I had to post this, it was just too interesting not to.

Virginia resident Jennifer Thornburg has officially changed her legal name to CutoutDissection.com. When asked why she decided to change her name this was her answer.

“I changed my name in order to raise awareness about the six million animals that are killed for dissection each year. These animals suffer painful deaths and their bodies are then used in labs when computer stimulations, diagrams, or 3D models could be used instead. Cutting up animals in school sends the message to students that an animal’s life is worthless. I don’t think that’s a message teachers should be sending. With so many cheaper, more educational and humane ways to learn, there is no reason for students to be dissecting in high schools today. I hope to raise awareness on this subject, and to cause teachers and students to say no to dissection, and yes to alternative ways to learn anatomy”.

I stumbled upon this article on CNN then followed to the source, click here to read the entire story.

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If your domain was said over the radio, would everyone that heard it be able to spell it out? With over 100 million domain names currently registered, it is becoming increasingly important to focus on the memorability and pronounceability of the domain name in question.

The “radio” or “phone” test is a quick way to test any potential domain name and may save you some additional money and headaches down the road. To administer the test, simply mention your domain to a friend and see how they would spell it out. For example, if you have the domain scheck.com and you mention it to a friend, it could be spelled shek, schek, sheck, etc. Ever wonder why phone numbers on radio commercials are mentioned so many times? It is because they are hard to remember, especially if they contain several different numbers. The same applies to domain names. The easier the name is to spell, the more likely someone will be to type in your domain name on their home computer and visit your website to ultimately convert.
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Last week I had the privilege of interviewing the one and only Rick Schwartz. Rick Schwartz is the founder of T.R.A.F.F.I.C., the events that turn out the who’s who in the domaining industry. Rick either owns or has owned domain names like Candy.com, Property.com, Properties.com, Porno.com, Ass.com, CD.com, Widgets.com, Men.com and many many more HIGH END names.

Just a brief background on Rick.  He has gone from working in the retail furniture business to owning an extremely successful drop ship company.  Rick sold the home based drop ship company in 1998 for over seven figures. Through marketing of his own home based business he realized the importance of domain names and having an online presence. Rick purchased a set of domains for his business and then a set of domains related to the adult industry.  The adult related domains started producing steady income from $25 a day to a couple years later $500 a day.  This at the time was just a hobby. These events and a few others lead up to the day were Rick purchased Porno.com for $42,000, which at that time was unheard of. After Porno.com came Ass.com, eRealEstate.com and Men.com. The rest is history and if your in domaining you know what has come of this.

Q. At the last T.R.A.F.F.I.C. event in Brooklyn NY 250 Rick Schwartz bobbleheads were handed out. Who came up with this idea?
A. I was contacted by Warren Royal who is a domainer that bought Bobbleheads.com and asked me if it was ok to do one of me to promote his new business. I thought it would be fun and agreed to it. They did a really good job and shows the depth domainers have when it comes to business. Warren also recently authored a book and has several other projects going.
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With all the development of MFA, Mini-Sites, and just development of site in general most of us are trying to find ways to pull in that natural traffic. This is very valuable traffic that some people miss out on when they park a domain instead of developing them. I am going to give you some tips on how to get your site in Google SERPs quickly, if done correctly under 24 hours.

#1 Submit to Search Engines
We all know that submitting to search engines can take a long time, but submitting to multiple search engines at once can help get your site crawled by smaller engines. This in return lets Google and the other giants know that your site might be worth looking at. This is not a huge one but may help in the end.
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This news is just over a month old but is new to me.  Talking to a few of my domainer friends this morning they hadn’t heard of this news either.

Shawn Hogan of Digital Point Solutions, Todd Dunning of Kessler’s Flying Circus and Brian Dunning of Thunderwood Holdings are being accused of defrauding eBay in a cookie stuffing scheme that made it appear the defendants should be paid commissions.  eBay claims the defendants created a software program that redirects a user’s computer to eBay’s website without the user knowingly clicking on an eBay link.  Once the cookie is stuffed on the user’s computer any future purchases would award the defendants an affiliate commission.

To read the full story visit CourtHouseNews.com and click here to view a copy of the law suit.

On a personal note I will rarely be using Digital Point Forums.  The only use for me is access to some good designers at very reasonable prices.

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