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: Sam Silverman

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  • Great Use of the .ME Extension
    Sam Silverman March 8, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    I’m not a fan of any ccTLD’s, nor do I like extensions as common as .net or .info. I’m for the most part a .com guy. The one extension that I have expressed a minimal amount of interest in is the .me extension. I think the .me extension is great for people looking to create their o...
  • $0.99 Domain Promotion at GoDaddy
    Sam Silverman February 25, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    As earlier reported by DNExpert, 99 cent domains are back at GoDaddy (with the $0.18 tax on domain names, your cost will come out to $1.17). Head over to GoDaddy.com, and use the coupon code BUY2010. These coupons normally only last for a day or two, so make sure to grab your domain before the promo...
  • How Far Does Jurisdiction Go When Advertising on Google
    Sam Silverman February 23, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    If you’re advertising through Google AdWords and your ad has the ability to show up in search engines across the country, does that mean you’re doing business in the states where your ad can show up? A recent case between a Pennsylvania car repairman and a New York car owner brought this...
  • DNUnderground.com Commercial Starring Sarah Palin
    Sam Silverman February 15, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    DNUnderground.com is excited to announce its first commercial, starring Sarah Palin. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Please comment with your thoughts. I hope you enjoy it and get a laugh or two. ...
  • Apple Knows Promotions: $10,000 Giveaway
    Sam Silverman February 15, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Here’s your chance to win a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Apple is offering a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the person whom downloads the 10 billionth song from iTunes. I just thought it was interesting how this promotion Apple’s doing reminds me so much of what radio stations are doing. Take ...
  • Lawyers With Websites Aren’t Your Only Choice
    Sam Silverman February 11, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Elliot from ElliotsBlog.com wrote an interesting article yesterday about lawyers that might be worth keeping in mind the next time you get involved in the UDRP process, a trademark infringement case or simply buying a domain name for a large sum of money. I think that yes, lawyers with blogs should ...
  • Facebook.com Has Been Hacked!
    Sam Silverman February 8, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    That’s right, Facebook.com has been hacked. Or at least, that’s the way it appears here in Chicago. While it could well just be hacked for certain internet providers or geographic areas, it has been hacked. When typing in Facebook.com, it comes up as whats shown in the thumbnail of this...
  • Stop Whining: Thank Domaining.com
    Sam Silverman February 8, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    There have been a couple of complaints this past week about the most popular feed in the domaining industry, Domaining.com. The complaints had to do with a donation button being added to the website along with more technology-related feeds being added. The outrage that have been expressed about thes...
  • Back to Work: Increasing Productivity + Employee Morale
    Sam Silverman February 8, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Millions upon millions of dollars are being wasted year after year amongst businesses across the United States. Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers and people in similar positions are sitting behind their desks implementing company policies that they feel are fair and will increase th...
  • Even Apple Commits Trademark Infringement
    Sam Silverman February 4, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    You probably don’t recognize the device on the left. It’s a mobile, touchscreen device that Fujitsu came out with in 2002. What’s special about this device? It’s called the iPad. For those of you not keeping up with recent news, Apple recently announced their new portable  ...
  • lPhone.com Marked Dangerous: Analysis of Auction
    Sam Silverman February 3, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Reported earlier by DotWeekly.com, LPHONE.com is for sale on GoDaddy’s domain name aftermarket. Unless you’re planning on using the domain to promote a totally different concept, it’s a name that deceives users. Take search engines for example. When you’re searching for X, yo...
  • Outsourcing: The Newest Internet Scandal
    Sam Silverman January 31, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    There’s no doubt that outsourcing is hurting U.S. website developers. People are turning to others in countries like India or Malaysia to create applications and websites for them. They have much lower living costs, thus allowing them to provide their services at prices that are dirt cheap. Bu...
  • $1.17 Domains at GoDaddy: Hurry Before it Ends
    Sam Silverman January 26, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    ProductDomains.com already covered this story, but I’d like to spread the word because every website has a different audience. GoDaddy has a special going on right now for domain names priced at $1.17. There’s absolutely no catch. They do these types of promotions from time to time. The...
  • Mixed Politics: Outrage About Goldman Sachs
    Sam Silverman January 25, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    We’ve all heard the recent outrage at Goldman Sachs for giving their employees a total of $16.2 billion in salaries and bonuses. President Barack Obama is mortified that the company would give such a large sum of bonuses after the government bailed them out last year. For any domainers who are...
  • DomainersDigest: You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
    Sam Silverman January 22, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Have you ever wondered how a domainer got into domaining? Or have you ever asked yourself how and why a domainer has become so successful? Well, DomainersDigest.com, created by Steven Kaziyev, brings a very unique concept to the domaining industry. It is a domain blog solely dedicated to interviewin...
  • The Domaining Community: Like None Other
    Sam Silverman January 21, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Over the past week or two, I’ve noticed something about the domaining community that I hadn’t before. To put it simply, we’re a tight, connected community. With the earthquake in Haiti and the announcement about Bill Strong’s charity, I’ve seen numerous articles publish...
  • Outsourcing Content: Just Don’t Do It
    Sam Silverman January 21, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    With the hype in outsourcing anything and everything, we’re seeing an increase of people outsourcing content creation. Whenever there’s a hype, before getting involved in it, it’s important to take a step back and evaluate the costs versus benefits. We’re all aware that it...
  • The Curious Case of Trademark Infringement
    Sam Silverman January 19, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Some of us have been in the domain industry since domain registrations opened to the public, while others of us are just beginning to invest in domain names. Over the years, or even months, often times, if you’re a good investor who owns a .com domain, the .net or .org will also be registered some...
  • Bringing it All Back to You on Twitter
    Sam Silverman January 18, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Twitter is one of the fastest growing websites on the internet today. I would estimate that about for every 10 website development clients I work with, at least 8 ask me about Twitter, and how to use it to market their website(s). I was recently asked an interesting question from a family friend of ...
  • The South Butt and the DomainGang
    Sam Silverman January 17, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    The South Butt has received a lot of publicity lately since The North Face filed a case against them for trademark infringement. The South Butt company was formed in 2007 by a high school student named James Winkelmann. The reason Winkelmann actually started the company was to help pay his way throu...
  • Be Aware of Haiti Relief Websites
    Sam Silverman January 16, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    On the front page of the Chicago Tribune today, there was 1 article that caught my attention, Making Donations Matter. The article talked about how within days of Tuesday, when the Haiti earthquake happened, more than 400 Haiti relief websites went up. While many of them are legitimate, a good numbe...
  • “Slate” is a Coincidence in the Tribune’s ChicagoSlate.com
    Sam Silverman January 15, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    TheDomains.com wrote a great article that received a lot of attention between yesterday and today about the Chicago Tribune’s domain name, ChicagoSlate.com. With all of the talk about Apple’s iSlate, there has been some talk amongst the domaining industry that this could be a case of cyb...
  • An Introduction to Meta Tags: Part III
    Sam Silverman January 13, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Have you ever wanted to keep search engine crawlers from crawling certain pages, or just a single page on your website? Well thanks to robot tags, it’s as easy as heating up leftovers. Robot tags allow you to specify to search engine crawlers that you do not want a page, or pages on your website i...
  • DomainState.com is Walking on Dangerous Turf
    Sam Silverman January 12, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    It’s no secret that DomainState.com is for sale and has been a hot topic within the domaining community since it was put up for sale approximately 1 week ago. After 2 days of receiving interest and offers, they sent out an email to the people who have shown interest in the website stating the ...
  • An Introduction to Meta Tags: Part II
    Sam Silverman January 12, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    An Introduction to Meta Tags: Part II Implementing meta tags is not as hard as one would think, and it’s definitely not anything that one needs to dive into their piggybank for. This article will not only provide you with not only the coding you’ll need to copy and paste into your current websit...