You heard it here first, check your page rank!!!

I would say this comes to us all as a big surprise.  The last page rank update was only about six weeks ago on August 5th.  I discovered this purely by luck.  I happen to have the Goggle tool bar with page rank checker and when I pulled up this site I found an increase.  I then checked a few of my other sites to confirm and some have gained and some of lost.

I am pleased to say that this very site, DNKitchen.com which started out as a PR0 roughly two months ago has now been updated to a PR2.  Thank you to my readers and everyone who has linked back to me.

Let me also be the first to say SORRY to those of you who have lost page rank.  I have one site that went from a PR2 down to a PR0.  That is ok because it is my fault.  If you have a page ranked domain and do not develop or let is sit unchanged this will happen.

Oh and check again in the morning for those that have not changed.  I am sure they can’t get all the PR’s updated that fast.

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This was just too funny yet genius not to share. I think by now everyone knows Rick Schwartz for his high end domain sales, T.R.A.F.F.I.C events and countless other things he has done for the domain industry.

But did you know he was a marketing genius?

I do not have the full story on how these came about. It could have been Ricks idea or a marketing plot from Bobbleheads.com. Whomever thought of it, I love it. Bobbleheads were handed out to 250 of the event attendees. They also have another 250 for sale at Bobbleheads.com just in case you want to buy one for $22.95.  Get one now if you want, this is a  limited edition of only 500 and 250 were already given out.

Who knows, maybe I will create a domain chef for myself. 

Sarcasm Warning!!!
I am not referring to Rick Schwartz in the title but his bobblehead.
Sources for this article are DomainWeek.com and Bobbleheads.com.

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This week I made a few improvements to the site. The main improvement was the new fancy menu bar with drop downs. This will make navigation to our links and sponsors a lot easier.

Another feature that I am really excited about is at the top of the site. You will notice domain names for sale flashing below our tag line. The basic idea is you pay $5 to list a single domain above the menu bar for one full month. If someone wishes to buy that domain they will simply click and it will be directed to your email address with the domain listed in the subject field. That is it, simple enough and you pay ZERO commission for the sale. Take advantage of this program in the beginning, like all things the price will increase.

I promise this, it will only be a matter of time before you see this on other sites. I have only seen a similar feature like this on one other site.

Lastly the banners are now on a rotation script. This will allow our sponsors the maximum amount of coverage and visibility.

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SmashFactory.com, Bidjit.com and Escrow.com are teaming up to hold a 3 day online domain name auction in which part of the proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This auction is a wonderful way for domainers to be able to “give back“. There is a 15% auction fee, of that auction fee 10% will be directly submitted to the Make-A-Wish Foundation by Escrow.com. The remaining 5% will cover any auction and escrow fees.

If you wish to sell a domain name it must be submitted to SmashFactory.com before September 15th.

Our parent company DomainSubway.com will not only be submitting a few domain names for auction but will definitely be buying a few as well.

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This just posted on Conceptualist.com which is the blog of Shara Sarid, owner of Bido.com.

“We gave it another shot today but still had major tech issues. We believe the right thing to do now is to spend time figuring out the issues and come back when we are ready. It may be few days, weeks, months, none of us really knows.”

I think this is a great approach from the Bido team. They have created an amazing auction site but now need to catch up to it’s traffic. This is just a small step back, but as the saying goes “one step back, two steps forward”. I am sure Bido will be back in no time, stronger than before.

After writing this post I went to Bido.com again, it seems that even though the site was down they are reporting the sale of FixedLoans.com for $5,281. If this is true that means the seller lost money. As reported in a previous blog post the domain was purchased at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C auction for $10,000.

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