My UPS package has arrived – along with a virus

Every time I receive an email about how my "UPS package has arrived", I can't but shake my head at the methods employed by phishing scammers. That type of email works as follows: the spam arrives the first time around, and one is either bound to open it and trash it or the spam filter kicks … [Read more...]

Dot .CO transfers: No need for 5 day window

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

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...]

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...]

The art of logo design

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...]