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An up close look at Google Panda

July 25, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

By: RH SEO.com took a look at Panda up close and provides some tips to follow to stay or get back in favor with Google. Courtesy of SEO.com

Sedo and Afternic Weekly Sales Report

July 24, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Sedo and Afternic Weekly Sales As we reported last night Metal.com sold for $140,000 and that was the top sale for the week. The name was sold in 2010 for $165,000. Chargepoint.com sold for $80,000 which imo is just an excellent job by the seller. Sugar.co led the Country Codes this week selling […]

Go Daddy Auction Spotlight 7/24/12 highlighted by ColdBrew.com and Hoots.com

July 24, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Go Daddy Auction Spotlight 7/24/12 A lot of good names today and some other extensions make the list. CloudHosting is a competitive and high paying keyword. CloudHosting.info is at $155 with 18 bids. Hoots.com and Mapel.com are two five letter .coms that are doing well with both in four figures. We have a […]

Metal.com sells for $140,000, $25,000 less than in 2010

July 23, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

By: RH Metal.com came across the Sedo sales tonight. The domain sold for $140,000 which is a nice price for the name. Following in the steps of SSM.com which sold for much less than it did the first time around, Metal.com sold for $165,000 in 2010. Screenshot from Domain Tools 11/2011 The domain went back […]

Quick Chat With Brad Mugford, DataCube.com

July 23, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 9 Comments

Brad Mugford is a domain investor who runs DataCube.com. DataCube.com had its 25th birthday this year and is the 68th oldest domain registered. Here is our quick chat with Brad. 1) When did you first start getting into domains and why? I have been online since 1996, but did not consider domains as an investment […]

Go Daddy Auction Spotlight 7/23/12

July 23, 2012 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

By: RH Go Daddy Auction Spotlight 7/23/12 Nothing special today except for t6.org if you like two character .org names. DLRP.org over $1000 was once developed site with a decent link profile that you can check out here mytvinfo.com $106 $12 20 1H 38M rtpxsrch.com $105 $12 12 1H 44M ukrsmak.com $575 $12 […]

Dot Com Vs Dot Co Part 3 and there is something in it for you the viewer

July 22, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

By: RH The third part of the epic battle between Dot Com and Dot Co If you have not checked out the first two episodes just click videos and scroll down. This time Dot Co has something else up his sleeve. There is also something in it for you the viewer. In the video Dot […]

Forbes: “Why Defensive Domain Name Registrations Aren’t a Good Deal for Small Businesses”

July 21, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

By: RH Eric Goldman a contributor at Forbes did a piece on small business and defensive registrations. From the article: This conventional wisdom plays on the worst fears of small businesses: If you don’t buy lots of domain names right now, you will forever lose control of your brand, and then you will lose your […]

Thank you to Elliot and all those that voted

July 21, 2012 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

By: RH Elliot Silver ran a best moderator contest on his blog. Thanks to Jeff Overman I was nominated as one of the five mods up for a $200 prize that Elliot was awarding out of his own pocket. It is very generous of Elliot to recognize forum moderators and put up his own money. […]