Domains
PRESS RELEASE: TLDs grow by 6%
The Domain Name Industry ended the first quarter of 2010 with a base of more than 193 million domain name registrations across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs), an increase of 11 million domain name registrations, or 6 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2009. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2009, domain name registrations grew 0.6 percent. › Continue reading
Top ten domain name sales WE 6th June 2010
Another week has flown by and it’s time for me to run by the top ten domain name sales up to the week ending 6th June 2010. A great selection this week, a vast improvement from the previous 10 that’s for sure. Some key sales include the massive $5.5m close of Slots.com and also BabyFood.com at just $70k which I expected to finish on more than that. › Continue reading
Hitting a brick wall with SEO
domain name seo
So it turns out that I have got to a point in my SEO plan for 3ac.co.uk where I feel like I am up against a brickwall and I’m not quite tall enough to get over it. I recently managed to get 3ac.co.uk to hit first page of Google for a very brief period for the keyword “domains,” however since I took my foot off the accelarator, by bringing some other keywords into the mix, in particular “buy domains” and “cheap domains,” the site has slipped back down the rankings. So what can be done to get back over the SEO brick wall? › Continue reading
Fly Fishing Books
Today starts a series of posts which I have decided to publish as a how-to / starter guide for new domainers. It will be a start to finish diary of how to develop a hand registered domain and turn it into a revenue-earning site. The step by step series of posts will demostrate a scalable development process which can be replicated across any amount of domains and is designed to maximise the earning potential of your domain name portfolio. › Continue reading
Stumbleupon your domains
On Saturday I started using Stumbleupon.com to share my domains posts and it has had great results. Although I’ve heard of Stumbleupon and known about it for years I’ve never really used it to it’s full potential and following a few hours checking the site out in more detail and figuring out exactly how it could work for me I have managed to generate an extra 79 unique visitors to 3ac.co.uk which isn’t a huge amount but more importantly, 9 domain name registrations! Effectively clicking the stumbleupon button 3 times in 3 days has earned me an extra 9 x £2.50 = £22.50 …not too shabby… › Continue reading
