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It is often said by other domainers / domain owners that their parked pages do not get good rankings (if ranked at all) by Google or other search engines. I like to keep an eye on my domains as often…
My daughter Sasha who is 10 years old has just published her first website called Horse Obsession (www.horseobsession.com)
We registered the domain name back in November 2004 for reasons mentioned…
Watched a fantastic video today by my mate Perry Marshall. I have known Perry for over 4 years now and was a student of his back in 2004/2005 on using Google AdWords which…
First and foremost (for the 4 letter freaks out there) the value of this site has nothing to do with the domain. Nothing, nada, zilch. The value of the website and the traffic attached to the domain is a direct result of the owners work developing the content.
In simple words the domain xkcd.com was worthless (not even worth the registration fee) when the owners first bought it but now its worth more than many premium domains.
This is a pure example of what you can do if you can’t afford a kickstart to development by purchasing a premium domain. Parking has many limitations (from dependence on revenue shares and ad partners to slow growth rates) but unique content can trump a good domain every day.
565,000 visitors a month according to compete.
A compete rank of # 1,528 …. Yes, almost in the top 1,500 sites in the world!
Warning – for the sensitive folks, some humor may be distasteful however I’m sure you will still click through and complain.
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This post is not about domain names per say but it will shed some light on the minds of people who spend $70,000 on (trademark).me domains or hope to sell hamburgerwithnochesse-please.info for $100,000. As far as the domain community goes I think we are a pretty smart bunch of people. The simple fact that we continue to learn in order to stay ahead of the curve is an element not typical of every industry so to my peers, my comrades, my enemies and my friends – Life could be worse, you really could be one of these people.
And yes, these are real stories about real people.
Someone really should publish an annual list of “dumb moves” for the domain industry – if we can’t laugh at ourselves well, pack up and go home. DumbDomainers.com is available should any of you choose to accept the task.
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The 2008 Darwin Awards have been bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us.
Honorable mentions go to:
2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger. The chef’s claim was approved.
3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago, returned with his vehicle, to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.
4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn’t discovered for 3 days.
5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.
6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer… $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]
7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he’d just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.
8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, “Yes, officer, that’s her. That’s the lady I stole the purse from.”
9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan, at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn’t open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren’t available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline and plugged his siphon hose into the motor home’s sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he’d ever had.
Drumroll … Here is the glorious winner:
1. When his 38-calibre revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.
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To waste valuable time reading stories that will only cause you to be less productive today visit – Darwinawards.com
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