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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson. |
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I've
seen a lot of interesting new updates
on domain industry websites over the
past 24 hours and wanted to run through those
with you today as the changes are all well worth
noting. Let's
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Edwin
Hayward is featured in a new
podcast interview at OzDomainer.com |
start
the tour at OzDomainer.com
where Ed Keay-Smith just posted
the 12th episode in his very well-done
series of podcast interviews with
industry pioneers. Ed's guest this
time around in veteran domainer Edwin
Hayward from MemorableDomains.co.uk. In
addition to starting one of the very
first domain news and information sites,
iGoldRush.com (which he later
sold), Hayward has been buying, selling
and developing domains for more than a
decade now. In the past year he has also
been releasing research papers that
illustrate why generic keyword domains
are so valuable. Hayward
has a wealth of experience to share and
Smith does a very good job of drawing
out what you might call "The Best
of Edwin Hayward" in a show that
runs just over an hour and a
quarter. |
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Another
well-known industry veteran, Australia's
Michael Gilmour, just
unveiled an impressive new and
improved version of his
widely-read Whizzbangs
Blog. The
eye-appealing site now offers an
improved public forum and a
closed social community that has
many features similar to Facebook,
including the ability to upload
photos and post messages on the
walls of friends. There is also
a new feature that allows you to
post your own blog commentary on
the Whizzbangs site. I also like
the searchable index for
locating previous articles of
interest.
Gilmour,
who was the subject of our
November 2008 Cover
Story, is an acknowledged
expert on the PPC
business and has frequently
spoken on that topic at major
domain conferences. His writings
on that subject and other
industry issues make Whizzbangs
Blog a site that should be
bookmarked in your browser. |
Michael
Gilmour - WhizzbangsBlog.com |
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The
big changes at domain auction
site Bido.com
are continuing this week. On
Monday the site replaced its
original one domain name a day
format with a new system that
puts multiple domains
on the block daily. Bido is
also using a panel of experts
to vote on the names to be
offered for sale, which should
also improve the quality of
names put up for bid. |
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As
you know, there are many
new mini-site
development services to
choose from today. We
covered several of them
in our March 2009 Cover
Story,
including DevHub.com.
They have just
introduced a new premium
development |
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package
for those who don't have
time to use the provided
set of tools to build
their own. For a fee
(free estimates are
given) they will produce
a completed site for
your domain and they say
it can typically be done
within 48 hours. DevHub
says the sites are
optimized for search and
can be edited as you
wish once the design is
done. |
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Another
one of
the
popular
mini-site
development
services,
AEIOU.com,
has just
opened
up a new
affiliate
program.
They
will pay
10%
of the lifetime
revenue
produced
by
anyone
you
refer to
them and
they say
that
share
will be
bumped
up to 15%
if you
generate
a lot of
new
business
through
your
referrals. |
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NameMedia's
BuyDomains.com
also has a new
affiliate program
and they are
hosting a free
30-minute webinar
on Thursday
(July 16) at 2pm
(U.S. Eastern
time) to show you
how to earn money
through their
program. You can reserve
a seat for the
webinar here. |
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ICA
Legal
Counsel
Phil
Corwin |
Last
but not
least,
we
highly
recommend
that you
read a new
letter
from Internet
Commerce
Association
Legal
Counsel Phil
Corwin
detailing
what
happened
Monday
in a
special ICANN
road
show
meeting
in New
York
City. The
event
(and
another
one that
will be
held
Wednesday
in
London)
was
devoted
to
ICANN's
planned
rollout
of new
gTLDs
(and the
attendant
fallout
from
that
unpopular
plan,
particularly
among
trademark
interests).
Corwin
went to
the
event
with
strong
reservations
about
how
fairly
the
interests
of domain
registrants
(who
provide 100%
of
ICANN's
revenue)
would be
represented
at the
proceedings.
His
fears
were
realized
when
Corwin
found
that
domain
owners,
at
virtually
every
turn,
were
given
little
or no
consideration
whatsoever.
You need
to read
the
details
to know
what we
are up
against. |
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Believe
me, with
respect
to
defending
your
assets, burying
your
head in
the sand
and
hoping
the
problem
goes
away is not
a good
long
term
strategy. |
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