Using TV ads to get ideas for domain names Now we return to our regular programming about predictive domaining and speaking of TV, do you change the channel when the ads come on or leave the room? It might be worth paying attention to get some ideas for domains.
TV advertising
TV ads are big business with vast amounts of money in play. Behind this is
Predictive Domaining - 4/29/2008 1:27:55 PM
Choosing a developer So I have covered most of the main development paths for domains but what if you do not have the skills or time to develop a domain yourself? How do you choose a developer?
Development options
There are three main outsourced development paths
1. Contract to develop a domain
You hire someone to develop a website and their obligation
Predictive Domaining - 4/24/2008 11:48:50 AM
Domain Development - part 5 I wanted to discuss direct commercial domain development in this post including lead generation, services and e-commerce. The financial return is often more direct on these types of websites rather than indirectly through advertising.
Lead Generation
Generating leads for your own business or for someone else’s business is a qui...
Predictive Domaining - 4/23/2008 11:10:33 AM
Domain Development part 4 Here I am going to cover community type development strategies. Perhaps one of the more trendy development paths, community websites have significant issues all their own.
Blogging
Blogging is a legitimate way to develop a domain and you can make money doing it. The catch is the time it takes to write posts and to manage comments.
Pr...
Predictive Domaining - 4/22/2008 10:47:18 AM
Domain development part 3 Many domainers have particular topics that they are interested in and comfortable with and so they tend to buy related domains. This is a smart strategy since you will pick the best domains in areas where you have the most knowledge of the topic.
In effect though, many domainers have domain names clustered around themes and
Predictive Domaining - 4/19/2008 6:00:53 PM
Domain development part 2 The mini-sites I discussed in my last post are really designed to generate income with minimal effort similar to the domain parking strategy. The next strategies I discuss focus on development to increase purely resale value.
Turnkey sites
Here you construct a site that has as little as a simple layout and logo and market it to
Predictive Domaining - 4/18/2008 8:52:48 AM
Domain Development Development of domains opens up a whole variety of opportunities.
Advantages
Greater potential profit
Greater sale price
Disadvantages
May require considerable time and resources to develop
May require time and resources to maintain
Barriers to development
Skills needed to develop and maintain
Website development can be done ...
Predictive Domaining - 4/17/2008 10:04:52 AM
Pure domaining Pure domaining as a strategy is still alive and well and it is still possible to make money. Here is an overview of such domaining strategies.
Domaining involves buying a domain name and counting on one or both of two things happening:
sufficient type-in traffic that clicks on ads to make a profit (more money than the
Predictive Domaining - 4/15/2008 7:29:30 PM
Domaining Strategy Probably one of the most important things to get straight right from the start is what your domaining strategy is going to be.
Business Plan
Think of it like starting any new business, you need a business plan before you start investing money. I will have a series of posts on various domaining strategies but here
Predictive Domaining - 4/8/2008 3:16:20 PM
How much is my domain worth: Part two Continuing my review of criteria for valuing domains. This time I want to cover criteria that do play into the potential valuation of a domain name.
Search frequency
The search frequency of terms in a domain name can play a part in valuation. The more popular the search term, the more visitors are likely to come to
Predictive Domaining - 4/1/2008 9:53:22 PM
How much is my domain worth? This is probably the most common question that new domainers have. They want to know if they have struck gold with their latest brainwave or at least a little more than it cost to register that domain.
The bottom line
Your domain is worth what someone will pay for it. Sounds annoyingly obvious and totally fails to
Predictive Domaining - 3/29/2008 8:18:35 PM
Malware hidden in ad streams I have noticed some sites are being affected by a malware ad hidden in their ad stream. It triggers sporadically and often not for several hours making it difficult to track down. If you see this behavior in your ad stream, you should report it.
This was reported back in Nov, 07 but appears to be
Predictive Domaining - 3/25/2008 6:50:45 PM
Domain Lookup extension for FireFox Richard Kershaw contacted me regarding his Domain Lookup extension for FireFox. It works by taking any text you highlight and parsing it to remove any spaces etc and then submitting it to the registrar you choose from the list provided.
“It’s super-simple: select the text for your domain search and hit the keyboard shortcut (CT...
Predictive Domaining - 3/24/2008 10:49:42 PM
Buzzwords as domain names I have to give a presentation to the CEO of the multinational company I work for early next month. He is not a scientist and I am supposed to describe one of my projects to him. While preparing, I realized how many buzz words I use each day to help communicate complicated concepts to others
Predictive Domaining - 3/23/2008 6:36:58 PM
Trade Magazines for domain name ideas OK, I decided to venture into the wild world of trade magazines to see what inspiration is available there.
I decided to drill my way down into an industry I am not familiar with and see if i could mine any domain name nuggets. Besides finding lots of bad puns, I also came across a
Predictive Domaining - 3/21/2008 10:46:54 PM
Getting domain name ideas from press releases Press releases are freely available from many companies promoting their services and products. Rather than going from company to company to browse press releases, there are websites that list these and categorize them.
Why Press releases?
They reflect whats popular or becoming popular.
They are commercial
They reflect generic trends...
Predictive Domaining - 3/17/2008 9:05:03 PM
German Domain Name Casino.de Sold for USD 591,000.00 Came across this interesting press release just now.
Balslev Media announces the acquisition of Casino.de
A land-based casino or an online casino is not the place to learn the rules for blackjack,
Predictive Domaining - 3/16/2008 3:14:38 PM
Using WordPress and WordPress MU to build out your domains Finally I have completed the e-book “WordPress for Websites”. With over 60 screen captures and 90 pages, it was a big undertaking and so I have not had time to post lately.
Basically it documents how I build out my domains and does so assuming the reader knows nothing about HTML or WordPress. Managing the mini-sites
Predictive Domaining - 3/16/2008 1:06:58 PM
Niche social networking / collaboration - the evolution? Following the theme of Web 3.0, I was reading a Nature paper from Feb 7th Chemistry for everyone (subscription needed) that discussed the influence of computers and networking on scientists.
Two themes came up. e-Science and cyberscholarship.
“e-Science seeks to develop the tools, content and social attitudes to support multid...
Predictive Domaining - 3/2/2008 11:11:02 PM
Developing domains makes you more money If you are buying a domain as an investment (which is what predictive domaining is all about), then you want to maximize the value when your domain takes center stage. Development increases income and resale value.
Developing a domain provides many benefits.
You get past the sandbox effect and honeymoon effect
The sandbox effect seem...
Predictive Domaining - 2/27/2008 1:53:39 PM
Google moves into consumer health So in my last post, I mentioned one of the early applications of the semantic web would be health-care. Today I see a report in the NY Times that Google is developing applications for health records.
The Cleveland Clinic sees value in this because many of its patients are elderly and spend significant time in other
Predictive Domaining - 2/22/2008 2:11:38 PM
Web 3.0 and predictive domaining The current interest in social websites dubbed Web 2.0 as exemplified by MySpace, FaceBook and others has launched myriads of copycat sites. To me, the market is saturated and it has been difficult even for the big boys to convert their visitors.
Web 3.0, the next big thing?
Lets look forward to the “next big thing”. Name...
Predictive Domaining - 2/21/2008 10:50:22 PM
There will always be many untapped domaining opportunities? I want to respond to a comment on my last post from Kelly Lieberman.
<snip>there will always be many untapped opportunities out there for domainers that keep their eyes open!</snip>
Is this true? I think so - as long as type-ins continue to be a means of finding information.
Science and technology domain names
Scienc...
Predictive Domaining - 2/20/2008 1:05:59 AM
Clinical trials and domaining Following the theme of using public databases to find domain names and website ideas, I decided to take a look at the clinical trials being run in the U.S. These are best browsed by category.
U.S. clinical trials by category
Disease categories for domain names
I clicked on the second link, conditions by category and this gives you
Predictive Domaining - 2/19/2008 1:33:47 AM
Technology transfer and domaining Most universities have a technology transfer office often known as tech transfer. This is where companies can search for technologies they might like to license from the university.
This is the research that the university thinks is most applied and could become a major technology breakthrough. For predictive domainers, this can be a...
