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Elliot's Blog
Neat Tool to Find Domain Names
I use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool (GAKT) to find available domain names to hand register. To do this, I enter my search term, extract a list of 100 keywords and keyword terms, paste them in my registrar’s bulk domain name lookup box, see wh...
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Neat Tool to Find Domain Names
I use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool (GAKT) to find available domain names to hand register. To do this, I enter my search term, extract a list of 100 keywords and keyword terms, paste them in my registrar’s bulk domain name lookup box, see wh...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 11:51 am
The Domains
OMGPOP Purchased Yesterday By Zynga For $210 Million Was The Buyer Of DrawSomething.com
A week ago we wrote about the domain name DrawSomething.com selling on Afternic for $3,000 As we noted the domain was under privacy at Godaddy and actually still is but the domain is now forwarding to the developer of the App omgpop.com. Meaning that...
Discussion
OMGPOP Purchased Yesterday By Zynga For $210 Million Was The Buyer Of DrawSomething.com
A week ago we wrote about the domain name DrawSomething.com selling on Afternic for $3,000 As we noted the domain was under privacy at Godaddy and actually still is but the domain is now forwarding to the developer of the App omgpop.com. Meaning that...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 11:25 am
Domain Name Wire
Kraft gets domain for snack division spin-off for just $10
Kraft able to hand register domains for spin-off snack company. Yesterday I wrote about how Abbott Labs was able to freely register the domain name for its new pharmaceuticals spin-off, AbbVie. AbbVie.com was available. Now Kraft has announced the na...
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Kraft gets domain for snack division spin-off for just $10
Kraft able to hand register domains for spin-off snack company. Yesterday I wrote about how Abbott Labs was able to freely register the domain name for its new pharmaceuticals spin-off, AbbVie. AbbVie.com was available. Now Kraft has announced the na...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain privacy isn’t free, Thursday edition
Responding to lawsuits is expensive. I keep preaching about how providing whois privacy services isn’t free for domain registrars, and here’s another example. Timothy Sykes has just sued Moniker (pdf) in federal district court to find out...
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Domain privacy isn’t free, Thursday edition
Responding to lawsuits is expensive. I keep preaching about how providing whois privacy services isn’t free for domain registrars, and here’s another example. Timothy Sykes has just sued Moniker (pdf) in federal district court to find out...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:28 am
Domain Name Wire
New TLD registrations now up to at least 329
329 people have registered for ICANN’s new TLD system. ICANN has updated its new top level domain program statistics to show that it has 329 registrants for its TLD Application System (TAS). Each registrant can apply for up to 50 top level doma...
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New TLD registrations now up to at least 329
329 people have registered for ICANN’s new TLD system. ICANN has updated its new top level domain program statistics to show that it has 329 registrants for its TLD Application System (TAS). Each registrant can apply for up to 50 top level doma...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Facebook registers a bunch of domains but the strategy makes no sense
Company appears to be registering previously expired domains, but isn’t picking up some obvious domains. Facebook registered at least 22 domain names yesterday, many of them typos of Facebook. But the strategy is perplexing. Here’s the li...
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Facebook registers a bunch of domains but the strategy makes no sense
Company appears to be registering previously expired domains, but isn’t picking up some obvious domains. Facebook registered at least 22 domain names yesterday, many of them typos of Facebook. But the strategy is perplexing. Here’s the li...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:06 am
Elliot's Blog
Is There a Google Analytics Issue?
Does anyone know if Google Analytics has been having issues with accuracy lately? I use Google Analytics and Stat Counter on my blog, and they have generally been in line with each other. For some reason, Google Analytics has lately been off by over ...
Discussion
Is There a Google Analytics Issue?
Does anyone know if Google Analytics has been having issues with accuracy lately? I use Google Analytics and Stat Counter on my blog, and they have generally been in line with each other. For some reason, Google Analytics has lately been off by over ...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:03 am
The Domains
Eye Tracking Study Says A Visitors 1st Impression Of A Site Is Made In Fraction Of A Second & The Site’s Logo’s Is The Most Important
According to a new report by the Missouri University of Science and Technology, it takes a website visitor less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression. Using eye-tracking software and an infrared camera the research found that the sec...
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Eye Tracking Study Says A Visitors 1st Impression Of A Site Is Made In Fraction Of A Second & The Site’s Logo’s Is The Most Important
According to a new report by the Missouri University of Science and Technology, it takes a website visitor less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression. Using eye-tracking software and an infrared camera the research found that the sec...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 8:19 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s List of Domain At Auction or Dropping Around the Net 3-22-12
You know what you get when you combine a 42 year old man, record high temperatures, and a Garden Center? A happy, exhausted, sunburned guy. Makes me want to get out and buy and sell some domains. I don’t know why it is, whenever I’ve work...
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Thursday’s List of Domain At Auction or Dropping Around the Net 3-22-12
You know what you get when you combine a 42 year old man, record high temperatures, and a Garden Center? A happy, exhausted, sunburned guy. Makes me want to get out and buy and sell some domains. I don’t know why it is, whenever I’ve work...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 5:40 am
Elliot's Blog
TrafficZ Changes Default Landing Pages
Pay per click parking provider TrafficZ has announced a big change to its default landing page template. According to the company, after an undisclosed testing period, the “TrafficZ Royal” landing page showed “significant increases ...
Discussion
TrafficZ Changes Default Landing Pages
Pay per click parking provider TrafficZ has announced a big change to its default landing page template. According to the company, after an undisclosed testing period, the “TrafficZ Royal” landing page showed “significant increases ...
Discussion
March 21, 2012, 6:14 pm
