Keyword Search Headed For A Breakdown?

As the Internet swells with more information every second of the day we will find keyword search results less and less relevant. TechCrunch recently reported on the limits of keyword search and the inevitable breaking point. Direct Navigation offers any business a short cut to being found.
While the point behind that post is that the […]

Domainers Go Social With Two Networks

Social networking has been hot for a while now. It’s often struck me as funny that an industry that is all about networking hadn’t embraced the trend. That’s all changed. Following on last month’s launch of Randy Charach’s Synergy Domain Club, Steve Morales has launched GeoDomainer.com.
Both networking sites are built on the back of Ning […]

Name.com Heads to Domain Roundtable, Offers Special Regsitration Discount

Name.com is taking the show on the road again and we’ll be landing in San Francisco next week for the Domain Roundtable. Even better, we’ve hooked up with the folks at Domain Roundtable to offer our customers and readers a $200 discount on registration. So there’s just no excuse not to come see us at […]

Name.com is Hiring!

Name.com continues to grow and we are in need of the following professionals:
Web Developer: Object Oriented / PHP etc.
We are currently seeking multiple developers to join our team. Our office is casual and the work environment is fairly relaxed and enjoyable. We have multiple positions to fill and welcome resumes from experience professionals as well […]

OpenSocial v. ICA: Why one flies and the other falters

Since the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial project I’ve been following the developments with great interest to see the adoption flow. I think Social Media and the Social Web are here to stay. The development of a standard platform for Social Media projects at this relatively early stage of the game indicates that major companies are […]

Direct Navigation: Ticket to Success

It’s no secret that I think we have the best domain name in the domain space: Name.com. How can you go wrong as a domain name registrar with that name?
Coming off the SES show in NYC I’m more convinced of the importance of direct navigation than ever. The SEO and SEM professionals who spoke at […]

Search Engine Optimizers Hate Domainers

If you thought that Google & Yahoo! were working in a vacuum to make life more difficult for domainers you’re kidding yourself. I’ve seen the enemy and the enemy is SEO.
I’m in NYC for the Search Engine Strategies show. For those of you who do not know what I’m talking about, SES is the largest […]

Google Calendar Readying for Offline Capabilities

You know what’s better than free? Free the way you need it! Google looks to be heading toward offering an offline version of it’s popular calendar program. Download squad alerted me to the news this morning and sure enough, I have the offline tab as well in my Google Apps for my Name.com account.
Name.com offers […]

Google Allows Parked Page Opt-out

2008 is shaping up to be a year of change in the the domaining biz.
First Yahoo! put a stop to arbitrage. Then the Snowe Bill was introduced. Now Google is allowing advertisers to opt-out of having their ads displayed on parked pages.
It’s not hard to imagine that this will soon have, at least in the […]