==================================== WHAT's NEW AT WWW.TOP100.COM.AU -- - 18 February, 2000 ==================================== Greetings Ap bot IN THIS ISSUE 1 - The Domain Name Report - what words were registered last week? What names were registered in your marketplace? 2 - The Entertainment Report - the top 10 movies, books, video, radio sites of last week 3 - The fastest-moving sites on the net - sites which rocketed up the Top 100 (actually, the top 500,000) rankings last week 4 - Who Registered What - the latest big-name domain name registrants 5 - About this Newsletter - where you requested it, how to stop it 6 - Top 100 News - server upgrade _______________________________________ 1 - The Domain Name Report Lots of activity this week, with some cute domain names registered, such as 000000.com.au, missiontomars.com.au, stopsmoking.com.au and millionaire.com.au Who would believe that sharewatch.com.au, inbox.com.au, footytip.com.au, finalscores.com.au and telephonedirectories.com.au hadn't been taken long before now. The Domain Name Report details the new domain names which have been registered in all major Top 100 categories. Read our report on the latest domain name developments and the hundreds of significant names registered in Australia last week. The extensive report is free and can be read at http://www.top100.com.au/analysis/domain-02-14.shtml _______________________________________ 2 - The Fastest-Moving Sites On The Net This listing is the cream of the crop - the hottest sites on the net this week. Each week we monitor those sites which have have experienced the greatest surge in traffic - these are the sites with compelling reasons to visit - be it an on-line lingerie store on Valentines Day, the Temple of the Screaming Electron (a site for hackers?), or an erotic art gallery - all featured this week. A wonderful strting point for new and interesting sites. Check out last week's list of sites and previews at http://www.top100.com.au/analysis/movers-02-13.shtml _______________________________________ 3 - The Entertainment Report Our weekly Entertainment Report covers the Top 10 Books, Personalities, Radio, Television and Film and also includes the Top 10 Box Office Movies in Australia and Top 10 Video Rentals in Australia for last week. Find the web site for the hottest videos, books, movies, radio and television shows at http://www.top100.com.au/analysis/entertainment-02-17.shtml _______________________________________ 4 - Who Registered Which Domain? Many of Australia's best recognised company and brand names were registered last week, some being registered by cybersquatters, some going to their logical owners. For example, drakeit.com.au, diners.com.au, yahooshop.com.au, ibismelbourne.com.au, newbalance.com.au and lacoste.com.au were all registered, plus that well known British entertainment icon, Time Out, was registered across the country. The names businesscare.com.au and vault.com.au were registered by two different banks. Come see who registered what, and get an insight into the future business plans, upcoming movies, advertising campaigns and other intruiging snippets contained within our unique report. You'll find it at http://www.top100.com.au/analysis/whoregistered-02-14.shtml _______________________________________ 5 - About This Newsletter This weekly e-mail subscription was requested at www.top100.com.au. It is designed to inform Top 100 newsletter registrants of Top100 developments, plus industry trends, analysis and competitive activity. Significant resources and a continuous flow of our research findings will make this an invaluable resource and we sincerely hope you find it worthwhile. _______________________________________ 6 - Top 100 News Top100 has recently been implementing an extensive system upgrade and some users have experienced difficulties in accessing our statistics and technical difficulties with the Submission and Search facilities. Our system upgrade is now complete and all statistics and facilities are working as intended- please let us know if you are experiencing any difficulties of any form. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience our downtime may have caused, and our thanks for your patience during the final stages of Top100's beta-testing phase. Please feel free to pass this newsletter on to friends who might find it useful. If you have received this email in error or do not wish to receive further emails from this list you can unsubscribe by submitting your email address at the following URL http://www.top100.com.au/cgi-bin/email_subscribe.cgi?CMD=UNSUBSCRIBE Brought to you by the team at www.top100.com.au Copyright Sinewave Interactive, February, 2000
