A Few Hundred Thousand Dollars is a Drop in the Marketing Bucket for a Large Corporation
To most people a million dollars is a life changing amount of money. More than they’ll make it 10, sometimes 20 years. To a corporation trying to reach millions if not billions of users, it’s a drop in the bucket. Think of all the commercials, print ads, and sponsorships that you see daily and you’ll [...]
I Call BS: A Category Killer Domain Hasn’t Lost Value, It Gives You More Authority Than Ever
I don’t care what anyone says. Category killer domains have more value than ever. The reason is simple, regardless of where they rank in Google, in the eyes of consumers, the person that owns that domain is the authority in that category. I keep reading articles about Google lowering the weight, yet I am still [...]
Yet Another Mention of Shane Cultra on Leno
If you watched Jay Leno last night you may have heard my name. Well, it’s my name but he was actually referring to my uncle of the same name. The “other” Shane Cultra happens to be our State Senator and he made a little statement that turned into International news. In a nutshell he said [...]
Someone Actually Screamed “Go Domain Shane” At the Boston Marathon
It may be a small world but the domain world runs deep. I couldn’t believe my ears when in the middle of the Boston marathon someone in the crowd yelled “Go Domain Shane” Other than the beautiful girls giving away kisses along the route it was my favorite moment. Initially I figured someone was merely [...]
Courtesy of Kevin Ohashi: My Favorite 5L.coms Available for Hand Register
Kevin Ohashi was kind enough to publish a list of available 5 letter domain names. At the time of my writing all the names on my list were available for hand register. Kevin has a much larger list but many of them are taken or in my opinion, not worth taking. Here are the names [...]
The Domain Madness Screenshot Says It All
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Why Do We Even Have Domain Privacy?
With all the discussion of the recent Who is privacy breach it got me to thinking. Why do we need privacy on our domains? If I own a domain that I can’t put my personal or company name on, do I really want to own it? The common comparison usually made is between domains and [...]
10 of My Favorite Business Quotes: “The Business of Business is Business”
That was a quote my Dad always uses. I’ve laughed about it for 20 years. Even made a poster of it with his picture and that quote under it and had it framed. As a kid my Dad loved quotable quotes and would walk around the kitchen reading them out loud as my Mom made [...]
A Nice Infographic on The History of Domains
This has made it’s rounds on the Internet and may be old to some but I thought it was a nicely laid out presentation of the history of domains. It doesn’t include 2010 so it’s quickly become out of date but still great to get an overall look at history all in one page. Originally [...]
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Takes over DomainFest Illness Case
Evidently the Los Angeles Department of Public Health is now taking interest in the DomainFest illnesses. I just received the following email from them that lead to a survey which I promptly filled out. I do know that several people had filed reports with the CDC and the Department of Health. I do hate to [...]
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