Because end users are developers and don't care for your domains and don't really want them (and also because content is king, and they know)! What they have is a concept in mind, not a domain name. They'd rather find something pretty close to a popular generic term they had in mind that gets their Post from: The Domain Columnist Why end users will...

Case in point 1: EnergySuperpower.com Take a generic term domain that's been dropped repeatedly by others, set up WP, and publish links to relevant articles from the daily Google alerts I subscribe to. Currently shows up #2 search result in Yahoo for the term, and on the front page of Google also, only beaten out by Post from: The Domain Columnist ...

If you've followed anything I've written here so far, you probably know that I am huge on development. Part of the reason is the fact that I don't own many "PREMIUM" domains that would generate serious parking revenue, but we all gotta start somewhere and work with what we've got, right? Ron Jackson of the DN...

Seth over at FreshDrop tipped us off to a new domain tool they've been working on called USniper.com USniper.com is a FREE service that allows you to automatically place bids on expiring domain names at the time you designate. You choose the price, and you choose the bid time, allowing you to stop worrying and being

UnemploymentMeter.com has just launched. Over the last couple months, I kept trying to come up with the right idea for an economy-focused blog (for obvious reasons), and I think I have finally zoomed in on the topic that I can commit to developing. Got a nice WP skin set up for it, decent page structure,

Being the curious little domainer that I am, I like to stay abreast of all of the world's happenings as much as possible, especially during these uncertain times. My favorite source of mainstream news is the online version of UK's Telegraph newspaper. Being a college student, the following story caught my attention today: National intern...

Long time no post again, eh? So I recently launched a couple of projects about things that interest me. I'm sure most would agree that the subject matter plays an important role in the long-term viability and success of any web development project. That is why I generally try to work on websites that are

Back to development directions… There is never a shortage of demand for information. Especially in times of trouble, social and economic unrest. Hence, these are precisely the topics people will search for most as they browse the internet. This trend should make things like unemployment and bankruptcy especially popular with the web surfing m...

Funny how development seems SO EASY when you do it "just for fun"… Had to create a little website for a school related project coming up in January, and came up with this: RussianSkiing.com Some friends and I go up north to ski every MLK weekend. Decided to get more people involved this year by creating

Drawing parallels between the printing press and the evolution of Web 2.0, Al Gore called on the internet junkies to leverage the power of social networking to "bring about a higher level of consciousness of our relationship with this planet and the imminent danger and opportunity we face" Gore claimed that it would have been impossible...

A question for my employed or formerly employeed colleagues and readers… Can you ever find satisfaction from a regular "office" type job and career? At the crossroads of life, I struggle to find purpose and meaning to all I've done and all the things I've put my time and effort into. About 6 months?away from

Just registered my first generic geodomain… TuscanArchipelago.com and I?truly can't believe my own luck! Browsing through a list of places I might want to visit for vacation when I get a little better off financially, I started going through lists of islands around Italy, and this little archipelago came to my attention. The most prominent...

This week I am launching a new blog to help develop one of the domains I recently registered. ReasonsToWorry.com was inspired by hugely successful apocalypic websites such as LifeAfterTheOilCrash.net and December212012.com , which predict the demise of human civilization as we know it. YES I KNOW, IT MAY BE A LITTLE EXTREME FOR SOME FOLKS.

7 job interviews next week alone, not to mention two exams and a project presentation. Who said anything about a recession? Speaking of getting a job, AE has an interesting recruiting strategy embodied in the domain name of their careers website: LiveYourLifeLoveYourJob-dot-com. Might take a while to type in, but it is certainly a phrase that's...

Is there a faster and easier way to develop a topical domain name than to set up a news aggregator and republish stories on one of your own websites? No effort necessary… well, maybe a little. A few tools that I've come across are Hexamail's News2Web and MySyndicaat. With a little customization, you can set

The first few weeks of school were brutal, but now that I'm getting back into a good work and study rhythm, I can start posting again. Senior year is bound to annihilate many more of my brain cells, in more ways than one, but I must keep exercising whatever is left of my impoverished intellect

Google?s algorithm is not going to get any dumber, so don?t try to trick it. They've got many smart people working on it, so in the long run, I'll trust Google to tell quality from bullshit over trusting any SEO professional to give me "Top search engine rankings in a week." In fact, I don't