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Is it time to Boycott Domain Tools ?

April 25, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 12 Comments

Domain Tools is rolling out new membership packages and to be straight to the point, THEY SUCK ! I currently pay as most professional members pay, $49.99 for this: Domain Monitor 10,000 Domains Registrant Monitor 10 Registrants Name Server Monitor 100 Name Servers Brand Monitor 10 Brands Hosting History 100 Domains Whois History 100 Domains […]

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Verisign Trending Keywords for March, Trump makes the list once again

April 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Verisign released their top trending keywords for March and Presidential hopeful Donald Trump found his name on the Top 10 once again. Building was the top .com keyword and chin was tops for .net.

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A Domain Name Map of The World

March 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Wired.co.uk published an article that included a map of the world ( courtesy of Nominet) which focused on domain extensions. The story spent a lot of time on .TK the cctld of Tokelau being the largest spot on the map. With more than 31million regs it leads all extensions. Of course they are free. From […]

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Many ordinary Chinese citizens remain enthusiastic about investing in domain names

March 5, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

The topic of domain names was covered on CRIEnglish.com China Radio International’s English Service is one of CRI’s most important divisions. The article looks at how the average citizen is getting interested in domain names. Colin Campbell of Dot Club was quoted From an insider’s perspective, Colin Campbell thinks Chinese investor’s preference for short, numeric […]

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Filed Under: Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends, domaining news, news

“The more someone has to type, the less likely they are to go to the domain”

March 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Dr. Thies Lindenthal formerly of Sedo and now a lecturer at Cambridge University, wrote a paper titled, Monocentric Cyberspace: The Primary Market for Internet Domain Names, There is some interesting data and Lindenthal does touch on new gtlds as well. Alexis Kramer gave some analysis and key takeaways. For Lindenthal, having to type out a […]

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Charging Someone Upfront to make a domain inquiry – Fair or Foul?

February 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

Some domain investors own a lot of domain names and get a lot of inquiries, some are desirable, some are lowball and some are just a snarky comment about why they don’t deserve to own the domain name. There are services out there such as Domain Agents which provide a secured offer service where if […]

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Verisign’s Top Trending Keywords for January were dominated by China

February 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign released their top trending keywords for January. Chinese terms dominated the .com list while .net was led by inter, heart and beach. Jin, Fang,Yun,Bao and Rong were the top 5 keywords in .com. The keyword Smith was actually in both com and net.

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Benin and St Helena Need to Think About Getting in the China Game

February 8, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 10 Comments

There are a few countries that should change how they do things and get in the game of repurposing their cctld. I am talking about Benin and the island of  St Helena. These two countries are fortunate enough to possess the .BJ and .SH country codes. With .Ws looking to refresh their brand and focus […]

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Filed Under: CCtld, Chinese Domain Names, Domain trends, Numerical Domains

ChineseLandrush.com Takes a look at the number 5

January 29, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

ChineseLandrush.com has been running a series of articles on the meaning and history behind numbers in Chinese culture. The latest post is the number 5. 5: 五; Pinyin: Wǔ In terms of understanding the meaning of numbers in the Chinese context, the number five is one of the least ambiguous numbers for westerners to understand. […]

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Porn tops the .net charts for Verisign’s December Trends

January 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Verisign is out with their Top 10 keywords for December of 2015 and porn was the top trending keyword for .net. Not sure when we have seen that one at the top before. In .com clinic was the top trending keyword. .Com was made up mostly of Chinese keywords. Top 10 Keywords Registered in December […]

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