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October 2010
Halloween Sunday Updates – IDN Event + Epik + More
(October 31, 2010)Happy Halloween to everyone! We had a smallish Halloween party on Friday night, although I can’t share the costume I wore – apparently it’s not blog-appropriate. Here are some weekend updates from the domain business. I had a great time at the IDN Event in the city last night. I plan to post a full [...]
Book Review – The First Tycoon – The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles
(October 31, 2010)Those that know me know I read a lot. I suppose at times I come across like Cliff from the 80s hit sitcom Cheers. By that I mean, I’m known to force often useless knowledge on unwilling subjects. Putting that last comment aside for a moment, I’d also like to say that I’ve decided to [...]
Upcoming Expired Domain Auctions To Watch
(October 31, 2010)From time to time I will make a list of upcoming expired domain names over at NameJET.com to keep an eye on and here is another one of those lists! All domains have a range of when the auction starts (when you need to place a minimum bid ($69) to be in the private auction). [...]
BuyThePillow.com Sobakawa Cloud Pillow On TV
(October 31, 2010)BuyThePillow.com! Can’t get any more straightforward than that with a domain name! With Sobakawa® not being the easiest to remember, let alone pronounce, the team has done some thinking and brought this cloud pillow™ to the market with such a make sense domain name in the TV ads that I had to write about it! Clearly [...]
Advertise to Domain Investors
(October 30, 2010)I get a lot of inquiries about advertising on my blog, and I’ve been very lucky when it comes to advertiser renewals. As a result, I don’t often have openings on my blog for advertisers. I wish I could add more space for advertising, but I don’t think that would be fair to readers or [...]
A Little DotWeekly.com This And That
(October 30, 2010)Back in September I was going to pull the plug on blogging on DotWeekly and just blog from time to time but then Google Instant came about and since I use DotWeekly for a lot of testing, I felt I needed to continue writing and learning! Google Instant is for sure a game changer even [...]
The Best SEO Advice I’ve Read All Year
(October 30, 2010)Posted in SEOSearch EnginesWeb Development
The industry leaders at Search Engine Land recently published an outstanding article that provides unique insight into optimizing your website for search engine success.
The article reveals 25 super common SEO mistakes, but surprisingly…
The Best SEO Advice I’ve Read All Year
VegasBaby.com
(October 30, 2010)Bottoms up, bottoms up, ey, what’s in ya cup Got a couple bottles, but a couple ain’t enough Bottoms up, bottoms up, throw your hands up Tell security we bout to tear this club up Bottoms up, bottoms up, pocket full of green Girl, you know I love the way you shake it in them [...]
Why a Movie can Change the Domain Game and PPC equals Flawed Valuations
(October 30, 2010)Morning Folks!! So now everyone can clearly see that valuating domains by ppc earnings was silly at best. There was NEVER any correlation though many correlated them anyway. Made no sense then and I wrote about it time and time again. Now it is clear what I meant. So if you bought a domain on a flawed equation, you have to recalibrate that and find something to base it on that is constant. Or at least in tune with reality. So folks always ask how do you valuate a domain name? My answer is always at a bare minimum, compare to real world costs. That is a basis. That is a starting point. That is a foundation. That is before...
Are You Ready for Another ccTLD Re-Launch? Coming Monday – Sunrise for .SO.
(October 29, 2010).CO enjoyed a wildly successful re-launch this past summer - now the .SO Registry hopes a little of that ccTLD magic will rub off on their extension too. Unfortunately, .SO has some big hurdles in its path. .SO may find a place on DomainHacks.com though. Also today, a reminder that the 2010 .Info Awards voting is now in its final hours.
A Brief History of DNS
