Ceyhun Derinbogaz detailed the step by step details he took to build out NameKrea.com an artificial intelligence domain name generator. On becominghuman.ai Ceyhun wrote the article, "How I Launched an AI Service in 60 Days, While Working Full-Time." This article is a great guide for those of you that are using this time in self isolation to launch a new or side project. You can read the … [Read more...]
Rat.com launches
A member on Namepros posted the launch of their new project on Rat.com. The service will charge users $2.99 a month for an ad free experience. Rat.com was conceived of by a group of developers who grew tired with the amount of trolls and fake profiles populating social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn today, themselves a broader extension of what many call "fake news". … [Read more...]
Blockchain skills are the right skills to have for 2020
The NextWeb published a LinkedIn report on the top skills to have for 2020. Blockchain topped the list. Other tech skills such as cloud computing, ai and UX design also made the list. For those of you not possessing those skills, sales and affiliate marketing also made the top 10. Use the list to review domains you own and see if you have some names that match up well with the skills on the … [Read more...]
Domain name change and rebrand causes one company to lose 80% of their organic search traffic
Not every rebrand and domain change goes as planned. In the case of Looka formerly Logo Joy they are now looking at laying off 80% of their employees. Patricio Robles wrote a piece on Econsultancy that delves into the rebrand and what might have gone wrong. The article is an especially good read for anyone who is thinking of a domain name change and redesign of their website … [Read more...]
Got a slow website? Google might start giving you a badge of shame
Google just continues to want to show the world that when it comes to the Internet, "We run this bitch!" In a blog post on the Chromium blog Monday they posted that they are looking at ways to warn users about your slow website. Not a site containing malware or any other security risk, it's just not as fast as Google would like it. From the article: We are building out speed badging in close … [Read more...]
How To Value Organic Traffic
Dan Fries wrote an interesting article on how to value organic traffic. Dan wrote the article with a slant on valuation as it pertains to a website acquisition. I think the article can benefit those that own traffic domains in helping to support their asking price. The article should benefit those that build websites too. From the article: Valuing organic traffic can be tricky, whether … [Read more...]
“there’s still a significant opportunity for providers of websites”
Greg Sterling wrote a piece on SearchEngineLand.com that dealt with small businesses, VC and websites. Greg starts off his article discussing that over the last few years SEO's have taken the approach that Google My Business, Facebook and Yelp have made the small business website unnecessary. GMB now is so widely used and so complete, that consumers never need to visit the underlying small … [Read more...]