARKED
INTERNETTRAFFIC (Write in)
DOMAINER OF THE YEAR:
MIKE BERKENS
ADAM DICKER
RAY NEU
FRANK SCHILLING
JOHN FERBER
ROB GRANT
ILZE KAULINS
GREGG MCNAIR
DOMAIN HALL OF FAME:
ELEQUA
MICHAEL GILMOUR
ILZE KAULINS
GARY CHERNOFF
HOWARD NEU
MIKE 'ZAPPY' ZAPOLIN
MARK OSTROFSKY
MIKE MANN
ARI GOLDBERGER
ROB GRANT
ADAM DICKER
GREGG MCNAIR
LARRY FISCHER

Aggregator of the Year

As we did for Ron Jackson when there were no domain blogs, we created a special award and new category for 'Aggregstor' and Francois Carrillo was presented the first award for helping to make the domain community more fluid.

Rick Schwartz

Morning Foks!!

Yesterday morning we unveiled the new T..R.A.F.F.I.C. App and Quoting Josh Metnick of Chicago.com who is also are developing partner....'We have a heart beat!' Within the first few hours nearly 75 of the attendees already set up their profiles. Mike Berkens leads the field with 9 folks 'Endorsing' him.

The app now is in a barebones stage as we rushed to get it out in time for TRAFFIC. Each attendee has received the first full TWO years for free. The App itself is free but the membership fee is $600/year.

Note to attendees....You MUST activate the app before the close of the show tomorrow. After that we will close registrations until we are ready to roll out the public opening.

The app is now downloadable from the App Store! Search for 'targeted traffic' in the store.

The attendees are already using it to their benefit.

After the show we wil invite those that attened LAST YEAR'S TRAFFIC to also get a free acount and that will be good for 1 year.

The main buzz at the show is to distinguish ourselves between professional domainsers that take this business seriously and all the clowns and time wasters that don't. PERIOD! So a $600 price point allows those that want to JOIN pros and become PROS to access the program.

The final roll out will be in late December. We will be adding all types of goodies to what is already a powerful way for PROFESSIONAL domainers to stay in touch, buy and sell domains and interact in ways they were not able to do before.

So there are plenty of improvements coming as we speak to folks and smooth out the app itself.

Have a GREAT Day!

Rick Schwartz