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WhyPark Partners with Rick Latona on Charity Domain Auction

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I announced the WhyPark charity auction after speaking with Craig Rowe a couple of weeks ago, and more details have been released. Please have a look at the information below, and remember, All proceeds will go to the charity chosen by the highest single bidder in the auction.

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Rick Latona Auctions announced today it will donate its services and provide the online auction platform for the WhyPark Charity Domain Auction scheduled for December 7th through the December 11th, 2009.   The WhyPark Charity Auction will be the first online auction to utilize Rick Latona’s new beta auction platform which will be in an all new location, www.LATONAS.com.

WhyPark’s charity domain auction will consist of up to 50 domain names, with no reserve price, all donated by domain name industry leaders.   The proceeds from the auction will be given to a socially-responsible charity chosen by the highest single bidder in the auction.     To submit domain names for the auction and for complete details, visit http://www.whypark.com/auction.

“We are excited to support the WhyPark Charity Auction” stated Rick Latona, President of Rick Latona Auctions.   “It is also the perfect opportunity for us to test drive our new Latonas.com auction platform. Since it is an online only auction with no live auctioneer, it should be a low stress environment. Customers will be able to help people through The WhyPark Charity Auction , pick up a great new name or two and get a sneak preview of what we are up to here in Atlanta”.

“The WhyPark charity auction is simply about raising funds for a charity in need.” stated Craig Rowe, President of WhyPark Technology Services.   “The domain name community raises funds for several charities worldwide and this is another opportunity to provide financial assistance to a worthwhile organization of the highest winning bidder’s choice.   We are excited to partner with Rick Latona Auctions, a leader in the domain industry to help make this a successful auction.”

Good Country Music Domain Name Available to Purchase

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CountryMusicBlog.comI was doing some research today and came across a domain name I think is pretty good and priced well. Although I personally don’t listen to country music, I know that’s it is one of the most popular genres of music. BuyDomains.com is selling CountryMusicBlog.com at a list price of $1,488.

Both CountryMusicBlog.net and CountryMusicBlog.org are developed websites, showing that people want to develop this term in other extensions. People who like this type of music want to see what different artists are doing, when albums will be released, find song lyrics…etc, and this domain name is perfect for that endeavor. I don’t have an affiliate or advertising deal with NameMedia, but found this name and think it’s a fair price.

If you don’t have a contact with NameMedia/BuyDomains.com, drop my representative Sonia Doubet an email and she will take care of you.   Yeee haw.

One More Tip to Avoid ‘Digital Dirt’

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Today on CNN, CareerBuilder.com writer Rachel Zupek posted an article called ‘Digital dirt’ can haunt your job search. Zupek says that many employers search Google right before or after an interview, and the search results can either have a good impact or disastrous one, depending on what they yield.

Zupek offered several tips to controlling what results come up in Google, and although most of them are helpful, I think a big one is missed.

Owning a website on the .com domain name of your full (and/or nickname used on your resume) can be very helpful in propelling the information you want seen to the top of the results. For most people, chances are very good that there isn’t much competition for your exact name in Google or Bing. As a result, if you have a blog – or even a site listing your accomplishments or anything else you’d want a potential employer to see, there’s a good chance that your exact match domain name and website will come up first.

I am sure an employer will see that you own it and control what’s put down, so while it might not be as impactful as a positive review or comment from a third party, it will help move down any bad results from the top ten.

60 Minutes is Educational for Domain Investors

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60 MinutesI love watching television shows like 60 Minutes and 20/20 because I always seem to learn something. Frequently, what I learn has nothing to do with the Internet or domain names, but on occasion, it can help with my domain investment business.

Yesterday evening, after watching football and while waiting for a food delivery, I tuned in to 60 Minutes. After the lead in for the story about Marc Dreier and his Ponzi scheme, there was another lead in for a story about coal ash and how coal ash pollution has caused major problems for a town in Tennessee. Additionally, there are other areas that may face problems related to coal ash.

One thing that Leslie Stahl mentioned in the preview was that “there are no federal regulations for coal ash disposal which is dumped in hundreds of sites all over the country.” Later on, she said that coal ash is regulated by individual states, but the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to rule on whether federal regulations for coal ash are needed by December. Some people think coal ash disposal is necessary (despite the potential $13 billion cost) while others say coal ash recycling is the most economic way to deal with this problem, which hasn’t been determined to be an official hazard yet.

To me, after seeing this segment I believe that “coal ash disposal” or “coal ash recycling” will become big business opportunities. As a domain investor, this leads me to a business opportunity, and I registered CoalAshDisposal.com and CoalAshRecycling.com. In doing some follow-up research, I think these were good purchases, and time will tell. There are over 600k results in Google for “coal ash disposal” already, but very few advertisers. I am betting that this will change if/when the government determines it to be a hazardous material that needs to be regulated similarly to asbestos.

As an aside, I am always asked about registering other extensions on speculative buys like these as well as tertiary terms (like CoalAshRecyclers.com). In my opinion, my $16 investment will pay off very well if coal ash disposal or recycling companies are mandated, and the other tertiary names will have a much less pay-off. As a result, I didn’t feel the need to spend additional speculative money.

Selling Cheap Geo Keyword Domain Names

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I am looking to sell a whole bunch of geo + keyword domain names for great prices just to clear them out. There are medical, insurance, restaurant, hotel, travel and other keyword domain names in the lot below, all of which are priced to move quickly.

I’ve had the urge to build some of these names with content supplemented by affiliate banners but have decided I am better off selling them rather than spreading myself even more thinly with my other projects. All domain names are registered at Moniker for a quick and easy push.

The first person to post “sold” in the comment section gets them. I am listing these in a couple different places, so domain names aren’t considered sold until I email the person.

The price structure is as follows:

1 Name: $35/each
2 Names: $30/each
5 Names: $25/each
10+ Names: $20/each
All 223 Remaining Names: $2,676 (just $12/each)

5StarCozumelHotels.com
5StarMexicoCityHotels.com
AfricaRentalCars.com
AlgeriaRestaurants.com
AllentownRentalCar.com
AmsterdamBusinessHotel.com
AmsterdamPhotographers.com
AngolaRestaurant.com
AnnArborRentalCar.com
AntwerpLuxuryHotel.com
AntwerpPhotographers.com
ArgentinaBoutiqueHotel.com
AtlanticCityCarInsurance.com
AtlanticCityHealthInsurance.com
SOLD
AustraliaBusinessHotel.com
AzoresFlowers.com
BeijingHoneymoons.com SOLD
BeirutLuxuryHotel.com
BelgradeRestaurant.com
BerlinSteakhouse.com
BestAntwerpHotels.com
BestAustraliaHotels.com
BestCroatiaHotels.com
BoiseHotelrates.com
BolognaRestaurant.com
BordeauxRentalCar.com
BrazilBoutiqueHotel.com
BrazilCheapHotel.com
BrazilResortHotel.com
BucharestRentalCar.com
BuenosAiresBusinessHotel.com
CalcuttaRentalCar.com
CambodiaRentalCars.com
CaracasHotelrates.com
CarRentalAngola.com
CarRentalBangladesh.com
CarRentalCaracas.com
CarRentalHiltonHead.com
CarRentalLagos.com
CarRentalNewHaven.com
CarRentalNigeria.com
CarRentalPretoria.com
CarRentalSantaFe.com
CarRentalSpringfield.com SOLD
CarRentalTaiwan.com
CarRentalTripoli.com
CarRentalZimbabwe.com
ChandlerDentalInsurance.com
ChileBoutiqueHotel.com
ChileCheapHotel.com
CincinnatiShow.com
CongoRentalCar.com
CongoRestaurants.com
CorfuHoneymoons.com
CostaRicaBoutiqueHotel.com
CozumelCarHire.com
CroatiaBoutiqueHotel.com
CroatiaBusinessHotel.com
DaytonaBeachCheap.com
DaytonaCabin.com
DaytonaBeachCar.com
DaytonaCheap.com
DaytonaTips.com
DaytonaTourist.com
DaytonShow.com
DenverBusinessHotel.com
DhakaRentalCar.com
DominicanRepublicBoutiqueHotels.com
ElizabethDoctor.com
ElMonteDoctor.com
FairfaxHealthInsurance.com
FiveStarAntwerpHotels.com
FlatRockRealEstate.com
FrankfurtBusinessHotel.com
FrankfurtPhotographers.com
FrenchRivieraBoutiqueHotels.com
FrenchRivieraLuxuryHotel.com
FrenchRivieraLuxuryHotels.com
GermanyBusinessHotel.com
GermanyCheapHotel.com SOLD
GoaBusinessHotel.com
GoaRestaurant.com
GrenadineFlowers.com
GuyanaRentalCar.com
HaifaRentalCar.com
HartfordHotelRates.com
HiltonHeadBoutiqueHotels.com
HiltonHeadHealthInsurance.com
HiltonHeadHotelrates.com
HiltonHeadLuxuryHotel.com
HobokenHealthInsurance.com
HollandBoutiqueHotel.com
HollandCheapHotel.com
IsraelCheapHotel.com SOLD
IsraelResortHotel.com
JacksonRentalCar.com
JerusalemCheapHotel.com SOLD
JerusalemResortHotel.com
JupiterAutoInsurance.com
JupiterHealthInsurance.com
SOLD
KarachiRestaurant.com
KenyaBoutiqueHotel.com
KenyaCheapHotel.com
KenyaRestaurant.com
KuwaitBoutiqueHotel.com
KuwaitCheapHotel.com
KuwaitLuxuryHotel.com
LansingRentalCar.com
LawrenceAutoInsurance.com
LawrenceHealthInsurance.com
LexingtonHotelRates.com
LibyaRentalCar.com
LittleRockHotelRates.com
LosAngelesBusinessHotel.com
LuxuryHotelBrooklyn.com
LuxuryHotelChile.com
LuxuryHotelDominicanRepublic.com
LuxuryHotelGrandCayman.com
LuxuryHotelHolland.com
LuxuryHotelKenya.com
LuxuryHotelKuwait.com
LuxuryHotelNigeria.com
LuxuryHotelPretoria.com
LuxuryHotelPuertoRico.com
LuxuryHotelPuntaCana.com
LuxuryHotelSaudiArabia.com
LuxuryHotelStBarths.com
LynnHealthInsurance.com
MadridSteakhouse.com
MesquiteDoctor.com
MexicoCityAirfare.com SOLD
MinskRentalCar.com
MonacoCheapHotel.com
MonacoResortHotel.com
MonteCarloHoneymoons.com
MontrealBusinessHotel.com
MumbaiCheapHotel.com
MurfreesboroRestaurant.com
NairobiRestaurant.com
NewDelhiFlowers.com
NewHavenRentalCar.com
NewOrleansBusinessHotel.com
NigeriaBoutiqueHotel.com
NigeriaBoutiqueHotels.com
NigeriaCheapHotel.com
NigeriaLuxuryHotel.com
OahuBoutiqueHotel.com
OahuLuxuryHotel.com
OceansideDoctor.com
OdessaRentalCar.com
OrlandoBusinessHotel.com
OxnardDoctor.com
ParmaRentalCar.com
PatersonDoctor.com
PhiladelphiaBusinessHotel.com
PhilippinesBoutiqueHotels.com
PisaRentalCar.com
PragueresortHotel.com
PretoriaBoutiqueHotel.com
PretoriaCheapHotel.com
PretoriaRestaurant.com
ProvidenceHotelRates.com
ProvidenceRentalCar.com
PusanRentalCar.com
QueensShow.com
QuincyHealthInsurance.com
RenoBoutiqueHotels.com
RentalCarAlgeria.com
RentalCarAnkara.com
RentalCarBangladesh.com
RentalCarBelgrade.com
RentalCarBordeaux.com
RentalCarBucharest.com
RentalCarCalcutta.com
RentalCarCameroon.com
RentalCarCentralAmerica.com
RentalCarDhaka.com
RentalCarGuyana.com
RentalCarHaifa.com
RentalCarKiev.com
RentalCarLaos.com
RentalCarMinsk.com
RentalCarPusan.com
RentalCarSapporo.com
RentalCarSarajevo.com
RentalCarsGermany.com SOLD
RentalCarsRussia.com
RentalCarTehran.com
RentalCarYemen.com
RestaurantsTaiwan.com
RichardsonRestaurant.com
RockvilleHealthInsurance.com
RomePhotographers.com
RotterdamBusinessHotel.com
RussiaBoutiqueHotel.com
SalinasDoctor.com
SanFranciscoDentalInsurance.com
SantaClaritaRentalCar.com
SantoDomingoRentalCar.com
SapporoRentalCar.com
SaudiArabiaBoutiqueHotel.com
SaudiArabiaCheapHotel.com
SaudiArabiaLuxuryHotel.com
ScotlandBusinessHotel.com
SevilleBusinessHotel.com
SevilleCheapHotel.com
SevilleDoctor.com
SevilleFlowers.com
SevilleHoneymoons.com
ShanghaiSteakhouse.com
SouthAfricaBoutiqueHotel.com
SouthAfricaCheapHotel.com
SouthAfricaResortHotel.com
SouthBendRentalCar.com
SouthKoreaRentalCars.com
SplitRentalCar.com
StamfordRentalCar.com
StTropezBoutiqueHotel.com
StTropezCheapHotel.com
StTropezLuxuryHotel.com
StTropezRestaurant.com
SunnyvaleRentalCar.com
SwedenCheapHotel.com SOLD
TaipeiResort.com
TelAvivBusinessHotel.com
TelAvivCheapHotel.com
TelAvivFlowers.com
TempeMedicalInsurance.com
TempeRentalCar.com
TopekaRentalCar.com
TortolaFlowers.com
TrentonHealthInsurance.com SOLD
VictorvilleRestaurant.com
VietnamRentalCars.com
WalesCarRental.com
WorcesterRentalCar.com

TylenolRecall.com Owned by J&J But It Still Sits Unused Despite Tylenol Recall

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Tylenol Recall

McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, announced a major recall of Tylenol products today. According to an article on CNN, Tylenol recalled 21 kid’s and infant’s liquid medicines, which will be pulled from stores and warehouses as a precautionary measure to protect against possible contamination.

Incidentally, J & J owns the domain name TylenolRecall.com. Instead of using the domain name for a website to provide information about the products and brands, serial or lot numbers, and other recall information, the domain name is sitting undeveloped, and it goes to a dead page.   In my opinion, at the very least, the company should forward the domain name to the press release to provide information to worried consumers who type it in to their browsers.

Johnson and Johnson does understand domain names. The company owns gems such as Baby.com, ThePill.com, Cancer.com, and many other consumer-related domain names and websites.

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