Industry veterans Chad Folkening and John Ferber plan to use a large cash infusion to advance a new domain development platform. Their Florida based domain development company, Domain Holdings has raised $2.9 million in funding as reported by TechCrunch this morning. Domain Holdings has debuted a new domain development platform called DomainPower, a follow up to Rapid … Continue Reading
Domain Industry, Domain Names, Parked Domains, Search Engines, SEO, Web Development
I have kept an eye on new monetization opportunities and the recovery of the Pay-Per-Click (PPC) industry for some time. You may be surprised to hear that I have not parked a single domain name in years. I decided to challenge myself this week to design a dream parking page; the ideal website framework for … Continue Reading
Advertising, Affiliate Marketing, Domain Industry, Domain Names, Parked Domains, SEO, Web Design, Web Development
MediaPost recently published findings from a new study on paid-search (PPC) ad spending by JP Morgan. The analysts expect to see a 20% growth in revenue for 2011. This is great news after years of earnings in decline. Credit for the boom is given mainly to a rise in international search volume. The United States … Continue Reading
Advertising, Google, Google AdSense, Internet, Marketing, Parked Domains, Search Engines
Frank Schilling published an editorial recently that was well received, even proclaimed to be the most important post of the year. I would like to respectfully disagree with that sentiment and provide my own perspective. Frank crafted an interesting metaphor between the early days of oil drilling and the present day perception of direct navigation … Continue Reading
Affiliate Marketing, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Names, Parked Domains, Web Development
The .CM domain name was made popular by the Business 2.0 story of Kevin Ham “the man who owns the Internet.” Domainers know that .CM is actually owned by Cameroon and is prized for for the natural traffic it receives from .COM typos. Risky Business There are evident risks for trademark infringement when using .CM … Continue Reading
ccTLD, Current Events, Domain Auctions, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Parked Domains, Registrars, TLDs, Traffic
Mini site development has the potential to increase revenue and pay-per-click (PPC) conversions on domain names with traffic, especially those with natural type-in visitors. Mini sites also allow you freedoms and features that current parking companies simply can’t and won’t provide you. If you have a domain with strong keywords there is also the possibility … Continue Reading
Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Names, Google, Google AdSense, Parked Domains, Scripts & Software, Search Engines, SEO, Tools & Resources, Traffic, Web Design, Web Development, Web Hosting
With the economic downturn most people are doing everything they can to save a few dollars. Whether it is clipping coupons or just plain cutting back, everyone is trying to find ways to make their money stretch a bit more. Looking at it from the other perspective (as a domainer and a business person) you … Continue Reading
Domain Industry, Domain Names, Parked Domains, Scripts & Software, Tools & Resources, Traffic
NIC Mexico has announced the upcoming public launch schedule of the .MX ccTLD (Country Code) domain extension. Since 1989, after limited registrations by a few Mexican institutes, the .MX extension was closed for new registrations. Now, 20 years later, .MX is once again open for business. This may present a good opportunity for domainers seeking … Continue Reading
ccTLD, Current Events, Domain Buzz, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Names, ICANN, Parked Domains, Registrars, TLDs
When I originally announced Parking Revolution the response was phenomenal. Parking Revolution is a new service that allows you to develop your domain names into beautiful mini-sites loaded with fresh content and ready to monetize. The guys behind the scenes have been actively listening to and encouraging user feedback and putting your ideas into action! … Continue Reading
Advertising, Domain Names, Google AdSense, Marketing, Parked Domains, Tools & Resources, Traffic, Web Development
The word is out, direct navigation from domain names is hot! It’s why Google recently launched AdSense for Domains and its why many people are pumping out mini-sites and landing pages for their high-traffic generic .COM names. Ron Jackson at DNJournal has just broke the news that Ask.com has acquired Sendori, a direct navigation company. … Continue Reading
Advertising, Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Names, Marketing, Parked Domains, Search Engines, Traffic
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