By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 3rd February, 2010
Reported earlier by DotWeekly.com, LPHONE.com is for sale on GoDaddy’s domain name aftermarket. Unless you’re planning on using the domain to promote a totally different concept, it’s a name that deceives users. Take search engines for example. When you’re searching for X, you’ll get a bunch of results with the result’s domain name at the [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 31st January, 2010
There’s no doubt that outsourcing is hurting U.S. website developers. People are turning to others in countries like India or Malaysia to create applications and websites for them. They have much lower living costs, thus allowing them to provide their services at prices that are dirt cheap. But when a concept or idea gains popularity [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 26th January, 2010
ProductDomains.com already covered this story, but I’d like to spread the word because every website has a different audience. GoDaddy has a special going on right now for domain names priced at $1.17. There’s absolutely no catch. They do these types of promotions from time to time. The coupon code is BOWL2010. The $1.17 charge [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 25th January, 2010
We’ve all heard the recent outrage at Goldman Sachs for giving their employees a total of $16.2 billion in salaries and bonuses. President Barack Obama is mortified that the company would give such a large sum of bonuses after the government bailed them out last year. For any domainers who are also outraged about the [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 22nd January, 2010
Have you ever wondered how a domainer got into domaining? Or have you ever asked yourself how and why a domainer has become so successful? Well, DomainersDigest.com, created by Steven Kaziyev, brings a very unique concept to the domaining industry. It is a domain blog solely dedicated to interviewing people in the domaining industry and [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 21st January, 2010
Over the past week or two, I’ve noticed something about the domaining community that I hadn’t before. To put it simply, we’re a tight, connected community. With the earthquake in Haiti and the announcement about Bill Strong’s charity, I’ve seen numerous articles published about each. And it’s amazing the amount of support we are able [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 21st January, 2010
With the hype in outsourcing anything and everything, we’re seeing an increase of people outsourcing content creation. Whenever there’s a hype, before getting involved in it, it’s important to take a step back and evaluate the costs versus benefits.
We’re all aware that it’s much cheaper to have content written for you in India than by [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 19th January, 2010
Some of us have been in the domain industry since domain registrations opened to the public, while others of us are just beginning to invest in domain names. Over the years, or even months, often times, if you’re a good investor who owns a .com domain, the .net or .org will also be registered sometime [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 18th January, 2010
Twitter is one of the fastest growing websites on the internet today. I would estimate that about for every 10 website development clients I work with, at least 8 ask me about Twitter, and how to use it to market their website(s).
I was recently asked an interesting question from a family friend of ours who [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 17th January, 2010
The South Butt has received a lot of publicity lately since The North Face filed a case against them for trademark infringement. The South Butt company was formed in 2007 by a high school student named James Winkelmann. The reason Winkelmann actually started the company was to help pay his way through college.
DomainGang.com is probably [...]