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A New Resource To Help You Learn About Domain Names

DnJournal.com introduced me to the Domain Name Knowledge Base (DNKB.org).  To quote,  ‘the goal of the site is to help educate the public about the domain name industry by providing easily accessible [...]

‘The owners of Weather.com have understood the power of domain names for years. ‘

Fusible.com posted an interesting article about Weather.com and its history.  The article is entitled, ‘More Popular than Twitter: Weather.com, a brief history of a Year-round Category-Killer Domain’.  It says that the Website is ‘the 25th most popular website in the United States’.  Weather.com is indeed one of the domain names that I type in directly [...]

Companies Using Domain Names Effectively

Jamie Zoch posted an excellent entry on DotWeekly.com that is both an analysis of how a company IS making good use of their domain name and a tutorial as to how a company CAN make good use of their domain name.
Check out the article, “Example: Proper use of a domain name!”

“What’s in a name”

Solid Cactus wrote a useful post on eBizInsider.com entitled, ‘What’s in a Name’.  He says,
‘Your domain name is the most
powerful piece of branding your store
has on the Web!
A strong, recognizable domain name for your
business can bring even more organic traffic to your site. A poor
domain name can prevent surfers from ever finding your site.
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“Spice up your blog with a Domain Name”

There are many free ways to create blogs or Websites but with most of them you are stuck with an unattractive have a less than desirable address.  For example I could have used Typepad for this blog and my address would be http://names promote . typepad .com (without spaces).   Most of the free services [...]