Rick Schwartz announced the 2012 nominees for the 9th Domain Industy Awards presented at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference,to be held in Fort Lauderdale .

The nominees are :

BEST NEW MONETIZING SOLUTIONS

BanksAds.com

DomainNameSales.com

DomainPower.com

InternetTraffic.com

JuiceCow.com

Protrada.com

ParkLogic.com

Rook Media

The Parking Place

Voodoo.com

BEST OVERALL DOMAIN SOLUTION

Aftermarket

Afternic

Domain Holdings

DomainNameSales.com

InternetTraffic.com

JuiceCow.com

ParkLogic.com

Protrada.com

Sedo.com

BEST DOMAIN BLOG

In Order of Best Circulation Estimates

TheDomains.com (Berkens)

DNJournal.com (Jackson)

ElliotsBlog.com (Silver)

DomainNameWire.com (Alleman)

DomainShane.com (Cultra)

Domaingang.com (Acro)

DomainSherpa.com (Cyger)

DomainIncite.com (Murphy)

MorganLinton.com (Linton)

HybridDomainer.com (Hackney)

WhizBangsBlog.com (Gilmour)

TNTNames.com (Eccles)

THE “WE GET IT” AWARD

Quidsi (Soap.com, Diapers.com an Amazon Company)

Amazon.com

ParkingCrew.com

Quinstreet.com

SalesForce.com

L’Oreal

Peter Niederman

Cat5 Commerce

Facebook.com

TABcom (formerly Pets United, LLC)

Brown Shoe Co. (Shoes.com)

London Olympics

Donuts.co

Afternic.com

DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR

Lance Block (Swells LLC)

Michael Cyger

Alan Dunn

Mathias Hennig (Sedo)

Roy Hooper

Bill Karamouzis

Morgan Linton

Fred Mercaldo (Geoplatforms)

MediaGuys.com

Braden Pollock

Protrada

Danny Pryor

Dan Warner

Tia Wood

BROKER OF THE YEAR

Toby Clements

DomainAdvisors

Dave Evanson (Sedo.com)

Kevin Faler

Jeffrey Gabriel

Alan Hack

Evan Horowitz (Hunting Moon)

Vern Juravich

Brian Kleiner (NameMedia.com)

Mike Mann

Bob Olea

Mike Robertson (DomainGuardians.com)

Andrew Rosener (Media Options)

Joe Uddeme (Domain Holdings)

SPONSOR OF THE YEAR

Domain Holdings

Escrow.com

NameCheap

GoDaddy

Thought Convergence

InternetTraffic.com

Sedo

Protrada

Dot CO

Fabulous.com

Internet X

Voodoo.com

ParkLogic

Afternic

DOMAINER OF THE YEAR

Roy Barrett

Steve Cheatham

Michael Cyger

Larry Fischer

Michael Gilmour

Rob Grant

Ron Jackson

Corey Lamay

Mike Mann

Donna Mahoney

Braden Pollock

Frank Schilling

Elliot Silver

Adam Strong

Paul Stahura

David Wieland

DOMAIN HALL OF FAME

Gary Chernoff

Nat Cohen

Phil Corwin

Paul Cotton

Larry Fischer

Chad Folkenning

Michael Gilmour

Rob Grant

Kevin Ham

Steve Jobs

Vern Juravich

Igal Lichtman

Morgan Linton

Mike Mann

Gregg McNair

Brian Null

Braden Pollock

Tim Schumacher

Elliot Silver

Adam Strong

Plus the Bandit Berkens “Goodwill Ambassador Award”

The awards will be presented at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Fort Lauderdale on October 8th,2012  .

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