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“Slate” is a Coincidence in the Tribune’s ChicagoSlate.comSam Silverman January 15, 2010 | Comments Off
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 IIISam Silverman January 13, 2010 | Comments Off
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...
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DomainState.com is Walking on Dangerous TurfSam Silverman January 12, 2010 | Comments Off
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 ...
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An Introduction to Meta Tags: Part IISam Silverman January 12, 2010 | Comments Off
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...
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An Introduction to Meta Tags: Part ISam Silverman January 11, 2010 | Comments Off
Meta tags are generally keywords or descriptions that you can manually input into the <head> area of your website. There are three types of meta tags, title tags, description tags, and keyword tags. The great thing about keyword and description tags is that they are invisible to the viewer, un...
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DomainTips & SnapNames Auction Closing SoonSam Silverman January 10, 2010 | Comments Off
The DomainTips & SnapNames new year’s auction has been going on since the 5th of january, and is coming to an end soon, on Tuesday, January 12. There are truly some great, category-killer .com and .net names being auctioned. The thing that really caught my attention and made me want to pub...
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What Can DomainTools Do for You?Sam Silverman January 10, 2010 | Comments Off
I want to start of by saying, this is not a paid post. DomainTools.com is one of DNUnderground’s long-term sponsors (their banner for the new DNUnderground design will be up again soon). Today, I took a couple of minutes to explore their website and discover many tools I didn’t realize t...
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Identifying Way to Save When Domaining or DevelopingSam Silverman January 8, 2010 | Comments Off
So many of us are in the same boat here. People have the next great idea that we just know is going to be successful or people see a domain name that you know you can flip and make a hefty amount. But in tough economic times, many can struggle with affording an expensive domain name and/or developin...
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When Patterns Are Broken, New Worlds EmergeSam Silverman January 7, 2010 | Comments Off
As I was reading an interesting post on ElliotsBlog.com earlier today, it made me think about the lack of creativity we’re seeing in the domaining industry. Domainers see 5 or 6 figure sales, and immediately register variations of those domains. And the truth of the matter is the people who do...
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Check Out DNUnderground’s MakeoverSam Silverman January 7, 2010 | Comments Off
DNUnderground is back and has gotten a makeover to look better than ever. There have been many improvements not only made to the design, but to the website’s functionality in general. A list of improvements include: There’s now a live chat. If you look at our floating footer, just click on a...
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Win a Free Domain or Link Quickly and EasilySam Silverman November 25, 2009 | Comments Off
DNUnderground wants to wish all of it’s viewers a very happy Thanksgiving. As a gift, DNUnderground has decided to give away a GoDaddy gift card, good for 1 free domain, as well as 1 sponsored link, good for a full year, to the viewer with the best plans for Thanksgiving. To tell us what you&#...
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A Response from Oversee.net: Precautions SnapNames is TakingSam Silverman November 25, 2009 | Comments Off
To look into the SnapNames scandal a little deeper, I decided to shoot an email over to my friend Monte, CEO of Moniker.com. He then forwarded my email to the Vice President of Corporate Communications for Oversee, the parent company of Moniker, in order to put me in touch with a person who could be...
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Stop With the Complaints: We’ve Forgotten the Idea Behind TwitterSam Silverman November 24, 2009 | Comments Off
I probably hear complaints on a daily basis from people about not having enough Twitter followers. I’m even guilty of questioning myself about why I don’t have as many Twitter followers. Now, I’m not going to say Twitter isn’t a great way to not only market yourself or your b...
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Attracting Customers During Thanksgiving: Jewel Knows How to Do ItSam Silverman November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
As I was doing some grocery shopping at Jewel Osco (a midwest grocery store chain) with my family for Thanksgiving, a manager came over to me and asked me if I was finding everything okay. It’s getting to be quite a hectic week around the house because we are entertaining the whole family here...
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How to Identify the “Desperate Advertisers Syndrome”Sam Silverman November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Well, swine flu isn’t the only epidemic going around the domain industry. DNUnderground has gotten word of the Desperate Advertisers Syndrome. If you catch this infectious virus, it could result in loss of revenue, loss of advertisers, loss of respect, and potentially, the loss of your potenti...
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eBay Search Problems in Chicago TonightSam Silverman November 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Well, it’s a cold night here in Chicago, and probably an even colder night for Chicagoans with eBay auctions ending tonight. While searching eBay for domain names, I noticed that there were 0 search results. At first, I figured it was simply a glitch for that specific keyword (”domain na...
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Why the Domain King’s Quote is Misleading and IncorrectSam Silverman November 21, 2009 | Comments Off
“Domains have and will continue to go up in value faster than any other commodity ever known to man”. This quote was said by the self-proclaimed “Domain King”, Rick Schwartz. Many of the major domain investors would love to believe this, but let’s take a reality check f...
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Being Casual Versus Professional When Inquiring About DomainsSam Silverman November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
When inquiring about a domain name, many domainers will try to make their letter as professional as possible to the domain owner. They’ll say to include your full name, company name, position, phone number, address and other detailed information that makes you not only seem more professional, ...
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The Biggest Steals of the November SnapNames Generic/Keyword Showcase AuctionSam Silverman November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Well, as most of you know, the monthly SnapNames auction for Novemeber ended just a few days ago. The auction was targeting generic/keyword domain names. Even with the recent scandal involving “Halvarez” and SnapNames, the auction still ran smoothly, and I’m confident the upcoming ...
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BargainDomains.com: Anxious for SuccessSam Silverman November 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Francois of Domaining.com has launched yet another great website, BargainDomains.com, that allows users to list their domain names for sale. And the best part about it is it’s completely free. At first glance, you may be a tad bit distracted by the eye-popping colors, but Francois definitely s...
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Sketchy Advertising: What to Avoid in AdvertisingSam Silverman November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
I just got back from my trip to Orlando the other day, and I had quite the time there. Outside of our hotel was a line of taxis. Each had a mini billboard on top of it advertising a law firm, which I am not going to say the name of. At first thought, that’s not a bad way to advertise your busi...
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The Issue With the Making of TLDsSam Silverman November 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Even with close to 300 TLDs today, we’re still seeing more and more TLD’s being both proposed and approved as the internet continues to expand. While all of these extensions have interesting stories and endorsements backing them up, the creation of all these new TLD’s is just askin...
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Happy Veterans Day from DNUnderground!Sam Silverman November 10, 2009 | Comments Off
DNUnderground wants to be the first domaining blog to wish you a happy Veterans Day. For those of you who don’t know much about what Veterans Day is, it’s a day where Americans honor military veterans. Veterans Day is considered a federal holiday in which most take off work and school. W...
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Marc Randazza (Attorney) Takes an Interesting Route in His UDRP Response to Glenn Beck’s ClaimSam Silverman November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Recently reported on Arstechnia, famous talk show host, Glenn Beck, filed a domain name dispute to gain control of the domain name, Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com. While there’s a strange story about how Glenn Beck even got accused of this, the stranger story is what Mr. Eiland-...
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Band Hero: Hellooo MarketingSam Silverman November 7, 2009 | Comments Off
A company, that will remain nameless for a few more sentences, is releasing a new video game called “Band Hero.” It allows you to play songs with multiple instruments. So, who released this game? I’ll give you a hint: It’s between the Rock Band series and the Guitar Hero seri...
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