Call a "time-out" I find that in the midst of all the trees that I sometimes forget that I'm in a forest. What do I mean by this? I get so busy doing stuff that I forget why I'm doing it. Do you ever get this problem or is it just me?
My wife Roselyn normally notices that I've managed to get myself into this situation before I do. I end up being grump...
Michael Gilmour - Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 3:51
Saturday Musings - Xrays and Domains I took my son down to get his hand X-rayed today. You may ask whether he has a broken bone or there is some other problem with his fingers but you'd be completely wrong. The problem that he is having has to do with braces and teeth.....so what does the doctor ask for? An X-ray of his hand. Go figure?
This reminds me of the way domain...
Michael Gilmour - Friday, May 28, 2010 - 21:10
Saturday Musings - Xrays and Domains I took my son down to get his hand X-rayed today. You may ask whether he has a broken bone or there is some other problem with his fingers but you'd be completely wrong. The problem that he is having has to do with braces and teeth.....so what does the doctor ask for? An X-ray of his hand. Go figure?
This reminds me of the way domain...
Michael Gilmour - Friday, May 28, 2010 - 21:10
How to build a domain out - part 5 This is the fourth article in the series on building out domains. The other three can be read at..... Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
So what's happened now at Downwind.com.au? Since the "Avatar Awards" I've now rolled out something that I've been working on for quite some time.....an aviation shopping mall.
Here's a few of the restri...
Michael Gilmour - Monday, May 24, 2010 - 10:0
How to build a domain out - part 4 This is the fourth article in the series on building out domains. The other three can be read at..... Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
OK, I admit it, I planned to stop this series at part 3 but just so much has happened since then I thought that I'd have to share it with all those people wanting to build out a domain or two.
Downwind now has ...
Michael Gilmour - Monday, May 17, 2010 - 10:0
Saturday Musings - High value domain sales I've just returned home from a game of Netball that my two daughters play each week....it's sort of like basketball without bouncing the ball. I'm sitting at my desk, staring outside and as normal my mind begins to drift to the topic of domains.
I've noticed that there have been a number of auctions recently that have suggested that ...
Michael Gilmour - Friday, May 14, 2010 - 22:43
How to build a domain out - part 3 This is the third article in the series on developing out a domain. The first two articles can be read by clicking on the following links; Article 1, Article 2.
So what's happening on the traffic and revenue side of Downwind? The traffic being generated by the Downwind has largely come from word of mouth. I think that I initially spe...
Michael Gilmour - Monday, April 26, 2010 - 10:0
Saturday Musings - What's your business model? Whether you have a portfolio of ten domains or ten thousand you need to think about your domain portfolio in terms of value and thereby business model. If you don't then I can guarantee that you're leaving a lot of money on the table.
Each domain needs a business model applied to it that will assist you in extracting the maximum valu...
Michael Gilmour - Friday, April 23, 2010 - 22:21
How to build a domain out - part 2 This is the second article in the series on what I did to build out Downwind.com.au. Click on the follow link to view article 1.
The best part about Joomla is that it has a very powerful area called "components". These allow you extend the functionality of the system enormously and thousands of them are available. All of the componen...
Michael Gilmour - Monday, April 19, 2010 - 10:0
How to build a domain out - part 1 I've had a number of people ask me how I built out downwind.com.au and what software I used to do it. The technology for building out a website is not difficult to use and doesn't involve a degree in computer science from some expensive university. It's actually all quite easy to do.
The other day I went to an Internet show and notic...
Michael Gilmour - Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 1:18
Thank God it's Good Friday This week for me started off on a bad footing. I was feeling a little bad on Sunday night as I went to bed and woke up in the morning in probably the worst cramping agony I think I've ever had in my life.
Being a strong (ie. stupid) Australian male (even more stupid) I elected to ride the abdominal pain out and for the next few days ...
Michael Gilmour - Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 19:5
Problems with a com.au deal I was recently asked to assist a client of ParkLogic in a domain sale of com.au domains. Unlike .com domains com.au domains have some very peculiar rules about them that if broken could end you up in hot water via the governing body AUDA.
Many registrars take advantage of these rules to exploit their customers and generate huge fees ...
Michael Gilmour - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 3:13
Saturday Musings - Downwind, what next? It's been a while since I've written about my development experiment, downwind.com.au so I thought that I'd relate some of my more recent experiences. I hope that it helps you in your own developmental efforts.
As many of you know Downwind is a site that I developed for the aviation community in Australia and it now receives in exces...
Michael Gilmour - Friday, March 12, 2010 - 20:11
Sedo Travel Domain Auction I've been looking at the list of domains for sale in the Sedo travel auction that ends in just over 15 hours time. There are some really great domains going for bargain prices!
For instance, at the moment you can pickup pyramids.net for $750 or france.org for $25,000. I put in one of my domains, firstclass.es and at the moment it's g...
Michael Gilmour - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 18:28
Saturday Musings - Greed was good? I was taking a look at the upcoming movies being released later this year and noticed that "Wall Street" is making a comeback with Michael Douglas reprising his role as Gorden Gecko. He was the character that coined the term "Greed is good, greed works."
I don't know much about the new movie other than what the shorts depict but it h...
Michael Gilmour - Friday, March 5, 2010 - 20:37
Saturday Musings - Busy, busy, busy It's been another week and as normal I find myself sitting at my desk reflecting on what has been achieved. It seems an age since my last "Saturday Musings" which covered a domainers hunt for a particular domain name owner and the subsequent "kill". So what's been going on in my world in the last seven days? For a start my aviation w...
Michael Gilmour - Friday, February 26, 2010 - 19:6
Saturday musings - Being a domainer The road is where you are, it covers where you've been and where you are going. It's the place of meeting, it's the placing of going and the place you're yet to go. This road is not like other roads, it's full of twists, turns, ups, downs and potholes as it meanders through a tortuous terrain which is one minute jungle, the next dese...
Michael Gilmour - Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 5:17
PitchFest Contest Winners I just received this announcement from Oversee.Net regarding the winners of the recent PitchFest held at DomainFest in Santa Monica. Enjoy the read as each of the winners was very deserving. Congratulations to each and every one of them.
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Michael Gilmour - Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 10:56
Saturday musings - Not Enough Time Why is it that there never seems to be enough time to do everything that needs to be done? Time seems to slip by faster and my "in-tray" continually grows and it's tempting to let the weekends become a time where I catch up on all of the work that I didn't get done during the week. It's crazy but it's a fun kind of crazy!
This week I...
Michael Gilmour - Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 1:36
Measurement of Risk Much of the risk associated with domains revolves around under what business model they were purchased under. For example, if I purchase a high value domain and I'm looking at building out a site then the investment is more in the business behind the domain rather than the domain itself.
If I purchase a domain as a part of a large po...
Michael Gilmour - Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 1:52
