It's a misconception that Google stores and caches every page it crawls. To begin with, one can block out the Google bots, that will obey such commands in a 'robots.txt' file stored at your server. Google does not seem to store very recent content; sometimes, there is a waiting period until these … [Read more...]
Time-wasters: How to tell them apart
February 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As a domain investor, I am direct and to the point; when I’m in the process of acquiring a domain name, I make an offer and negotiate from there. If the price difference is unbridgeable, I let the seller know that my budget does not stretch that far. As a seller of domain names, I expect … [Read more...]
Farewell, Igal
February 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
One evening ten years ago, I received a call from Igal Lichtman, who witnessed my frustration unfold at a sales thread on DNForum. For a man in his mid-30′s that I was, receiving fatherly advice from a someone I hadn’t met in person, felt strange; by the end of our conversation, my tempest had … [Read more...]
EuroDNS update: Business decisions aren’t based solely on finances
February 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A week ago, I announced my decision to drop EuroDNS from any domain registrations in the future. My decision was based on the type of response and subsequent lack thereof, that I received for an issue with a number of expiring domains. When making a business decision, the financial aspect of … [Read more...]
Innovation: Success can be replicated but should it be copied?
February 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Innovation is a human driving force that expands the need to simply ‘succeed‘ in doing something. Whether it’s an entrepreneurial course of action, or a tangible achievement, by ‘innovating’ you create something different. On the other hand, by simply copying the success of others, you’re … [Read more...]
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