How are sites building traffic to their sites?  Most site do NOT have direct typin traffic that is a fact most will come in from links off another website or paid advertisement such as Google Adwords, Yahoo Ads, Facebook ads etc…  I have always been interested in building decent traffic to m...

According to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, California is in for a rocky 2009.  Overall, the 2008 Q3 report shows a 16.6% drop in the index, continuing the trend of it falling every quarter since 2006 Q2. As for their forecasts for 2009, 8 of the 10 cities with the worst forecasts are in Califo...

Sorry I have not posted in a few days, after my son opened miniature golf for his Nintendo wii we haven't been able to put that thing down. Hope everyone had a great holiday. Now lets get everyone caught up from last weeks action. Last week I ran a contest hosted by ......

  Some days I curse Kevin Ham and Business 2.0 for the article, “The Man Who Owns the Internet.” As it was after reading this that I became involved in the domain business. I started off with rose tinted glasses firmly in place and expected my millions were just around the corner (I...

Sometimes when I think I’m adding additional quality with a blog post or forum comment, I’ll later find out from an email or message that what I said was confusing to a new domainer or even long time domainer and they would have preferred I’d have explained it differently. It̵...

I’m sure most of you know what the rule of 72 is but for those who don’t, it’s a reasonably accurate and simple to understand way of measuring how long it will take an investment to double via compound interest at a constant rate of return. Now this isn’t a finance blog, so I...

I’m sure most of you know what the rule of 72 is but for those who don’t, it’s a reasonably accurate and simple to understand way of measuring how long it will take an investment to double via compound interest at a constant rate of return. Now this isn’t a finance blog, so I...

Sometimes when I think I’m adding additional quality with a blog post or forum comment, I’ll later find out from an email or message that what I said was confusing to a new domainer or even long time domainer and they would have preferred I’d have explained it differently. It̵...

Change your perspective. If you think you can’t do something, you’re probably right, it becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy holding you back from actually achieving what you initially set out to achieve. Go big or go home has no place here — we all need to start somewhere and there...

Change your perspective. If you think you can’t do something, you’re probably right, it becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy holding you back from actually achieving what you initially set out to achieve. Go big or go home has no place here — we all need to start somewhere and there...

I’ve been in the Internet business for a while. In my time I’ve met some shady people. To tell you the truth, I’ve spent a LOT of time with some of these people. Buying and selling domains and websites in mass puts you in a lot of businesses after all. At one point I actually [...]...

Netregistry, Australia’s leading domain name provider, has partnered with Netfleet in a joint venture to expand and improve on Netfleet domain trading site. Larry Bloch, CEO of Netregistry says “We see significant growth in this area,  Currently our efforts are focused on education as ...

To say the least 2008 has been an interesting year, in the domain world, and well beyond. Here are out predictions for 2009, in no particular order: 1.  The Kentucky Domain Seizure Order Will Be Reversed By The Kentucky Court of Appeals. The Governor of Kentucky’s action in seizing 141 gambl...

Bro-mance - 1 definition - the inseparable relationship between two or more heterosexual, often action-sports-participating, males. Bromance is also going to be a new series on MTV so I was interested to read a book review in the NY Times that commented on all this manliness. Lots of manly terms wer...

Here is a quick video screencast demonstration that shows a glimpse behind the scenes of Parking Revolution, an excellent new service for domainers which allows anyone to develop content rich mini-sites. (Click image to launch video in new window) Sign up for Parking Revolution now and develop 100...

Domain Name Analyzer is an award winning and free  Windows and  Mac OS X software for finding the best domain name for your product or business. Is a tool to use to brainstorm available domain names. Domain Name Analyzer is completely free. There are no nag screens, no advertisements, no registr...

To continue my new series on how I find quality domain names using Freshdrop.net, I bring you 12 great names and 14 holiday gems. These were all found on the TDNAM Exp Names list on Freshdrop.net. TechieStore.com $10 no bids Ends on 1.3.09 ~11:25am CST 6 years old, nice short name for a tech ecommer...

I posted a list of 47 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum. Forum registration is absolutely free - you can register here to have access to all past an...

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I am getting a bit weary with all these new domain extensions these days. However, as I am in the business of selling domain names, and it is prudent to follow the money, it is imperative for me keep my ears to the ground. It is really hard to foresee another extension doing just as well [...] ...

There’s a lot of doom and gloom out there and a lot of reasons to be pessimistic — nobody’s saying you should be happy if half your retirement savings have vanished over the past few months or if your domains have lost upwards of 90% of their value in some market segments.. But we ...

There’s a lot of doom and gloom out there and a lot of reasons to be pessimistic — nobody’s saying you should be happy if half your retirement savings have vanished over the past few months or if your domains have lost upwards of 90% of their value in some market segments.. But we ...

A thread on Namepros about what the next few years hold for domaining got me thinking about how I see the next few years playing out. As I’ve said many times, I see development becoming more and more a part of day to day domaining and I do see PPC continuing to decline as CPA [...]...