Sedo re-instates hits counter

The good news of the day - other than Michael Phelps losing a final race in the Olympics - is that Sedo has re-instated the hits counter in parked domains. After its suspicious disappearance a few days ago, the public counter of visitors is back in place; alongside other Sedo metrics, it serves … [Read more...]

GoDaddy: Greek beauty and the Geek – Part deux

Having identified the music playing in GoDaddy's new commercials that feature women of Mediterranean ("Greek") looks and a geek sidekick, I reached out to GoDaddy. The song by the late Greek composer, Manos Hatzidakis, first turned up in 1962. That's a full 50 years ago, and for that matter, it's … [Read more...]

My TRAFFIC nominations for 2012

This year, as I do every other year since 2008, I will be attending TRAFFIC in Ft. Lauderdale. Why the 2 year gap, you may ask? Unlike many wonderful people in the domain industry, my main business is web and graphics development. Domaining is a full 50% of my business, so it's only fair that … [Read more...]

GoDaddy discounts are hard to beat

GoDaddy is not loved by everyone, but they seem to have figured their customer retention game right: they can offer sizable discounts. With a good chunk of my .CO portfolio spread across two registrars, GoDaddy and Name.com, I've been facing renewal fees on or around the 2nd anniversary of … [Read more...]

Sedo: Visitor counter removal was a glitch

A couple of days ago I posted about how the number of visits - the public counter - was removed from domains parked at Sedo. It appears that this was done unintentionally; today, Sedo contacted me about the matter and I was told that their programmers will work to fix this glitch. That's great … [Read more...]