Want to leverage your Domain Portfolio? Then ask others about it

Humans are somehow obsessed with dates and numbers. Since the early days of cave-dwelling, counting the goods we owned has apparently instilled a certain level of instinctive focus on numbers: how many, how often, when. When it comes down to domains and domain portfolios, renewal dates are … [Read more...]

Domainers and Development: Tight Budgets or simply Bad Taste?

I'm often amazed at the type of content slated as "development" with the usual tags of "minisite", "stores" and "portals". Often a euphemism for graphic headers slapped on an interface that lacks intuition, those design atrocities are presented to domainers as money-makers that would beat parking … [Read more...]

Pulling the plug on unauthorized copycats – an update

A month ago I wrote about how you can effectively remove unauthorized content from web sites, under the threat of a DMCA notice. The process is simple, straightforward and as long as you provide the necessary information to the legal department of the host providing the server space, it will work … [Read more...]

The single most important WordPress plugin you will ever need

When I sent my first email while in college in the late 80's, we didn't even call them such. They were "network messages"; few of us had access to the gateway that would send these messages outside of the local network and into the wild unknown. In fact, there was nothing of interest out there, … [Read more...]

Experian: Using Parody and Humor to Promote Credit Education

I'm a big fan of Pauly Shore. From the era of MTV to Encino Man, Son in Law, In the Army Now to Jury Duty and the mega-flop Bio-Dome, Pauly Shore often appeared next to other up and coming Hollywood comedians. The 40-something comedian's career abruptly stalled in the mid 90's. The … [Read more...]