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  • Marketing domains to doctors, dentists and others
    Barry December 5, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Doctors, dentists and others in such high income brackets are highly desired clients of domainers looking to sell profession related domains. So what can you do to grab their interest and show them the value of having a domain? General characteristics of these professionals Such professionals are b...
  • The big picture
    Barry December 4, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Ever notice how many domainers or wannabe domainers just jump in and start buying and selling? There is the thrill of the first purchase, the thrill of the first sell, the thrill of the first auction and its goes on. This is often where the pack separates into different groups. The disillusioned Thi...
  • A live domainer space
    Barry December 3, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Jamie Parks of DomainDeveloper.com has started an interesting experiment in domaining. He has decided to stream live through LiveDomainer.com in an effort to engage domainers more completely. He states that he wants to create a “sharing and learning” environment for domainers and build r...
  • Ten leading community platforms
    Barry December 2, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    I came across this article by Dion Hinchcliffe of Zdnet.com where he discusses online communities and rates the top ten community platforms. Joomla was rated no. 1 in his list as a platform for communities with Drupal at no. 2 position. Also I particularly liked his model of the life cycle of an onl...
  • Google uses search terms to predict flu
    Barry December 1, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    Google has shown that by analyzing search patterns related to flu, they can predict flu outbreaks sooner than the Center for Disease Control (CDC). In a publication entitled “Detecting influenza epidemics using search engine query data” in Nature, a premier science journal this month, th...
  • Another Google beta toy
    Barry November 30, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    I talked previously about analyzing trends with Google Trends. Now there is a new kid on the block and it is called Google Insights for Search. With Google Insights for Search, you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames. Here is what it looks like. As...
  • Domaining with Google Groups
    Barry November 29, 2008 | Comments Off  Comments
    What could be better than a ready made audience for your domain or website? As you know, I am always on the lookout for new inspiration for domain names and websites. Google Groups can provide that if you take the time to look around and even better, the group is already interested in the topic [......