iPowerweb Host is Hacked or Spamming
May 12, 2008
If you host any of your websites at iPowerweb Host, you should quickly check to make sure that they are alright. Thousands of iPowerweb clients have files and directories on their websites that they did not place there. These files and directories seem both to spam Google with unwanted links and some... [Read more]
Canadian Domain Auction Update
May 4, 2008
As previously reported, Pool has started a one premium domain at a time auction format. The first domain it auctioned was cafe.ca. Unfortunately, this domain did not sell, as it did not meet the reserve price. The next domain they are auctioning is slots.ca, which is also an extremely good domain. If... [Read more]
DomainBits – The Interview By Domain Magnate
April 30, 2008
I recently did an interview with Michael of Domain Magnate. You can read it here. Thanks a lot! And make sure to add Domain Magnate to your feed reader. Read More →
Sabotaging Websites – A New Way To Do It
April 24, 2008
There are many ways to sabotage a website, but today I found out that one of my websites was sabotaged in a way that I had never seen before. A few months ago, I started a new, content-rich website. It included about 100 articles. Like I often do with a new website, I got a few backlinks to the site,... [Read more]
IDNs Prevent Death
April 22, 2008
I’ve said before that IDNs are going to do well simply because even if people know English fluently as a second language, they prefer to use their native tongue when using the internet. Now an extreme example of the importance of IDNs has just surfaced – because IDNs weren’t available,... [Read more]
Sedo Auctions Phishing Domains
April 22, 2008
I do recommend investing in IDNs – but only when appropriate. Appropriate means good commercial and similar terms in languages that use more than just English’s 26 letters of the alphabet. However, domains that are simply English words, replacing a vowel such as an “i” with... [Read more]
Canadian Domain Auction Landscape Changes
April 22, 2008
There have been some notable changes over the last few days in the Canadian domain auction landscape. Sibername has introduced changes in their TBR system. First, they have raised the minimum bid from $15 to $25. While I’m sure domainers will complain about the increase in price (after all, who... [Read more]
Domain Registrar Secrets Revealed!
April 20, 2008
Have you ever bothered to read the fine print in the agreement you entered into with your registrar? Chances are you haven’t, and quite honestly, until now, nor have I. Well, for some weekend fun, I decided to do this. Here’s what I found that my registrar was guaranteeing: [Read more] Read More →
Special Domain Deal For Canadians – 0b.ca For Sale
April 17, 2008
I’m offering a top NL.ca for sale – 0b.ca. NL.ca are obviously very rare – there are only 260 of them. 0b has overture of 113. There are 8,590,000 Google results for 0b. It makes a good acronym. Here are some recent comparable sales (all in 2008): A7.ca – $1,580 3W.ca –... [Read more]
Free Domaining Resources at DotSauce
April 16, 2008
One of my favorite domaining blogs is DotSauce, written by Mark Fulton. One of the things that makes his website special is the premium content section. In this section, he offers additional tools, bookmarks, coupon codes and articles. Normally, he charges a mere $10 per month for this – a real... [Read more]
Estibot Adds A New Tool
April 14, 2008
My favorite set of domaining tools is at Estibot. The main tool available is a domain appraisal tool. This tool provides an automatic appraisal of a domain name based on a wide variety of data, including keyword frequency in Google, keyword frequency in urls and titles in Google, backlinks, pagerank,... [Read more]
Funniest Forum Thread of the Year
April 14, 2008
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t force him to drink. You can see this principle in action at an ongoing thread at Domainstate. A chap going by the handle “Ace Brawler” is looking for an appraisal of the term AceBrawler.com. He’s told very politely that it’s... [Read more]
Don’t Drink The “Develop Your Domains” Kool-Aid
April 12, 2008
The biggest theme in the domainersphere in the last few days has been about development of domains. Many people are saying that this is the way forward for domainers and the best way to profit from domains. Elliot talks about his ideal portfolio. If you look at the direction he is heading in, he is basically... [Read more]
ICANN Story Misreported
April 9, 2008
Recently, I called attention to a news article in Gulf News that claimed Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN, made some very negative statements about domaining. I have since been contacted by Jason Keenan, who works at ICANN media relations. His statement is as follows: [Read more] Read More →
Network Solutions Makes Another Evil Move
April 8, 2008
Not content with the profits it makes from front running, Network Solutions has decided to scam people in another way: it is now hijacking unassigned sub-domains. A subdomain is basically a domain built on a domain – so, for instance, some sites might add a blog at blog.domain.com. An unassigned... [Read more]
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