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GoDaddy and Paypal Horror Story
Please bookmark/Digg/Stumble this. If there is public awareness about the following, maybe something will happen. Recent events have made it clear both PayPal and GoDaddy protect domain fraud, identity theft, and scam artists. PayPal and GoDaddy are huge in their respective market segments and domainers have used both for years. Domainers trust their domain sales [...]
Does age of the domain matter?
Age of domain name is often misunderstood with older registration date. Its not that older registered domain will rank better. For example, people think a domain registered in 2001 will rank better than the one registered in 2005. Its not true. Ask yourself, what is the purpose and main target of Google? To deliver relevant [...]
How to find a good webhost
There are a few things to consider when you decide to get web hosting for your blog or website. I know it may be tempting to just find a web host with a toll free number and just get started, but you might be locking yourself into something which won’t work well for you in [...]
Front-running domains
Front-running is the practice of registering a domain name another party wants specifically to sell it to that party. It appears domains searched using Network Solutions (NSI) are being purchased by the registrar. This prevents a registrant from purchasing it at any other registrar other than NSI. For example, a random domain such as SomeRandomNameYouWant.com [...]
Domain name strategy – generics
It seems business.com was doomed from the start due to the hype surrounding its name. How much money did the Earthlink founder pay for this domain name? Was it $7 million or $12 million? It was somewhere in that range. Other generic domain names (generics) have failed, too. Mail.com’s ownership has changed multiple times, yet [...]