Could the SEO value of cctld's being going away? SearchEngineJournal.com published an article this morning that talks about just that. In a recent episode of Google’s Search Off The Record podcast, the company’s Search Relations team hinted at potential changes in how country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) are valued for SEO. Creative Use Of ccTLDs For Branding According to Illyes, the … [Read more...]
Verisign DNIB Q2 2024 – 362.4M domain regs across all tlds
Verisign (NASDAQ) VRSN released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q2 2024. The second quarter of 2024 closed with 362.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), unchanged compared to the first quarter of 2024. Domain name registrations increased by 5.8 million, or 1.6%, year over year. From the report: The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 170.6 … [Read more...]
Andrew Rosener GBM Auctions close today
GBM Domains has a very unique platform, their co-founder and CEO Hugo McDonaugh was on Domain Sherpa back July 18. Andrew Rosener placed some names on auction and they close today. I have provided the links to Andrew's auctions below: – BrickWeed.com– ChainChoice.com– GetBlazed.com– HigherCaliber.com– NiceRides.com– Synopsis.co– Trippy.co One of the things that stands out at GBM auctions … [Read more...]
Interview with AJ Chadha of DomainsOutbound.com
On X formerly Twitter, I had been following a lot of discussion on outbound sales. Some people I follow were detailing just how much time they spent on outbound. I came across someone mentioning DomainsOutbound.com. The person running the service is a gentleman named AJ Chadha. I spoke to AJ on the phone to get some more info on what they were doing. I asked him if he would be up for an … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FG.org
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FG.org led the way at $95,000. Travelful.net was second at 75,000 Euro, ($81,581) That's an incredible price imo. It will also make everyone think their average .net is worth a fortune. It redirects to Seshgroups.com. 14 .com sales 18 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
A look at how some of the most popular registrars rate on Trustpilot
I was speaking to someone over the weekend who was incessantly stressing the importance of Trustpilot reviews. They had asked me about registrars and who had the best Trustpilot score? I replied that I did not know, but I will look into it for them. So I decided to take a look at the most popular registrars that domain investors use. Of course people like the Castello Brothers use Moniker and … [Read more...]
.ART and HUG Announce Strategic Partnership to Empower Artists
.Art announced a partnership with HUG an art community founded by Randi Zuckerberg and Debbie Soon. From a domain standpoint the partnership will result in community members getting their first year free on a standard .art and 50% off a premium domain name. WASHINGTON, USA, July 11, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- .ART Registry, operator of the leading domain for the art and creative world, and HUG, … [Read more...]