Earlier today, Mike Berkens wrote a post about the fact that Rick Schwartz registered 500+ new gTLD domains and a lot of people were surprised. In my opinion, there’s absolutely nothing to be surprised about and I’ll try to explain why. First and foremost, it’s important to view the situation from Rick’s perspective. At the [...] Continue reading →

Mike Berkens dropped the ‘G’ bomb today, announcing that the Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been busy registering gTLD domains. Congratulations to Rick for this bold move, as Frank Schilling’s phrase comes to mind: “The right domain name can change your life.” The latter is now a trademark, as Uniregistry applied for it at the [...] Continue reading →

Company to shut down NXD error redirect service. OpenDNS announced this week that it is shutting down a service that was, in effect, a giant typosquatting operation. Millions of people use OpenDNS as an alternative to their ISP’s DNS. The useful service needed a way to make money, and it found a very lucrative one: [...] Continue reading →

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As we are getting packed up to head home from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference in Las Vegas we just got word that .CLUB has scored another celebrity coup. DEMI LOVATO has joined the club! [...] Continue reading →

Are you still working through your newsfeed of SEO material on the 101 ways to get out of panda 4.0 written by people that have never actually practiced SEO on their own sites? Aaron and I had concluded that what was rolling through was panda before it was announced that it was [...] Continue reading →

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