I've compiled what I personally consider to be the best-of-the-best in 7 different categories. The lists are put together in no particular order. The criteria I used to judge and make up the top five lists was based on the most accomplishments, popularity, quality of service, track record and so on. All of the individuals and companies below have done great things to further promote, support, grow and make the domain industry better in 2008 as a whole. Big congrats to everybody who made it on the list and keep up the amazing efforts and work into 2009! We got plenty more to achieve.
Top domain industry superstars: Rick Schwartz - eRealestate.com, Frank Schilling - Name Administration, Kevin Ham - Reinvent Technologies, Ron Jackson - Domain Name Journal, Rick Latona - DigiPawn.
Top domain blogs: domainnamewire.com - Andrew Allemann, conceptualist.com - Sahar Sarid, thedomains.com - Michael H. Berkens, elliotsblog.com -- Elliot J. Silver, domainnamenews.com - Adam Strong and Frank Michlik.
Top domain discussion forums: dnforum.com - Adam Dicker, domainstate.com - Paul Shaw, Matt Purtell and Paul Cotton, namepros.com - Ron James, targetedtrafficforum.com - Rick Schwartz, domainboardroom.com - Donna Mahony.
Top organized domain conferences: targetedtraffic.com - Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu, domainfest.com - Oversee.net, domainroundtable.com - Thought Convergence.
Top domain sales and auction websites: sedo.com - Sedo, snapnames.com - Oversee.net, afternic.com - NameMedia, tdnam.com - GoDaddy, namejet.com - Demand Media.
Top domain parking services: trafficz.com - Thought Convergence, parked.com - directNIC, sedo.com - Sedo, fabulous.com - Dark Blue Sea, domainsponsor.com - Oversee.net
Top domain management and registrars: moniker.com - Oversee.net, fabulous.com - Dark Blue Sea, enom.com - Demand Media, rebel.com - Momentous, logicboxes.com - Directi.
It is pretty clear who the top domain heavyweights are. As for the #1 spot for the most individual accomplishments of one single person --- the honors go to non other than Rick Schwartz who is one of the pioneers and visionaries within the domain industry from it's early days during the 90's. As for the company of the year it has to be Oversee.net who controls some of the largest domain operations and domain related businesses.
Both Rick Schwartz and Oversee.net were individually present the most times in the top lists which were carefully chosen from over two hundred professional domain investors and close to a hundred companies involved in the industry who were all worthy candidates. Once again congrats to all...
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