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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Domains = Real Estate?

Domain names are one of the most important parts of the Internet. They have value in the same way as property does in the real estate industry. Unlike the real estate industry it is less obvious why a particular domain has a value, however, the principles of “Location Location Location” remain broadly the same.

In this case, one can liken the inherent value of a property’s location with the constituent words or characters, being close to an exact match, to a high volume of search queries. In other words, how close or accurate a match is a set of keywords to this large number of search queries?

Let’s put it another way, if a group of people approached a real…

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Domain Valuation

Leaving domains with no content or no website inroads the potential value of your investment in their purchase. This is especially true when you’ve held the domain unutilized for a number of years in the hope at some point you’ll get to capitalise on your ongoing investment in renewals.

You will benefit from this investment in the following circumstances:

  • unlikely = somebody comes makes you an offer for the domain
  • possible = you find a direct reason to build a website on that domain
  • always = you want to use the website to help your other businesses online

The harsh reality is that most people hang onto the domains they purchase for years and never actually achieve any…

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Can the Dragon change my life?

Yesterday, hopefully I purchased an amazing tool that is going to change my life.

It was thanks to an unknown blog post. I noticed the blogger had remarked that he was using Dragon Dictate and to take his notes on the go. He or she commented that it meant that he was now remembering all his good ideas, rather than forgetting most of them.

That led me to browsing and reading reviews of Dragon Dictate. The consensus was that the tool had improved massively over the last two years. So I gave it a go. I dug into my pocket found the credit card & laid out the money for the application.

Last night when using the tool my productivity…

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