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Rich Schwarts, self-proclaimed domain industry king and Howard Neu, domain industry lawyer co-founded T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in 2004. The first conference was held at Marriot Del Ray Beach, Florida on October 20-23, 2009. Swartz explained that the main objective of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is to "accelerate the entire domain industry and teach others about the art and science of traffic." Actor Ben Stein was the key note speaker of the event. Some of the sponsors of the event include [[DomainSponsor.com]], [[Fabulous.com]], [[Pool.com]], [[Moniker]].com, [[Sedo]].com, [[Hitfarm.com]], [[Kanoodle.com]], [[FMA.com]], [[ParkingDots.com]] and [[SmartName.com]]. <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/traffic2004preview.htm Domain Industry Giants Preparing for Groundbreaking Trade Show in Florida]</ref> | Rich Schwarts, self-proclaimed domain industry king and Howard Neu, domain industry lawyer co-founded T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in 2004. The first conference was held at Marriot Del Ray Beach, Florida on October 20-23, 2009. Swartz explained that the main objective of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is to "accelerate the entire domain industry and teach others about the art and science of traffic." Actor Ben Stein was the key note speaker of the event. Some of the sponsors of the event include [[DomainSponsor.com]], [[Fabulous.com]], [[Pool.com]], [[Moniker]].com, [[Sedo]].com, [[Hitfarm.com]], [[Kanoodle.com]], [[FMA.com]], [[ParkingDots.com]] and [[SmartName.com]]. <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/traffic2004preview.htm Domain Industry Giants Preparing for Groundbreaking Trade Show in Florida]</ref> | ||
The first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. event was successful. It as attended by approximately 100 exhibitors and 1000 participants within the domain industry. The event was succeeded by two conferences in 2005 which were held in Las Vegas (T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West) and Florida (T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East) respectively. The keynote speaker during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West was [[Marc Ostrofsky]], a venture capitalist and founder of [[Internet Reit, LLP]] and it was attended by 230 domain industry front runners. During the conference, speakers focused on domain monetization and protection. According to Scwartz, the event was able to raise $50,000 which was intended to hire a lobbyist to represent domain owners to protect their interests.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/cover052605traffic-daily.htm Domain Heavyweights Leave Las Vegas Stronger Than Ever After Quality Time at Traffic West]</ref> Meanwhile during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference, the topic was focused on issues related to Pay Per Click monetization. Panelists include Eytan Elbaz ([[Google]]) and [[Josh Meyers]] ([[Yahoo]]!) [[Matthew Bentley]] ([[Sedo]].com), [[Dan Warner]] ([[Fabulous.com]]), [[Ryan Berryman]] ([[DomainSponsor.com]]) and [[Ammar Kubba]] ([[TrafficZ.com]]).<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2005/october.htm Improving on Perfection: T.RA.F.F.I.C. East 2005 Wows Attendees With World Class Domain | The first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. event was successful. It as attended by approximately 100 exhibitors and 1000 participants within the domain industry. The event was succeeded by two conferences in 2005 which were held in Las Vegas (T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West) and Florida (T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East) respectively. The keynote speaker during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West was [[Marc Ostrofsky]], a venture capitalist and founder of [[Internet Reit, LLP]] and it was attended by 230 domain industry front runners. During the conference, speakers focused on domain monetization and protection. According to Scwartz, the event was able to raise $50,000 which was intended to hire a lobbyist to represent domain owners to protect their interests.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/cover052605traffic-daily.htm Domain Heavyweights Leave Las Vegas Stronger Than Ever After Quality Time at Traffic West]</ref> Meanwhile during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference, the topic was focused on issues related to Pay Per Click monetization. Panelists include [[Eytan Elbaz]] ([[Google]]) and [[Josh Meyers]] ([[Yahoo]]!) [[Matthew Bentley]] ([[Sedo]].com), [[Dan Warner]] ([[Fabulous.com]]), [[Ryan Berryman]] ([[DomainSponsor.com]]) and [[Ammar Kubba]] ([[TrafficZ.com]]).<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2005/october.htm Improving on Perfection: T.RA.F.F.I.C. East 2005 Wows Attendees With World Class Domain | ||
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