Archive for the ‘domaining’ Category

Should I Buy a .COM, .NET, Or .INFO?

Friday, February 1st, 2008

I’m thinking of producing some information products (web, ebook, affiliate), and the question is: am I better off getting a .com or another extension (i.e. .info, .edu)? I’m not sure how the search engines treat extensions, or do they focus on the content? I’ve blogged about buying a domain in the past, please read that [...]

Domain Registry of America, Part 2

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Back on October 22nd, I made a post about “Domain Registry of America” – These clowns that send you these “Domain Name Expiration Notice” letters which look like a bill. I own tons of domains, and I get these things all the time! My mom and my sister almost paid this company, which apparently switches [...]

How Do I Pick A Domain Name?

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

I’m thinking of producing some information products (web, ebook, affiliate), and the question is: am I better off getting a .com or another extension (i.e. .info, .edu)? I’m not sure how the search engines treat extensions, or do they focus on the content? Thanks in advance!! Cheers, Jon Hi Jon! There are 3 main components [...]

Finding Available IDN Domains

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Here’s a video tutorial on finding internationalized (IDN) domain names using SC-Unipad (trialware) and the IDN Research Tool (shareware). Language based domain names, also called International Domain Names or IDNs, have recently sold for upwards of $10,000. They are slowly gaining in popularity and are expected to become much more popular in the next 5-10 [...]