I just had a dialogue with a friend who is involved in BrandBucket.com so I checked out their site. Working for 101domain.com, I have seen a lot of great brandables come to life. I often have to explain the pros … Continue reading
The Case for Brandables
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Joeservations
I love to read and run across ideas worth remembering almost every day. Almost every day I want to blog and post something thoughtful about what I’ve read. The problem is that I rarely have time. But today I’m doing … Continue reading
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“Native Advertising”– Is This New?
Forbes Magazine recently published an ad on it’s cover. This act has started a discussion on the ethics of “native advertising”, a practice where publishers show ads that look the same as articles. An American Marketing Association writer, wrote about … Continue reading
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24 Hour Fitness – Carlsbad, CA Review
I’ve been going to 24 Hour Fitness centers for YEARs now. I really like being a member. I’ve been going now to the one in Carlsbad, CA for about two years. It’s a flagship club because they have an executive … Continue reading
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Google Starts Holding Company and Uses ABC.XYZ
Huge Win for the New Generic Top Level Domain, .xyz Google made a big announcement today that will certainly benefit the world of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). They have started a new holding company called “Alphabet” and are … Continue reading
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No Daddy – No Godaddy Superbowl Ad This Year.
Adage Magazine and other media outlets have reported that Godaddy is sitting out this year’s Superbowl. They’ve been advertising on it since 2005 so it’s a disappointment to the domain name industry. We have a lot to thank them for. … Continue reading
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Revenge on the Telecom Robot
I have an old phone number that I like and that I’ve used for almost 18 years. I have robots calling me every day. I’m sure that the “telemarketers” (aka spammers) unleashing these robots on the public won’t like this … Continue reading
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Local Sites With Revenue Over $1M Annually
I just ran across an interesting PDF that lists local / niche news sites, listing their annual revenue. Revenue for local news / feature sites has been a challenge for the news industry as well as for domain name investors. … Continue reading
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Microsoft to Buy Linkedin for $26B
Linkedin has always been one of my favorite social networks. I’m hoping that they don’t change much. But today, Microsoft announced they are buying them for $26 billion dollars! Below is the official press release: REDMOND, Wash., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, … Continue reading
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Strong New gTLD Growth Rates – Infographic
The Domain Name Association (DNA) released an infographic today illustrating the rapid growth rates of new generic Top Level Domain names. The chart depicts year over year growth of total domains, country-code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs), .com and .net, and … Continue reading
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Domain News and Views
Verisign Releases Domain Name Industry Brief 2016 ended with just under 330M domain name registrations across all top level domains (TLDs). That’s about a 2.3 million name increase over the previous quarter. Domains grew at a rate of 6.8 percent … Continue reading
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Tech News and Views
Uber May Have Deceived Authorities in Areas Where the Service is Not Allowed Uber had (may still have) a program called Greyball that disqualified law enforcement from hailing an Uber to avoid prosecution in places that it wasn’t allowed. The … Continue reading
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Are Most of Your Web Visitors Robots? (Infographic)
Incapsula, a web technology company produced an interesting infographic depicting the percentage of bots that visit websites. According to them, more than half of your visitors may be robots. The largest number of bots used (24.3%) are “impersonators” that are … Continue reading
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Best Used Car Advertisement Ever
A friend showed me this ad that a digital ad exec made to sell his used car. It is awesome. Had to share…
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My Cousin Kristy’s Book
I didn’t know that my cousin, Kristy Alagna, wrote a book! I’m so excited for her and have already ordered one. This is a part of my family’s history and we do have some fun and crazy stories and memories … Continue reading
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ICANN Puerto Rico Infographic
ICANN’s meeting in Puerto Rico was really well attended. There are still many problems down there related to Hurricane Maria, but there was very little degradation of services that I could see while I was there. This is not because … Continue reading
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Happy Decade!
The new year, and especially a new decade, has me thinking about time and its passing. Living on the west coast of the United States is a funny thing. You always feel late. If you call someone in the Midwest … Continue reading
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Internet Availability and Readiness by Country – Rankings
The Economist Intelligence Unit published a nice infographic demonstrating the Availability, Affordability, Relevance and Readiness of 100 countries around the world. Read the story… | Source: The Economist | Date posted: 3/19/2020 The overall Index score based on the scores … Continue reading
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The Success of Our New it.com Domain Name
Our (it.com)’s Commitment to Success. One domain registrar asked how we think the it.com domain name will do in the Italian market, given that we offer a third-level domain. I ran out of room to answer the question on Linkedin, so am … Continue reading
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Reasons for My Faith in Jesus Christ
I’ve been a Christ follower for over 30 years. I may not always wear it on my sleeves, but I’ll never deny it. As a natural skeptic, it’s taken me a long time to believe the way I do today. … Continue reading
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