RSS
By edkeaysm on December 23, 2008  |  Comments 2

Merry Christmas from OzDomainer in Japan

Hi to all who read my blog in 2008 and since it started in mid 2007.
I am in Japan for the last night heading to Malaysia tomorrow for Christmas and home to Perth Australia for New Years…

Read More

By edkeaysm on December 20, 2008  |  Comments 5

Parking Pages, Google Rankings & Nissan’s GT-R Supercar Killer

It is often said by other domainers / domain owners that their parked pages do not get good rankings (if ranked at all) by Google or other search engines. I like to keep an eye on my domains as often…

Read More

By edkeaysm on December 20, 2008  |  Comments 11

Building a Website is Child’s Play!

My daughter Sasha who is 10 years old has just published her first website called Horse Obsession (www.horseobsession.com)
We registered the domain name back in November 2004 for reasons mentioned…

Read More

By edkeaysm on December 17, 2008  |  Comments 0

Bite the hand that feeds video by Perry Marshall

Watched a fantastic video today by my mate Perry Marshall. I have known Perry for over 4 years now and was a student of his back in 2004/2005 on using Google AdWords which…

Read More

By edkeaysm on December 16, 2008  |  Comments 2

Drummers & Domainers

What do drummers have in common with domainers you may ask.
Well the successful drummers (like the ones you will see in a moment in the video below) didn’t take any shortcuts to get as great as they…

Read More

By edkeaysm on December 13, 2008  |  Comments 4

Getting Domain Name Ideas from Google Analytics

One of the many ways I research domain names is the data that is generated from my websites Google Analytics stats.
If you do not use it or have not heard about it then welcome back from Mars…

Read More

Indian Domain Name Forum

RSSRecent Articles

Dinner in New York’s Hard Rock Cafe with Elliot & Karen Silver

Myself in the middle with Elliot & Karen Silver
I had the pleasure on a recent trip to New York (see my site http://www.laptopnomads.com/413/sitting-on-apple-in-the-big-apple/) to catch up with fellow Domainer / Developer Elliot Silver and his lovely wife Karen.*
We chose The Hard Rock Cafe in Time Square as had been there last year and wanted to [...]

Traffic DownUnder coming up fast.

If you have been living under a rock for the past 6 months or so you may not have heard that the Traffic domain show is heading DownUnder to Oz on November 18th.
Here is the link www.trafficdownunder.com Unfortunately I will NOT be there (drats and double drats) but my family trip comes first www.laptopnomads.com
If I [...]

Domain names and travel mix very well.

Ed on train in UK
I am writing this post from our first class coach on the train from Scotland to London on the last leg of the UK section of our travels before heading for Europe.
The train has free high speed wifi on board so my wife Lois, Daughter Sasha and I all had our [...]

Where the heck am I ????

Hi all and sorry for no posts over the past few months.
As most of you know my family and I are on the road for 7 months taking some time out and having a great time I can tell you
We have a blog about what we are up to at www.laptopnomads.com so I [...]

The Journey of the Laptop Nomads Begins!

laptop-nomad

In a few days time my wife Lois, daughter Sasha (who is 9) & I will begin our laptop nomad travels across the globe.
We are heading off from Perth on a 7 month trip covering many countries including and not necessarily in this order-
United Arab Emirates (UAE), England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, [...]

Domain Names Podcast Episode 8 with Michael & David Castello

michael-and-david-castello
Well I have been wanting to interview these guys since I first had the idea of doing some podcasts about domain names at Oz Domainer and what a treat it was!
According to Michael it was the first time that both himself & David had been recorded together for an interview.
Michael & David Castello (Michael on [...]

 
icon for podpress  Domain Names Podcast Episode 8 [60:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (557)

Domain Names Podcast Episode 7 with Dan Kimball & Sean Stafford from DN Zoom.

dnzoombybido

kimball-stafford
Today’ Domain Names Podcast is with Dan Kimball (on the left of photo) & Sean Stafford (on the right) from DN Zoom
DNZoom is a domain software startup backed by a team of domainers and industry insiders with years of experience in building solid, feature packed web applications.
The DN Zoom team has been hard at work [...]

 
icon for podpress  Domain Names Podcast Episode 7 [42:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (292)

Watch Where You Park Your Domains and Your Car!

Today it was my daughter Sasha’s school fair (or fete as we say here in Australia) to get the parents and community involved in raising funds for the school.
I was providing entertainment with my band playing the drums and my wife Lois was helping out at various stands.
Just as we got to the school my [...]

Upcoming Domain Names Podcasts

kimball-stafford
I have some great guests coming up on my Domain Names Podcast next week.
First up I will be interviewing Dan Kimball & Sean Stafford from www.dnzoom.com
We will be talking about the creation and launch of DN Zoom and what it has to offer domainers also we will be talking about Sean’s new eBook Domain Graduate.

****************************************************************************

michael-and-david-castello

Also [...]

Michael Gilmour in The Age Newspaper.

What’s in a name? A lot of money if you choose wisely.
AUSTRALIAN internet entrepreneurs are raking in millions of dollars a year by spotting the true value of what’s in a name.
The practice of buying up unused names, known as “domain parking”, is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion worldwide — [...]

Domain Names Podcast Episode 6 with James Martell from Affiliate Marketers Bootcamp

Today’s Domain Names Podcast is with James Martell from AfflliateMarketersBootcamp.com
I have had the pleasure of knowing James for the past 3 years now and he is truely one of the pioneers in the affiliate marketing industry and a great guy to boot!
James and I talk about his successful Affiliate Marketing business and his Affiliate Marketers [...]

 
icon for podpress  Domain Names Podcast Episode 6 [45:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (210)

Domain Names Podcast Episode 5 with Rick Latona from Ricklatona.com

Today’s Domain Names Podcast is with Rick Latona from www.ricklatona.com & www.digipawn.com
Rick speaks about his time in the domain name industry and how he got started, he also talks about his businesses DigiPawn & Offshoring and what is involved with the operations of both those businesses.
He talks off his trip to Tanzania and his climb [...]

 
icon for podpress  Domain Names Podcast Episode 5 [25:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (313)

Domain Names Podcast Episode 4 with Elliot Silver from Elliotsblog.com

Today’s Domain Names Podcast is with Elliot Silver from www.elliotsblog.com & www.topnotchdomains.com.
Elliot was awarded this year with Domainers Choice Award of Best Domainers Blog for 2008 which I think was well deserved.
We talk about his life as a domain investor, the development of his domains www.lowell.com & www.salinas.com and the very serious topic of [...]

 
icon for podpress  Domain Names Podcast Episode 4 [52:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (303)

Domain Names Podcast future guest later this week is Elliot Silver

For the next episode of Domain Names Podcast coming up later this week, I will be speaking with Elliot Silver from www.elliotsblog.com & www.topnotchdomains.com.
Elliot was awarded this year with Domainers Choice Award of Best Domainers Blog for 2008 which I think was well deserved.
If you have any questions you would like me to ask Elliot [...]

Domain Names Podcast Episode 3 with Michael Gilmour from Whizzbangsblog.com

In this Podcast I talk with Michael Gilmour from www.Whizzbangsblog.com & www.ParkLogic.com
Michael has a great deal of experience in the domain name industry and we talk about how he got started, his recent trip to T.R.A.F.F.I.C in Las Vegas, advice for new people to the domain industry and his favourite subject, Parking Transparancy.
He also has [...]

 
icon for podpress  Domain Names Podcast with Michael Gilmour [58:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (222)