First of all let me point out this is not a paid post.  If you read my blog you'll know I shoot straight from the hip and say it just as I see it. Good and Bad.  I'm the first to criticize and the first to praise.  Today I have praise for Rob Monster and Epik. Rob has gotten used to my constant emails getting on him about things I'd like to see with my domains.  To make it worse on Rob, I only had two with him.  Yet despite my rants and raves, Rob always answers and does his best to make it right or at least give me an answer as to why.  Would I like to see improvement?  Sure,  so would he, ... Read More »

As a website developer there are many things we think of when designing a site.  We want it to be nice looking, user friendly, full of good content, and optimized for revenue generation.  There actually needs to be one thing that moves in front of those two, load time.  All data points to the following.  Users are not patient.  They will not wait for more than four seconds and will simply leave if they deem a site too slow.  In today's era of fast connection speeds, their patience is less and less. Here's what Google found The Effects of Slow Download Times Even small changes in response ti... Read More »

I often feel that domainers put way too much emphasis on a domain name and it's relation to a company's success.   I am a businessman first and a domain investor second.  A domain to me is merely a tool to reach potential customers for my business.  I can really get a feel of the importance of domains by looking at new tech/Internet startups.  Startups meaning newly created companies or companies with limited operating history.  These companies were created in the recent era of the Internet and chose names based availability is today's domain climate.  Like any company, their internet presence is... Read More »