If I could have a dollar for every email I sent, educating prospective buyers about aftermarket domains, I'd be at least one thousand bucks richer. The fact is, end user buyers - as opposed to domain investors - are for the most part unfamiliar with the value and pricing of domain names. This … [Read more...]
Google : New logo gets rid of the serifs
September 1, 2015 by 4 Comments
Shocking news this morning, as Google revealed its new corporate logo. The new Google logo inherits the same colors per letter, and gets rid of the serifs it used for years. It also changes its little "g" icon, replacing with a four color "G". The font family appears to be Relish Pro, … [Read more...]
Network Solutions can now merge user accounts
August 10, 2015 by 7 Comments
Network Solutions is the original domain registrar, and although the days of $35 dollar /year .com registrations are gone, it retains a large number of domains under management. When I registered my first domain in February 1997 with them, I actually had to fork out $100 for two years; the extra … [Read more...]
Your gateway to tomorrow : The future, as seen 32 years ago from a Bell System ad
August 1, 2015 by 3 Comments
I was recently reading through the 50th anniversary issue of Newsweek, published in the spring of 1983, that I found in my dad's library. The articles spanned the events during the half century predating the issue, and are both educating and entertaining. Posting scans of automotive ads alone … [Read more...]
Domain inquiries : I see you are not using your domain
July 22, 2015 by 3 Comments
One of the biggest arguments in domain ownership is what constitutes "use". To the average visitor that simply types in a domain name, "use" of a domain is synonymous to displaying some type of content. As long as there is a web page that displays something other than banner ads, then the … [Read more...]
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