Friday 29 June 2007

ShackPrices rebranding as Estately

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http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/06/estately-vs-shackprices/
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Estately vs ShackPrices
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ShackPrices rebranding as Estately
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June 29th, 2007 by Jay Westerdal
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The value of a good name is everything.
When I first met Galen Ward he told me he had started a small web 2.0 startup called Shack Prices.com.
My first thought was,
What an Odd name, Does his company give prices for run down houses?”.
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ShackPrices gives the prices for [may_b-----nearly]all kinds of houses e.t.c.
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The trouble with starting a Web 2.0 startup is that the technology should come first
but when it comes to a name or brand they should not settle for whatever is left unregistered.
I reviewed ShackPrices and I saw that the interface and functionality was very impressive.
Clearly this will be a good company but it is suffering from what us domainers call
“Web 2.0 Naming Disease”.
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Look at the case of Flickr.com. They choose a name that had a missing “E” and the owner of Flicker.com is now reporting that they receive 150K visitors a month now and they just turning down an offer for $700,000. Had Flickr been smart they could have bought the generic Flicker.com domain name for $15,000 to $25,000 a few years ago and now there is a auction that is exceeding $700,000.
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To replace ShackPrices, one of Galen’s choices was Estately.com.
The owner of the name only wanted a few thousand for the domain
and I told Galen that he was actually getting a
steal.
[[[[[[[[[
sorry , My Dear Sir Jay ,
@
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=estate-ly
dictionary.reference.com or dictionary.com the metacrawler-like dictionarysite
said
`` No results found for estately. ''
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@
http://www.onelook.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofindf.cgi?word=estately
onelook.com did also say
`` Sorry, no dictionaries indexed in the selected category contain the word estately ''
with 'the configuaration preset @ ```` Search all dictionaries """""
onelook.com's the even-more-metacrawler-like dictionarysite
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[[[[[[[[[ but ,
please dont get me wrong , my 3-penny's that : :::::
should such a ````Estately''''' term have commanded out such an eye-screaming 4-figures price ,
then ,
may b[be] i having n'o[no] need2suggest that : :
a 1word-the-dictionary's-word.com should also b[be] able2command
a correspondingly decent price
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A one word domain name that is short and sweet are a total steal
if you can get them for under $10,000.
Upon announcing the name change
this two man company has gotten calls from three VC firms.
The brand is everything,
as ShackPrices they had great technology but their name held them back.
Galen pointed out,
real estate professionals are hyper focused on reputation and
he was getting mixed reviews with the old name. The offline feedback that he was getting suggested people were either negatively polarized with the ShackPrices name or thought the name was fine.
Now the feedback is overwhelmingly positive.
[[[[[[[[[ ``Now'' with Estately this brand
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Great Brand plus Great Technology and I predict this will be a good thing.
Galen is lucky,
Aussie.com, recently completed the acquisition of the domain name Hot Property.com for $120,000.
I think the the Estately.com domain is a great brand
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`` for companies that spend millions on advertising already, they should seriously consider a nice generic domain ''

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http://frankschilling.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/web_20_sparkle_.html

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Yes I agree
for companies that spend millions on advertising already,
they should seriously consider a nice generic domain,

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Posted by: Salman April 11, 2007 at 04:42 PM

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`` only Madonna can afford this name[[Madonna.com]] ''

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http://blog.hakia.com/?p=117
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Credibility Versus Popularity

June 29th, 2007 by Dr. Riza C Berkan, CEO

When we state that hakia is currently analyzing Web pages to rank them by semantic methods and credibility criteria, many people are asking,
what is “credibility” of a Web page, and
how can it better than “popularity''

In a nut-shell,
I can tell you right off the bat
that credibility is the real thing,
and popularity is an approximation (cheap immitation) for credibility.
Let’s walk through some cases to make this point clearer.

Case-1: Domain name
Let’s take the query “madonna”.
Obviously
the most credible site is
Madonna’s official Web site,
madonna.com.
Thanks to the fiercely competed market for Web names,
only Madonna can afford this name
Thus,
the very first criteria for credibility is the domain
and how well that domain is controlled.
For example,
domains like .mil, .gov are totally controlled for official announcements,
thus it is very unlikely to see junk content.

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" The very first criteria for credibility [[in-eyes-o'-those-S.E.]] is the domain "

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http://benbarren.blogspot.com/2007/06/hakia-decade-old-exotic-popularity.html

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Friday, June 29, 2007

Hakia :
"The decade-old exotic popularity methods to rank a Web page are increasingly becoming obsolete."

Hakia + Powerset are the post google, post ph'd 8 digit funded search players.

While little is disclosed in public forums, this post from
Hakia CEO is interesting on prioritisation of search sources :
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http://blog.hakia.com/?p=117
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"The decade-old exotic popularity methods to rank a Web page are increasingly becoming obsolete.
The next generation search systems will definitely not need these approaches any longer
due to the improvements in content analysis, and
due to the availability of crediblity measurements.
With the same token, manipulating search results will become much more difficult by artificial means."

Case-1: Domain name :
"The very first criteria for credibility is the domain
and how well that domain is controlled."
[[[[[[[[[ 'the edittor notes : :::::
'the google's reason may b[be] that : :
4example[for-example] ,
let's assume ,
Mr John McCain buy up our Hairy
for USD1,000,000
for a site 2b[to-be] the central portal
for any1 who want 2b[to-be] hairy or to look like hairy ,
thence ,
Mr John McCain must do all his best to put the best+relevantest
contents e.t.c.
in2[into] Hairy
in order to earn back $$$$
a.s.a.p.[as-soon-as-possible] +
a.m.a.p.[as-much-as-possible] ,
otherwise ,
he might b[be] starved of not possessing enough working capital or
he might b[be] kicked out of 'the board of directors e.t.c.
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The Rise of Numeric Domains

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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/57781.html?u=OnSpec&p=ENNSS_d1412392d83541ba9d3d0268769ad65a
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EXPERT ADVICE

The Rise of Numeric Domains

By Scott Smith
TechNewsWorld
06/12/07 4:00 AM PT
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Hairy[.com] can b[be] made as Fark e.t.c.

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Hairy's 1 of our prime properties ,
Hairy's audience is something like to that of Fark e.t.c.
i.e.
Hairy can b[be] made in2[into] something like Fark
[[[[or-somewhere-in-'the-niche-kind]]]]] ,

although ````hairy""""" the word may have some ad-ult[adult] sense ,
but , so do ``fark'' 2[too]
http://www.reference.com/search?q=FARK
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>> The term “farking” was originally intended as a euphemism
>> for the verb,
>>“fuck”.
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fark
>>English
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>>Etymology
>>Presumably a phonetic spelling of fuck pronounced slowly.
>>
>>Interjection
>>fark
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>>(Australian English) (euphemism) (vulgar) Fuck, as interjection of surprise, etc.
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>>Usage notes
>>Only very slightly less offensive than fuck itself.

our 3-penny's that : :::::
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should ````Fark''''' such an offensive word b[be] in fact accepted in
the mainstreams media ,
then ,
ynot[why-not]

````Hairy"""""
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indeed
indeep ,
````hairy""""" the word itself is innocent ,
@
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hairy ,
all dictionnaries o'[of] grand brand there do say n1[n'one//none]
ad-ult[adult] meaning for the word
````hairy"""""

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if ....
any1 were2haggle down the price of Hairy 4[for] reason
that word ````hairy""""" contains some ad-ult[adult] sense ,
then ,
please , do also the same treat//trick 2[to] Author , [[4example[for-example]]]
because : :::::
http://www.addictions.org/slang.htm#M
>>>> * AUTHOR: Doctor who writes illegal prescriptions
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many other innocent//innocentest words do also have some obscene senses ,
including even ````SACRAMENT"""""
http://www.onelook.com/?w=SACRAMENT&ls=b#all_slang
or even ````HEAVEN"""""
http://www.onelook.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofindf.cgi?word=heaven#all_slang
or even ````GOD""""" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.onelook.com/?w=god&ls=b#all_slang ,
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especially
expecially in the case of ````GOD""""" : :
http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/French.1.html#so60
>>>> god (e) dildo
so
could ye say any bad thing about the price o'[of]
GOD
just because the word o'[of] GOD 's[has] certain
dildo-like;--^)) meaning
?????????

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this ideal idea's being elaborated , more in the pipe n[and] comin'[coming],
anyway , ThANKye 4[for] your any attention , sorry4inconveniency ,
2w

A case study by a legacy seo-master 4Y[for-why] Vintage domains , doMain like thy wives , older gooder ,;--^),

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sorry for quoting in almost all contents o'[of]
http://www.domainsfortraffic.com/infocenter.html
because : :
this dissertationnal
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List of Contents

Why Vintage Domains?
How Do You Do It?
Why Categorize?
Leveraging Vintage Domains – Case Study: PoetryPortal

Why Vintage Domains?

What you should know when deciding on where and what to buy in terms of domains is
the fact that
established domains can wield considerably more clout in terms of search engine rankings than pristine entities.

Of course, as a rule, a domain's most important feature is the name itself. However, beyond mere naming some additional critical – but often overlooked – factors come into play.
Choosing vintage domains for your web properties rather than registering them from scratch
can dramatically increase your marketing clout because they will aid you in:
* building customer trust and confidence;
* capitalizing on existing incoming links;
* boosting your search engine rankings.

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How Do You Do It? The reason we can do it this way
– and at such incredibly low fees
– is simple:
We're not domainers and don't want to be!
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have u the domainsForTraffic thought that
its[it's] easy2become a successful domainer ????
sorry ,
if u'rnt[you-are-not] hardworking enough @ domaining ,
then more-often-than-not u'd [you-would] rather become
the SUCcessful domainer ;--^)),
sorry ,
all just4joke , n'one[none] humiliation intended ,
thanking for your understanding
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Why Categorize?

These days,
search engine optimization isn't merely about stuffing plenty of keywords and synonyms onto your web pages.
Information retrieval technology (IRT) and Computational Linguistics (CL) have come a long way
in determining any given text's content
even without significant keyword densities to inform the process.

Some cues in point are Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) and Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI), Theme Vector Analysis and diverse spam detection patents registered by Google, Yahoo! and MSN staff, etc.
– technologies and algorithms we cannot cover here in any depth.

To cut a long story short:
The more focused your web sites are,
The better in terms of achievable search engine rankings.
Of course, in actual reality, it's a whole lot more complicated than that,
but as an overall rule of thumb you'll be well advised to
keep a very tight ship regarding what you're featuring on whichever sites of yours.

E.g.
if you're promoting both Caribbean cruise discounts and sports memorabilia,
be sure to keep them on separately focused web sites
– and take care to assign the appropriate domain names to each.
Whether this is actually better for your marketing in itself may be subject to debate,
but it's certainly a lot more powerful in regards to search engine positioning.

To this day,
having relevant keywords in your domain names
can help you
get your sites indexed and ranked faster and better.
No, it's no magic bullet for all your ranking aspirations
– but
it certainly can considerably help the search engines
in determining what your site is about in the first place.
And obviously, anything that helps the search engines will be yours to leverage!

So in an ideal world you'll
1) purchase a relevant domain with a
2) vintage status and
3) build an equally relevant web site on it
with lots of good, unique and targeted content to achieve best results.

And while we cannot do the latter for you, we can indeed help you cover factors #1 and #2 in this equation!

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Leveraging Vintage Domains – Case Study: Poetry Portal

Date of report: 2005-05-14

Website: PoetryPortal.net

Domain registered on: 2005-05-03

Proxied: Yes

Recommended for:
Blog + Books + Education + Entertainment + Fantasy + Generic + Lexical + Social + Vintage

Pre-launch policy:
Following registration, domain was kept live with a generic
“Welcome to poetryportal.net” index page sans outgoing or internal links, navigation, etc.
No further content was deployed before final launch.

Website launch:
The website proper was launched as a Wordpress blog on 2007-05-02.
Average number of postings was appr. 10 per day.

Link building: Link building commenced on 2007-05-08 as follows –

2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 3 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 2 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-08 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-09 – 1 link from PR 1 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 5 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-10 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-11 – 1 link from PR 3 site
2007-05-11 – 1 link from PR 5 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 4 site
2007-05-12 – 1 link from PR 5 site

In aggregate:
PR5: 4 link(s) (28.57%)
PR4: 7 link(s) (50.00%)
PR3: 2 link(s) (14.29%)
PR2: 1 link(s) (7.14%)

Link building was temporarily suspended from 2007-05-13.

Note:
These were dynamic links placed entirely on weblogs.
I.e. they did not stay in static mode on the respective blogs' index pages but were pushed down and off onto the next archive page as fresh postings by other parties were consecutively uploaded.

This implies that the links alone cannot be held responsible for the ranking results listed below
as
[[[[[[[[[because]]]]]]]]]
their respective PR bleeding value
a) was shared by 9 other, competing links per index page, and
b) was in effect only temporarily until the posting including the link had been pushed into the archive.

PageRank™ (index page): PR 0 per 2007-05-14

Rankings per: 2007-05-14
(all search terms/keywords without quotes)

Days since launch: 12

Google
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry portal
– pos. #1 + #2 out of appr. 1,160,000.
See screenshot here.

Search phrase + ranking: poetry portal
– pos. #5 out of appr. 1,530,000.
See screenshot here.

Search phrase + ranking: cash poetry contest
– pos. #9 out of appr. 1,090,000.
See screenshot here.

Search phrase + ranking: hard cash poetry contest
– pos. #1 + #2 out of appr. 1,150,000.
See screenshot here.

Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry contest
– pos. #1 out of appr. 1,080,000.
See screenshot here.

Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry
– pos. #26 out of appr. 11,200,000.
See screenshot here.

Note:
At the time of this analysis, Google had indexed a total of only 22 pages (out of 133) of the website.

Yahoo!
Search phrase + ranking: contemporary poetry portal
– pos. #7 out of appr. 556,000.
See screenshot here.

Search phrase + ranking: poetry portal
– pos. #37 out of appr. 4,500,000.
See screenshot here.

Search phrase + ranking: hard cash poetry contest
– pos. #12 out of appr. 714,000.
See screenshot here.

Note:
Seeing that Yahoo! had only indexed 4 pages (out of 133) of this website at the time of this checkup, the above results can positively be rated “good/above average”.

Conclusion:
The above results seem to confirm
the commonly held view in the SEO community that,
all other factors being equal,
vintage domains indeed enjoy a significant advantage
in terms of pushing rankings.
At time of writing there is no “sandbox effect” whatever discernible.

While the documented search phrases cannot be rated as “extremely competitive” by today's standards,
their actual degree of competitetiveness is far from trivial either.
Moreover,
the sheer speed (less than two weeks!)
with which these results were achieved is quite dramatic.

This clearly demonstrates
the value of opting for our traffic pulling vintage domains
to leverage all your search marketing efforts!

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DomainsForTraffic.com.
Domains For Traffic™ is the trademark of fantomaster.com GmbH.
All rights reserved.

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the fantomaster 's been being the SEO profesion depuis 199x ,
sorry cant recall 'the ex-act date , ThANKye
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'' take the money you saved and buy yourself a good domain name! ''

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meine[German:my] eigene[German:own] Meinung-ne[German:opinion] regarding
my My Dear Sir GenericDoMainer's
http://genericdomainer.com/2007/06/28/iphone-or-just-idumb/
> I have a great idea for the iphone “iMustHaveNow” folks,
> go home, wait 3 months for prices to drop,
> take the money you saved
> and buy yourself a good domain name!
this gist its[it's] really very ......... o k u have known it ;--^),
ye should post this very post @7mile ,
me-seems ,
My Dear Sir Frank Schilling will-n-WILL
like your good post oyes realy very good post

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a good domain
indeed
indeep
any domain 's4ever[is-for-ever] ,
but ,
iphone e.t.c. 's not
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;--^),2w