Home Blog Page 1197

How to Get News Featured on a Domain Blog or Website

Elliot Silver
-
2

I know, it’s not like my blog is CNN or Fox News, where a featured story means you either did something really good or really bad. However, it’s not always easy to get your news posted on a domain blog.

Here are a few tips for people that want others in the domain business to read their news:

1) Be nice. This goes for everything, but if you happen to be a nice person, I am probably more likely to write an article.

2) In the email that includes your press release, provide a summary of what your news is about. I think just about every blogger also either has a full time job or his own domain business to manage, so the easier it is to understand, the better.

3) Submit your news article to the site where you’d like it seen the most. Most of us don’t like to post the same article (unless we have a different take or it’s very important), so if you submit it to everyone and one blog posts it, it’s likely others won’t.

4) Make sure your news either impacts my business where I’d want to write something about it, or it impacts the domain industry as a whole. No offense, but if you just launched a mini site on an average domain name, it’s not news that will be interesting to most people.

5) Don’t make your press release too “sales focused.” I am happy to publish an article about a new product or service that will benefit others in the industry, but I not going to turn a post into a sales pitch.

6) Be nice.

Mark Zuckerberg Email (Allegedly): TheFacebook.com “Clearly Not a Premium Quality Domain”

Elliot Silver
-
3

Facebook.Although many people initially brushed off the lawsuit filed by Paul Ceglia against Facebook, some emails allegedly from Mark Zuckerberg have been published that may bolster Ceglia’s legal case. These emails are being covered by a plethora of tech news blogs this morning.

Personally, I don’t have much interest in following this lawsuit, although there is one thing that is interesting for me to read. In one of the alleged Zuckerberg emails posted on CNet, Zuckerberg discussed the domain names that were available for the  fledgling  website to use:

“both original names >facebook.com and pagebook.com are unavailable, so there is no actual domain name either. thefacebook.com and thepagebook.com are both available but are clearly not a premium quality domain as they are much harder to remember.“

It’s interesting to read the domain aspect of this case if these alleged Mark Zuckerberg emails are real. As you know by now, the company went forward with TheFacebook.com and eventually acquired Facebook.com after the site launched. The subsequent emails, where they decided on using TheFacebook.com, would have made for an interesting read, too.

I didn’t know it was almost called PageBook.com.

Thanks to  George Kirikos for the tip.

Old.com: Tribute to Scott Day

Elliot Silver
-
3

If you’ve been involved with domain names for more than 5 minutes, you’ve likely heard of Scott Day and/or his company, DigiMedia. The company owns great domain names like FantasyFootball.com, Recipes.com, Dress.com, WebDesign.com, and many others.

DigiMedia also owns Old.com. As a special tribute to Scott on his 40th birthday, the DigiMedia team is forwarding  Old.com to Scott’s 40th birthday tribute website, ScottIs40.com. Friends and colleagues are welcome to send Scott their birthday wishes on this special occasion.

This is similar to what the company did for its (older) President, Jay Chapman, who celebrated his 40th birthday back in November.

Happy Birthday, Scott!

Outreach.org Bidding Exceeds $65k

Elliot Silver
-
7

The domain name Outreach.org is currently at auction on Namejet. There are 109 bidders in the auction and a total of 148 bids. The domain name was originally registered in 1995, and it was last owned by ElderWeb Project at Grant MacEwan University. It recently expired.

The current high bid for this domain name is $65,100 with just under 5 minutes to go. There have been two active bidders above the $10,000 mark.

As with all NameJet auctions, when a bid is placed, the time is extended for several minutes, so this auction could conceivable go on for some time.

Update: Now over $80,000… Final price: $90,400

Domain Market Sells $36k in Domain Names

Elliot Silver
-
11

DomainMarket.comMike Mann’s DomainMarket.com sold around $36,000 in publicly reported domain sales last week. The high sale of the week was ThreeDiamond.com, which was sold for $10,000. The Whois has not changed for many of these domain names yet, since they are likely pending transfer.

One thing I think Mann does right is that each domain name resolves to a “for sale” landing page, which also has sponsored results PPC links. I would bet that many small business owners have no clue about the Whois database, and they visit the domain name they are interested in buying to see if it’s available. With a huge “Buy” call to action right on the page, it’s easy to see the domain name is for sale.

This is something you might want to consider on your low revenue, undeveloped domain names that you’re looking to sell.

Below are the company’s reported sales:

threediamond.com $10,000.00
moreforyou.com $5,500.00
hybridsoftware.com $2,500.00
earthnetwork.net $2,500.00
discoverygarden.com $2,500.00
twincitiestaxi.com $1,500.00
shoretour.com $1,000.00
defeataddiction.com $1,000.00
potomacsystems.com$1,000.00
alphalifestyle.com $1,000.00
clicktocook.com $750.00
adventuresintechnology.com $650.00
smileforpeace.com $500.00
biddingfrenzy.com $350.00
yippieyeah.com $350.00
laketahoerealtor.com $350.00
propertyobserver.com $350.00
caninevacation.com $350.00
marinemadness.com $350.00
cheerstoall.com $350.00
enterthevortex.com $350.00
supremetransport.com $350.00
thediscountspot.com $350.00
lakeboatrental.com $350.00
ezbrochure.com $350.00
medicareoption.com $350.00
proftitle.com $350.00
creativeendeavours.com $350.00
ecoworker.com $350.00

WhyPark Update: 2 Year Anniversary of Parked Acquisition

Elliot Silver
-
29

It’s hard to believe it’s already been two years since WhyPark was acquired by Parked in 2009. WhyPark sent out a news release this morning with some updates that highlight the company’s growth in the last couple of years.

Here are a few things I found interesting:

  • There are now over 800,000 domain names on its platform, which is up from approximately 150,000 domain names before the  acquisition.
  • The company has added 11 apps that have been installed over 153,000 times by its customers. I covered the launch of the apps back in July of 2010.
  • There were a  few hundred templates images offered two years ago, and now there are over 12,000 from which you may choose.

One thing I’ve also noticed is that the Parked.com and WhyPark executives also get along very well, likely playing a big role in the smooth transition. Congrats to Parked and WhyPark.

1...1,1961,1971,198...1,558Page 1,197 of 1,558