Weeks ago Google came out and addressed the topic of expired domain names. On their blog "TheKeyword" they wrote: Expired domain abuse Occasionally, expired domains are purchased and repurposed with the primary intention of boosting search ranking of low-quality or unoriginal content. This can mislead users into thinking the new content is part of the older site, which may not be the case. … [Read more...]
Meme coin makes an upgrade dropping the munity and just going with Apu.com
Bitcoin.com published a piece on Apu Apustaja a new meme coin. The coins is apparently rocking and they made a major upgrade at domain name. From Apu.community to Apu.com. Apu Apustaja, a new memecoin making waves in the industry, has announced impressive support from its rapidly growing community, including over 11,650 coin holders and more than 13,000 Telegram channel members. Leading a … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Augen.de
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Augen.de led the way at 20,000 Euro, ($21,728). Findex.com was the .com at 15,000 Euro, ($16,296). Under.net was the top other tld sale at $10,000. 22 .com sales 16 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
The Internet is not loving Google’s Ai overviews
BBC.com published an interesting article on Google using AI overviews to impact search. Along with changes to their algorithm many small to mid sized content websites are feeling the pinch. One of the beneficiaries seems to be Reddit. From the article: SEMrush data shows that other user-generated sites such as Quora and Instagram saw similarly astronomical rises, and there were … [Read more...]
Markmonitor New gTLD Report: Q2 2024
Markmonitor released their Q2 2024 new gtld report. The 25 page report is all things new gtld. I was interested in what they called Web Fusion. Web2 and Web3 converging. This starts on page 17 and discusses the two big players in that game. D3 and Unstoppable Domains. If you have any interest in the convergence of these two realms I think it's worth a read. You can download here … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Humanity.org
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Humanity.org led the way at $225,000. The top .com was Astrex.com at $25,500. 28 .com sales 30 cctld sales 2 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
The old “we have a small project but would love your premium .com” Did not work with Rick Schwartz
Rick Schwartz shared what he deemed a successful Domain negotiation. It was quite comical, and illustrates something I have been saying to friends in the corporate world for years. "If you are going to try to buy a domain name, find out who owns the name and see if you can research them." Because someone would have to be batshit crazy to email Rick and offer $3,000 for a name like … [Read more...]