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When I acquired 360.org a little over a year ago, I was not intimidated by its seller's asking price. In fact, the purchase of 360.org took very little negotiation behind the scenes; I was willing to pay the $2,500 price tag but ended up paying five hundred bucks less. To me, paying two grand for
A while ago, for obvious reasons, we purchased the domain name Flamenco.com. You can imagine my surprise today, while browsing a local art magazine which advertises upcoming events, I saw the following:
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while visiting San Fransisco I met with a good friend of mine and while chatting about the greatest and latest, I asked his opinion about...
It's 7:50am here at the moment. I'll be leaving to do an asbestos survey in a moment. The enquiry came from the net and will cost a little over ?2000.It's our second one of those this week, in addition to regular client work.Last week I added a new page to one of our surveying sites to try and attract a new type of client - those in need of an expe...
While no one likes to see domain industry layoffs, there is an upside for start up companies and existing firms with holes to fill and budgets to fill them. Some very knowledgeable, experienced industry pros are becoming available for the first time in years. One of them is likely to be the perfect person to complete your team.
While searching for the perfect video blogging camcorder I came across the Insignia? - 5.0MP High-Definition Digital Camcorder with 3″ Swivel LCD Screen. The two features I liked about this product was the swivel LCD screen (I like to see myself while recording) and the $99 price tag.
Here is a picture of the pre-opened merchandise.
Let...
This last contest with SiteGraduate.com was great. We had 13 entries and soon to be proud owners of some amazing mini-sites.
I want to thank everyone that participated, watched, read and commented. I also want to thank Bradley of SiteGraduate.com for being crazy enough to give these mini-sites away for $149 and also adding two free
I posted a list of 44 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 and future free lists.
If you want to learn more abo...
GoDaddy plans to open online selling site.
In direct competition with eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), domain registrar Go Daddy is launching a marketplace dubbed "Go Daddy Marketplace" for people to buy and sell goods online.
Users can set up stores and upload products. GoDaddy will handle...
Hard work — and good fortune — propelled successful domain investors.
In Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers, he argues that successful people got to where they are through hard work and good fortune. Whether it's their cultural background or just plain being in the right place at the right time, successful people don't do it...
My wife and I are getting ready to head to the hospital for her surgery this morning but I got up real early and did a couple updates.
I have updated the Expring Domains tab here on DotWeekly, but you can also use and see the hand picked expiring domain list on BuyExpiringDomains.com as well. BuyExpiringDomains.com
I want to quickly express my gratitude to all those who have so kindly tested and provided feedback on our newly installed auction platform.
We have already made quite a few changes, and we are currently making a few adjustments and improvements.
The test domain auction for Went.tv closes today at 14:36 US Central Time. At the
I am not a big fan of most?domain extensions other than?the dot COM, NET, CO.UK and TV extensions.
However, as I have stated in previous blog posts, there are some Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) that have very great potential.
China has been booming, and will be booming for the foreseeable future. However, despite their many
Major corporations seem to like call to action domain names nearly as much as they like their branded domain names. Call to action domains can be more memorable to a consumer than just the brand, and it typically encourages the consumer to take action quickly. They are less expensive than generic domain names, and they're
As you might be able to tell, I just had my blog re-designed. I had the other layout since inception, and the other design for close to a year, so I thought it was time for a change. One new feature I am offering is the "Top Drops" page, which is found in the
Hey everybody,
Here's hoping that 2009 has started with a bang for you. Mr Blogs's did, as he strapped all his fireworks together into one mega-firework - the resultant shock-wave caused an unseasonal snow-storm in his native Tahiti, and killed two birds.
In other news, there has been news since the Blog was put
Over the past couple weeks I?ve been doing housecleaning of old bookmarks and sharing what I think are still interesting with some friends. Today, I came across my favorite animated project of all time and decided to check the site out ? thankfully, I did! as it looks like Jeff Lew has finally put together
I don't normally make predictions but I think niche social networks will continue to grow in 2009. Unlike the generic giants like FaceBook and MySpace that had such difficulty making money, niche social networks are easier to monetize.
Social networks
Social networks exist already offline. From formal organizations?such as?camera clubs to loose net...
Last night I was randomly in my Moniker account and noticed nearly all of my domains contact email address had a misspelling in them.? I hadn't changed anything so I knew it wasnt my error.? When I went into the backend to change the mistake it showed the correct email address.? I clicked on update
I am asking my readers to submit 2 of your best domains if you will. For a period of two weeks I am going to insert them into the Featured Domain marque at the top of my side bar. I will also publish them in? "DNoptimizers -?The Blog"
You owe me nothing. Like I mentioned in
A must read for any of your doing, or thinking about site development appeared today in User Interface Enineering blog, concerning how changing one button on an e-commerece site resulted in increased sales of $300 Million dollars a year.
Of course this happened to a major, unnamed online retailer which already had customers, traffic and business.
B...
In a new article by MSNBC, they point out what all of us know already, """"choosing a domain name is an extremely important part of designing your web site""
The article author talks about using register.com and godaddy.com for domain registration and about buying a domain name rich in keywords as long as they are on
Experts warn that 8 Million Pc's are now effected with a new sleeper virus that allows hackers to steal financial and personal information
The Downadup or Conficker worm exploits a bug in Microsoft Windows to infect mainly corporate networks, where, it potentially exposes infected PCs to hijack.
Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at anti-virus ...
Microsoft intentionally uses Mac in Songsmith promo video in attempt to create viral coverage
"Earlier this month, Microsoft Research released Songsmith, a song-making app that works only on Windows. To promote the app it released what might very well be the worst promo video ever, featuring a girl singing in front of her laptop about how great So...
AshleyMadison.com, which matches married people looking to have affairs, got plenty of press last month when they announced that they'd be placing this ad in the Super Bowl program.
Officials for the dating Web site said that they were approached and they signed a six-figure contract for the ad with PSP Sports, which creates and sells ads in many...
With a big ad on the back of today's New York Times' business section, Apple announced iPod touch and iPhone users have downloaded 500 million apps from the iTunes App Store.
In the same exact way, Apple (AAPL) announced it'd crossed 300 million apps downloaded on December 5.
Figuring Apple crossed the 500 million mark yesterday, we estimate that...
Realtor's Research Revealed Better ROI for Web Efforts
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Century 21, one of the first real-estate companies to advertise on TV, is pulling all national TV advertising in 2009 and redirecting its efforts and ad dollars to the web.
With the beleaguered real-estate market showing no signs of a turnaround, the realtor has decide...
Boy George Inauguration song prior to jail term (it's pretty good).
The Aftermarket.com Domainer Mardi Gras auction has, thus far, gathered excellent submissions. Many people acted on the ‘early submission' selection due date of today. Those names will have priority in the reviewing and selection process. The final date for submissions is January 30, 2009, which means there is still time to submit your domain...
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