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Domain Blogs Headlines: May 17th 2012

Buying Expired Domains? Make Sure To Do Your Research
Buying expired domain names is a great way to pick up some good deals on domains that could make great development or resale candidates. Many of the top investors buy expired domains every month and have been for years, people like Frank Schilling, Michael Berkens, and many more. The problem is, many new investors see [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/buying-expired-domains-make-sure-to-do-your-research/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 2:50 pm EDT
Giving You a “RoundToIt” : Thursday’s Hot List of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net Today
Each day I take a look through Flippa and other sites that have websites for sale and try and drill down the names that I present an opportunity for long term income or a flip. Like any purchase that you make, make sure to do your own homework before buying. Here are a few that I thought had some value and yes I know we could build similar sites. But if you are like me you never get aroun…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/giving-you-a-roundtoit-thursdays-hot-list-of-websites-up-for-auction-around-the-net-today/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 11:40 am EDT
Appraiso Integrated Into Protrada
One of the benefits of using Protrada is the ability to create websites. Although I have not created a website with Protrada, there are many people who have. In a press release this morning, Protrada announced that Morgan Linton’s Appraiso has been integrated into its platform. Appraiso is a website created by Linton and his fiancé Daina [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElliotsBlog/~3/8qHMuYqbjhw/appraiso-integrated-into-protrada-1450 | Date: 17 May 2012 | 8:08 am EDT
Pinky Brand Leaves Afilas / DotMobi
Domain industry veteran Pinkard Alan Brand, better known as “Pinky”, has left Afilias / DotMobi. Brand was with .mobi from before their launch and in recently had been focussing on the GoMobi product. With Pinky’s deep industry knowledge and experience I’d expect to see him being snapped up fairly quickly! Related articles DotPro Registry Migrating [...]Pinky Brand Leaves Afilas / DotMobi…
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Thursday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-17-12
Wow there are a ton of great names at auction today. I could put 50 strong names up today with no problem. I’m like a kid in a candy store. I love these types of days because there WILL be some names that get missed because there are so many. Here are some of the names I thought had value. 7n.org A two character dot anything is worth a good penny. Always surprised these go so high and t…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/thursdays-big-list-of-domains-at-auction-or-dropping-around-the-internet-5-17-12/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 6:13 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 16th 2012

WordPress Wednesday: Three Great Creative Business Themes
Hello and welcome to a little weekly segment I’ve decided to call WordPress Wednesday’s. People always ask me what WordPress themes I like so as per usual I like to turn these into a post rather than just share this information with one person. For my first WordPress Wednesday I thought it would be fun [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/wordpress-wednesday-three-great-creative-business-themes/ | Date: 16 May 2012 | 11:33 pm EDT
4.cn Reports The Sale of 999.com for $632,772
I just received an email from 4.cn proudly announcing that they had just finished brokering the sale of 999.com for 4,000,000 RMB or approximately $632,000 which would put it at number two on the annual sales chart compiled over at DnJournal. 4.cn has always been known as the king of the numeric domains and this past year has been no exception.DnJournal also reported the sale of 60.com last week a…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/4-cn-reports-the-sale-of-999-com-for-632772/ | Date: 16 May 2012 | 2:03 pm EDT
Who is Your Favorite Account Manager
I’m going to give out an award honoring your favorite account manager, account executive, or account representative at a domain industry company. Please post your nomination in the comment section below, and I’ll post a poll early next week where you can vote for your favorite, with the winner receiving $500 cash from me. I’ll [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElliotsBlog/~3/sb1Bzk32_F4/your-favorite-account-manager-0396 | Date: 16 May 2012 | 1:38 pm EDT
Host Europe Acquires Mesh Digital
Host Europe has acquired Mesh Digital, which includes the two registrar brands DomainMonster (retail) and Domainbox (wholesale). Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. More info hereHost Europe Acquires Mesh Digital is an article from Domain Industry & Internet News - Domain Name Industry News
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What Happened To DNFBlog?
One of the newest and most active blogs to enter the Domaining Blog space this year was DNFBlog.com written by Puranjay, a domain investor and blogger. The blog launched in January of this year and quickly ramped up with 58 posts in March and 61 in April. The blog covered a variety of topics from [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/what-happened-to-dnfblog/ | Date: 16 May 2012 | 12:12 pm EDT
Should I Publish A Book Of My Favorite Blog Posts?
I have been thinking about this for over a year now so decided to share it with all of you before taking the next steps. This idea initially came from a new blog reader who asked me if I had anything with my top blog posts in physical book form. I told him that I [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/should-i-publish-a-book-of-my-favorite-blog-posts/ | Date: 16 May 2012 | 9:50 am EDT
BankAds to Acquire CreditCards.net
I just received a press release announcing that BankAds, a company I previously covered, “has signed an exclusive agreement to acquire CreditCards.net.” Yesterday, the company announced its acquisition of OnlineBanks.com, but I think CreditCards.net is far superior to this domain name. BankAds co-founder Sean Sullivan stated, “the re-launched CreditCards.net property is going to be the [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElliotsBlog/~3/Le13i3siKsw/bankads-to-acquire-creditcards-net-0284 | Date: 16 May 2012 | 8:40 am EDT
Wednesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-16-12
Half of May has gone away and its been a heck of a month. Great sales, great weather, and not any time to spend money so building bank. Speaking of bank. I’m built a little and if you are looking to sell some NNNN.coms for a little cash flow let me know. I’m looking to flip a few names but in order to flip I need a good price. The trade off is I pay quickly. Only dot coms, only nnnn.coms, and…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/wednesdays-big-list-of-domains-at-auction-or-dropping-around-the-internet-5-16-12/ | Date: 16 May 2012 | 6:49 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 15th 2012

In New gTLDs, The Only Certainty is Change
Watching the news this morning it was hard not to feel bad for the poor Greeks. Yes, their leaders made unwise choices. Yes, they don’t work as many hours as their Northern neighbors. Too many Greek countrymen work for their government, effectively draining the public coffers rather than contributing to the real economy and growing [...]
Permalink: http://feed.sevenmile.com/~r/7mile/~3/5gwVZRSbzkc/ | Date: 15 May 2012 | 9:23 pm EDT
Sedo’s Weekly Sales Surpass $2 Million: Ahha.com Nets $112,000
Great week for Sedo and the sellers as the sales hit $2.1 million. Just under 1000 reported sales and 41% of the totals were Buy It Now. Looks like that number is starting to be consistent at 40%. It would be interesting to see what percentage of the top 10 sales were BIN. I’ll see if I can find that out Here are the numbers Domain name Price Currency .COMs ahha.com 112000 USD onlinefr…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/sedos-weekly-sales-surpass-2-million-ahha-com-nets-112000/ | Date: 15 May 2012 | 5:06 pm EDT
Bari Meyerson Hired By Enom
I have some nice news to report this afternoon. Bari Meyerson, my former Account Executive at Moniker, has been hired by Enom as a Senior Business Development Manager. I received an email from Bari today confirming the news, and it looks like she’s happy about the move. ”I’m very excited about joining the Demand Media ‘family.’ Demand [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElliotsBlog/~3/DITZAs4T5DI/bari-meyerson-hired-by-enom-7563 | Date: 15 May 2012 | 1:58 pm EDT
The Difference Between Exact And Broad Match Search Volume (Video)
At the beginning of this month I did a post about the difference between exact and broad match search volume. The post was inspired by all the readers who submitted names to my domain contest who didn’t know the difference. It was actually sad to see in some ways as there were a good number [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/the-difference-between-exact-and-broad-match-search-volume-video/ | Date: 15 May 2012 | 11:18 am EDT
Guest Post: Chad Fisher
Chad Fisher helps build and promote web sites in a number of different verticals, everything from finding affordable housing to saving money on insurance. He works at Pyramid SEO and Words For Less, providing client service assistance to business owners. In addition, he works on projects involving electric vehicle charging stations and writes for Business [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ElliotsBlog/~3/s4gPnOjQiP4/guest-post-chad-fisher-9097 | Date: 15 May 2012 | 10:47 am EDT
Tuesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-15-12
If you missed the article/advertisement about the history of Mama.com you need to check it out. It’s the kind of purchase that I dream of. The dream where you buy an asset, sell off a few of the pieces to pay for the whole thing and then get to keep the main part. Come back and check out the names though. They’re below per usual. DirectFund.comSkip the middleman and go direct. Actually y…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/tuesdays-big-list-of-domains-at-auction-or-dropping-around-the-internet-5-15-12/ | Date: 15 May 2012 | 7:00 am EDT
.mobi, .biz, .co, .xxx, RIP, .COM, .TV, .ME, PARTY HARDY!
Morning Folks!! Numbers have always been my road map. Numbers cut through all the motives, agendas and bullshit and hopes and all the rest. Numbers don't lie people do. I am guilty of forming opinions based on numbers regardless of the fallout or who is involved and I have done that since 1996. I test and I report. I invest to find REAL answers. My reports cut all ways because I just follow them w…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/05/mobi-biz-co-xxx-rip-com-tv-me-party-hard.html | Date: 15 May 2012 | 6:56 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 14th 2012

What Happened To WeddingFlorist.com?
As many of you know I held an exciting contest on my blog to buy a domain name for $1,200 from one of my readers. With over 120 comments this post caught a lot of attention and had some great names submitted to it. I spent the weekend crunching the numbers and picking a domain [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/what-happened-to-weddingflorist-com/ | Date: 14 May 2012 | 6:53 pm EDT
10 Things I’m Noticing in My Business That May or May Not Help You
I’m been running a business (or helping run) for the last 15 plus years. My viewpoints are different than many others but here are 10 things I’d thought I’d share that I’ve noticed in the last few years. 1. In the US the “baby boomers” are the biggest portion of our population and they are getting old. They are in their mid 60′s and they are a special category. They expect fu…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/10-things-im-noticing-in-my-business-that-may-or-may-not-help-you/ | Date: 14 May 2012 | 4:02 pm EDT
Today’s Picks Of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net
For those of you looking to diversify or gain some monthly income then buying aged, income producing websites can be a good move. Throughout each week I’m going to look over the lists of websites for sale over at Flippa (who is selling $750K worth of websites a week so there is a big market) and other auction sites and come up with a few worth looking in to. There are a lot of n…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/todays-picks-of-websites-up-for-auction-around-the-net/ | Date: 14 May 2012 | 12:47 pm EDT
Irish Politicians Screw Up With XXX
An article in yesterday’s Sunday Times (Irish edition) by Harry Leech covers .xxx and Irish politicians and political parties. It’s obvious that they didn’t do anything about protecting their “brand” in XXX: Endakenny.xxx and finegael. xxx were both registered in December 2011, as were the addresses sinnfein.xxx and fiannafail.xxx Needless to say the domains were [...]Irish Politicians S…
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Monday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-14-12
Pretty good day today for domain pickups. I will be putting in a couple bids for myself today. I have been more of a buyer than a seller lately but that’s only because I think its a great time to sell. I think dot coms go up from here but nothing wrong with taking a little profit now and then. I’ll be putting it right back in to domains minus a few personal splurges here and there. H…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/mondays-big-list-of-domains-at-auction-or-dropping-around-the-internet-5-14-12/ | Date: 14 May 2012 | 7:32 am EDT
The Front Door, The Back Door, The Side Door. The History of Doors in Stores!
Morning Folks!! If you have no sense of history it is hard to know where the future is going. I look to history for almost every new event and apply a test to see if it is consistent with other points of history. It started with the "Front Door". That is how business started. That was the ONLY access. The Front Door. Then one day somebody got smart and told the good customers to come in the "Side…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/05/the-front-door.html | Date: 14 May 2012 | 6:58 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 13th 2012

Happy Mother’s Day and Hello From Sonoma’s Wine Country
Well I decided to cancel Small Business Sunday today because this day should be about one thing and one thing only, Mom! Right now we are nestled in the woods in a beautiful house getting ready for a day of wine tasting with my Mom. After that we’ll be coming back to the house where [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/happy-mothers-day-and-hello-from-sonomas-wine-country/ | Date: 13 May 2012 | 1:57 pm EDT
Sunday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-13-12
Had a great day yesterday. Nursery was packed and my daughter’s school won the Middle School State Championship in track and field. I always felt that winning a few state championships when I was younger was a key to my developing a little confidence and realization that if you keep trying to get better, you may achieve greatness at some point. Her team is great. What’s even more amazi…
Permalink: http://domainshane.com/sundays-big-list-of-domains-at-auction-or-dropping-around-the-internet-5-13-12/ | Date: 13 May 2012 | 7:54 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 12th 2012

Weekend Musings
Wow – what a week! A lot has happened this week and a lot is happening this weekend, in fact right now I’m sitting on a plane cruising along at 35,000 feet. This week has been exciting with some major appraiso announcements on the horizon, one nice five-figure sale, and two end-user sales that look [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/weekend-musings-16/ | Date: 12 May 2012 | 12:48 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 11th 2012

Three Ways To Help Your Site Rank Better In A Post-Penguin World
Like it or not, Panda came and changed the face of search forever. Now Penguin has come and it looks like once again, the search world may never be the same. While many people are frustrated with Google as their sites dipped in the rankings, many others are looking for the opportunities ahead now that [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/three-ways-to-help-your-site-rank-better-in-a-post-penguin-world/ | Date: 11 May 2012 | 3:09 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 10th 2012

Google's not perfect and I'd just wish they'd realise that
I was checking out my Google+ account…..something that I thought was long overdue. Naturally I thought that I’d view my settings area for things such as privacy etc. I received the following screen capture: Sure it’s a cute error page but it’s nice to know that Google sometimes gets it wrong. I commented in a recent article that Google is throwing the “baby out with the bathwater” beca…
Permalink: http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/article-archive-mainmenu-150/domain-industry-mainmenu-152/691-googles-not-perfect-and-id-just-wish-theyd-realise-that | Date: 10 May 2012 | 6:01 pm EDT
My Picks For The Sedo .ME Auction Starting May 24th
For those keeping score, .ME has been having one heck of a 2012 with strong support from major startups and big sales happening every single week. One of the areas where .ME has really shined is mobile where app developers are seeing .ME as a great extension to build their brands on. Given that mobile [...]
Permalink: http://morganlinton.com/my-picks-for-the-sedo-me-auction-starting-may-24th/ | Date: 10 May 2012 | 4:58 pm EDT
Juan Calle of the .CO Registry DISSES Domainers!! UPDATED!!
Afternoon, Want to know what Juan Calle thinks of Domainers after taking MILLIONS of our dollars??? You are not much more than a "SQUATTER"! Calle: $30 price: "Deters Domainers from Cybersquatting." He clarified his comments on his blog later on but just seems to have dug a deeper hole: "But, if you're a cybersquatter, or even a mass speculator, leveraging technology to register thousands of names…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/05/juan-calle-of-the-co-registry-disses-domainers.html | Date: 10 May 2012 | 1:18 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 9th 2012

Big News Chez GoDaddy
This evening has seen a couple of pretty big stories coming out of GoDaddy. First off GoDaddy CEO told reporters that the company was applying for 3 domain extensions (TLDs) including .godaddy (their .brand). He wouldn’t say what the other two strings were, but it’s safe to assume that they are more generic. The other [...]Big News Chez GoDaddy is an article from Domain Industry & Internet New…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ISquattedYoureu/~3/TyXI7RI8bxw/ | Date: 9 May 2012 | 8:00 pm EDT
Bob Recstrum Speaks On New TLDs
So while Rod Beckstrom may not have been saying much about the TAS outage his parody alter-ego Bob Recstrum has been having fun (at his expense) Today, following the announcement of a date for TAS re-opening: #Newgtlds update: I am pleased to announce a new Reveal Day. On 30 June, I will reveal what [...]Bob Recstrum Speaks On New TLDs is an article from Domain Industry & Internet News - Domain…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ISquattedYoureu/~3/PcNe8VC4ecA/ | Date: 9 May 2012 | 9:19 am EDT
.Be Registry Offering Registrants Certificates
DNS.be, the organisation that runs the .be registry, recently upgraded their software backend to add some new features. While most upgrades usually only impact registrars, the latest update includes an interesting new feature for registrants – registration certificates. While this isn’t a completely novel idea (a number of other ccTLDs offer it) it’s a nice [...].Be Registry Offering Registr…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ISquattedYoureu/~3/tKwtN5X2AlE/ | Date: 9 May 2012 | 8:32 am EDT
New TLD Application System To Come Back Online At End of Month?
ICANN’s latest update has set a date of May 22 for the re-opening of the application system. What that means in terms of the “big reveal” is unclear at this juncture, though some skeptics are positing that it won’t happen until the public meeting in Prague. I wonder if we can persuade Paddy Power to [...]New TLD Application System To Come Back Online At End of Month? is an article from Dom…
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Domain Blogs Headlines: May 8th 2012

A “Glitch” Does Not Last This Long
ICANN has been consistently referring to the issues with the new TLD application system as a “glitch”. That’s a serious misnomer. As a native English speaker I’d consider a “glitch” to be something small and inconsequential. When the software and systems that you are using to process millions of dollars of domain applications is forced [...]A “Glitch” Does Not Last This Long is an…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ISquattedYoureu/~3/3FbewhS65XI/ | Date: 8 May 2012 | 5:31 am EDT
SIDN Get .Amsterdam Contract
SIDN, the organisation that runs .nl, has been awarded the contract to provide registry backend services for .amsterdam. The company that will be running the .amsterdam registry has already launched a public site where they’re accepting pre-registrations. While I’d normally question anyone offering pre-registrations at this stage a .city TLD is a lot less likely [...]SIDN Get .Amsterdam Contra…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ISquattedYoureu/~3/6KL447EdZFc/ | Date: 8 May 2012 | 5:14 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 7th 2012

ICANN Reveals A Lot About New TLD Applications
ICANN’s latest update on the new TLD application system downtime contains a few interesting titbits of information that have all the domain bloggers speculating about how many new TLDs there will be. According to the latest update ICANN has: 2091 pending new TLD applications 214 additional applications that haven’t been paid for yet Pulled in [...]ICANN Reveals A Lot About New TLD Applications…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ISquattedYoureu/~3/Tvo705xJIy8/ | Date: 7 May 2012 | 12:28 pm EDT
The Google Penguin Update was No Happy Feet
*** Please note the title and small parts of this article were modified since its initial post. Apparently the bulk of humanity read questions and believe they are the author’s opinion. A question is a question, a doorway to open discussion, not an answer within itself. The Point of this article was to discuss the failure [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/the-google-penguin-update-was-no-happy-feet/ | Date: 7 May 2012 | 12:00 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 6th 2012

Let's Have a Meeting! Then Another and Another. Afraid to Make a Decision?
Morning Folks!! I don't do well with morons. Especially when they are disguised as professionals that are supposed to know what they do for a living. So when I have to deal with idiots that are clueless about what they do and whatever they are doing I don't play well. These guys will only last a few weeks or months anyways until the other idiots they work with find out that he knows even less than…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/05/lets-have-a-meeting.html | Date: 6 May 2012 | 7:22 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 5th 2012

Saturday Musings – playing netball
My daughter Elise played netball (like basketball but without bouncing the ball) today and her team won – hooray! It was great watching them just “click” as a team as the ball whizzed up the court to get another point. After the match I found myself reflecting on the match and how it reminded me of what it's like to be a domain owner. Typically speaking we’re playing to increase our revenu…
Permalink: http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/article-archive-mainmenu-150/saturday-musings-mainmenu-165/690-saturday-musings-playing-netball | Date: 5 May 2012 | 6:43 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 4th 2012

Candy.com Poised to hit $6 Million in Sales in 2012
Afternoon Folks!! I was just sent this a few minutes ago and wanted to share a story about Candy.com that came out earlier today. Rick Schwartz
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/05/candycom-poised-to-hit-6-million-in-sales-in-2012.html | Date: 4 May 2012 | 4:51 pm EDT
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. RETURNS to Las Vegas in 2013. Last Call for $1295 Tickets for 2012
Afternoon Folks!! As you might have heard, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Returns to Las Vegas in 2013. We will be returning to Las Vegas for the 7th time! But this time in a new venue that you are sure to love. We had great times at the Venetian but that now is part of the history of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. We are stepping it up a notch and going to the fabulous 5 Star BELLAGIO HOTEL!!!! T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST Starts right…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/05/traffic-returning-to-las-vegas-in-2013-last-call-for-1295-tickets-for-2012.html | Date: 4 May 2012 | 2:04 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 3rd 2012

My Top 10 Domain Purchases, The Prices I paid. The $$$ they earned. The New Ones I am Buying.
Morning folks!! I was looking for a post I thought I already wrote announcing our plans for 2013 and Las Vegas and stumbled on this little gem that I wrote back on February 20th but decided not to post at that time. I have a number of posts that I write and never publish or wait until the right time. This is one of them. This is basically Part 2 of a story I started telling here. I was constrained…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/05/my-top-10-domain-purchases-the-prices-i-paid-the-they-earned.html | Date: 3 May 2012 | 7:14 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 1st 2012

Cloud Hosting – Does it live up to the hype?
I have been using cloud hosting for my sites for the past year, and the short answer is “yes”, it is by far the best hosting I have ever had (see my previous post about my hosting problems). It is much more reliable, and from a webmaster’s perspective is not really any different to use [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/cloud-hosting-does-it-live-up-to-the-hype | Date: 1 May 2012 | 3:29 pm EDT
What does the Next 20 Years Look Like? A Business Plan Too Simple to be Respectable.
Morning Folks!! If your goal is to have a commercial and worldwide presence then dotcom is the domain extension that is recognized in that manner. If you believe differently, that is fine, but the bigger your company is the more costly that belief will be over time and eventually you might be blamed for that belief. As far as the desire to get the dotcom version, it will never go away and each pas…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/05/what-does-the-next-20-years-look-like-a-business-plan-too-simple-to-be-respectable.html | Date: 1 May 2012 | 8:23 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 30th 2012

Calling all Facebook App Developers
I have a project that requires an experienced Facebook application developer. If you are one or know one, please reach out to me.
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/OpdG9qDaf1M/ | Date: 30 Apr 2012 | 10:35 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 27th 2012

Saturday Musings – The Baby out with the Bath Water
Over the last few months I’ve seen a sharp increase in Google marking domain traffic as SPAM and therefore not paying out. Let me say first up that in many cases I’m really supportive of Google’s efforts to fight against SPAM traffic. It hurts legitimate domain owners and effectively steal money from the entire industry. Although I am generally supportive, I see that there are a few problems…
Permalink: http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/article-archive-mainmenu-150/domain-industry-mainmenu-152/689-saturday-musings--the-baby-out-with-the-bath-water | Date: 27 Apr 2012 | 10:08 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 26th 2012

The Saveme.com Response. Short, Sweet, Masterful!
Morning Folks!! On Tuesday I published our response that we submitted to WIPO and our "Friends" in Brazil. Today I am making that link public. Interestingly enough, just this morning I heard of another domain win with the complaintant also being from Brazil when Mike Berkens sent me this link. I think we need to be alert to see if we hear of more of these cases coming from Brazil or any specific c…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/04/the-savemecom-response-short-sweet-masterful.html | Date: 26 Apr 2012 | 6:19 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 16th 2012

Latona's Affiliate Program is Live - Earn on both sellers and buyers
We've just launched an affiliate program for Latona's. We are paying 1% of the sales amount whether you send the buyer or the seller. In fact, we'll pay 1% of everything the referred lead buyers or sells for up to a year. Our average sales price for these developed websites is $87,600 so it's pretty [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/jJt25xqTr1g/ | Date: 16 Apr 2012 | 11:33 pm EDT
9i.com Now for Sale + 100 Other Top Names
The domain 9i.com is now for sale at a very competitive price. 9i.com is one of the most memorable cc.com’s out there and this is a superb opportunity to purchase a great name
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Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 9th 2012

RicksBlog.com 5 Years Old TODAY!!
Morning Folks! Wow, I just noticed that exactly 5 years ago today Ricksblog.com had a "Grand Opening". To be honest, it was something I really did not want to do at first because I had been blogging before there were blogs for over 10 years at that time in 2007. But I did want to get my thoughts out there for more to see and have it circulate so decided to try and memorialize 10 years of thoughts…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/04/ricksblogcom-5-years-old-today.html | Date: 9 Apr 2012 | 7:48 am EDT
Don't Wander off the Yellow Brick Road of Progress. First Things First.
Morning Folks!! In every project the FIRST thing you should do is to identify the "Time Sensitive" elements of that project. What takes the most time? What needs to get rolling now and what can wait until you get your other ducks in a row. If you get this one wrong, you lose! You will be unprepared and work much harder with a lot more pressure and you will always be running against the clock. All…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/04/dont-wander-off-the-yellow-brick-road-of-progress-first-things-first.html | Date: 9 Apr 2012 | 7:25 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 6th 2012

Online Property Rights Threatened As Government Body Agrees To Hear Saveme.com Complaint
Morning Folks!! This Press Release will be coming out on Monday Morning. Here is a sneak peak to start the circulation a bit early. My thanks to Danny Pryor and Howard Neu for helping to compose this. If you would like to possibly be quoted in this release, please use your full name for verification. Rick Schwartz BOCA RATON, Fla., April 9, 2012 - - eRealEstate.com Claims Online Property Rights Th…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/04/online-property-rights-threatened-as-government-body-agrees-to-hear-complaint.html | Date: 6 Apr 2012 | 6:54 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 5th 2012

Factors Of Gold Investments
The following is a guest post by BullionVault.com. Among investors and traders, one of the most interesting products in which to consider placing your money is gold. Gold operates, to some extent, separately from other investment markets, and is often considered apart from overall investment and value trends. However, the decision of whether or not [...]Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller. Foll…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/eUpVDYTDbvw/ | Date: 5 Apr 2012 | 6:52 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 30th 2012

Saturday Musings – Learning to Lose
I have a confession to reveal…..I absolutely love computer games. Since I was ten years old I’ve been playing games. First of all on a Tandy TRS-80 (which had 16K or RAM – WOW!) and later as a developer of the first “Lord of the Rings” game on an Amstrad with the same amount of memory. My biggest claim to fame was blowing up the first Nintendo in Australia as I reverse engineered it with…
Permalink: http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/article-archive-mainmenu-150/saturday-musings-mainmenu-165/688-saturday-musings--learning-to-lose | Date: 30 Mar 2012 | 9:46 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 27th 2012

DomainingLists.com Launched – More To Come
If you are a follower of DNXpert.com you will know that the site was launched in July 2007. Back then, and over the years, the focus of the site has been domain name news, advice and opinions in addition to the regular expired domain lists I have posted here. Recent times have seen me divert [...]
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Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 26th 2012

Is SaveMe.com Action a Premeditated Hit on Rick Schwartz, and Domaining Itself?
Morning Folks, So I pose the question: Is SaveMe.com Action a Premeditated hit on Rick Schwartz and Domaining itself? Why would I ask that? Well first you would have to get into the shoes and the heads of the Brazilian brothers. Let's do that. So it is 2010 and they register SaveMe.com.br. Did they happen to see that the .com version was taken at that time? What was that conversation? or In 2011 w…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/03/is-savemecom-action-a-premeditated-hit-on-rick-schwartz-and-domaining-itself.html | Date: 26 Mar 2012 | 6:19 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 24th 2012

Saturday Musings – Where’s the Innovation
A number of years ago I used to be on the professional seminar speaking circuit and speak with executives on many different topics, the favourite of which was “creativity and lateral thinking”. It was a lot of fun but a little too much flying and being away from the family. This ultimately lead me into the domain industry and a much better lifestyle….hooray! What I find disturbing about the…
Permalink: http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/article-archive-mainmenu-150/saturday-musings-mainmenu-165/687-saturday-musings--wheres-the-innovation | Date: 24 Mar 2012 | 9:29 pm EDT
Márcio Mello Chaves Resorts to FABRICATIONS to TRY and Make His NEW CASE!
Morning Folks!! So our "Friend" Márcio Mello Chaves has resorted to FABRICATIONS this time to TRY and support his argument since anything else would be impossible to prove unless he was Houdini and could rewrite history. One by one Howard will uncover each fabrication and completely discredit this ASSHOLE for the entire world to see and then we are going to make this a Federal Case!! I now have p…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/03/m%C3%A1rcio-mello-chaves-resorts-to-fabrications-to-try-and-make-his-new-case.html | Date: 24 Mar 2012 | 7:01 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 23rd 2012

What Does a "20 Year Plan" Really Mean Through My eyes?
Morning Folks!! I don't have all the answers and I don't have to. Just a few will do. Like you, I can only guess. Speculate. Put my money on it and see how it all unfolds. When I was a kid I remember when the Empire State Building was sold for $12 Million and everyone was stunned how anyone can overpay so much. Sex.com sold for more than the Empire State Building. Fast forward and now we are talki…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/03/what-does-20-a-20-year-plan-really-mean-through-my-eyes.html | Date: 23 Mar 2012 | 10:26 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 19th 2012

How To Sign Contracts Online
Because I sell 5-10 domain names a month, I frequently need to sign domain name sales contracts. The way it works now is that I print out the contract, sign it, and then fax it to the buyer or scan it into my computer and email it to them. They then have to do the [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/how-to-sign-contracts-online | Date: 19 Mar 2012 | 1:17 pm EDT
5 Day Stay of Execution for SaveMe.com as Márcio Mello Chaves Claim "Deficient"!!
Morning Folks!! The Poster Boy for Reverse Domain Hijacking, Márcio Mello Chaves, has hit a little snag. I received the "5 Day Stay" early this morning. I will share the details. The case will not been accepted by WIPO citing lack of specifics in accordance with "Bad Faith" unless amended by March 24th. So the clock is ticking. Let's see. "In accordance with Rules, Paragraph 4(b), you are hereby…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/03/5-day-stay-of-execution-for-savemecom-as-m%C3%A1rcio-mello-chaves-claim-deficient.html | Date: 19 Mar 2012 | 11:53 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 18th 2012

Saturday Musings - Clawbacks
I’m sitting at my desk reflecting on the past week and what has been transpiring in the world of domains. What I have noticed is that Google in particular is getting a lot more aggressive with clawbacks. A clawback is when Google applies its terms to “recoup” up to 90 days of revenue for sub-standard domain traffic. This term has been around for a long time and typically hasn’t bothered…
Permalink: http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/article-archive-mainmenu-150/saturday-musings-mainmenu-165/686-saturday-musings-clawbacks | Date: 18 Mar 2012 | 1:43 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 14th 2012

Márcio Mello Chaves is a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing and I am Going to Make him and Saveme.com.br Famous.
Afternoon Folks!! So today I get a WIPO action from a company in Brazil I never heard of until today. What struck me was that it was one of the most generic domains I own. SaveMe.com I hand registered this domain in 1996. Before this company was even in business or thought of. They decided to go the lawyer route and try to reverse hijack this domain that they have no claim to whatsoever. Now I am…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/03/m%C3%A1rcio-mello-chaves-is-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-and-i-am-going-to-make-him-famous.html | Date: 14 Mar 2012 | 1:13 pm EDT
Major Publishing Death Due To Internet
Back when I was in school, I remember sending many hours in the library studying for tests, doing homework and working on reports. One of the most valuable tools that [...] Related posts:Major Adult Affiliate Program Closes Down Online Ad Spending Tops Print Ad Spending
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2012/03/major-publishing-death-due-to-internet/ | Date: 14 Mar 2012 | 10:32 am EDT
One of My Cheapest DotCom Domain Purchases EVER!
Morning Folks!! So as I told you last month I finally made a list of all my domain name purchases from 1996 until today. I got some amazing deals. Some are hard to believe. But when you sell diamonds for a living and know nothing about diamonds or their characteristics, quality or rarity, that is a problem that plagues many in the domain name world. Some just have a "Circumstance" that forces a sa…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/03/my-cheapest-dotcom-domain-purchase.html | Date: 14 Mar 2012 | 7:33 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 12th 2012

Top Premium Domains At Bargain Prices For Quick Sale
We are looking to shift some more domains this week and we are offering the following premium domains at reduced prices for quick sales, on a first come basis. These are domains that have received multiple offers in the past. Most of the domains are hosted on mini sites with backlinks, traffic and even pagerank. To
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EbusinessDomainsBlog/~3/6oqO51TP1hA/top-premium-domains-at-bargain-prices-for-quick-sale-903121757 | Date: 12 Mar 2012 | 2:34 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 9th 2012

Saturday Musings – Working the trend not the impulse
Many years ago when I was at university studying electronics I came across the concept of an impulse. An extreme example of an impulse is a lightning bolt where instantly there is a massive amount of destructive energy surging and destroying everything in its path. Believe it or not this is very much the way many people manage their domains. The first thing that many domainers do each day is look…
Permalink: http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/index.php/article-archive-mainmenu-150/saturday-musings-mainmenu-165/685-saturday-musings--working-the-trend-not-the-impulse | Date: 9 Mar 2012 | 9:48 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 3rd 2012

Birdie in The Mine DOA. We Now have a CAUSE of Death!
Morning Folks!! It has been no secret where I stand with the O.co debacle. I have written extensively on the subject. No other subject has been covered closer by me in nearly 5 years of this blog. Why? Because this was important. Very important. This bit of information is huge and I said many times I would "Hang my hat on it" before I even knew the results. This golden goose has given birth again.…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/03/birdie-in-the-mine-doa-we-now-have-a-cause-of-death.html | Date: 3 Mar 2012 | 9:08 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 29th 2012

Why Choosing Web Hosting with Unlimited Domains Is A Good Idea
Web Hosting With Unlimited Domains There are two key elements to any web venture: a domain name and a web hosting package. Whether you run a fan site for your favourite film or a site that lets people compare landlord insurance, you’ll need both a domain name and a hosting package. The former is usually
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EbusinessDomainsBlog/~3/g6cE7XvkweU/why-choosing-web-hosting-with-unlimited-domains-is-a-good-idea-902291749 | Date: 29 Feb 2012 | 6:43 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 28th 2012

Some Websites Are Just Not Worth It
Sometimes after I create a site, running it turns out to be more trouble than it is worth, so I shut it down. Here are some examples: 1. DigitalCharity.com – It all started in 2002 when shopaholic Karyn Bosnak started asking for donations online to pay off her $20,000 in credit card debt. It worked [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/some-websites-are-just-not-worth-it | Date: 28 Feb 2012 | 9:38 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 23rd 2012

Virgin Boss Sir Richard Branson wins rights to richardbranson.xxx
Domain investors and speculators will always register and buy domains with new TLDs (domain extensions such as .com, .net, and .biz) with the hope of making huge profits. The prospect of registering a domain name for anything between $7 and $100 and then selling it back later for 4, 5 or even 6 figures is enough to
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EbusinessDomainsBlog/~3/kpcEf5D8XXI/virgin-boss-sir-richard-branson-wins-rights-to-richardbranson-xxx-902231738 | Date: 23 Feb 2012 | 12:31 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 22nd 2012

Google in-house AFD Goes Away – Monetization of TRAFFIC at GOOG more ALIVE than Ever!
Welp, its official: https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2456470&topic=23388&ctx=topic Google has shut down its in-house Domain channel. AFD direct through Google is gone!~ Before the handwringing outsiders and the misinformed begin to spout inaccuracies like “domain traffic is dead!” or “it’s a Facebook and Twitter world so abandon your names you delusional old-ti…
Permalink: http://feed.sevenmile.com/~r/7mile/~3/wq5nm3F5Mx8/ | Date: 22 Feb 2012 | 2:38 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 19th 2012

My First List Ever Made of My Aftermarket Domain Purchases from 1996-2012
Morning Folks!! The way I have always looked at the domain game was not in a contemporary manner. I don't compare it to today. I compare it to history. Hence I look at the domain game as gold miners in Alaska in 1898. I looked at how hard they had it. How many died. How many were just lost. The only think I suffered through was several bath robes. It gave me chills up and down my spine when in 199…
Permalink: http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2012/02/my-first-list-ever-of-my-aftermarket-domain-purchases-from-1996-2012.html | Date: 19 Feb 2012 | 6:18 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 13th 2012

Premium Domains With Buy Now Prices
We have now managed to price the majority of our domains and have listed them on Godaddy.com as premium domains. This means that you can now buy any of our domains via Godaddy.com and gain instant control and ownership as the domain would be automatically transferred into your account after payment is processed. This will help
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EbusinessDomainsBlog/~3/PF3CbRX9tUE/premium-domains-with-buy-now-prices-902131725 | Date: 13 Feb 2012 | 12:29 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 12th 2012

There Are No Accidents
It’s been a while since I posted on my blog. “There are no accidents” as the wise Turtle in Kung-fu Panda once said. That statement is true of my most recent hiatus from this blog as much as it is of other serendipitous happenings in my life. When I’m blogging, I’m not innovating. Blogging is [...]
Permalink: http://feed.sevenmile.com/~r/7mile/~3/48UN1m1qGxs/ | Date: 12 Feb 2012 | 4:03 pm EST
Branding Strategies With Facebook, Twitter and the Domain Name
Social Networking Social networking is a key element in brand building today. It’s all in your face and you cannot ignore it. Like computers and mobile phones, social networking is becoming a key component of everyday life. This goes for the business world as well. You need to have a strategy of placing your brand
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EbusinessDomainsBlog/~3/lSMcxkjUO-4/branding-strategies-with-facebook-twitter-and-the-domain-name-902121715 | Date: 12 Feb 2012 | 8:01 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 5th 2012

Life in hi-definition
I feel secure enough to publicly share that I was a terrible baseball player as a child. I never hit the ball. In fact, I played from little league up through high-school as a starting bench warmer. I had a decade of miserable experiences on the ball field. I don't know if that's an example [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/-DA9JLPYyiw/ | Date: 5 Feb 2012 | 11:28 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 24th 2012

KindActs.com
I launched a new site today at KindActs.com, to help motivate people to do random acts of kindness. I was inspired when I saw the “Kindness Boomerang” video by the charity Life Vest Inside on James Altucher’s blog, and remembered around 5 years ago that I had bought the domain KindActs.com (I think for $1250) [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/kindacts-new-site | Date: 24 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 18th 2012

Own sopa.com today
Latona's has secured the listing for sopa.com. There's something about this name that I like and thought was blog worthy. Let's see, what is it? Oh, it means sweep in Swedish. Wait, that's not it. In domainer terms it's a cvcv or consannant-vowel-consannant-vowel. so - pa. It has a nice ring to it. Hey I [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/tMIcGNf3Bhg/ | Date: 18 Jan 2012 | 8:19 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 13th 2012

R.I.P Parked.com
Domain parking service Parked.com closed their doors for the final time yesterday. If you visit Parked.com now, all you will see is a blank page and a small notice at the bottom that says: For questions regarding Parked.com, please contact PartnerSupport@Parked.com Threads on domaining forums indicate that Parked.com has merged with DomainApps.com and you can [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/HYE1A3N4AHM/ | Date: 13 Jan 2012 | 9:43 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 28th 2011

Start The New Year In Style
Domaining.com’s huge domain sale newsletter will occur on Monday January, 2 2012. It will be broadcast to DNForum.com, DomainState.com and to all Domaining.com members. To maximize your chances to start 2012 with a domain name sale submit your domains for sale at: http://cax.com/submit/newsletter/ The best 100 deals will be featured in the newsletter.
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/UhVbM0GZ2Ic/ | Date: 28 Dec 2011 | 8:04 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 20th 2011

Big Domain Purchases – Part 2
Earlier this year I bought some big domain names (such as Physical.com – see my blog posting about it) to develop into websites, even though I already have 5,000 other domains I have not developed yet. As with many of the things I do online, this was an experiment to see if I could make [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/big-domain-purchases-part-2 | Date: 20 Dec 2011 | 10:03 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 13th 2011

Good Bye Archive.Org, Hello Screenshots.com
We recently blogged about archive.org, their site redesign and the problems with load times and other issues they were having – today’s news will probably be the final nail in the coffin for the troubled venture. DomainTools have announced the release to the public of their new website Screenshots.com. As the name suggests, the website [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/c_M-p6L9TnM/ | Date: 13 Dec 2011 | 9:40 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 30th 2011

Why I'm raising my prices on all my domains
I was having a Skype conversation with a couple of domainers that have huge portfolios and put up big sales numbers each year. We started talking about how to price your domains and by the end of the conversation I realized why I have been selling mine too cheap for too long. When comparing numbers, [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/EeAaC9-1qpE/ | Date: 30 Nov 2011 | 10:03 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 21st 2011

“Super Committee” fails to agree on deficit-reduction plan
As reported by Reuters, the so-called congressional “Super Committee” failed to reach a deal on reducing the federal government’s deficits today. Following similar events at the end of July, when the American government came close to defaulting on part of its debt due to a deadlock in negotiations over a new debt ceiling, the US [...]Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller. Follow me on Twitt…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/a5LOoyQ9VYI/ | Date: 21 Nov 2011 | 5:32 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 13th 2011

The Great Bridge by David McCullough
I like to walk. My friends, family and other travel companions know they need to bring comfortable shoes when they go on trips with me. On visits to New York City I've gone on some epic journeys, some lasting more than 8 hours. I had a friend that lived in Dumbo (Down under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/D6ZbBN1HAG4/ | Date: 13 Nov 2011 | 2:37 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 12th 2011

Carthage Must Be Destroyed
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization by Richard Miles - A book review Carthage was where modern day Tunisia is now. The story of Carthage spans 800 years from around 950 B.C. to 146 B.C. when during the Third Punic War and the Battle of Carthage, the city was destroyed [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/AIt_ttg4d9M/ | Date: 12 Nov 2011 | 9:18 pm EST
The War of 1812 The Navy's War by George C Daughan
I've been behind on book reviews so excuse the numerous blog posts, Facebook and Twitter updates coming this weekend. I've actually been consuming books at a near record pace recently as I've fallen back in love with listening to audio books. With so little time to sit and read holding a book, audio books allow [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/XYOOinJhCWs/ | Date: 12 Nov 2011 | 2:36 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 10th 2011

Meet.ME Proves It’s About Vision
As I sit here in the Newark airport tonight exhausted from a busy week and knowing I have a long travel night ahead due to delays I wanted to at least put a few words out about the GREAT transaction that Michael Berkens, Ammar Kubba, and Rick Schwartz had with Meet.Me. Since the launch of .ME [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/aLjElmHVWeg/ | Date: 10 Nov 2011 | 9:28 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 3rd 2011

How I Was Scammed Out Of $2000
In my 15+ years of doing business online, I have lost money to scammers many times, so I thought I would show an example of one particular scam I fell for, as a warning for other webmasters who might be in a similar situation. And, what makes it unusual is that eventually I was able [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/how-i-was-scammed-out-of-2000 | Date: 3 Nov 2011 | 11:47 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 1st 2011

New Product Announcement - ResearchLabs.com
Here's an opportunity for designers and webmasters to make some money developing premium domain names. This is a soft and very humble launch. We are trying to get this out the door on a shoestring budget. Over the years I've lost a small fortune trying to mass develop domains as mini-sites and then lost another [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/Qa_bhAi38ys/ | Date: 1 Nov 2011 | 10:12 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 19th 2011

Occupy This! A Guest Post By Sean Stafford
I want to thank Sean Stafford from DomainGraduate.com for allowing me to post his comment on a Facebook post I had made, consider this a guest post on my blog. I am sure there are many readers that will disagree with Seans point of view (and mine by extension) but what makes this country great [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/irSZ6Ait8Rg/ | Date: 19 Oct 2011 | 8:14 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 12th 2011

Salesmanship: Ultimately Nothing Else Matters
Yesterday Owen Frager sent out a great read in his newsletter, after reading I asked for permission to repost at Owen graciously agreed. I am posting unedited, for more information on Owen you can check out Frager.us or FragerFactor.blogspot.com. Owens article does a great job of explaining what many people have forgot, salesmanship matters to a [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/UtHez74_VDY/ | Date: 12 Oct 2011 | 3:38 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 8th 2011

Pivotal moment for the euro zone
Stock markets in many parts of the world closed higher on semi-positive news from the US labour market yesterday. However, the rise in stock prices over the past few days does not signal the beginning of a recovery at all. I have no doubt that stocks will plummet again in the short run. The downgrades [...]Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller. Follow me on Twitter.Pivotal moment for the euro zon…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/izpURBCzaDw/ | Date: 8 Oct 2011 | 5:46 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 6th 2011

Rest In Peace Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and former CEO, passed away today at the age of 56. You inspired a lot of us to work hard but enjoy life and do it our own way. Thank you for that, Steve. Rest in peace.
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/H0sGSUPAHcQ/ | Date: 6 Oct 2011 | 2:22 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 5th 2011

Steve Jobs Has Died
Steve Jobs, one of the greatest visionaries of our time has passed away. He was just 56 years old. Tomorrow morning in his obituary we will read about all of [...] Related posts:Domainer wants $10,000,000 as Apple introduces Iads for Mobile Advertising Ipads.com – Was this site built last year or last week? Verizon To Sell IPhone
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-has-died/ | Date: 5 Oct 2011 | 7:53 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 2nd 2011

Long Term SEO Planning For Content Sites
In a world that is lead by real time information and search and reacting to friends posting links on social sites sometimes taking a longer view of what people could be interested in can pay off when developing a new website. This past year when first working with the Castello Brothers on Grape.com there was planning [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/Q66ZTvfcOnw/ | Date: 2 Oct 2011 | 7:31 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 1st 2011

Facebook Cover Photos Create A New Business Overnight
If you are on Facebook or pay attention to social media news whatsoever you have taken a look at Facebook Timeline. One of the most visual differences between the previous Facebook profile layout compared to the new layout is the cover photo for your Timeline. As soon as I setup Timeline on my account I knew [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/omIDfPZ3et4/ | Date: 1 Oct 2011 | 3:35 pm EDT
I have a large client buying domains and websites that have a PageRank of 5 or higher
This is an announcement that I have a client that is buying any sort of domains and websites (good or bad) that have a Google PageRank of 5 or higher. Please contact me if you have any for sale. Do not put them in the comments. Tell me using the contact form on my blog.
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RickLatona/~3/rhX5OndPUxE/ | Date: 1 Oct 2011 | 2:14 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 30th 2011

FBYou.net Misses the Mark with Domain Name
I have not blogged about domain names much lately but to my domainer friends, do not worry, my heads still int he game. Tonight I witnessed a domain fail that was worth blogging about. Typically I fall on the side of the business owner when people complain about bad domain name selections, most small business owners [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/y3zUCixAvys/ | Date: 30 Sep 2011 | 10:39 pm EDT
US Online Ad Revenue Soars
For the six month period ending June 30Th,2011, online ad revenue hit a new all time record stopping just short of $15 billion. That’s a 23% increase over the same [...] Related posts:Microsoft’s Bold Move – To Offer Office Free Online Google Instant Predicts What Your Thinking. Whats So Special – So Does My wife. It’s Finally Happened – Internet Ads Spending Beats Magazine Spending fo…
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/09/us-online-ad-revenue-soars/ | Date: 30 Sep 2011 | 9:39 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 29th 2011

A Typo Can Ruin You Life
First, the following article is not about typo domains. It’s about a young mans world being destroyed because of a typo and the internet. Years ago I used to be [...] No related posts.
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/09/a-typo-can-ruin-you-life/ | Date: 29 Sep 2011 | 12:44 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 25th 2011

Domain Name Observations and News Bits
Several domain blogs & TechCrunch reported last week that the premium domain name, RealEstate.com (with associated domains and online services), was sold by Lending Tree to Market Leader for $8.25 million dollars. RealEstate.com would classify as one of the all time best domain names right along with Business.com and Loans.com. Market Leader is reported to have [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/09/domain-name-observations-2/ | Date: 25 Sep 2011 | 9:59 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 22nd 2011

Facebook Change Haters I Have A Copy of Windows 95 For You
If you did not watch the Facebook F8 Keynote today you missed out on the major changes coming to Facebook, you should be able to see the recorded keynote at F8.Facebook.com if you want to get an idea of what is coming. One thing to note, and a year ago it would of been a big [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/GvHw5_oI1us/ | Date: 22 Sep 2011 | 5:57 pm EDT
Domain Names I Recently Sold – September 2011
Below is a list of some of the domain names that I sold in the past 9 months: WebStartups.com – $5,000 CouponJunkies.com – $4,000 BestFirearms.com – $500 GetEngaged.com – $7,000 Zabber.com – $500 Winloot.com – $1,000 Venturefund.com – $5,000 Quicktrades.com – $2,000 HugoBooks.com – $500 Findgifts.net – $1,100 Buygifts.net – $1,100 Birdwatchers.net – $1,500 4RentalCars.com […
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/domain-names-i-recently-sold-september-2011 | Date: 22 Sep 2011 | 12:21 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 12th 2011

ITEXPO West Kicks Off in Austin TX
I am in Austin, TX for the next few days attending ITEXPO West, its a great event with a ton of forward looking sessions. I will be sitting on the panel titled: How MNOs Can Leverage a Cloud Platform to Deliver Unified Communications My panel session is tomorrow at 11AM, if you are in town for [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/CS_of5iRwPQ/ | Date: 12 Sep 2011 | 6:02 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 2nd 2011

Road Ragers Learn They Messed With Wrong Cyclist
As many people that read my blog know I am an avid cyclist. I have been on the bike for years and obey the laws and in general give much more leeway to vehicles than required by law out of courtesy since many drivers do not understand that cyclists have just as much right as they [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/OHXTM0lDn0I/ | Date: 2 Sep 2011 | 1:08 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 31st 2011

GENBAND Unveils 2011 GENFuzion Developer Challenge Winners
Top app developers from GENFuzion Developer Community recognized for innovative applications powered by A2 Communications Application Server Frisco, Texas, August 30, 2011 – GENBAND, a leading developer of IP infrastructure and application solutions, today announced the results of its first GENFuzion™ Developer Challenge, recognizing the top app developers from across several strategic catego…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BruceMarler/~3/dxbVGvcXtWM/ | Date: 31 Aug 2011 | 2:56 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 16th 2011

SelfEmployed.com Leads Sedo’s Sales at $58,000. Rome.net sells for $30,000.
In this terrible job market, a domain like SelfEmployed.com can be very useful. $58000 seems like a good price. In NY foodtrucks are real big. I like that name – [...] Related posts:Sedos’s weekly sales list – 4×4.co.uk 24000GBP, grapple.com 34000 USD and analytics.net 12500USD lead the list Six Figure Sale Leads Sedo’s Weekly Sales Six figure deal Leads Sedo.com Weekly Sales
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/08/selfemployed-com-leads-sedos-sales-at-58000-rome-net-sells-for-30000/ | Date: 16 Aug 2011 | 5:08 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 15th 2011

Domainer Marc Ostrofsky to Keynote Affiliate Summit East 2011
Most of the domain community has been looking for additional ways to monetize there names. Marc Ostrofsky is certainly one that has found numerous ways. He will be Keynoting the [...] Related posts:Major Adult Affiliate Program Closes Down Rick Latona To Pay You To Go To Traffic HUGE Deals Will Be Happening Real Soon
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/08/domainer-marc-ostrofsky-to-keynote-affiliate-summit-east-2011/ | Date: 15 Aug 2011 | 1:53 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jul 18th 2011

From $1,500,000 to $120,000 – A Domain Lesson Learned
I still buy domains. I keep a list on my desk and every so often I go through it. The problem I have is that I don’t go through the [...] Related posts:Oversee.net Brokers 2 Big Domain Sales Nice Domain Dropping On Namejet Another Huge Domain Name In Bankruptcy Court
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/07/from-1500000-to-120000-a-domain-lesson-learned/ | Date: 18 Jul 2011 | 4:42 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jul 15th 2011

Demand Media Loses A Billion Dollars In Valuation
Five months ago, Demand Media went public at $17 per share. Within a short time, the stock hit a high above $28 per share. It seemed like they hit the [...] Related posts:Demand Media Stock Is Going DOWN, DOWN, DOWN Is Demand Media Selling Amazing Domains To Help Stock Price? Facebook Beats Yahoo as Online Publishers Served over 1,100,000,000,000 ads (just To US Internet users) in Q1
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/07/demand-media-loses-a-billion-dollars-in-valuation/ | Date: 15 Jul 2011 | 12:00 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jul 12th 2011

Big Domain Purchases
I have some interesting news to report. In a previous posting I wrote about how I was unsure what to do with my 9000 domain names because I was losing money on the vast majority of them. And, in another posting I wrote about how I developed big sites on some of my domains but [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/big-domain-purchases | Date: 12 Jul 2011 | 11:24 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 28th 2011

Markets await Greek Vote on Austerity Plan
As Greek unions continue their 48-hour general strike before the vote by lawmakers on the proposed five-year austerity plan on Wednesday, markets have been slightly optimistic today. Given that European stock indices are up today (with banking stocks particularly strong), Greek 10yr bond yields are at a three-week low and CDS spreads have tightened, it [...]Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller.…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/Y0CqpmA5EsQ/ | Date: 28 Jun 2011 | 2:39 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 23rd 2011

Stock Markets Down on Fed Projections
Stock markets are down worldwide today after yesterday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) June meeting and the release of its economic projections (PDF). The Federal Reserve projects unemployment in the U.S. to be high through the year 2013, when it should be 7 to 7.5 per cent, according to the Fed’s latest estimates (this is [...]Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller. Follow me on Twitte…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/IYgwDu9_Xl0/ | Date: 23 Jun 2011 | 3:46 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 22nd 2011

Social Networking Bubble Inflating
Technology companies like LinkedIn, Pandora, Groupon and Facebook are being valued at mind-boggling revenue multiples. In the face of relatively meager earnings, the fast-growing niche of social networking looks severely overvalued, bringing back memories of the last decade's dot com bubble.Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller. Follow me on Twitter.Social Networking Bubble Inflating
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/bCOAIawcFBY/ | Date: 22 Jun 2011 | 12:42 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 21st 2011

ICANN Make FIFA Look Legit! In My Opinion
If you’re a soccer/football fan you will be aware of the current debate about FIFA and the corruption that seems to be endemic throughout the FIFA organisation. In my opinion when it comes to domain names, ICANN aren’t that far behind. I’m relatively new to domain brokering but I’ve been buying and selling domains for almost [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/gyzAbk1tkuA/ | Date: 21 Jun 2011 | 7:17 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 16th 2011

Caveat Emptor ~ “Let The Buyer Beware”
We all know domain thieves abound. Oftentimes they do it via something as simple as a run of the mill keylogger. Other times it’s malicious code sent via email. There are many techniques but the results are the same. Compromised systems mean eventually names will be stolen. As a broker I have to do due diligence. [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/Iz8wcvh1y2w/ | Date: 16 Jun 2011 | 4:27 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 12th 2011

ElectricityRates.com Sells For $20,000
Sedo, the domain marketplace, has announced the sale of domain name electricityrates.com for 20,000 USD on it’s recent sales page. According to domain whois, the domain name was purchased by Power Target LLC, of Baltimore, Maryland. Other interesting sales include: ski.co (15,000 USD) automotive.co (10,000 USD) schnäppchen.com (4,700 EUR) origeo.com (8,750 USD) extremecoupon.com (8,900 USD) [..…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/NQ4nqRhKjq8/ | Date: 12 Jun 2011 | 1:02 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 9th 2011

First Borat, Now Google Antagonize Kazakstan
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character was a self-proclaimed anti-Semitic, homophobic and generally idiotic spokesman for Kazakhstan in the British Comedian’s mocumentary “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” – alienating a whole country in the process. It’s needless to say the people of Kazakhstan were not happy with the way [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/uRw4T_EtiE8/ | Date: 9 Jun 2011 | 10:15 am EDT
Who Says There’s No Money In Domains Anymore?
I read with interest Rick Latona’s recent post which stated more or less that he’s had it with domains and is investing in other areas. His main reasoning was "It is our opinion that the market won’t recover any time soon, if it recovers at all. We feel that domains just aren’t worth that much anymore [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/Z0IeBN-3yEc/ | Date: 9 Jun 2011 | 8:38 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 8th 2011

Twitter Officially Launches T.co
Twitter officially announced the launch of their new link shortening service t.co in a blog post yesterday. Just as Overstock got o.co, Twitter recently acquired t.co and it was public knowledge that they were going to use it for an in house link shorting service – something that has now come to fruition. The link [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/aTIcEtGOusQ/ | Date: 8 Jun 2011 | 3:08 pm EDT
Interviews and Publicity – Do They Bring Fame and Fortune?
I was recently interviewed about my domain name business, and although doing any interview is always exciting, what made this one different is that it was my first video interview. You can view it at DomainSherpa. This was my first time ever using Skype or any video chat type software, and I have only ever [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/interviews-and-publicity-do-they-bring-fame-and-fortune | Date: 8 Jun 2011 | 7:45 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 6th 2011

Pay.com Up For Sale
DomainAdvisors have put up an exclusive listing of premium domain name Pay.com. Anyone interested in getting the domain name will most likely have to pay a 7 figure amount – excuse the pun. “Domain names like Pay.com have a strong and memorable branding association and offer significant advantages to online businesses in terms of pay-per-click [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/8Dd0CACksZ8/ | Date: 6 Jun 2011 | 3:39 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 5th 2011

25 Years Of .AU
AusRegistry, auDA and the Australian ICT and business community celebrated 25 years of the .au ccTld on June 2, 2011 at a gala event held at Melbourne Museum in Melbourne. Speaking at the event AusRegistry CEO Adrian Kinderis said: “Registrations in the .au domain hit the 2 million mark in March 2011, putting it into [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dnxpertcom/~3/ijnEH2HBqjs/ | Date: 5 Jun 2011 | 3:39 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 18th 2011

Google To Show Domain Names In Adwords HeadLines
How many times have you click on an adwords ad link thinking you were going to a certain website, only to be taken somewhere else? Obviously it has been happening [...] Related posts:kosherhibachi.com listed 2nd in Google for “Auto Insurance” – How Did They Beat Google? Let’s Talk Trends – Watches, Ties, Art, Domains Google Starts a New Product And Guess Who Owns The .Com
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/05/google-to-show-domain-names-in-adwords-headlines/ | Date: 18 May 2011 | 5:54 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 17th 2011

Develop, And Do It Right ~ Here’s A Prime EXAMPLE !!!
How much are Premium Domain owners leaving on the table? Development is the way to go, especially for certain domains. I’m not talking about - now dead in the water - mini sites but strategically built out sites that offer pertinent and in demand info. James Stafford (the Namecake owner) has just returned from Washington. His baby is OilPrice.com [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/b4Z01_KUVRY/ | Date: 17 May 2011 | 3:49 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 13th 2011

Natural Born Gamblers?
Dress it up however you like, Domainers are natural born gamblers. If polls were taken on the typical personality profile of the "average" Domainer I’d say that most would show that a Domainer has a propensity to gamble. Life’s a gamble and that’s fine, unless the house usually wins. It’s a numbers game and if the [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/R9q0uoojbK8/ | Date: 13 May 2011 | 6:17 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 12th 2011

DomainFest Barcelona Announces Speakers and Agenda
Domainfest Barcelona has announced the agenda and list of speakers for their June show. In addition they will offering 1 day passes for $295 and $495 with dinner for those [...] Related posts:Domainfest Announces Strong Agenda Mark Your Calendar for Domainfest DomainFest 2010 Announces Agends and Speakers
Permalink: http://directnavigation.com/2011/05/665/ | Date: 12 May 2011 | 9:16 am EDT
N.D.A’s Are A Drag But A Necessary One
Aside from deals falling through at the last minute, buyers not keeping their word, sellers changing their minds, deals stalling, bidders lowballing etc one of the biggest downsides about brokering high end domains is not being able to disclose them when you finally manage to sell them. N.D.A’s (Non Disclosure Agreements) prevent a broker making public [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/TSck7u13VZ0/ | Date: 12 May 2011 | 4:15 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 6th 2011

Ron Jackson and Mark Ostrofsky on DomainSherpa.com
DomainSherpa.com is a domain name information website which features interviews with domain name investors. I recently found this site, which is authored & edited by Michael Cyger, and was impressed with the quality of Michael’s online interviews with well-known domain industry veterans. Most entertaining & informative are two interviews, one with Ron Jackson, and the other with [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/05/ron-jackson-and-mark-ostrofsky-on-domain-sherpa/ | Date: 6 May 2011 | 10:15 pm EDT
My 9000 Domains – Part 2
In a previous posting, I pondered What To Do With My 9000 Domain Names?. It has been 6 months since I wrote that, so I though I would give my readers an update: 1. Yesterday I sold a package of 4000 of my domains for $1.3 million. These domains were all parked (i had no [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/my-9000-domains-part-2 | Date: 6 May 2011 | 9:20 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 1st 2011

If You Don’t Ask For Good Money You Will Never Get It
All Domainers are equal but some are much more equal than others. Most domainers will never hit the heights of a Rick Schwartz*, Frank Schilling, Mike Mann et al. Most of us fall into the realms of making $1k - $5k profit on a domain sale if we are lucky. As a broker I regularly ask potential (and existing) clients [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/6c9dht5Sod0/ | Date: 1 May 2011 | 2:22 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 28th 2011

Proactive? Reactive? Or Plain Old Inactive?
The World doesn’t owe any of us a living, in fact it doesn’t owe us anything! Anyone with half a brain knows too well that human history is littered with injustices and that the World we live in isn’t fair, the distribution of wealth in this World is grossly unfair, the rich get richer blah blah blah, [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/1j4XI2TnDmU/ | Date: 28 Apr 2011 | 3:08 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 27th 2011

Short Domains ~ The State Of The Nation
Many domainers consider three letter coms to be the "Gold Standard" of the domain industry. A barometer to measure the overall state of the domain climate, generally speaking. So how are they fairing lately? Looking at archived sales pages on DNJournal over the last few months they’re not doing too badly at all! Most of us know of [...]
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Namecake/~3/pzctiRbnbzA/ | Date: 27 Apr 2011 | 11:06 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 24th 2011

Geo Domain Enthusiasts
Geo domains are a niche within the larger domain name industry pertaining to domain names containing cities, states, countries, or other geographical names. A new organization for geo domain enthusiasts has sprung up at GeoPublishers.com. GeoPublishers is staffed/led by some familiar names in the geodomain industry including the Castello Brothers (David and Michael) who own such greats as [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/04/geo-domain-enthusiasts/ | Date: 24 Apr 2011 | 7:44 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 20th 2011

What Domain Should I Use For My TV Site?
One of the goals of my blog is to give people an inside look at how an Internet business is run. So, here’s a business decision I am currently facing: I’m planning to build a site similar to SocialGuide.com, which is a site where people discuss TV shows (chatter.usanetwork.com is another example of a site [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/what-domain-should-i-use-for-my-tv-site | Date: 20 Apr 2011 | 9:55 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 10th 2011

The quirks of metric versus imperial measurements in search engines
I was working on a client’s website recently when I ran across a problem that raised an interesting issue. In a nutshell, how do search engines deal with imperial measures on websites? A related question is how do people write their imperial measure queries in search engines? For example, if I was looking for a [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2011/04/10/the-quirks-of-metric-versus-imperial-measurements-in-search-engines/ | Date: 10 Apr 2011 | 9:59 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 6th 2011

Two Letter Domain Names Make for Memorable Addresses
Rheumatoid Arthritis is one of those medical phrases that take an extra few seconds to type in order to make sure your spelling is correct. RheumatoidArthritis.com is certainly already registered. Indeed, to a biotechnology company called Genentech … whose corporate website is actually located at Gene.com. They sure know how to zero in on high quality, [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/04/two-letter-domain-names-make-for-memorable-addresses/ | Date: 6 Apr 2011 | 2:21 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 20th 2011

Several Recent .BIZ Sales Via Sedo
Several notable .BIZ domain sales were picked up the other day by Domain Name Wire. Casinos.biz was purchased through Sedo’s online brokerage for $19,000 as verified through their RSS feed of recent sales. And All.biz was sold for a very substantial $61,750. Neither site is developed yet although both domains lend themselves to good branding [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/03/several-recent-dot-biz-sales/ | Date: 20 Mar 2011 | 8:20 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 6th 2011

Sedo Comes Through, Afternic Out To Lunch
The old adage “There’s only one chance to make a good first impression” can certainly apply to domain name brokerages. Customer service is apparently a low priority for some brokerages, namely Afternic. Not good. I recently sold a domain through Afternic that transferred into the buyer’s account over a week ago. Afternic is still waiting [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/03/sedo-delivers-but-afternic-gives-poor-service/ | Date: 6 Mar 2011 | 1:03 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 5th 2011

The Website Content Controversy
Google’s recent changes to their search rankings (see details here) to reduce spammy content (mainly from “content farms”) has led to a lot of talk about the importance of having good, unique content. It got me thinking about the topic of adding new content to my own sites. The reason I bring this up is [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/the-website-content-controversy | Date: 5 Mar 2011 | 8:11 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 15th 2011

Domain Name and Website Optimization in Bing
Most people are aware of a search engine technology merger having begun between Yahoo and Bing. Despite sharing and cross-referencing each other’s search engine results, I am seeing distinctly separate page rank for the same search terms when examining Yahoo vs. Bing. Bing, in particular, seems to give high priority to Yellowpage and/or Yellowbook listings. I find this odd [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/02/domain-name-and-website-optimization-in-bing/ | Date: 15 Feb 2011 | 1:04 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 28th 2011

Domain Registrations Continue During Recession
As an observer of domain name news and as a domain investor/developer, I check the number of total domain registrations over time to identify rates of adoption. One might predict that domain registrations would have decreased over the course of the economic recession during the last 2 years. But this is not the case. They [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/01/domain-registrations-continue-during-recession/ | Date: 28 Jan 2011 | 8:04 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 17th 2011

Domain Names I Recently Sold – January 2011
Here are some domain names I sold in the past 4 months: WebFlings.com – $5,000 OnlineInvoices.com – $1,000 BigCasinos.com – $1,000 GamerLife.com – $1,500 BrigantineBeach.net – $400 HealthDeals.com – $4500 FinancialSpot.com – $1000 GoodCoupons.com – $4000 BeerDeals.com – $1500 4Software.com – $2000 4Bets.com – $1,000 4StudentLoans.com – $2,000 4Slots.com – $1,000 4PetSuppl…
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/domain-names-i-recently-sold-%E2%80%93-january-2011 | Date: 17 Jan 2011 | 12:05 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 11th 2011

Real Estate Domain Sells for $60,000
Ron Jackson of DNJournal wrote about a significant sale in the geo-targeted domain name category. Rob Grant, who owns a large portfolio of City+Real Estate domains, sold ParkCityRealEstate.com for $60,000 to a real estate firm in Park City, Utah. Ron explained in his DNJournal piece that Mr. Grant had used GoDaddy to broker the deal. [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2011/01/real-estate-domain-sells-for-60000/ | Date: 11 Jan 2011 | 10:17 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 31st 2010

Methadone Domain Name Aims To Educate
Menius Enterprises acquired the domain name Methadone.US some months ago. I have been developing the domain into a methadone treatment information site using the DevHub website builder. Chemical dependency is a prevalent illness in American society and many of us have encountered it in one form or another, either directly or indirectly. Methadone is a very specific medication-assisted treatm…
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2010/12/methadone-domain-name-aims-to-educate/ | Date: 31 Dec 2010 | 9:33 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 26th 2010

.US Rolls Out New Logo
The Neustar registry has created a new logo for the .US web address. The new logo contains a fitting new tagline too, “America’s Address“. The .US domain name space currently enjoys just over 1.76 million total registrations, most of which originated with U.S. businesses or U.S. citizens due to the necessity of meeting nexus requirements for United States residency [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2010/12/neustar-rolls-out-new-dot-us-logo/ | Date: 26 Dec 2010 | 7:47 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 17th 2010

Catchy Domain Names Have Value
PremiumDomains.biz usually write about high demand generic domain names since these are the stock-in-trade of the domain industry, command the highest prices, and they also fuel a good portion of internet commerce. However, there exist creative and fanciful domain names which are so “catchy” that they can take on a unique life of their own, such as [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2010/12/catchy-domain-names-have-value/ | Date: 17 Dec 2010 | 11:26 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 11th 2010

Hotel Domain Names
Hotel domain names are a specialty niche in the domain name market. There are generic super premiums like Hotels.com and there are other pure geo-targeted domain names like MiamiHotels.biz. Hotels.eu sold via Sedo in 2006 for $329,509 and exemplifies the high value attached to the “hotels” keyword in the domain name sales industry. SydneyHotels.com was acquired earlier [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2010/12/hotel-domain-names/ | Date: 11 Dec 2010 | 7:07 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 10th 2010

LasVegasHotels.com, CarInsurance.com > What 2010 was!
In my opinion 2010 will go down in history books as the year when many of the world’s best names were acquired at prices never to be seen again. Why? Since almost all of the key purchases this year have been made by developers and end users. This is vastly different than prior years since [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/lasvegashotels-com-carinsurance-com-what-2010-was/ | Date: 10 Dec 2010 | 11:36 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 9th 2010

Premium Domain Names Built On Popular Keywords
The culinary arts are of interest to many people. And this phenomenon seems to be catching on across the nation. Culinary art schools enjoy full enrollment as students, professionals, and everyday folks indulge their senses and learn the fine art of preparing delicious meals. Culinary is the general food industry term used for those things [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2010/12/premium-domain-names-built-on-popular-keywords/ | Date: 9 Dec 2010 | 6:17 am EST
Playboy Launches .TV Domain Name
The ubiquitous publication of many decades has launched its sexy array of beauties via Playboy.TV. Playboy’s evolution through time found them typically on the cutting edge of technology. They moved from a very successful hardcopy magazine (founded in 1953) to having success in both the satellite and videotape markets before finally moving to the internet. It appears [...]
Permalink: http://premiumdomains.biz/blog/2010/12/playboy-launches-dot-tv-domain-name/ | Date: 9 Dec 2010 | 4:33 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 2nd 2010

SantaBot.com is coming to town
In two of my previous postings, I wrote about my attempts to create viral videos: http://www.impulsecorp.com/viral-videos-the-story-of-pimp-my-sleigh and http://www.impulsecorp.com/viral-videos-part-2. Mainly, I tried making holiday music videos such as Pimp My Sleigh, and although they were popular, I never made any money from them. So, unlike with holiday videos, it is interesting that one of my…
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/santabot-com-is-coming-to-town | Date: 2 Dec 2010 | 8:29 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 16th 2010

What To Do With My 9000 Domain Names?
I own several hundred domains that have real websites on them, such as Dumb.com, Adoptme.com, and CheapFlowers.com, but for over 10 years I have also had around 9000 domain names that are basically just sitting there doing nothing. I have no plans to create sites on them, I just hold them in the hopes of [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/what-to-do-with-my-9000-domain-names | Date: 16 Nov 2010 | 1:25 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 19th 2010

No more domain names
Dear readers, As many of you will know, I quit brokering domains a while ago – and I stopped actively trading domain names altogether in late 2009. Since then, I haven’t published a new article on my blog and only sporadically did I comment on the pieces posted on other blogs. So I guess it [...]Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller. Follow me on Twitter.No more domain names
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/Nl4ptlQVcnI/ | Date: 19 Oct 2010 | 8:41 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 6th 2010

Big Domain Development – Part 3 (WatchMovies.com)
In one of my earlier blog postings I talked about how I converted WatchMovies.com from a parked domain to a site with some content on it, so it would start getting search engine traffic. But, at that time, it was still a simple site, and I did not really host any of my own content [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/big-domain-development-%E2%80%93-part-3-watchmovies-com | Date: 6 Oct 2010 | 7:00 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 14th 2010

Google Mocks me – Mind Readers those Larry and Sergey guys!
I love the original Google Adwords keyword tool but looking up a particular set of keywords yesterday posed a lot of questions about whether or not the data from (a) the original version is dated or (b) the new Adwords version pulls data from a different dataset. Take for example the keywords “auto car insurance” [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/google-mocks-me-larry-and-sergey-are-mind-readers/ | Date: 14 Sep 2010 | 1:10 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 6th 2010

New Website Projects – September 2010
In one of my previous postings, I gave away 11 new business ideas that I had thought of, because there is little chance I will ever get them launched myself. In this posting, I am going to list some of the Internet projects that I actually am working on: A site where you upload your [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/new-website-projects-september-2010 | Date: 6 Sep 2010 | 8:41 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 2nd 2010

2 Top Videos to See – Google’s Evil Side
What a great video to display Google’s evil powers to the world. Too funny .. and if you are a DAD you must watch the second one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–Ckz_O6oE0 DAD’s – Ya, we serious rock with style LOL!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZa7hU6tP_s ©2012 Newfound Names LLC. All Rights Reserved..
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/2-top-videos-to-see-googles-evil-side/ | Date: 2 Sep 2010 | 3:37 pm EDT
Going to the EPIK Conference – Top 10 Questions to Ask!
There are well over 100 conferences annually for online development. Whether it’s the Search Marketing Expos, the Affiliate Summit or something else most domainers still only attend domaining conferences which barely breathe any life into domain name development. Sure – there are lots of domains around which “could” be worth $1 million or more with [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/epik-conference-top-10-questions-to-ask/ | Date: 2 Sep 2010 | 11:32 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 17th 2010

Domain Names I Recently Sold – August 2010 Update
Here are some domain names I recently sold: BuyBirdhouses.com – $5,000 SkinWrinkles.com – $5,000 DatingService.net – $7,000 CheapFlightsNow.com – $1,000 GetGlasses.com – $4,000 Thugsta.com – $750 LivePayments.com – $1,000 Audioaddicts.com – $750 Wecare4u.com – $500 AdsByOwner.com – $250 Babeshows.com – $3,500 FindBabyNames.com – $1,250 WebsiteNews.com – $300 SexyFashions.…
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/domain-names-i-recently-sold-august-2010-update | Date: 17 Aug 2010 | 9:46 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 13th 2010

Geo Domains may Lose LOTS of value
People buy GEO domains for two reasons. One is the obvious authority factor by having a domain like ChicagoDoctor.com but the other is because of the huge SEO advantage these names give. However what if Google changed local results one day and stopped displaying ALL organic results. Well, it seems like Google is testing this [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/geo-domains-may-lose-lots-of-value/ | Date: 13 Aug 2010 | 10:37 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jul 8th 2010

The Death of the Publishing Industry?
In the past few years there has been a lot of talk about how newspapers and magazines are being replaced by online content, and that print media will soon be a dead industry. While it is true that the game is changing, and not many of the changes are good for the big publishers, keep [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/the-death-of-the-publishing-industry | Date: 8 Jul 2010 | 8:15 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jul 3rd 2010

$2 Million Dollar Sale ..
In only a few short years a $2 million dollar sale happens and changes you overnight. All the work put in was against your parents dreams to attain a higher education from some over rated and expensive school just to get a degree (in some entirely useless subject such as foreign art or gymnasium techniques) [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/two-million-dollar-sale-of-domain-name/ | Date: 3 Jul 2010 | 9:49 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 20th 2010

How To Get Rich Online – Book Epilogue
A few weeks ago I posted the introduction to my book. Below is the epilogue (the end part) for the book: How To Get Rich Online =================== What’s Next? While other teenagers were playing video games and watching sports, I was reading the Wall Street Journal, buying penny stock IPOs, and thinking of inventions. While [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/how-to-get-rich-online-book-epilogue | Date: 20 Jun 2010 | 2:31 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 28th 2010

Free Sample: Howard Neu Bares All
As co-founder of T.R.A.F.F.I.C, son of a Cantor, singer, musician, actor, former mayor and pioneering Internet Law attorney Howard Neu had lots to show and tell when broadcaster and business partner, Danny Pryor put him under a microscope with a brilliant interview on May 25th. You can see and hear it all right HERE for [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/free-sample-howard-neu-bares-all/ | Date: 28 May 2010 | 1:59 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 27th 2010

How To Get Rich Online – Book Introduction
I have been thinking about writing a book. It would be called “How To Get Rich Online” and would be a combination of my most interesting blog posts and practical how-to advice for creating money making websites and market them. So far, I wrote the introduction and the epilogue, I just need to write the [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/how-to-get-rich-online-book-introduction | Date: 27 May 2010 | 10:02 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 14th 2010

Free Taste Test: Saviour A Power Lunch With Danny Pryor and Morgan Linton
Great Power Lunch last week with Morgan Linton and special guest Danny Pryor. This was one of our best received shows ever and I thank everyone who took the time to write. Danny will be working with us again when Howard Neu bares all in just 2 weeks. We will be integrating some of Danny’s [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/free-taste-test-saviour-a-power-lunch-with-danny-pryor-and-morgan-linton/ | Date: 14 May 2010 | 9:50 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 2nd 2010

Why I Hate Partnerships (an inside look at my Cyberworx partnership)
In a previous posting about partnerships, I wrote about various partnerships I entered into over the years, and one of those was with Cyberworx.com. After 11 years, the company is still in business, yet I have never received any of the profits, and am still owed almost $200,000 that I had loaned the company to [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/why-i-hate-partnerships | Date: 2 May 2010 | 9:45 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 13th 2010

Giving Away My New Business Ideas
In the spirit of a recent TechDirt article about giving business ideas away for free, I have decided to share some of my new business ideas (none of which I am currently working on, but would if I had more time): 1. RunWebsites.com – A service that manages websites for Internet companies 24 hours a [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/giving-away-my-new-business-ideas | Date: 13 Apr 2010 | 11:42 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 20th 2010

Viral Videos – Part 2
In a previous posting, I talked about my attempt at launching a viral video. It was a modest success, but did not make me any money or bring any extra traffic to my site. So, I decided to create a few more music videos in the hopes that one of them would catch on: Hip-Hop [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/viral-videos-part-2 | Date: 20 Mar 2010 | 10:25 am EDT
Google Taking Over Lead Generation – Bad News for PPC and SEO
Ask anyone using the Google Adwords program and you will quickly find many people building businesses around the success of their PPC campaigns however unlike how Rome wasn’t built in a day Google can crush you overnight. The latest change to the Google search results for mortgage related terms such as “mortgage rates”, “mortgage calculator”, [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/google-taking-over-lead-generation-bad-news-for-ppc-and-seo/ | Date: 20 Mar 2010 | 10:13 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 11th 2010

Power Lunch With Colin Pape
Recently appearing on DomainSuccess.com’s March Power Lunch program, Colin Pape is the Founder and CEO of ShopCity.com, the world’s largest network of local shopping marketplaces. In this compelling discussion, Pape chats about how local business owners who lack the knowledge or time for web marketing can use ShopCity tools to build a robust, completely searchable [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/power-lunch-with-colin-pape/ | Date: 11 Mar 2010 | 12:10 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 5th 2010

Viral Videos – OK Go
Most viral videos are just a one time thing for the person who created it, and much of the time going viral was not something they expected to happen or planned in advance. It is interesting to note that OK Go, as a virtually unknown band 4 years ago, created one of the most popular [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/viral-videos-ok-go | Date: 5 Mar 2010 | 9:23 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 4th 2010

Sex.com .. No, A Much Bigger Sale has Happened
Forget about sex.com – some of the most valuable domains in this world surround lead generation. Ask any developer and you will get the most common 5-10 categories as the most valuable. Insurance, Mortgage, Weight Loss, Finance, Debt and others. One of the biggest domains sought after by hordes of people over the years has [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/bigger-than-sex-com-auto-insurance/ | Date: 4 Mar 2010 | 4:56 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 26th 2010

Bone of the Month Club
Many of my blog postings are stories about sites that I created. This one is about a site I wanted to start, but never did: BoneoftheMonth.com . I registered the domain in 2003 and the the concept was to create a site where people could buy their pet a luxurious gift, which would a gourmet [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/bone-of-the-month-club | Date: 26 Feb 2010 | 12:26 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 11th 2010

Expanding Your Internet Business
In my previous posting, I talked about how it is hard for many websites to take things to the next level, in terms of increasing sales and profits. Most websites, assuming they are able to stay in business for a few years, reach a plateau where they are making money, but it is just enough [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/expanding-your-internet-business | Date: 11 Feb 2010 | 12:12 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 4th 2010

Gaming Google
I was particularly intrigued that Business Week listed a company set up to game the search engines as one of their “Most promising startups”. If you have been developing domains for any length of time, you probably have come across techniques designed to game Google or other search engines. There is a constant war between [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2010/02/04/gaming-google/ | Date: 4 Feb 2010 | 6:18 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 30th 2010

Taking Your Business to the Next Level
One of the biggest problems in running an Internet business seems to be in taking it to the next level. By that I mean that many sites eventually get to the point where they make some money, but profits and sales level off, and the owner can’t figure out what to do to get rich [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/taking-your-business-to-the-next-level | Date: 30 Jan 2010 | 9:49 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 27th 2010

Encouraging good anchor text for inbound links
How many times do you get an incoming link using your website name? To succeed with a website these days, you must have plenty of good quality inbound links with good anchor text. This is where many websites fall down and fail to get the organic traffic they could potentially get. But how do you [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2010/01/27/encouraging-good-anchor-text/ | Date: 27 Jan 2010 | 6:02 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 24th 2010

Entertainment websites SEO trick?
An SEO (search engine optimization) manta that still seems to be doing the rounds, was to put a keyword in a headline, in bold and in italics. I was asked recently if this is why entertainment websites such as NME and TMZ have stars names in bold font. With everyone trying to get an edge [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2010/01/24/entertainment-websites-seo-trick/ | Date: 24 Jan 2010 | 5:01 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 19th 2010

Big Domain Development – Part 2 (WatchMovies.com)
In one of my earlier postings I talked about how I had not had much success developing my domain names to get traffic from the search engines (to increase income). I still am not making any significant revenue from those sites, but I recently tried adding content to one of my domains that already gets [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/big-domain-development-part-2-watchmovies-com | Date: 19 Jan 2010 | 1:06 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 4th 2010

Domain Names I Recently Sold – Part 2
Below is a list of some of the domain names that I have sold over the past few months. These are all domains I owned personally. A few sales were through brokers, most were from people who looked up that I was the owner and then contacted me: CelebGossip.com – $5000 FixErrors.com – $2000 MoneyListings.com [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/domain-names-i-recently-sold-part-2 | Date: 4 Jan 2010 | 4:11 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Dec 26th 2009

The Risks of Buying a Company
I have bought around a hundred websites over the past few years, but I have never bought any companies, and here’s why. When you buy an entire company instead of just buying their assets (like their website), you are exposed to all of their potential liabilities. A good example of this happened recently with Snapnames.com, [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/the-risks-of-buying-a-company | Date: 26 Dec 2009 | 9:26 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 27th 2009

Cross-linking your own websites
Cross-linking your own websites is an issue that comes up quite a lot. It seems logical to cross-link all the websites you own to spread the traffic across the website network and maximize the return on your traffic. However this can look spammy to search engine bots and it can result in links being devalued [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2009/11/27/cross-linking-your-own-websites/ | Date: 27 Nov 2009 | 5:04 pm EST
Viral Videos (The Story of “Pimp My Sleigh”)
A few years ago I decided to take a shot at creating a viral video, to get extra traffic to Bored.com (and maybe get mentioned on TV, put in a movie, given a record deal, or any of the other fun things that viral video tend to lead to). I had written songs before (see [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/viral-videos-the-story-of-pimp-my-sleigh | Date: 27 Nov 2009 | 7:20 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 25th 2009

My favorite development tools are set to merge
I missed the announcement earlier this year that WordPress and WordPress MU would be merging. The less well known multi-blog WP MU is my workhorse supporting many websites on one codebase, perfect for developing many domains. BuddyPress, a set of social networking plugins for WP MU that I have used on select domains is also [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2009/11/25/my-favorite-development-tools-are-set-to-merge/ | Date: 25 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 24th 2009

Fixing out of date software
What have you done to secure your websites? One of the common suggestions is to hide the version number of your software. The argument goes that if you haven’t upgraded your software, showing the version number allows hackers to identify out of date software. Now there is a new wrinkle as Google announces that they [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2009/11/24/fixing-out-of-date-software/ | Date: 24 Nov 2009 | 9:08 pm EST
18k Visitors and 70k year – Why the Web Rocks
Every year people come up with great ideas to make money online which do not involve parking and these stories should inspire all. The million dollar home page was the original money maker and one that has tried to be repeated many times over (with no such luck) however with the advances in social media [...]
Permalink: http://www.newfoundnames.com/i-wear-your-shirt/ | Date: 24 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 13th 2009

Hostelworld.com sold to US firm
A short sweet post. These are the kind of stories that keep everyone going. A lot of hard work finally paying off. Dublin-based company behind Hostelworld.com has been bought by a US private investment firm. Web Reservations International, founded 10 years ago, sold €350m of accommodation online last year. Hostelworld.com sold to US firm Bookmark [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2009/11/13/hostelworld-com-sold-to-us-firm/ | Date: 13 Nov 2009 | 7:38 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Nov 4th 2009

A word from the wise
I attended an advisory board meeting yesterday and it reminded me that we all need some independent advice on our strategies and businesses, no matter what size they are. We all try to see the upside of our businesses and get emotionally entangled whether it be with our 5 year business plan or a domain [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2009/11/04/a-word-from-the-wise/ | Date: 4 Nov 2009 | 4:07 pm EST
Domaining is as about as much fun as watching some obscure cable channel at 4am
Is it just me or does the whole “domaining” industry – if i can call it that – nowadays just sounds like one giant infomercial. Couple that with the new crop of domaining observers and journos (whilst struggling to keep up with all the excitement) labelling every event or piece of news with headlines such [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/11/04/domaining-is-as-about-as-much-fun-as-watching-some-obscure-cable-channel-at-4am/ | Date: 4 Nov 2009 | 10:23 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 25th 2009

28% of one- & two-letter .DE domains grabbed by one company
Last Sunday I commented on DENIC releasing one- and two-letter domains as well as pure number domains, which were previously impossible to register. This Sunday I will have to comment on the actual results of the allocation process. As it stands now, 28% of all one- or two-letter domains that were claimed and registered during [...]Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller. Follow me on Twitter.28% o…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/CHn8affYb1M/ | Date: 25 Oct 2009 | 10:00 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 24th 2009

Sometimes Little Things Can Make A Big Difference
For many years I have had most of my 10,000 domain names “parked”, which means they basically just have ads and search engine type links on them. I would always get a few offers a month on these domains from people who looked up that I was the owner and then contacted me to make [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/sometimes-little-things-can-make-a-big-difference | Date: 24 Oct 2009 | 11:21 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 19th 2009

Outrunning the lion
You may have heard the joke about two men faced by a hungry lion. One starts putting on running shoes. The other says “Those shoes won’t help you outrun the lion”. He answers back “I only have to outrun you”. With a difficult business environment, it is easy to hang on every news report about [...]
Permalink: http://www.predictivedomaining.com/2009/10/19/outrunning-the-lion/ | Date: 19 Oct 2009 | 8:57 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 17th 2009

DENIC to make million-dollar domains available for the first time
DENIC, the registry of Germany’s .DE top-level domain, has announced that it is going to make one- and two-letter .DE domains available for registration in a few days for the first time. In addition to these, it will then also be possible to register pure number domains such as 123.de, which, unlike under .com, could [...]Copyright © 2003-2012 Dominik Mueller. Follow me on Twitter.DENIC to make…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/Gd8B0T6yuaI/ | Date: 17 Oct 2009 | 6:50 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 12th 2009

Partnerships – Part 3
I am not a big fan of partnerships. I know many big companies (Apple, Google, etc.) have been built that way, but it has never worked out very well for me. Many people don’t like partnerships because of potential personality conflicts or business decision making conflicts that come up and eventually ruin things, or because [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/partnerships-part-3 | Date: 12 Oct 2009 | 8:22 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Oct 6th 2009

George Pickering: Who Said It Was Too Late To Buy Great dotCOMs?
Starting in 2005, buying his first domain (agents.net) from Michael Mann for $2500.00, recent DomainSuccess.com webinar guest, George Pickering defied the naysayers and has built one of the most impressive portfolios of targeted domains I’ve seen. Best of all, they are all developed with paying advertisers and never had to depend on parking for a [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/1014-george-pickering-getting-hitched-to-domain-profitability/ | Date: 6 Oct 2009 | 11:51 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 22nd 2009

Amazon Kindle Review
I am not much of a book reader, but I like to read the business books when I travel or am in the car. I was in the middle of buying some books on Amazon.com when it occurred to me that I would save money by buying a Kindle eBook reader ($299) instead, and then [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/amazon-kindle-review | Date: 22 Sep 2009 | 10:05 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 19th 2009

Tim Schumacher kommentiert den Domainhandel
In einem Gastkommentar auf der deutschen Webseite von Dow Jones kommentiert der Sedo-Geschäftsführer Tim Schumacher die jüngsten Entwicklungen im Domainhandel. Schumacher zitiert darin unter anderem einige hochpreisige Domains, die Sedo kürzlich vermittelt hat. Zum Beispiel sind das Call.com für 1,1 Millionen US-Dollar oder Kredit.de, die für nahezu 1 Million Euro verkauft wurde. Interessant…
Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HighEndWebNames/~3/zMQ87Vpdfmc/ | Date: 19 Sep 2009 | 10:04 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 12th 2009

Yahoo Search Marketing Gets Tough
Or so it seems. I’ve been tracking this for the past few weeks, a little cynical that what I was hearing was in fact true. Anyhow, word on the street is that Yahoo are not renewing the direct deals with partners where their overall traffic quality score is less than 7 out of 10. Regardless [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/09/12/yahoo-search-marketing-gets-tough/ | Date: 12 Sep 2009 | 6:24 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Sep 2nd 2009

Domain Names I Recently Sold
Here are some of domain names I sold over the past few months: Taboo.net – $15,000 NoPrivacy.com – $2,000 BigWallet.com – $1,000 AutoUnlimited.com – $1000 GetProtected.com – $3000 HotToys.com – $15,000 FinestCigars.com – $850 DirtyLines.com – $250 LoanPayments.com – $2,500 Jam1.com – $600 EarringStore.com – $670 VitaminGuide.com – $3,000 MilkChocolates.com – $2,500 AllCos…
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/recent-domains-i-have-sold | Date: 2 Sep 2009 | 11:41 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 26th 2009

US.com and UK.com Domains Feel A Microsoft Wrath
Havent blogged for a while but I thought this newsworthy enough to come out of my self imposed exile. Anyone familiar the US.com and UK.com domain names will know that the owners, UK based Centralnic, sell sub domains of these TLD’s as domains in their own right. Earlier today however (and up to and including [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/08/26/us-com-and-uk-com-domains-feel-a-microsoft-wrath/ | Date: 26 Aug 2009 | 6:48 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 21st 2009

When Gilmour & Sequin Speak– Others Listen
When Michael Gilmour with Australia’s Park Logic and Rob Sequin of Cape Cod, Mass., discuss domaining, sales and acquisition, and monetization, others listen. In this compelling Power Lunch session, the two serve up more than an hour’s worth of expertise in traffic and navigation, portfolio development and domain valuation. Among the points you’ll discover: the [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/domain-success-presents-the-power-lunch/ | Date: 21 Aug 2009 | 10:45 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 16th 2009

Mechanical Turk
Back in 2005 Amazon.com launched a website they call Mechanical Turk, which is basically a job posting board for small tasks that people can do from home, such as writing reviews, transcribing podcasts, describing photographs,answering surveys, etc. These tasks have nothing to do with Amazon.com, Amazon just runs the site. Workers are usually paid $.01 [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/mechanical-turk | Date: 16 Aug 2009 | 9:10 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 14th 2009

Domain Flipping
I rarely buy domain names anymore, but recently I bought GameTheory.com for $6901 at a Sedo.com auction. I bought it because I thought it was cheap and would do well in Google if I built a mini-site on it (Game Theory is the mathematical study of the strategies used to win games, as featured in [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/domain-flipping | Date: 14 Aug 2009 | 7:46 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Aug 13th 2009

Web Hosting Sucks
I have been running websites since 1995, and I can easily say the biggest headache I have had over the years is web hosting. For the first few years I used shared webhosting (for small sites), but eventually my sites got big enough so I needed a dedicated server. Ever since then, it has been [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/web-hosting-sucks | Date: 13 Aug 2009 | 9:17 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jul 30th 2009

Andrew Warner: Doing Better By Doing Good
Andrew Warner, when in his 20s, used credit cards and ingenuity to create an internet business with his younger brother. It started in with an idea and passion in their living room, grew to $30 million in sales and eventually was acquired. Thought Andrew, “if I ever make it, I’m going to show others how [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/andrew-warner-doing-better-by-doing-good/ | Date: 30 Jul 2009 | 10:47 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 25th 2009

Fake Passwords
I have a webmaster secret that I will reveal here for the first time. As far as I know, I am the only webmaster to have ever done this. Here it is: Almost everybody has used a site where you get a username and password, but you probably don’t know what a pain in the [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/fake-passwords | Date: 25 Jun 2009 | 1:43 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 20th 2009

How I Bought A Flower Store
One of my crazier business ventures was buying a florist even though I had never owned a store before, never worked in a store before, and knew nothing about flowers. On top of that, I bought the store through a business broker over the Internet without ever seeing it (the store was in California and [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/how-i-bought-a-flower-store | Date: 20 Jun 2009 | 1:39 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 5th 2009

The Story of DigiCredit.com
In the late 1990s, virtual currency sites such as CyberCash.com and DigiCash.com were all the rage, where they offered alternative payment systems for consumers to use on ecommerce sites instead of paying with a credit card. At the time, consumers were a lot more cautious about giving out their credit card information online. Plus, there [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/the-story-of-digicredit-com | Date: 5 Jun 2009 | 1:35 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jun 4th 2009

Business Books
Since I started my business in 1995 I have read very few books, maybe 3 or 4 at most. Instead I constantly read business magazines, online blogs and news websites. There is so much info out there to digest it is hard to keep up. But, sometimes it helps to take a step back and [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/business-books | Date: 4 Jun 2009 | 1:28 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 21st 2009

Mike “Zappy” Zapolin: Create Value and Wealth Will Follow
“Create value and wealth will follow.” Michael “Zappy” Zapolin didn’t coin this phrase, but he has turned it into a business mantra that has helped transform his company – Internet Real Estate.com – into a leading domain holding company and development firm. With such successful projects as Chocolate.com – and high-ticket sales of Beer.com and [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/mike-zappy-zapolin-create-value-and-wealth-will-follow/ | Date: 21 May 2009 | 3:51 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 15th 2009

How A Domain Sale Works
You might be wondering how I sell a domain name. Most of the time, the buyer looks me up as the owner of the domain (using a service like betterwhois.com) and then emails me an offer. At least 1/2 the time they ask me to call them or they ask for my phone number, and [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/how-a-domain-sale-works | Date: 15 May 2009 | 1:16 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 14th 2009

Enrico Schaefer: “Protecting Domain Assets”
Countless would-be entrepreneurs are trying to hit it big in the domain space. Problem is, most are amateurs who make “rookie mistakes,” run afoul of the law and set themselves up for failure, or worse: loss of their portfolios. In this information-packed, hour-long Webinar, “The Technology Lawyer”, Enrico Schaefer lays out the legal landscape for [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/enrico-schaefer-the-technology-lawyer/ | Date: 14 May 2009 | 5:44 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 13th 2009

Are Website Makeovers Worth It?
Many people will probably disagree with what I am about to say, but I think people place too much value on giving a website a makeover. Obviously it is always good to improve a site, but people tell me all the time that if I do this or do that to my sites, the site [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/are-website-makeovers-worth-it | Date: 13 May 2009 | 1:12 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: May 6th 2009

FindInfo.com – My Human Powered Search Engine
I have owned the domain name FindInfo.com for many years, and have tried creating various search engines on it, but none of them have ever made any money. I know it is hard to compete with Google and Yahoo, but search engines are a billion dollar business and with a killer domain like this I [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/findinfo-com-my-human-powered-search-engine | Date: 6 May 2009 | 1:22 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 16th 2009

Bruce Turkel: “Putting Heads In Beds”
Bruce Turkel has spent 25 year in the advertising business. And this marketing communications pioneer “gets it” today as much as he did a generation ago – and arguably more so than the majority of his Madison Avenue peers clueless to this Brave New World of domains and social media. In this compelling and fast-paced [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/bruce-turkel-putting-heads-in-beds/ | Date: 16 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 15th 2009

The Psychology of a Multi-Million Dollar Sale (Bored.com)
In January 2008 I sold Bored.com and 170 related sites for $4.5 million. This represented over half of my company (I still have 200+ smaller sites and 9000 domain names), and the vast majority of my profits. Bored.com was easy to run, had 10 years of steady growth, and there was little risk that the [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/the-psychology-of-a-multi-million-dollar-sale | Date: 15 Apr 2009 | 1:06 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Apr 5th 2009

How to Get Rich Online
Because I run my own Internet company, I often get asked the best way to make money online. Oddly enough, I have no good answer for that question. I was able to be successful mostly because I got in on the ground floor (back in 1995). I started by creating web pages for small businesses [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/how-to-get-rich-online | Date: 5 Apr 2009 | 1:01 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 31st 2009

Oasis.co.uk – Overturned On Appeal.
In one of the most remarkable domain disputes ever seen (certainly for the UK name space), the domain name oasis.co.uk has this week been overturned on appeal by the panel of nominet appointed DRS experts and returned to the ownership and control of the registrant. The parties in this case are UK high street clothing [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/03/31/oasiscouk-overturned-on-appeal/ | Date: 31 Mar 2009 | 11:45 am EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 29th 2009

Big Domain Name Development
I have heard that some domain owners make a lot of money by taking one big domain, putting lots of content on it, and optimizing it to get listed well in the search engines. A few years ago I decided to try this with 3 domains: Ailments.com, WaterTowers.com, and iAnimals.com . For ailments.com, I paid [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/big-domain-name-development | Date: 29 Mar 2009 | 12:53 pm EDT
Domain Name Development
I own over 9500 domains (see my list at NameShopping.com), and only around 500 of them are developed. The rest are parked, where I make money from ads/links on them. But, the problem is that these type of domains don’t get listed well in the search engines, so they get very little traffic. I would [...]
Permalink: http://www.impulsecorp.com/domain-name-development | Date: 29 Mar 2009 | 12:47 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 26th 2009

Rick Schwartz: Go Where The Money Is
One phrase most deftly describes Rick Schwartz: Go Where the Money Is. The 800 King-turned Domain King looks back on his grandfather, Brooklyn’s Hosiery King, as a model for business savvy. His lessons: Pound the pavement, work hard, be the pioneer, and be ready for turbulent times. Learn how Schwartz mastered the “single sponsor” redirect [...]
Permalink: http://www.domainsuccess.com/gratitude/rick-schwartz-go-where-the-money-is/ | Date: 26 Mar 2009 | 12:30 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Mar 8th 2009

Vulgar and Offensive.. How one CEO took to treating his staff like dummies
I’m not sure if any of you guys have been following the story of CEO Mark Hurd over at HP .. ? To bring you up to speed, allow me to give you a 5 second capsule review. In May last year, Hewlett Packard bought Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for $13.9Bn. EDS provides, in their [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/03/08/vulgar-and-offensive-how-one-ceo-took-to-treating-his-staff-like-dummies/ | Date: 8 Mar 2009 | 4:44 pm EDT

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 12th 2009

Gotta love the hypocrisy
Seemingly well regarded PCWorld.com writer David Coursey gets mixed up about cybersquatters, ahem domainers : Fight Back Against Cybersquatters The article kicks off with this: “The story you are about to read is true. The names have been changed to protect the #$&%$ pond scum who hijacked the name of a not-for-profit animal rescue group. [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/02/13/gotta-love-the-hypocrisy/ | Date: 12 Feb 2009 | 8:33 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 6th 2009

Some Chemisty.. A minor interlude in proceedings
Just got this sent to me by an ex fellow student. It’s from a question given to students in a University of Washington mid term paper Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? One students answer: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/02/07/some-chemisty-a-minor-interlude-in-proceedings/ | Date: 6 Feb 2009 | 7:14 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Feb 1st 2009

How One Brand Is Raising Visitor Awareness Of Typo Traffic
Albeit in a tongue in cheek way. UK Price comparison site comparethemarket.com has been running adverts on television about a spoof site Compare The Meerkat dot com Quite amusing, but with a serious point no doubt. In the very least it shows that main stream media now recognises the value of the typo domain. I [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/02/01/how-one-brand-is-raising-visitor-awareness-of-typo-traffic/ | Date: 1 Feb 2009 | 6:22 am EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 26th 2009

Cybersquatting.. Sometimes I Just Don’t Get It…
Last week, my boss spent the evening in London with some prominent domainers – and by all accounts a good time was had by all. The reach of domainers, domaining, direct navigation and the industry-at-large now seems to have reached a new level in the UK; for apparently, included at this get-together was an IP [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/01/26/cybersquatting-sometimes-i-just-dont-get-it/ | Date: 26 Jan 2009 | 5:13 pm EST

Domain Blogs Headlines: Jan 15th 2009

The Finest Names… Ermm, wasted?
Ok, just a short post.. I intend to compile a top ten of the best domain names (that I want, of course) where the owner has or hasn’t made (as the case may be) not much at all.. I’ll kick it off with a few of my favorites: Please feel free to suggest some more.. [...]
Permalink: http://isitmeoriseveryoneelsestupid.com/2009/01/15/the-finest-names-ermm-wasted/ | Date: 15 Jan 2009 | 4:49 pm EST