While the sales reports paint a rosy picture, like the battered wife who hides her bruises and pain, the underlying economics of an entire domain industry are taking a hit and can't hide their fragility any more.While Oversee confirms layoffs, Name Media layoffs rumored, Yahoo's revenue is on the dive down and Fabulous on the brink, the smart money may be on Marchex who is attempting a bold makeover of its 200,000-plus web sites. One way that the company hopes to turn its fortunes around is by getting the roughly 31 million unique visitors who come to its sites each month to stay on its pages longer, thereby giving advertisers a better chance of a hit. MORE
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the marchex article was from 2007. How's that going for them in 2009?
http://www.thedomains.com/2009/11/06/marchex-revenue-falls-but-sells-1m-in-domain-in-the-3rd-q-there-is-still-significant-demand-for-high-quality-domains/
"the smart money may be on Marchex"
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I doubt it given the company has never made a profit, what is the chance of that changing in a meaningful way. In my opinion one of the worst run companies in the industry, bloated with costs.
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