2007 is shaping up to be the year that domain name pioneers discovered blogging. Blogs and newsletters about domain names have been around for years, but big name domainers have taken to blogging recently. Guys like Frank Schilling, Sahar Sarid and even the self-proclaimed (hey, I’m not going to dispute the title) Domain King himself, Rick Schwartz, have done what millions of bloggers before them have done: Opened up a free or cheap blogging account and started shooting their mouths off.

While some blogging vets might dismiss this news with a “big deal!” and turn their attention back to their individual publications, I see it as a pretty big development. In my experience, there’s a pretty wide gulf of understanding between domainers and bloggers. Domainers I’ve talked to tended to see blogs, bloggers, and by extension, blogging as a whole as a pile of hype and a large waste of time. Having big-name domainers blogging should go a long way toward combating that notion. Not only will domainers at large think “Well, Frank and Rick are doing it, so there must be something to this blog thing after all.” But more domainers will start blogging and begin to realize what a powerful communication and marketing tool blogs really are.

As well, the more domainers blogging will mean that the blogging community at large will better understand domains, domainers and domaining and realize what a powerful force domainers really are. They’ll be a little more hesitant to throw around the “Cybersquatter” label when they realize how much work and thought goes into success in the domain business.

Hopefully, they’ll also realize that domainers control a ton of traffic and some original ideas and products will begin to surface which try to harness the power of domains and blogs together, instead of dismissing each other as a bunch of “squatters” or “whiners” respectively.

Products like ours perhaps? Food for thought… Keep those posts coming guys.