Comments on: The Smart Guide To Domain Name Investing https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:43:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Stephen Douglas https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3917 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:43:56 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3917 He spoke about domaining because I put a bug in his ear. The April Fools Day publication date is suspicious, but I’m not an SEO guy so if there are hidden esoteric humor within the article, it went over my head.

@Scott — as you and I both know, nothing in the domain industry is “over the top”. 😉

It’s a circus, with one or two well-known ringmasters.

]]> By: Scott https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3916 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:16:11 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3916 In reply to Stephen Douglas.

The post is dated April 1 @Stephen – Did it really not seem a little too “over the top” to you? 😉

]]> By: David Portney https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3915 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:53:50 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3915 @Stephen – I don’t know why Todd chose to talk about domaining, you’d have to ask him. If you want my opinion about domaining, I’m not sure I’ve got much to say that’s insightful or useful. In any event, the post is an April 1 post, so…

]]> By: Stephen Douglas https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3914 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:27:14 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3914 @David,

I don’t get the focus on the “”funny” parts about a billion dollar industry, domain investing.

Is it because you don’t believe in domains, or just that the Toddster is a funny writer, or that the subject matter was tongue-in-cheek?

Why don’t you SEO guys just “spell it out” and put your real comments out there to be responded to? SEO is all about “optimization”, right? How about “optimizing” your real opinions in distinct factual details?

]]> By: David Portney https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3913 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:43:42 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3913 Nice one, Todd! – catching up on my RSS feeds 10 days late and way past my bedtime (thereby not seeing the post publication date and also half sleep-reading) I did have to do a double-take after several paragraphs but then started doubling over with laughter, always good before bedtime (or anytime) – but didn’t expect some of the comments to get “seriously” funny either.

David

]]> By: john https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3906 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:53:38 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3906 Wow for the comment stream…. there’s nothing else to say. AWESOME bait for the SEO and domain crowds, to get them to discuss this serious and often perplexing issue. Obviously there are real experts out there with inside knowledge on these issues, some of which is being shared above.

]]> By: Stephen Douglas https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3904 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:52:24 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3904 @Nick

I’m sure Todd chose this domain as an ‘example’ and not to be taken at face value. He was just covering all the typical keywords in the domain.

Most domainers don’t go beyond two keyword phrasings in a domain. From what I’ve been told, for SEO purposes, it doesn’t matter about the extension used, but that if the company wants to “own the brand”, the .com is the only way to go, and investing thousands of $$$ to get it is a one-time investment that doesn’t lose it’s value, only increases, unlike all other ad/marketing strategies.

I would have rather spent 2.5 million on Baby.com than purchasing 90 days of magazine and TV spots for a month. Johnson & Johnson made that smart decision, and caused an uproar in the ad agency sector in 2005.

]]> By: Nick Stamoulis https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3902 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:04:30 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3902 April Fools? Domain names are extremely important and it’s a good idea to get a keyword or two in there- but the suggestion in this article is way overboard. A domain like https://www.cheap-car-auto-life-home-health-pet-travelers-insurance.com is pretty spammy.

]]> By: Stephen Douglas https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3900 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:07:15 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3900 Nice one, Toddster. Now you make sense in your article to me, very clearly. However, there are moments of tongue-in-cheek truth – and that April Fools Day publication get’s me a little suspicious. lol

And for the naysaying SEO players answering negatively about your article, I’m sure that solarcompactor.com would have been a much better SEO brand for that product instead of “Big Belly”.

@Scott – Spend time playing pattycake with Google to get some financial benefits, or spend time searching the vast prodservs in keywords for new $8 (OOTB) domains and flipping them for $300 quickly? Which sounds like it has a ceiling, and which doesn’t?
Ironically, you’re using the email address of “Serps.com” – I can’t say if you own it cuz its privacy whois… but if you did, you just contradicted yourself more than if you didn’t own it, but either way, you contradicted your message’s intent of belittling domain investing.

]]> By: Scott https://www.sempdx.org/blog/domaining/the-smart-guide-to-domain-name-investing/#comment-3899 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:09:33 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/?p=4653#comment-3899 Aww, I was tempted to edit your comment Scott Kraeger – and was thinking of engaging Costa Rica SEO on the merits… Good job Todd 😉 – As for me, here’s my April 1 resolution…

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