By Alan on Jun 17, 2011 in Random | 12 Comments
Some domainers have been around for years while others are just learning how to spell GoDaddy however it doesn’t matter if you are young or old in this industry, even veterans have made mistakes over the years. Somewhere around 2004 I dropped my .com (alandunn.com) for reasons which still baffle me today. This mistake not [...]
By Alan on Jun 9, 2011 in Random | 5 Comments
Seriously we could all use one especially with the amount of pointless chatter in this space. Let’s not talk about domain names, SEO, development or another one of Rick Latona’s dumb quotes about the state of the industry. Let’s just focus on how cool these angry birds are!
By Alan on Sep 2, 2010 in Random | 7 Comments
What a great video to display Google’s evil powers to the world. Too funny .. and if you are a DAD you must watch the second one. DAD’s — Ya, we serious rock with style LOL!!
By Alan on Sep 2, 2010 in Random | 6 Comments
There are well over 100 conferences annually for online development. Whether it’s the Search Marketing Expos, the Affiliate Summit or something else most domainers still only attend domaining conferences which barely breathe any life into domain name development. Sure – there are lots of domains around which “could” be worth $1 million or more with [...]
By Alan on Aug 27, 2010 in Random | 6 Comments
A very interesting article by a guest blogger at Savings.com today stating that Bloomberg is reporting: “Some bloggers may be covered for online lawsuits under the personal liability coverage of their homeowners or renters insurance policies” Worth a read – check it out here http://www.savings.com/blog/post/The-Hidden-Costs-of-Blogging-for-Money-(or-for-Free).html
By Alan on Nov 22, 2009 in Random | 19 Comments
With online courses, full day seminars and formal certification to show potential employers these SEO guys certainly seem to know their stuff. Most of us would love to have a domain like seotraining.com as it is just a great name to show the world your seo expertise and build a platform for tens of thousands [...]
By Alan on Jan 16, 2009 in Random | 1 Comment
Over the past couple weeks I’ve been doing housecleaning of old bookmarks and sharing what I think are still interesting with some friends. Today, I came across my favorite animated project of all time and decided to check the site out – thankfully, I did! as it looks like Jeff Lew has finally put together [...]
By Alan on Dec 16, 2008 in Comedy, Random | 1 Comment
This post is not about domain names per say but it will shed some light on the minds of people who spend $70,000 on (trademark).me domains or hope to sell hamburgerwithnochesse-please.info for $100,000. As far as the domain community goes I think we are a pretty smart bunch of people. The simple fact that we [...]
By Alan on Dec 1, 2008 in Random | 0 Comments
Another great example of people who found a niche and developed an online business around it – TreeTopia.com is a one stop place for Christmas (Holiday) trees. In fact, artificial green trees were not how they entered the business but rather red, pink, white and unusual but fun trees. The site averages around 10,000 visitors [...]
By Alan on Dec 1, 2008 in Random | 0 Comments
Mondays can be quite boring or crazy busy but cyber monday always comes with a certain obligation to “steal” some of your employers time and start the hunt for the perfect christmas gifts. In the domain world it seems to be just another Monday so if you’re gift hunting and would like to see how [...]