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Penn State scandal-related Domain registrations frenzy?
I can’t help but look into domains that are being registered in the wake of worldwide news topics, especially bombshells of this magnitude. I can’t think of a bigger scandal in my lifetime really… I mean, seriously? Penn State Football Facilities being used as a child rape camp by a coach and then covered up and allowed to procede further???? really? I believe in innocence until proven guilty but… my motto is, never trust anyone with bad teeth, especially if they have money. Anyway, here’s some recent domain...
read moreFor all you little green bar addicts… a Google PageRank update!
Christmas came early for the millions of Google PageRank (PR) addicted webmasters out there! Somewhat unexpectedly, Google toolbar pagerank (what is actually shown publicly) updated on November 7th, 2011. Many are rejoicing in the streets because there is now some quantifiable metric associated with all the hard work that’s put into marketing your website! For others, a rather grim day and the realization that Google can giveth and taketh at any point. I’m pleased that we are exactly where we usually are, a strong PR5 with all...
read moreAnother reason to boycott Godaddy and their douchebag CEO Bob Parsons
I could write a book on why you shouldn’t EVER use Godaddy and I usually don’t need much of a reason to vent about it. Plain and simply put, they suck, and suck bad at everything, especially hosting and that god-awful convoluted piece-of-shit they call account management. I moved the few domains I had there about 8 years ago… I won’t even go into hosting performance, there’s countless blogs out there that rip them to shreds in more technical detail then I care to write about. But this post is not about why...
read moreHow to preserve an expired domain’s existing indexed pages
Here’s a simple easy trick to preserve those existing indexed pages from an expired domain name that you register. First off, if your not using wordpress, you’re missing the boat. Not only can you launch a pretty nice looking site within an hour or so, there’s a ton of plugins available to automate and tweak your site. In the past, the most popular thing to do with an expired domain that had existing link popularity, was to just park it and hopefully capitalize on the traffic via PPC with sedo or any one of the other paid...
read moreHuge week for premium domain sales
The last week of september proved to be a good one after the previous weeks monster sales. The surprising sale to me is safe.net selling for $50,000! What really piqued my interest on Ron Jackson’s list: http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm Is that I’m on it again! It’s been a few years! However the details are not quite correct on that site, I purchased VeterinaryClinic.com (for an absolute steal) from a private seller with a huge portfolio at fabulous. The deal was brokered and escrowed through buydomains… NOT...
read moreTextBroker.com Review with example articles
If you’ve ever needed original content written for your website, you probably know it’s not as easy it seems. Sure, you can just copy and paste and then spin it… I mean how many different ways can you say the same thing? But some of us are sticklers for having absolute original handwritten content. I’ve used textbroker.com 5 times… I can say I’ve been pretty happy with the results. There is a learning curve so to speak, on how to get the most out of your authors. The more detail you provide, the better...
read moreLiquidWeb Review – Smart VPS Cloud Hosting
After being on a total of 2 dedicated servers for the past 10 straight years, I decided to make a switch. It started as rackshack, then turned into EV1 servers, then a few more buyouts later and almost a decade later I ended up at Softlayer… all with the same original server in Dallas. I liked Softlayer, the support was pretty good and they’re big enough that uptime is as close to 100% as possible. It was just getting too costly for not having full management and backups included. Mind you, I’m good enough as a server...
read moreNew website up!
After sitting idle for quite some time with memberships closed. We’ve decided to completely abandon the old site. It was just too aged and dated and all the scripts were written over a decade ago! Amazingly, it stood the test of time for many many years. Which is a testament to the development that originally went into this site. So, now the newest incarnation has been born. Ala wordpress! We love wordpress, and there’s not much that you can’t do with it. We’ll be adding things slowly but surely in the...
read moreSedo Introduces “Auto -Select Best Layout”
As a professional domain investor you know by now that optimizing the settings for your parked domains can result in dramatic increases in earnings. For every domain there seems to be a certain magic combination of page layout, photo, keyword, and related links which simply send your RPM through the roof. Sedo has recently introduced a new feature, “Auto-Select Best Layout” as a new option in the Layout pull-down menu on the Domain Optimizer page. Select this option and the system will automatically choose the best-performing layout for...
read moreYou and .ME
By Carolyn Chassaigne, Sedo Customer Support Team All is quiet in the land of .me with the sunrise period having ended on May 20th. With the new extension, the southern European nation of Montenegro is looking forward to the promise the extension may hold in regards to the English language. Even though a generic .com appears to be a golden ticket for domainers, the use of .me may present an array of interesting domain name possibilities, as well as unique advertising opportunities for businesses. With the growing span of internet access across...
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