Genetics I posted a new mini-site today, highlighting what can happen when you mix genetics with insurance companies. Take a look - I figured I might as well try and grab some Adsense revenue in order to pay the increased policy amount! www.genetic-testing.co.uk - depending on what happens, I might just turn it into a forum, as this is a subj...
David Carter - 5/11/2008 4:27:00 AM
Large Projects I've been rebuilding our family home for the past year and it's been a long, hard slog.Of course, I haven't done everything myself, but I have done some bits. Mostly I've been directing the builders and various trades, organising materials and making sure that the money has been in place to get everything done.I've not done anything ...
David Carter - 4/25/2008 2:58:00 AM
Acres of Diamonds If you've never read Russell Conwell's speech, "Acres of Diamonds", I strongly recommend it. You can read the full text here: reason I point this out is because so many people looking to make money online are looking to capture a global audience and sell stuff internationally.True, the Internet is a global tool that allows you to do ...
David Carter - 4/21/2008 1:45:00 AM
Recession, What Recession? I've pretty much stopped reading newspapers at the moment, as the press seems determined to talk us all into an economic recession. I can't bear the negativity.It's ironic that the very people who we are supposed to trust for financial guidance, banks, the so-called experts, are the very institutions that have been reckless in their ...
David Carter - 4/6/2008 2:50:00 AM
Working Online I'm in Spain at the moment, logging on with a laptop from an Internet Cafe.In the 30 minutes I've been here, I've managed to update 3 web sites, add one new one using XsitePro and check the stats on some of my sitres.My email is still downloading and sifting through tons of Spam but all in al, it's brilliant to be able to get away fr...
David Carter - 3/25/2008 4:59:00 AM
The Book That Never Was There are few really world-class, industry leading domainers (no, I don't include myself) and even fewer who provide free information.One of the most prolific is Rick Schwartz.Today, he closed his blog. He's posting no more, but he is leaving the archive online for all to see.It's an education. Love him or loathe him, you will learn ...
David Carter - 3/21/2008 6:19:00 PM
More On Snowe As some of the regular readers of this blog know, I am currently renovating our home. Hopefully we'll be moving in within the next threee weeks.One of the final external jobs was to put up a boundary fence between my property and my neighbour's.That's when the problems started yesterday.My neighbour has been very good and extremely p...
David Carter - 3/18/2008 3:45:00 AM
Threat to Domain Owners The Snowe Bill, for those of you who haven't seen the reports, represents a major threat to domainers everywhere.Rather than repeat what others are writing, please take a look at Ricks Blog for a quick reality check. time for action. The domainer community isn't know for banding together, but if it doesn't happen now, there won't be...
David Carter - 3/17/2008 5:11:00 AM
Donate A Domain I found an interesting Pay Per Click site today and donated an entire domain to it, allowing me to support a well known and under-funded children's charity.Take a look: Cash For Kids.Instead of me as the domainer taking my share of the revenue, it goes to the charity instead.David-Carter.com is a free Internet Marketing site.
David Carter - 3/5/2008 3:25:00 PM
Sunday Times Advertising For Domains I'm trying a new experiment this week. Although I only ever reluctantly offer domain names for sale, I am advertising a single word, prime UK name for sale this week in the Sunday Times (Publication date is 9 March, under the business section).I won't mention the name here, because I want the advertisement to work for itself - Sunday...
David Carter - 3/3/2008 6:18:00 PM
Developing on the Cheap I tried an experiment at the beginning of the year and appointed a couple of developers to build two sites using Drupal.It's not been a great success to be honest, with missed deadlines, missed opportunities and a lot of misunderstandings along the way. I've reached a conclusion and that is simply, that if you want something to work ...
David Carter - 2/22/2008 11:41:00 AM
One Man's Meat... I was intrigued to read this blog today, whic hwas written by Tasha Kidd, a domainer I know by association from a private domain board.Tasha puts a different spin on the domain auction scene and suggests that domainers walked away from $26m worth of domains at this week's T.R.A.F.F.I.C show in Las Vegas.The T.R.A.F.F.I.C shows have ...
David Carter - 2/22/2008 2:38:00 AM
Thank You The Government I love government legislation. It creates money making opportunities. Lots of them.Last year I saw an opportunity to get a slice of a brand new market that, just like the asbestos legislation of 2002, could develop into a business that could be promoted online at virtually no cost.Being a domainer, I purchased a few relevant names. S...
David Carter - 2/16/2008 3:17:00 AM
Spam - the downside of domains I've noticed a steady increase in the Spam emails I receive lately. A lot of it comes from temporary hotmail address, but an increasing number are coming from my own domains!Spammers (or at least the robots they use), use fake headers on their emails and make their Spam as though it's coming from a different email account than the on...
David Carter - 2/8/2008 3:33:00 AM
What Domains Should You Buy? Somebody asked me this week which domains they should buy to "make the most money".This question or variants of it, are probably the most commonly asked of most domainers, by people wanting to get into the industry, or those who just simply don't believe that you can money from this game.The answer I gave was the same one that the wo...
David Carter - 1/29/2008 3:32:00 PM
2008 At a time of year when most people make resolutions, I am bucking the trend. Most new year's resolutions don't make it. Maybe it's the time of year...Last year, I decided to unsibscribe from many of the domain and Internet Marketing forums I frequented, but this wasn't a new year's resolution, it was a mid-year crisis caused by lack ...
David Carter - 1/1/2008 3:43:00 PM
7 Year Itch On August 19th 2000, I launched David-Carter.com. Back then I didn't know what I would do with the domain, or whether I could ever make a living online.This site has been the backbone of my domaining work, though I don't pay it that much attention and don't put much effort into it.I think that the fact it's been around so long is the...
David Carter - 12/30/2007 4:23:00 AM
Forget Internet Marketing Gurus, Read This This article in DN Journal demonstrates everything that is great about the Internet and domain names in general.If you haven't seen it yet, it's about Frank Schilling, probably the world's most successful domainer.Frank gives tips and advice almost daily via his excellent SevenMile blog. He does it freely too, as do the other people ...
David Carter - 12/15/2007 3:45:00 AM
Affiliate Links In Blogs I had a comment this evening that seemed to indicate that it's improper to include an affiliate link in a blog post.Today, I incuded a link to XstiePro that happened to be an affiliate link.Now I have used this program since it was launched.The sites I have built with it have shot to top positions in Google, so I have been more than ...
David Carter - 12/14/2007 4:26:00 PM
Example of a quick and dirty Adsense lander There's lots of talk in various forums lately about whether parking companies can be trusted to be transparent with their figures and whether there are better ways to monetise domain portfolios.I've never been one for parking my domains, as I don't consider my portfolio to be particularly parking friendly - in so much as they don't g...
David Carter - 12/14/2007 12:05:00 PM
How Is Your Project Management? I don't know about you, but I am not a great manager of people or projects. I forget things from one day to the next and usually have so many ideas for my domains floating around that I rarely achieve anything.But, I need stuff doing, so I take the outsourcing route and have had positive and negative experiences along the way. Mostly...
David Carter - 12/12/2007 2:24:00 PM
How To Get Rich - Guaranteed Some people seem to think that domain names offer a guaranteed route to becoming finincially secure, even rich.They don't.The reason they don't is simple. It's called people.Some people, especially newcomers to the domain game automatically believe that just because they have stumbled on a name that isn't registered, that it must be ...
David Carter - 11/30/2007 12:16:00 AM
Domainers Choice Awards How lovely it was to find a nomination for me in the new "Domainers Choice Awards" web site. Especially since the nominations to appear at all came from domainers. That's really humbling, as it means that the people I look to for inspiration and guidance seem to think that I offer something too, which is always nice.Thanks to those w...
David Carter - 11/29/2007 2:29:00 PM
Focus Apart from losing my login to my Blog account, I've been trying very hard to remain focused on the important thing just recently, so please excuse the lack of posts here.That means trying to manage my house reconstruction - the Christmas completion date won't be met sadly and that's a pity, because I would have liked to have moved in...
David Carter - 11/28/2007 2:32:00 AM
Snake Oil Salesmen Up The Ante I received an email this evening.It was from a a couple of "gurus" who claim to be the top dogs in the search engine market.Despite owning a private members site that is supposed to provide "all the answers" to everyting relating to search engines, they promote (outside their massively expensive club) another so-called, self-proclaim...
