So did you hear about DMOZ founder Rich Skrenta’s Topix.net purchasing the Topix.com domain name from a Canadian company for a cool USD 1,000,000? I guess too many people were being lost in the type-in traffic going to the dot-com.
So, think about that when you choose a domain name. If it’s a dot-net (or something else) and your site becomes hugely successful, you might need to pay big buckeroos later for the dot-com.
Here’s the link to the article at WebProNews.
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When I started I Help You Blog, I knew that blogging was a collaborative medium and something that would enable people from around the world to share ideas. What I didn’t expect was to actually be able to connect with some many helpful and friendly people, all of whom are willing to help and share ideas. I found that when you really have something worthwhile to write and share with others, people are so appreciative and that just makes me want to keep the blog alive!
I’m writing this post because I really want to plug someone who I think is just an awesome up and coming blogger with really fresh ideas and thoughts! If you like reading my blog, then I know you’ll also like reading what Collis Ta’eed’s has to say. If there is such a thing as a “blogging buddy” then I have to count Collis as my blogging buddy! Luckily for us, Collis writes profusely at eye-candy designed blogs North x East (his personal/problogging blog) and Freelance Switch (which he also blogs with his collaborators Cyan and Jack).
Collis has been one of the people I mentioned above who has been so willing to listen to my ideas and participate in my blogging discussions. I am very thankful for that. His North x East blog has some excellent posts that I often find myself visiting to flush out ideas I have about blogging and making money online. Some of my favorite posts Collis has written include:
Frankly, there are many other posts! I think all of Collis posts at North x East is worthy of a read and many are worthy of a bookmark. Heck, just make sure to add North x East to your RSS reader!
Also, if you haven’t heard about Freelance Switch, you are really missing the boat on the hottest up and coming blog for freelancers! Freelance Switch is just so packed with great posts already even though there are less than 30! Thing is, Collis, Cyan and Jack have really put a great deal of heart and soul into the posts. And it shows. 3,000-plus subscribers in less than 2 weeks!? :shock: They must be doing something right! Do it now and subscribe to Freelance Switch in your RSS reader.
Some of Freelance Switch’s articles I’ve really liked include:
Just to set the record straight, this post was not paid, not sponsored. It is a completely unconditional endorsement of what I believe to be two awesome resources I think my readers would find helpful. And I do walk the walk on this one–I read both North x East and Freelance Switch personally.
Thanks Collis, Cyan and Jack for all your thoughtful contributions! And thanks Collis for letting me bounce ideas off you.
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Sorry this wasn’t posted earlier this past weekend. Here are some awesome “Great Blogging Posts” from loyal readers. In particular, I’d like to point out the great post by Collis and his team over at Freelance Switch with their 101 Essential Freelancing Resources that helped launch the blog and get the site over 2,000 readers in less than two weeks! Simply awesome resource! Now, the site has over 3,000 readers and is less than a month old!
Here are all of the readers this past week who’ve taken me up on my free linkback for a great post offer:
If you want to read more about how Collis and his buddies were able to get over a thousand subscribers in less than two weeks, head over to his most excellent blog North x East for the write up. Just so you know, his 101 list made it to the front page of del.icio.us (link to the bookmark page) and has been bookmarked over three thousand times! Well done Collis and company! Very, very kickass!
As I posted previously, I provide a free linkback so long as you make a Great Post from one of the ones listed on my 101 Great Blogging Ideas list. Complete rules are here.
If you haven’t participated, why not? Here’s your opportunity to motivate yourself to writing a Great Post. There’s 101 ideas on the list so surely everyone must be able to find something on there to write about!
On the other hand, maybe you are just one of those people who like to read about great ideas (like my list of great post ideas) but don’t actually do anything to get involved. If that’s you, I can’t help you until you help yourself.
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Wow! What a crazy two months I’ve had since this blog went online! I’ve met some awesome people both online and offline and have been thrilled with the progress of this blog. I’ve gone from zero subscribers to 100 after one month to over 470 after two months. Thank you to everyone who read my blog!
What kicked things off was my blog post about 101 great blog posting ideas. That brought in a flood of subscribers and visitors who still come in regularly nearly a month after the post. Thanks again for all of you who dugg, stumbled and linked to it; that was very kind.
I also decided to make a change in my offline job. I will be leaving the legal world and joining a bank on the business side. With that should come better hours and more predictability. Anyone who works in New York City as a corporate finance lawyer will know what I mean when I say that sooner or later almost everyone leaves law firm practice because of the unpredictability and the hours.
I started this blog intending to post daily and on a regular basis. This was going pretty well until I stumbled across Frank Schilling’s blog while preparing to do a post about domaining. As I read about this strange little niche, I found myself becoming increasingly captivated by its potential. And over the last two weeks I have been trying to absorb as much knowledge about this industry as possible.
For those of you who have visited my Cell Phone News site, I am in the process of redesigning the template and layout to better take advantage of advertisers who have frequently requested to be featured on the site. Right now, the income on that site is about one-third of what it could be. I’m very excited about the new design and it should be live within a month. It will make an interesting case study on how design can influence revenue for a professional blog.
Finally, I purchased a domain name recently in the four-figure range. I plan to develop a site that I hope will be able to bring in steady revenue and I’m very excited about it. I plan to do a feature post on how I went about researching and picking this particular domain name.
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Thanks Tamar and Collis for tagging me with a meme on why I blog!
I started this blog because, like most bloggers, I had something to share and I wanted to connect with people who had similar interests in blogging and making money on the Internet. I enjoy, as a hobby, creating websites around interests I have. I consider myself moderately successful with search engine optimization and know a fair bit about how to get a site up high in the rankings of Google, Yahoo and MSN. Hopefully, by starting up a blog like this, I will be able to share my thoughts and views on a number of subjects with similar folks!
I’m also hoping to use I Help You Blog as a medium to improve my own blogging as I participate in various online community projects.
Other than that, I hope to meet up with some of you who have so graciously read my blog for the last 2 months!
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