As I mentioned earlier, GoDaddy's pricing is hard to beat - when using discount coupons, that is. I've now successfully transferred most of my .CO domains from Name.com to GoDaddy, as Name.com was unable to match GoDaddy's pricing. With as little as 1 day before expiration, I was able to … [Read more...]
Sedo re-instates hits counter
July 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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
July 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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
July 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
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...]
The art of logo design
July 24, 2012 by 3 Comments
A while back I wrote about how clipart plus text does not equal a logo. The process of logo creation is an art, and while it's something that can be studied and learned, there are far too many self-proclaimed "logo designers" in the wild, who give the rest of us a bad name. This great video on … [Read more...]
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