As many of you already know, I am a believer in .TV and would love to see it succeed. Well, a couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with four members of VeriSign about the domain extension .TV. We talked about the good and the bad and hope to work together in the future for the benefit of the extension.

Earlier today I received an email from Michaela Barnes, Director of Product Management for VeriSign, explaining that the Watch.tv blog was launched to support the great .TV extension community as well as help educate the use of online video.

Make sure to check out their introduction video. You’ll see one of their Registry Operation Command Centers in the background, which is very cool!

Not familiar with the .TV extension? Then, I suggest checking out Watch.tv for more information.

One more thing. Those that have been following my personal .TV development with TampaBay.tv, it’s coming soon! Sorry for the delay but between traveling, speaking and other projects it took a back seat for a little bit. I’m happy to report things are now back on track to be completed very soon.

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Ever wonder why all the good domain names are taken?

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In case you missed last week’s comic strip, it was “New IDN Keyboard For Domainers“.

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What is Google Wave?

Google Wave is “a personal communication and collaboration tool” announced by Google at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009. It is a web-based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging, wikis, and social networking. This definition comes directly from Wikipedia.org.

The following video is long, but will answers any questions you may have about Wave.

I have been on Wave now for a couple weeks and personally don’t care for it. In all fairness it may be because I just don’t have a need for it right now. As more people join and business changes, so could my use of Google Wave. In the mean time, I am on Wave to build contacts and to make sure I don’t miss the next big thing.

With being a part of Google Wave I have been given invitations to invite others to try it. Since joining, I have received 38 invites, half are gone leaving me with 19 remaining.

Michael Sumner of MiniSites.com gave me 25 more invites for everyone. That means I have 44 in total to give away!

UPDATE – I’m out, no more invites!

Would you like to be a part of Google Wave?

If yes, post a message in the comments section with your accurate email address and how I we know each other. If I know you through Twitter please include your @address. At this time I am limiting the invitations to people I know, my Twitter/Facebook friends and ChefPatrick.com readers. As comments come in I will be sending out invitations.

I am inviting the people I know first.

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Here is the final part of the “Developing A Geo Domain” series from the Domainer’s Magazine October issue. This last part discusses monetizing you Geo domain site. I hope you found the series to be informative in some capacity. I wanted to share it with you all, because if any of you are considering getting into Geo domaining, it does cover some of the basics. Make sure to read part one, two, three or four here if you missed any of them!

Monetizing Your Geo domain

Developed Geo domains are different from developed generic domains in the sense that they have more monetization options going for them. Furthermore, the more developed a Geo domain is, the more monetization options are available to its owner. The following are some of the monetization schemes you can try.

Lead Generation and Local Affiliate Marketing
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