Google Kills Their Domain Parking Product I just got an email from Google notifying me that they’re retiring their AdSense For Domains product. This is a very unfortunate change for me as I really liked Adsense for domains and was using it as my primary domain parking platform. Recently, there were a number of new parking companies launched and I always
DomainMichael.com - 12 hr 13 min ago
I won a Speeding Ticket trial! So I won a case on a speeding ticket and it wasn’t just speeding, it was speeding and tailgating, a dual ticket and I’m guessing it would’ve been 2 points. I remember that I was really mad/upset when I got the ticket as I really felt like I was not guilty.What happened was that
DomainMichael.com - Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 14:12
How was your Valentine’s Day? Have you used OpenTable.com? A lot of guys hate Valentine’s Day and I don’t blame them. But with kidding aside, you should really dedicate a few days of the year to your loved one and Valentine’s Day is one of those days. Trouble is that a lot of guys (including me) don’t plan ahead. So here I was on
DomainMichael.com - Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 10:15
Weekend Updates We’ve been having a very nice weather here in LA. Although, today it looks like it might be raining. Let’s hope not. I’ve been having a crazy busy week, haven’t even been able to do posts. I sometimes envy people that do this full time as I’m not there yet. I still have a full
DomainMichael.com - Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 14:51
New Site Development – Brainstorming Brainstorming is one of the most critical steps in development. This should be done prior the start of the development. Most developers (including me) sometimes try to skip this step and jump into the code, but it is proven me a number of times that it is crucial to understand the complete picture before building
DomainMichael.com - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 10:5
Help Me Choose a Domain A friend of mine has convinced me to learn hockey and play in their immature hockey team. I never thought that I would do it as I always thought that hockey playing is hard and you have to learn that when you’re much younger. But he explained that a lot of the players in the
DomainMichael.com - Monday, February 6, 2012 - 10:56
Project Updates I had a very busy week, fallowed by the weekend. I attended one day of DomainFest and it was great. A Great place to meet domainers of all levels, and what’s also great is that you get to meet representatives from all different domain related companies. This was great because I could ask and get
DomainMichael.com - Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 23:16
Tour of Petersen Automotive Museum – DomainFest Party I lived in Los Angeles for most of my life but had never been to this place. It certainly is a very interesting museum and cars are just amazing. I managed to take a few pictures of the cars. Take a look. As promised Godaddy/.Co Registry had several hot girls at the party. Take a
DomainMichael.com - Friday, February 3, 2012 - 22:25
DomainFest Wednesday – Workshops I attended yesterday’s DomainFest, it was pretty good. It’s pretty amazing to see hundreds of domainers from around the world in one place. This was my first domaining conference and I am very pleased. There was a huge mix of attendees, from pro domainers, newbie domainers as well as many people where there to make
DomainMichael.com - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 13:8
The Value Of A Conference and Why You should Go There are conferences in all major industries and there is a reason why they are so popular. Often times, some of the major deals are done at the conferences. It is also important to note that you shouldn’t just focus on conferences in your field. If you have a startup or are building a website
DomainMichael.com - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 10:42
Weekend Updates – see my pic I went and saw the “one for the money” this weekend. Not sure why critic reviews were so poor for the movie as I really enjoyed it. It was really funny in an awkward kind of way. I like Katherine Heigl’s movies, she’s not the cutest actress, but her movies are great. Well, as usual
DomainMichael.com - Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 17:2
How To Make A Consistent Newsletter Creating an html newsletter is not as easy as it seems. It requires great deal of attention to detail and testing to get it right. The idea of html newsletter is great because you get to use html in your newsletter, but just like browsers that don’t support certain html tags or javascript, email clients
DomainMichael.com - Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 15:34
My Today’s Picks from TopDrops.com I have to stop looking at TopDrops. I can’t afford to spend that much money at the auctions. Every time I go through the list, there is always something I want to buy. Anyway, hope you guys are having a great Friday, take a look at some of my picks for today. I’ve had a
DomainMichael.com - Friday, January 27, 2012 - 12:37
Importance of Newsletter Newsletter is becoming an essential part of any website. If you read a lot of blogs, you’ve probably noticed the recent push towards newsletter subscriptions. And it’s not just blogs, I’m noticing this trend in all everywhere. Many of the websites that you visit these days, will have a popup newsletter subscription box. It doesn’t
DomainMichael.com - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 11:39
1 Month Deadline Competition Results Back in December 2011, I started a new development competition. See here for details. It was really meant to be a way to push the participants finishing up one of their projects within 1 month. See the results. While, I didn’t have a lot of participants this time around, I still consider it a successful
DomainMichael.com - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 10:9
My Today’s Picks From TopDrops I’m seeing some great domains, wanted to share a few with you. Now with GoDaddy Auctions, there are more domains to go through. I had a bit of dilemma this weekend with my Apple Tv 2 box. I am not a diehard apple fan but I do have a few apple gadgets, including iphone. One
DomainMichael.com - Monday, January 23, 2012 - 14:28
Project Updates Hi guys, hope you had a great weekend. I had an extremely busy weekend, didn’t have much time to work on the projects. But did manage to finally put a check-mark on one of the to do items for TopDrops. I went and saw Haywire this weekend. Somehow it didn’t have that good of a
DomainMichael.com - Monday, January 23, 2012 - 10:19
Web Development in 2012 Web development has changed a lot in the last few years. With all the different technologies emerging, the cost of development has increased tremendously. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for small companies or individuals to build and launch their ideas that may involve custom software development and this includes domainers as...
DomainMichael.com - Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 18:36
A Few Of My Today’s Picks From TopDrops.com TopDrops is doing great so far but there is still a lot to be done. I’m almost done with GoDaddy Auction integration and that will go live in a day or so. See some of my today’s picks from TopDrops. CAEarthquake.com – we always have one of these in CA. Nice one, over 3k exact
DomainMichael.com - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 10:57
Do You Have A Great Domain? I wanted to go to ice skating the other day, but then I remembered, last time I went, it wasn’t pretty, lol. I’m just not good at it, but it’s a hell of a fun sport. I am considering taking a few private lessons. A friend of mine wanted to go real bad but I
DomainMichael.com - Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 10:44
