Jun
29

Interesting posts June 2008

Ray on June 29th, 2008

I thought now would be a good time to highlight a few of the most interesting posts that I have seen over the past month…………..
Perhaps the most important event this month was ICANN’s decison to relax the rules about naming domain name extensions. Now anyone with enough cash can buy their own domain extension. So we could [...]

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May
20

Three books to help you build your domaining business

Ray on May 20th, 2008

Three books have appeared on the horizon in recent weeks that I thought may be of interest to domainers.
The first two will help developer domainers who want to build out their domain name portfolio, and the third is an up and coming discussion of the domain name industry.
ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a [...]

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Apr
28

Why domainers must become developers

Ray on April 28th, 2008

In the early days of domaining, say up until  2002, domaining was easy (well easier).
You bought generic domains and, with the rise of domain name parking companies, you parked them and watched the money flood in. I accept there were many late nights and many problems for early domainers to overcome, but it is safe to [...]

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Apr
15

Trend watching for domainers

Ray on April 15th, 2008

I was having a discussion about domain names with a friend who is a computer programmer, a few days ago and he asked me why I continue to look for unregistered domains when the best domains are taken already.
Its a very interesting question because I wonder the same thing myself, sometimes!
It is certainly the case that many, many quality [...]

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Apr
8

Keywords are back but this time its serious!

Ray on April 8th, 2008

Lets imagine, for a moment, that you are a bricks and mortar retailer selling classic car spare parts in London, England and you want to set up a website. The chances of you finding even a remotely generic domain name at a reasonable price is negligible. So you decide to go with something like DavesCarSpareParts.com. Its not a great [...]

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