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5 Great Tools For Finding A Domain Name

Jason Yormark

Needless to say that often has me frequently looking for good names to inspire me enough to go through with those ideas. I always feel like if I can actually find an affordable name, it’s more likely that I’ll see them through. Of course it goes without saying that finding a good domain name is incredibly hard these days.

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Exclusive: Domainer Returns Domain Name to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

Bill Hartzer

Domainers, those who buy and sell domain names for a living, are not all evil. Olea, who owns domain names like ScienceBooks.com and hundreds of other generic, keyword rich domain names, saw the domain name JeffBezos.com, bid on the name, and ultimately won the domain name at auction.

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New Search Engine Launched: Only Searches New gTLD Domain Names

Bill Hartzer

Using Google’s Custom Search Engine, Newgle has done what no other search engine has ever done before: only show search results from websites on New gTLD domain names. In case you missed it, I wrote an SEOs guide to the New gTLD domain names.

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217: 4 Things to Consider When Choosing a Domain Name

ProBlogger

4 Things to Consider When Choosing a Domain Name for Your Blog. Today I’m talking about what to consider when naming your blog and choosing a domain name for it. I’ll share four things to consider when choosing a domain name. Domain names have an impact on SEO.).

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I've Used Bluesky for 6 Months – Here's What You Should Know

Buffer Social

You can also turn a domain name into your username, a feature “ allowing users to self-verify and own their username across the network,” according to the platform. Custom domains : Users can set a custom domain as their handle, providing a personalized touch and borrowing authority from established domain names.

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Do You Make These 6 Domain Name Mistakes?

ProBlogger

I’m regularly asked about the mistakes I made when starting out with blogging and the first two words that usually spring to mind are ’Domain Names’ Most of the early mistakes I made (and some of the more recent ones) have revolved around domain names. Not Getting My Own Domain Name.

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.