TrafficEstimate.com, a website offering free traffic estimates and analytics, has a new look. The Alexa ranked top 20,000 website now offers more domain tools and increased statistics for every estimate.
Since 2004 TrafficEstimate.com has been providing website traffic estimates. They strive to give the most accurate estimation of worldwide website visits over the last 30 days. [...]
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DomainTool: TrafficEstimate.com ReLaunched As a Great Domain Resource!
March 1st, 2010 
admin Turning a Hobby Into a Website. Doing Something you LOVE Every Day!
February 22nd, 2010 admin Time to put my money where my mouth is.
I hate that expression — I wish someone would rewrite that a better way and send it to me.
But, in this instance, the expression holds true.
I’ve spoken many times about the dangers of building a business around something you have no passion for. If you do something [...]
Posted in Domains and Internet, General Business 
Tags: blogs, chris tomlin, david crowder, Domains and Internet, kutless, passion, skillet, websites 
6 Comments »Elliot and Aron’s Suggestions — PART II — Improving the Domain Auctions – YOUR INPUT NEEDED.
February 10th, 2010 admin NOTE:
This post is the collective thoughts of Elliot (at ElliotsBlog.com) and myself. Elliots original post, on Issues Facing Domain Auctions can be found here:
http://www.elliotsblog.com/domain-auctions-problems-solutions-part-1-1020
Elliot has given me permission to post OUR suggestions for improvement.
Elliot will post a “Summary Wrap-Up” with his personal touches, on his blog, within a few days… so be sure to look [...]
.com History — From the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the .com
February 9th, 2010 admin From: 25YearsOf.com
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History of .com
Dot com may be the most popular of those three little fragments that helped reshape the world, but the first registered name occurred without fanfare. A computer manufacturer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts called Symbolics, Inc. was the first to stake a claim in .com on March 15, 1985. What followed was hardly [...]
Posted in Domains and Internet Tags: .com boom, 25 years of .com, domain history, history, internet history, symbolics No Comments ».com Approaches 25th Anniversary: VeriSign to Lead Year-Long Initiative to Recognize Innovators and Leaders That Have Shaped First 25 Years of .com
February 3rd, 2010 admin Verisign, today, has announced a year long initiative to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the .com. The celebration will include unique web content and a gala in California in May.
The press release is featured below:
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — (Marketwire) — February 3, 2010 —
In March 1985, the first .com domain was registered, igniting the [...]
DomainFest: 1 Week Away. Are You Going? Me Too. Still on the Fence? I Can Help.
January 18th, 2010 admin We’re excited to head to Santa Monica, CA next week for a great event called: DomainFest.
For those reading that aren’t involved in the domain industy, DomainFest is an event where domain buyers and developers gather for networking, auctions and fun.
This year, the event is being held at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel, from January 26-28.
The event is [...]
Bringing Our Industry to Your University. Putting Together a Curriculum Addition. Input Needed.
January 15th, 2010 admin Students of today will be the leaders of tomorrow.
I’d venture a guess, and say 95% of entering Freshmen have no idea of an occupational direction.
I see them every day, I talk to them at least once a week.
Many are lost, just floating around with no real drive.
To me, it’s simple.
Success starts by adapting a new [...]
Posted in Domains and Internet, General Business Tags: college, Domains and Internet, entrepreneur, students, university 2 Comments »Psychology in a Domain Listing. Setting a Price Expectation… or Not.
January 12th, 2010 admin In considering listing a domain for sale, publicly, a big dilemma is whether to list an asking price, or not.
Here is my stance:
1. Listing an asking price is just like making the first offer — which I never like to do. If we list an asking price of $100,000, then every negotiation that we encounter [...]
Posted in Domains and Internet Tags: brokers, domain brokers, domains for sale, listing a domain name, sedo, selling a domain 3 Comments »Google Page Rank: Snapshot of Some of Our Domains – and What Helped
January 8th, 2010 admin Obsessed with Page Rank?
Some are.
Page Rank is Google’s way of assessing the value and importance of a website.
Page Rank is on a 0-10 scale, with 10 being a “home run” and 0 being a dud.
Page Rank can be improved by increasing your site’s incoming links.
At the same time, you can decrease your rank by having [...]
Posted in Domains and Internet Tags: check page rank, google PR, page rank, page rank updates 3 Comments »2010 is Going to be a Pivotal Year for Our Industry. Happy 2010!
December 31st, 2009 admin To the Symbolics.com readers and to the people who randomly land on this page each day: have a safe and happy new year celebration.
The domain industry will undergo some major changes in 2010, and this will be a pivotal year for domainers and our industry.
2010 will be the year that many fail and drop out [...]