Oh So Tempting, Until I Read This… I’m high on geo-domains these days.. Mainly for the development potential. From a ‘building business’ perspective, it’s pretty darn easy to establish instant credibility if you mention you’re from, say, ‘TellurideColorado.com’..
After grabbing a beer today with Charles from Snowcap Labs (than...
Domainers Gazette - 5/7/2008 8:43:11 PM
Frank Schilling Has Another FactCheck.com on His Hands The Yahoo homepage tends to be my primary news source throughout the day, as I’m always checking email, or testing PPC campaigns running on the YSM network..
Today, they featured a video titled ” ‘Big Mother’ is watching “, and described it as “A new website lets parents track their kids’ gra...
Domainers Gazette - 5/5/2008 4:49:30 PM
The Domain Blogger Ecosystem I’m trying to get my hands around Macromedia Fireworks, and hacking away testing it’s features..
cutting, pasting, modifying, stretching, zooming, … you get the point.
As an exercise, I decided to drop in all the domainer blogs and publication logos out there, and mess around with those..
rather than delete my newb...
Domainers Gazette - 4/29/2008 5:40:09 PM
It’s Official - DomainerCon Atlanta I mentioned it a few months back, but it’s now official.
DomainerCon
…a domainer networking conference.
and it’s free. Just register and show up. (See the site for all the details)
We’re tentatively scheduling it from 5-7pm, but chances are it’ll last longer than that.
Why don’t you drop by, say he...
Domainers Gazette - 4/21/2008 3:30:37 PM
Things I’ve Learned in 2 Years of Domaining in no specific order:
For the most part, .ws .biz and .cc domains are worthless.
SEO domaining is not easy. I’m not saying this to discourage competitors. I’m saying it cause it’s starting to beat me, rather than me it.
Network Solutions sucks.
There are too many domaining blogs that report ‘breaking newsR...
Domainers Gazette - 4/17/2008 4:08:47 PM
The Poor Folks at TravelNursing.com… seems their design team decided to test their homepage layout in IE, and only IE…
now, Firefox is wreaking havoc, and re-written their homepage slogan to:
“You want a career that’s ORDINARY”
Ok, only if you say so..
and to think these jokers also own TravelNurse.com too… oye.
Domainers Gazette - 4/15/2008 4:34:20 PM
A Small Sign of a Very Healthy Domain Name Market thought I’d throw in my two cents on the state of the domain name market. It’s a small microcosm of the rest of the industry, but I think it speaks volumes where this market is (and where it’s headed).
On 3/15, I was in NameJet attempting to win the domain TourismOfIndia.com. It got a bit
Domainers Gazette - 4/10/2008 5:08:10 PM
8 Grossest Things Sold Used on Amazon.com My wife recently got one of those Sonicare toothbrushes, and the darn thing made her teeth look like they were brightened by a dentist. So today I decided to do a little research to buy one for myself. Amazon.com was my first stop.
So I plugged in ‘Sonicare’ into their search box, and got the
Domainers Gazette - 4/9/2008 7:56:35 PM
Creepiest Hosting Ad Ever? No, no, I haven’t sold out and placed mini ads on the site…
I keep running across this weird hosting ad online, and It’s creepin’ me out….
is it just me, or does this gal look like she’s a wax model of someone in the witness protection program?
that, ...
Domainers Gazette - 4/9/2008 7:44:59 AM
Lisa Sabin-Wilson Should Give Domainers a Break I’m in an inspired state lately. I splurged and hit the Elite Retreat last week, and it lit a fire under my arse (pardon my french).
High level, I needed some direction for this small business of mine. I’ve got great names, but I was a little gray on how I should properly monetize each property.
Domainers Gazette - 4/6/2008 6:05:00 PM
My Blog is Mad At Me ‘Cause I forgot it’s birthday..
officially started this thing on 3/30/07..
I’d like to share a special birthday song I used to sing with fellow counselors - to campers - while working at Camp Carolina during summers in college. Rather than the typical upbeat birthday song, the Camp Director (Cha Cha Thompson), would...
Finding Your Big One, or at Least Your Big Five I revisited one of my favorite blog posts today, from Tropical SEO, written by Andy Hagans..
back in ‘06, he wrote a post that still speaks volumes to me, nearly two years later..(hell, I even commented on it back in May of ‘07)
for us domainers, it specifically speaks volumes, due to the fact the we’re all
Domainers Gazette - 3/27/2008 7:51:47 PM
RomarBeach.com - How ’bout It? The domains I target and acquire, I tend to develop and keep. As I collect more and more names, though, a few fall by the wayside.
One of those wayside name became RomarBeach.com.
Romar Beach is a stretch of sand right down the road from Gulf Shores Alabama..
Take a peek of it on MapQuest here
So I
Domainers Gazette - 3/25/2008 7:01:57 PM
CTOPD - DayOldBread.com for some reason, I kept thinking of Oliver Twist for this CTOPD..
“More day old bread please?”
“Absolutely, here you go…”
“But that’s a piece of cake!??!”
“No, that’s day old bread…”
Don’t know what CTOPD is? Read here..
Domainers Gazette - 3/17/2008 7:40:11 AM
Cause Google Maps Told Me To Directions to get to my friends house in Oxford MS:
Head down Old Sardis Road
Take a right on College Hill..
then, WATCH OUT FOR THE PLANES TAKING OFF
and go straight for 2 miles, his complex is on the left..
Domainers Gazette - 3/14/2008 6:57:46 PM
First Beat Media & Their Golden Domain Name First Beat Media is about to receive a nice chunk of traffic, and - potentially - a very large check.
why? and who’s First Beat Media? (note to self - I need to add them to my domain name company list)
well, here’s their bio:
First Beat Media, Inc., a domain acquisition, online entertainment media company who targets
Domainers Gazette - 3/13/2008 7:09:14 PM
Jim Boykin Busted Playing Air Guitar on SMX Video I’m gonna say this first off.. I’m a Jim Boykin disciple..
he was (and is) instrumental in my education on domaining and SEO..
and after I got a chance to meet him at Pubcon Vegas 2007, I realized he was simply an all-around nice guy..
so fast forward to tonight.. I’m considering attending SMX Advanced in Seattle, s...
Domainers Gazette - 3/11/2008 8:34:22 PM
CTOPD - Bubblewatch.com it’s March, College bball is on the mind.. and my beloved Ole Miss Rebel squad is on the bubble.. hence my visit to bubblewatch.com
I expected basketball, and got whitewater rafting..
And it’s not the image that really confuses me here, but the wording used on the site…
“For resources and information on Corum ...
Domainers Gazette - 3/10/2008 8:15:59 PM
Meet the Domain Auction Stock Photos Ever notice those guy & girl stock photos they use on NameJet and Snapnames?
I have. And I got to wondering… what’s their story?
Who are they?
As domainers, we all see them virtually every day.. so why not do a little digging to learn a little more about our domain auction friends..
so without further adieu..
Meet ...
Domainers Gazette - 3/8/2008 2:30:51 PM
Jay Westerdal Hooks Domainers Up Jay Westerdal, of Domain Tools, hooks domainers up.
How? He provides several filtering tools, for free, online to sift through the desert like abundance of expiring domains.
One, I use on a consistent basis, is the Advanced Auction section of Domain Tools..
I debated whether to share this info or not, but darn it, it helps me, and
Domainers Gazette - 3/2/2008 7:27:34 PM
Who Is The BestDomainer.com? apparently, it’s Michael Caricofe
of Lancaster, California
and it appears he’s been BestDomainer.com since May 20th, 2006.
Congratulations Michael..
don’t get too lazy, though, you may have some competition…
TheBestDomainer.com is apparently Vasileios Papaioannou
of Volos, Greece
nipping at your heels
the jury...
Domainers Gazette - 3/2/2008 6:35:27 PM
CTOPD - PigFarmer.com paging Kevin Ham..
this is a pig:
not this:
the “Ham”sters over at Reinvent tend to do a darn good job at targeting.. this one seemed to slip through the cracks, though..
Don’t know what CTOPD is? Read here..
Domainers Gazette - 3/1/2008 6:30:56 PM
CTOPD - Backrest.com I guess the dude who’s using a backrest, hurt his back, and is now popping pills?
Don’t know what CTOPD is? Read here..
Domainers Gazette - 3/1/2008 6:00:57 PM
Introducing DomainerCon - A Free Domainer Conference I’ve yet to hit a domainer conference, not because I don’t want to go, mainly cause of the cost..
to this point, I’ve been plowing too much cash into buying new domains, and when each new conference rolls around, my reserves are too low, and I can’t attend…
then I started thinking, “there must be a...
