Wow,

I haven’t exactly kept up my pledge to keep posting. I promise the domainer.com has big things in the pipeline though.

Some of the things I’ve been meaning to post about have just slipped into the past. Things move so quickly in this industry that even something that happened a month ago seems like old news. I attended the big TRAFFIC show in New York a month ago and had a pile of stuff I thought would make great posts. But in retrospect, they seem old. Mostly, the industry is really making strides toward building destination sites on great domains, and obviously, we’re happy to see the trend.

I did get an email recently that I found interesting. Rich McIver publishes a site called “Aviva Directory” (no idea what that means) and tipped me to a post about domain names and relevant US laws. Makes a good read for those who are turning their domain collecting into a full time business.

I also found the email interesting for another reason. I don’t know Rich, but he read the blog and decided to send me a message. I’ve never heard of his site, but noticed his site has a PR6 in Google and that this article now has over 400 votes over at Digg. For all the talk about SEO magic, the real magic isn’t some dark art. It’s hard work. Find people to link to your sites and send them a personalized message. We can all take a lesson from that.