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Our 6,000th Post On Our 6th Birthday; It’s Been Quite The Ride

December 3, 2013 by Michael Berkens

We didn’t actually plan to write our 6,000 post on what is the 6th birthday of TheDomains.com.

Our first post was published on December 4th 2007. (yes I know its technically tomorrow)

Time really does fly.

For those keeping count in addition to the 6,000 posts, there have been over 81,000 approved and published comments and well over 5,000,000 visits.

Our first story on the new gTLD’s wasn’t until June of 2008, in a post entitled “So are you Ready For Hundreds of New Domain Extensions?”

There were 181 responses to the post and no one envisioned that hundreds  of new extensions would really become over 1,000.

One of the first responses to the post was:

“If 300 new extensions are added, I am predicting that 300 extensions will fail; bring them on.   There have already been extensions that were added that didn’t do well.”

Now thousands of stories later there is still a huge split in the domain community as to what the new gTLD’s will bring, but instead of being 5 years away they are now upon us as you can basically register a new gTLD today.  No matter what your opinion of the new gTLD program is, if you were a reader of TheDomains.com you couldn’t say you didn’t see it coming.

For the record this is what I said in that post;

“Our guess, .Com’s maybe become even more valuable as confusion will reign when people have too many choices, they will naturally default back to .com’s.”

That was 2008.

Later today we will circle around and come to a our own current state of the domain report.

Of course, new gTLD’s is just just one of they many issues we have covered in our now 6,000 posts and 6 years of blogging.

ICANN, UDRP’s, lawsuits, domain sales, live and online domain auctions, Domain Conferences,  meetups and shows; the roll out of .Me, .Cm, .Co and .XXX extensions, parking, monetization, the birth and death of mini-sites,  sales of existing businesses in the space,  bidding scandals,  good-doers and bad actors, successes and failures, the famous and infamous.

We covered those inside and outside of the industry, public companies, registries, registrars, domainers, domain investors, cybersquatters, end users, buyers, game changers and game players.

Like I said its been quite the ride.

We don’t know where the road will take us but we appreciate each and everyone of you that has come along with us for any part of the journey.

Filed Under: Misc

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

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Comments

  1. Domo Sapiens says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:32 am

    81,001

    Cheers!

  2. Rick Schwartz says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:34 am

    I want to personally thank my “Research Department” for a job well done!!
    Look forward to the next 6000.
    Now get to work!
    🙂

  3. ontheinterweb says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:36 am

    been some good reads..

  4. homeroag says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:37 am

    Congratulations! I feel privileged to be a reader! Onward to the next 18,000 posts!

  5. AbdulBasit.com says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:52 am

    Congrats! Great achievement. Pretty quick to reach those 6k mark in 6 years. Almost 3 posts p/day!

  6. VinsDomains says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:19 am

    That’s awesome! Congrats on the milestones! All of your posts are must read, and I’m sure glad you do what you do!

  7. Paul Omego says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:29 am

    Congrats,i have been addicted to your posts,both posts and comments have really helped me a lot. wishing u and ur team better days ahead.
    Cheers.

  8. Howard Neu says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:42 am

    Your Blog is a MUST READ every day for anyone who has any interest in Domains. Keep up the good work! I really don’t know how you find the time.

  9. Samit Madan says

    December 3, 2013 at 9:50 am

    Congratulations Michael, both are huge milestones – the 6000 posts is phenomenal.

    The Domains is my go to site for in depth industry news and views.

    I wrote my first post about new gtlds about 3 days after yours in 2008!
    http://www.mwzd.com/domain-names/forget-domains-buy-a-tld/

  10. ::::: QuickFlipp ::::: says

    December 3, 2013 at 10:01 am

    “6,000 posts”

    “5,000,000 visits”

    with these numbers you should/could monetize this site a bit more adding many ad spaces

    why not add one-two dozen(s) of 125×125 pixels ad spaces for $100 per month each?

  11. Scott says

    December 3, 2013 at 10:37 am

    It’s great having you as a leader in this industry. Rock n’ roll for thousands more.

    Cheers,

    Scott

  12. BullS says

    December 3, 2013 at 10:44 am

    Thanks to ME.!!!

  13. Kevin Murphy says

    December 3, 2013 at 11:13 am

    Happy anniversary Mike 🙂

  14. Tom Gilles says

    December 3, 2013 at 11:38 am

    More than great reporting, expert opinion and insight as well. Thanks for the education, congrats.

  15. jp says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:38 pm

    Mazel Tov!

  16. Rich says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    Congrats! Mike and Thank you for all posts.

    I learn a lot.

  17. Vendita Auto says

    December 3, 2013 at 12:55 pm

    Well done, hard work, but it truly helps the small, sometimes uneducated guy try to make his way with what seem like nothing but is a lot him. I know this as people in India are picking upon your posts. Good on you.

  18. Owen Frager says

    December 3, 2013 at 2:54 pm

    Bravo! My favorite daily read by far. Congratulations. Owen

  19. Domenclature.com says

    December 3, 2013 at 3:14 pm

    Congratulations, Berkens & Co.

    … a very dynamic, and robust blog for the domain industry. A+

  20. Jeff Schneider says

    December 3, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    Hello MHB,

    Thanks for all of your due dilligence.

    Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

  21. Louise says

    December 3, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Congrats! Time flies . . .

  22. Michael Cyger says

    December 3, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    Congrats, Mike. TheDomains is a fantastic resource for the industry. I’m always amazed at the stories you find and expose. Keep up the great work.

  23. Jon Schultz says

    December 4, 2013 at 12:59 am

    Thank you, MHB. TheDomains is an invaluable resource.

  24. Francois Carrillo says

    December 4, 2013 at 3:28 am

    Thanks a lot for your dedication and great work.

  25. Michael Berkens says

    December 4, 2013 at 10:01 am

    Thanks to all !!!!


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