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The Domains
Google Says Keywords In Domain Are Not Needed To Be Successful
Barry Schwartz on SERoundtable.com put up a quick blurb about a comment from Google’s John Mueller. Mueller was apparently responding to a Google Webmaster help question on whether the user needed the keyword in their domain. You don’t ne...
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Google Says Keywords In Domain Are Not Needed To Be Successful
Barry Schwartz on SERoundtable.com put up a quick blurb about a comment from Google’s John Mueller. Mueller was apparently responding to a Google Webmaster help question on whether the user needed the keyword in their domain. You don’t ne...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 4:44 pm
The Domains
eBay: Search Ads Have No Measurable Benefit
eBay study warns search ads have ‘no measurable benefit The Guardian did a story on the efficacy of paid search based on a study conducted by eBay From the article: Customers are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, a ...
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eBay: Search Ads Have No Measurable Benefit
eBay study warns search ads have ‘no measurable benefit The Guardian did a story on the efficacy of paid search based on a study conducted by eBay From the article: Customers are just as likely to click on natural search results as paid ads, a ...
Discussion
June 6, 2014, 4:25 pm
The Domains
One Hilarious Look at Net Neutrality
There has been a lot of talk about Net Neutrality and for most this is a topic that gets a bit boring. John Oliver from the HBO series “Last Week Tonight” has put a very funny, sarcastic and layman’s terms. John explains without Net...
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One Hilarious Look at Net Neutrality
There has been a lot of talk about Net Neutrality and for most this is a topic that gets a bit boring. John Oliver from the HBO series “Last Week Tonight” has put a very funny, sarcastic and layman’s terms. John explains without Net...
Discussion
June 5, 2014, 9:28 pm
The Domains
My Preorder For Cool.Vegas Just Got A $35,525 Bill & CoolVegas.com Is Priced at $12K
I placed a pre-order for the domain name Cool.Vegas on a landrush basis with 101domain.com a while back. I got word the other day that the domain name was placed on the reserved list of the registry and made a premium domain. So I got a bill for the ...
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My Preorder For Cool.Vegas Just Got A $35,525 Bill & CoolVegas.com Is Priced at $12K
I placed a pre-order for the domain name Cool.Vegas on a landrush basis with 101domain.com a while back. I got word the other day that the domain name was placed on the reserved list of the registry and made a premium domain. So I got a bill for the ...
Discussion
June 5, 2014, 1:59 pm
The Domains
ReturnMoi.com, the Largest Lost & Found Co In The World Switches To Return.Me
According to a press release out this morning by the .Me registry, the largest Lost & Found Company in the World has switched their domain name from ReturnMoi.com to Return.Me “ReturnMoi was our original company name.” “Due to o...
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ReturnMoi.com, the Largest Lost & Found Co In The World Switches To Return.Me
According to a press release out this morning by the .Me registry, the largest Lost & Found Company in the World has switched their domain name from ReturnMoi.com to Return.Me “ReturnMoi was our original company name.” “Due to o...
Discussion
June 5, 2014, 12:58 pm
The Domains
Ntldstats.com Updated Registrant Distribution Feature
Ntldstats.com updated their “Registrant Breakdown” I thought it would be interesting to see who is the top 25 as we now have been live for just over four months. These guys continue to do a great job and the same goes for Andy at Na...
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Ntldstats.com Updated Registrant Distribution Feature
Ntldstats.com updated their “Registrant Breakdown” I thought it would be interesting to see who is the top 25 as we now have been live for just over four months. These guys continue to do a great job and the same goes for Andy at Na...
Discussion
June 5, 2014, 8:06 am
The Domains
.XYZ Moves Into 4th Most Registered New gTLD Topping 38K But 72% Are From NetSol
Ntldstats.com, has updated this morning and .XYZ is now the 4th most popular gTLD with over 38,000 registrations. However over 72% of these, or over 27,500 domains are at Network Solutions (NSI), which as we discussed yesterday and today, offered fre...
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.XYZ Moves Into 4th Most Registered New gTLD Topping 38K But 72% Are From NetSol
Ntldstats.com, has updated this morning and .XYZ is now the 4th most popular gTLD with over 38,000 registrations. However over 72% of these, or over 27,500 domains are at Network Solutions (NSI), which as we discussed yesterday and today, offered fre...
Discussion
June 4, 2014, 3:32 pm
The Domains
Network Solutions Has No Idea What I am talking about
So there was a lot of talk about Network Solutions and .XYZ yesterday. We had a comment in one thread which led to Michael doing a follow up post and mentioning that specific comment. The comment was : “I recently got the email from Netsol offe...
Discussion
Network Solutions Has No Idea What I am talking about
So there was a lot of talk about Network Solutions and .XYZ yesterday. We had a comment in one thread which led to Michael doing a follow up post and mentioning that specific comment. The comment was : “I recently got the email from Netsol offe...
Discussion
June 4, 2014, 6:19 am
The Domains
NameJet.com Reports $555K in Domains Sales Led By Liao.com For $100K
Namejet.com just reported over $555,000 in domain name auction for the month of May 2014. Only sales of $2K or more are included. All sales were led by Liao.com which sold for $100,000. PontoonBoats.com was our purchase. Domain Name Payment Am...
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NameJet.com Reports $555K in Domains Sales Led By Liao.com For $100K
Namejet.com just reported over $555,000 in domain name auction for the month of May 2014. Only sales of $2K or more are included. All sales were led by Liao.com which sold for $100,000. PontoonBoats.com was our purchase. Domain Name Payment Am...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 11:53 pm
The Domains
Did NetworkSolutions.com Give Away Free .XYZ Domain Names?
I published a post earlier today about .XYZ registering over 18,000 domain names in its first day of General Availability based on ntldstats.com, which is what we rely on consistently for our registration numbers. At the time we did point out t...
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Did NetworkSolutions.com Give Away Free .XYZ Domain Names?
I published a post earlier today about .XYZ registering over 18,000 domain names in its first day of General Availability based on ntldstats.com, which is what we rely on consistently for our registration numbers. At the time we did point out t...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 8:12 pm
