Generic Domain Names Explained If nobody knows about your business, then why not acquire a good, descriptive domain name that explains what you do? All of the good names are gone. Probably. A keyword is a word or collection of words that people [...] Continue reading →

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As domain industry watchers, we’ve all promoted the idea that a keyword rich domain name can positively affect click-through rates from search engine queries. Now though, we have some indication that we were right all along, following research from Verisign shows that search engine users are almost twice as likely to click on a domain name [...] Continue reading →

Around two years ago I made a resolution to stop the invasion of phone calls and emails that were bombarding my private time. Some say that a business should be “always on” and that business owners have a responsibility to accept calls, texts and emails at whatever time they arrive. Every weekday at around 6pm, [...] Continue reading →

Wow. It was 2011 when I bought and launched buildingsurveys.com and posted the fact here. In the same year, I also posted that a name I was tempted to discard had once more started to come good again. AsbestosRoofing.co.uk. So what happened to those names since making those two posts? Well, buildingsurveys.com continues to pay significant [...] Continue reading →

I just posted an article on LinkedIn about exhibiting products and services and thought I’d share it here too, because I know many of the readers of this blog attend trade shows, either as an exhibitor or an attendee. There’s a lot in this post that you might not have considered previously, I know I [...] Continue reading →

Back in July, my server got hacked via a WordPress vulnerability caused, I believe, by a plugin file that had not been updated. I update all of my sites as soon as updates are available, but not all developers update their code in a timely manner and I think in this particular case, it was [...] Continue reading →