http://www.domaininguk.com Domaining from a UK perspective Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:33:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now this doesn't bother me particularly, but I noticed that when registering a few domains yesterday, (October 1), I paid an extra cent for them. $7.49 using a coupon code plus $0.20 Icann fee = $7.69, Godaddy rounded it up to $7.70.  I know I should be buying in sterling, being ... http://www.domaininguk.com/godaddys-extra-cent/ This is an ex-blog domain of mine with PR 2 and parking revenue.  It was a blog about the now popular Eee PC by Asus, I bought it 3 or 4 months before the machine went to market and it's popularity has grown in that time. Go.ogle very helpfully accused me ... http://www.domaininguk.com/eeelaptopcom-domain-for-sale/ There seem to be more domain tools appearing by the day, and I say you can't have too many, just a personal opinion ;) Scott over at TrendDomaining.com has highlighted a couple from Name.com, which I personally find very timely. My attention was drawn to another tool I rather like, ... http://www.domaininguk.com/more-domaining-tools/ I check Google Trends for most search phrases and domaining opportunities and use it as at least one data point when considering whether or not to invest. But I have never actually put the search term 'domain names' in until today.  Here's what I saw: It wasn't what I expected ... http://www.domaininguk.com/domain-names-in-google-trends/ 'Mumpreneurs' or 'Mumtrepreneus' have become quite a phenomenom in the UK in the last few years.  It's a sector of the economy that apparently contributes £4.4bn per year, ($8.8ish) and rising. Naturally it's the internet which has enabled women with kids to work from home, setting up a website ... http://www.domaininguk.com/mumpreneurs-domaining-opportunites/ Sorry, but if you searched and found this post because you're wondering when we UK publishers will have a chance of earning on YPN, you'll still feel let down. I'm guessing you searched because you needed an alternative to Adsense, since they disabled your account for no reason. Monetizing domains ... http://www.domaininguk.com/yahoo-publisher-network-for-uk-publishers/ I love Wordpress, I used to just 'like it a lot' but the more I use it the more I love it.   This blogging platform is not only popular among bloggers, but increasingly so for domainers who want to develop some of their domains; creating pages is as easy as ... http://www.domaininguk.com/domain-development-recommended-wordpress-theme/ How effective is using StumbleUpon to promote a domaining blog?  I'm conducting a bit of an experiment to find out. I've been using StumbleUpon for well over a year and it's a great way to find interesting web pages, just by clicking on the Stumble button, (especially in the evening, when ... http://www.domaininguk.com/using-stumbleupon-to-promote-a-domaining-blog/ Yep, last night, 11.15pm UK time. I was preparing some late night snack and had the TV volume down quite low, so I didn't hear all of it.  After some bizarre ad where a man swapped eating porridge for a 37K per year IT job, (74K in dollars), I noticed a ... http://www.domaininguk.com/godaddy-tv-commercial-spotted-in-the-uk/ It's good to keep an eye on those domains which are closely related to yours, to get some idea as to whether or not the development of them will affect the value of your own domains. If you own SportsCarHire.com, for example, how will the development of SportsCarHireUK.com affect the value ... http://www.domaininguk.com/potential-domain-neighbors-impact-on-the-value-of-your-domains/