June 2007

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DotSauce Gets Smashed!

I was enthused this morning to see that an article I wrote was featured in the latest addition to Smashing Magazine’s Developer’s Toolbox! My article “10 Tips for Investing in Domain Names” was included in the Smashing …

Current Events, Domain Forums, Domain Industry, Domain Names, DotSauce, Tools & Resources, Web Design

LifeHack’s How to Brainstorm Domain Names

While reading through the “Productivity” folder of my various RSS feed subscriptions, which includes news from such websites as ZenHabits and Lifehacker, I was surprised to see an article from LifeHack.org on How to Brainstorm Domains. It …

Available Domains, Domain Industry, Domain Names, Registrars, Tools & Resources

Innovative Domain Branding, a Coffee Company’s Success Story

Chris Ambler discussed a story he heard recently on a local Seattle morning radio show. The discussion was about Specialty Roast Coffee Company who donates $2 of every bag of coffee beans to a charity of the buyer’s choice. …

Advertising, Available Domains, Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Names, Humor, Marketing, Traffic, Web Development

Long Tail Keywords are the Latest SEO Buzz

The phrase The Long Tail was first coined by Chris Anderson in an October 2004 article of the same name on Wired Magazine. The article sub-title defines the term quite nicely:

Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at

Advertising, Current Events, Marketing, Search Engines, SEO, Tools & Resources, Traffic, Web Development

Wedding.Net Sells for $75,000

The dot net domain extension is of course a huge underdog when it comes to aftermarket sales for generic domains. Only a handful of premium names have fetched notable sales prices. A few days ago Domain Name Wire wrote …

Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Names, Domain Sales, Notable Domain Sales, TLDs

Sedo Purchases GreatDomains.com Website for Over $2 million

Tim Schumacher of Sedo announced yesterday the purchase of the GreatDomains.com website from VeriSign. GreatDomains is one of Sedo’s largest after market domain sales competitors. DomainTools says the company was purchased by VeriSign in 2000 for $50,000,000 during …

Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Names, Domain Sales, Notable Domain Sales, Parked Domains, Registrars

SEO.com Domain Purchased for $5 Million

UPDATE: Apparently this is a rabid rumor! Mike has responded in a comment below confirming himself that this price is false. He says that no announcement has been made which includes the price of this sale. Inquiring minds want

Domain Industry, Domain Names, Domain Sales, Notable Domain Sales, Search Engines, SEO

Scandalous Sedo Sales, BOOBTUBE.com Mishap

Sedo, one of the largest aftermarket domain sales portals has had their trustworthiness and security measures come under fire as of late. As reported by Jay Westerdall of DomainTools, many domains can be found listed on auction at …

Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Names, Domain Sales, Humor, Notable Domain Sales, Parked Domains
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55 Active RSS Directories to Help Promote Your RSS Feeds!

Most bloggers and website owners have RSS feeds to distribute their content and we’ve all heard of web directories for regular link submission. Did you know there are tons of directories specifically developed for promoting your RSS feeds? It …

Advertising, Domain Industry, Domain Names, Google, Marketing, Search Engines, SEO, Tools & Resources, Traffic, Web Development, Yahoo

Free Email Marketing Guide from MailChimp

MailChimp, an emerging web service for sending and tracking your email marketing to customers, has released a great 50 page guide to email marketing. See PDF download link below. I don’t do many web application reviews, so I …

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