Sedo.com has done a redesign of its search function to what appears to be ajax. This new ajax function includes a redesign of the auction page look as well which adds a bit more function to the page for users.

You can now drill down by clicking on Time Left (default), Current Bid Price, Amount of Bids and by Domains.

One of the nice things with ajax is there is no need to hit the refresh button to see current bid prices! The system now features automatic updates when a new bid is placed and it will update in real time. Since the auction page is used to watch auctions as well, the ending time updates as does any new bids. As auctions get close to ending, a red box highlights the time left in the auction indicating it is near the end of the auction.

Want to place a bid or see more about a specific auction?

The ajax features is fast and stays on the same "page" if you click on a specific domain name at auction!

Once you click on the domain, the page basically slides down to show you more details of the specific auction, yet stays on the domain auction page. I like this feature a lot as it allows you to see more information about the auction, easily place a bid or simply keep scrolling down and you can continue viewing the other domain names at auction without ever leaving the auction page!

Great job Sedo on this update! Checkout the auction page yourself and test drive the new features as I think you will like them. Sedo Auction Page.

Back in June I wrote about HostGator.com jumping into NASCAR and sponsoring the #87 of "Front Row Joe" Joe Nemechek in 1 Sprint Cup race and 4 Nationwide series races. Those deals were for the month of July 2010 but HostGator enjoyed the partnership and has continued sponsoring the NEMCO team that Joe owns and will do so for the remaining of the 2010 NASCAR season according to a statement on NemcoRacing.com.

An August 29, 2010 NASCAR Nationwide race in Montreal Canada brought out the blue and yellow colors of HostGator again with NEMCO but this time the paint scheme featured Gator.com on the side panels of the car instead of the popular HostGator moniker.

As you can tell in the above picture, Joe is facing the wrong direction and was involved in a crash in the early stages of the race. He was turned by the orange car and was not Joe’s fault. Joe ended up with a 28th place finish from his 27th starting spot.

Earlier races when HostGator was on a NEMCO race car featured this paint scheme:

HostGator purchased the domain name Gator.com sometime around April 22, 2008 according to whois history records when it changed ownership from The Gator Corporation to Brent Oxley of HostGator.com. Gator.com was first registered in March of 1997 and currently does a redirect to HostGator.com .

While doing some research for this story.. I found an interesting "poke" at GoDaddy.com in the meta description from an article on NemcoRacing:

"So why go with a daddy if you can Host with a Gator!"

GoDaddy.com also sponsors some race cars in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series. Most notably, Danica Patrick and Mark Martin. GoDaddy happens to be the largest domain name registrar and also a popular place for people to purchase website hosting, what HostGator offers.