Name.com (an advertiser of this blog) is running a contest with .Club to win a free ipad.In typical Name.com fashion the name of the game in non conformity, third place is the best place. You-can-make-your-own-rules-when-you-get-your-own .CLUB Contest 1st place: a trophy filled with candy. 2nd place: Google Hangout or Skype call with the name.com office where we all […]
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It’s A Profit Deal
In the 1979 Steve Martin classic The Jerk, Martin plays Navin Johnson, a likeable rube who at one point is working at a carnival and guesses the weight of people walking by for a small fee. I’ve already given away eight pencils, two hula dolls and an ashtray… …and l’ve only taken in $15. Navin, […]
Continue ReadingQuartz “An anti-Obama dentist just bought up the best new Democrat domain names”
Leo Mirani wrote an article today for Quartz, that profiled a Florida dentist who went out and regged dozens of high profile .democrat domains. USA.democrat might not be a bad one but some of the others not so sure. On Wednesday (May 21), the .democrat top-level domain (TLD) went on sale to the general public. […]
Continue ReadingA Slippery Guy and A Sexy Blonde – Uniregistry Unveils First Commercial
By: Raymond Hackney Uniregistry (an advertiser) has put together their first commercial that shows two registrants finding their way to a new Uniregistry domain. The commercial depicts two registrants who have a terrible web presence and get a short, intuitive domain that conveys the message they want to convey. Related articles Quick Chat with […]
Continue ReadingThe One Thing That Needs To Stop With New Gtld Discussion
By: Raymond Hackney When looking at the new gtld program the one thing I think needs to go away is the discussion of them as a collective. That it’s all or nothing, many are going to do less than spectacular numbers imo. That opinion is based on their pricing model or the limited market for […]
Continue ReadingA few articles looking at domains from outside the industry
Over the last couple weeks there were some interesting articles regarding domain names from publications outside the industry. Larry Levenson wrote a piece on HubSpot entitled, “Why Marketers Should Care About The 1,300 New Top-Level Domains” Levenson talks about things from using the new gtlds for brand protection to potential SEO benefits to innovation. He […]
Continue ReadingJuan Diego Calle Wants the New Gtlds to “Bring it on”
By: Raymond Hackney Juan Diego Calle CEO of .CO Registry is ready for the new gtlds and actually welcomes them according to a blog post on the .co blog today. Calle is taking the opinion that many other alt extension fans have, that the more new gtlds out there, the more the consumer will be […]
Continue ReadingBloomberg/BusinessWeek Answers the question if new gtlds will help your small business
By: Raymond Hackney Karen E Klein and Bloomberg/BusinessWeek did an article on the new gtlds a few days ago which answered a question from a small business owner. Question: I heard that a bunch of new website addresses–besides .com–will become available in 2014. How should a small business like mine take advantage of these new […]
Continue ReadingNew gTLDs – A Newbie’s Perspective
New gTLDs – A Newbie’s Perspective As ACRO commented last week on a post at TheDomains.com, “Those that blindly support a crazy-priced gTLD extravaganza are equally clueless as those that fully refuse to partake in the new namespace expansion.” The majority of ‘successful’ domainers out there all seem to have indicated that they’ll likely dabble […]
Continue ReadingNew Top Level Domains – Worth the Investment ?
By: Raymond Hackney Here is a video with a Cleveland web design firm that feels their clients will not need to register new gtlds as it will be an administrative nightmare and a waste of money. Stick with one extension and make it work was their advice. This is an interesting video from the standpoint […]
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