{"id":2539,"date":"2012-08-10T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T15:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2012-08-10T11:30:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T15:30:10","slug":"please-welcome-the-domain-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/please-welcome-the-domain-animal\/","title":{"rendered":"Please welcome the Domain Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mike Curving<\/strong> is a man of numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The domain investor from Austin, Texas, has been <a href=\"http:\/\/domainanimal.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>crunching data and blogging since 2009<\/strong><\/a>, and has been producing some very interesting results, reflecting his focus on the <strong>wild side<\/strong> of domaining.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of discussing the stream of past and current events with Mike, both on the phone and through a <a href=\"http:\/\/domaingang.com\/domain-news\/pigeondomains-com-not-your-average-domain-guano\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>host post \/ interview<\/strong><\/a> about the essence of &#8216;pigeon domains&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Mike&#8217;s research leaves the proverbial box behind, and places its &#8216;<em>domain animal<\/em>&#8216; paws outside of it; the end result is some <strong>thought-provoking analysis<\/strong> of the domain industry.<\/p>\n<p>This is just a short notice that <a href=\"http:\/\/domainanimal.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mike&#8217;s blog feed<\/strong><\/a> is on the Domaining.com timeline, and I would recommend it as an inclusion to your daily reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Curving is a man of numbers. 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