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Shoppers Rely On Local Search Results

December 9, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Domainers and developers tend to fall in love and then sometimes fall out of love with geo local domains. Some have said their websites were affected by the Google EMD update and others have stayed strong in the search engines. Shoppers are increasingly turning to the web, according to comScore's 5th Annual Local […]

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Filed Under: Infographics, Search Engines

Is You Tube Just Another Bit Torrent Site ? One Journalist Thinks So

December 8, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

By: RH You Tube just another bit torrent site ? You Tube has redesigned their website again. They have made changes to the site that as usual many don't like. In writing about the redesign today, Mihaela Lica Butler from Search Engine Journal went down another road in discussing the video powerhouse. Butler wrote about […]

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Filed Under: Google

Maybe Google Won’t Give Away Domains For Free

December 7, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

By: RH Today Google announced that they would no longer be offering their Google Apps for Business for free. There has been a lot of talk that Google may give domains away for free if they are successful securing a new tld string. Maybe with the announcement of Google Apps no longer being free the […]

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Filed Under: Google

A Tale of Two NNNN.coms

December 6, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

By: RH There alway is a back and forth commentary on expired auctions vs public auctions. Not everyone can sell on NameJet but everyone can sell on Go Daddy. Go Daddy had an excellent case study on the topic this week. 4705.com was an expired auction and closed for $4005. 4701.com was a domain that […]

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Filed Under: Auctions

Colors and .Com

December 5, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

By: RH Colors and .com Colors are some of the most sought after domains, combos with a color and a noun or verb sell frequently for good prices. Color prefixed names that have sold this year include: RedKite.com $15,000 PinkCow.com $1505 GreenCup.com $1,111 RedViking.com $806 BlackFlamingo.com $206 We took a look at who owns the […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends

Why do paid links violate Google’s guidelines while other ads don’t?

December 5, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

By: RH Matt Cutts talks about paid links Matt got a question from someone on why no paid links but Adsense and other networks are fine. Matt said Google has no problem with the advertising but not on the manipulation of search results. He went in to why people should always use "no follow" links. […]

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Filed Under: Google

Sedo and Afternic Weekly Sales Report Led by HotelsGuide.com

December 4, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Sedo and Afternic Weekly Sales Chart HotelsGuide.com took the top spot selling for $60,000. The domain registered in 1997 is showing Sedo escrow. For those interested it looks like the .biz dropped and is available to hand reg. Sedo sold $1.7 million in domains for the week. Afternic sold $1.15 million in domains […]

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Filed Under: Afternic, Domain Sales, Sedo

The Text Message Turns 20

December 4, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the text. SMS is something we couldn’t imagine communications without.  Below is the history of the SMS, as told by Twilio. Courtesy of Twilo

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Filed Under: Infographics, Web/Tech

Flippa makes listing process easier

December 3, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

By: RH Flippa put out a new press release today discussing their new listing process. Making it faster to list and getting sellers to answer the most sought after questions by potential buyers. Flippa.com Creates New Listing Process It’s now easier to sell websites to the biggest buyer audience in the world San Francisco, CA […]

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Swiss Geo Zermatt.com sells for $200,000

December 2, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

By: RH Zermatt.com sells for $200,000 on Flippa This was a website sale on Flippa and not just the domain. There is an interesting story about the domain in the comments. About the site: Zermatt.com is the premier website for Zermatt, Switzerland, the famous ski resort and home of the Matternhorn, crown jewel and singular […]

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Filed Under: Flippa

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