Comments on: Eeeawww! http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/ Sharing lessons learned in business and online marketing Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Javier http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-11334 Javier Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:23:52 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-11334 What do you think about dotted domains? I see you're using some like these for your tattoo sites. I'm asking because sometimes I find a really nice keywords that's getting a decent amount of searches but the domain is already taken. How do you decide when to go with a dotted domain? Maybe checking if the competition is not so big for that niche or do you use another measure? Javier's last blog post..<a href="http://www.gomotorscooter.com/it-is-hard-not-to-love-motorized-scooters-2/">It Is Hard Not to Love Motorized Scooters</a> What do you think about dotted domains? I see you’re using some like these for your tattoo sites.

I’m asking because sometimes I find a really nice keywords that’s getting a decent amount of searches but the domain is already taken.

How do you decide when to go with a dotted domain? Maybe checking if the competition is not so big for that niche or do you use another measure?

Javier’s last blog post..It Is Hard Not to Love Motorized Scooters

]]> By: Scott http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10966 Scott Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:33:05 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10966 Around £50k Around £50k

]]> By: Engin http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10961 Engin Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:42:20 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10961 How much money you spend for domain buying, in 1 year? Just wondered :) Good job. How much money you spend for domain buying, in 1 year?
Just wondered :)

Good job.

]]> By: James http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10846 James Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:57:07 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10846 Tool you are using to check out search volumes? Tool you are using to check out search volumes?

]]> By: Charles http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10824 Charles Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:23:02 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10824 Oh man, I think we've all been there. You get really excited and caught up in the moment and lose your head for a second. I know I've done it too. These days I always Google around and search all the forums first to see who's owned it and perhaps even how much the current owner paid if it was bought in the last few years. Oh man, I think we’ve all been there. You get really excited and caught up in the moment and lose your head for a second.

I know I’ve done it too. These days I always Google around and search all the forums first to see who’s owned it and perhaps even how much the current owner paid if it was bought in the last few years.

]]> By: Chris http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10814 Chris Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:36:47 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10814 Just goes to show what happens when you try and sell on forums etc. So many times decent domains never seem to sell. Guess it means if you can't sell via a large public forum all is not lost! Chris's last blog post..<a href="http://www.jackjonesnetwork.com/2008/11/12/blogspot-users-do-yourself-a-favour/">First Post: Blogspot Users Do Yourself A Favour!</a> Just goes to show what happens when you try and sell on forums etc. So many times decent domains never seem to sell. Guess it means if you can’t sell via a large public forum all is not lost!

Chris’s last blog post..First Post: Blogspot Users Do Yourself A Favour!

]]> By: Jamie http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10809 Jamie Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:32:00 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10809 The interesting things is that the aeiou.com website is itself run off of wordpress! I know the fealing re your caravan domain Scott, I did something very similar a couple fo weeks ago. The interesting things is that the aeiou.com website is itself run off of wordpress!

I know the fealing re your caravan domain Scott, I did something very similar a couple fo weeks ago.

]]> By: Justin Cook http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10808 Justin Cook Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:33:30 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10808 Regardless of the over-spend, I find it interesting that you were willing to spend that kind of coin on it simply because it had high search volume. This is a bit of a lesson for me. PS - love the dating ads on the right of the site... Regardless of the over-spend, I find it interesting that you were willing to spend that kind of coin on it simply because it had high search volume. This is a bit of a lesson for me.
PS – love the dating ads on the right of the site…

]]> By: Scott http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10807 Scott Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:25:24 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10807 Thanks Nigel, caravans are seasonal and people may be selling up at the end of the season which we are at here now or looking for a bargain, my numbers are from a few weeks ago and they do seem to fluctuate, certainly more a UK term by the looks of it. Thanks Nigel, caravans are seasonal and people may be selling up at the end of the season which we are at here now or looking for a bargain, my numbers are from a few weeks ago and they do seem to fluctuate, certainly more a UK term by the looks of it.

]]> By: Nigel http://selfmademinds.com/200811/eeeawww/comment-page-1/#comment-10806 Nigel Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:21:48 +0000 http://selfmademinds.com/?p=969#comment-10806 Scott, kudos for having the guts to post about the downside. You don't see many folks admitting to their mistakes. I just did some research with the keyword tool and found some curious results. I've wondered about how to get UK specific search results in the past, but never did enough digging to answer the question. I just took another look and "touring caravan" only shows 2400 avg searches. I'm in the US, so it makes sense that these would be US-centric results (caravans are called RVs over here). Then I noticed a not so obvious edit link allowing me to change language and country for the results. So I change it to UK and it shows 550,000 avg searches $1.13 est avg CPC. That's a lot more than you're seeing ("touring caravans" has 673,000). Any idea what might cause the discrepancy? Scott, kudos for having the guts to post about the downside. You don’t see many folks admitting to their mistakes.

I just did some research with the keyword tool and found some curious results. I’ve wondered about how to get UK specific search results in the past, but never did enough digging to answer the question. I just took another look and “touring caravan” only shows 2400 avg searches. I’m in the US, so it makes sense that these would be US-centric results (caravans are called RVs over here). Then I noticed a not so obvious edit link allowing me to change language and country for the results. So I change it to UK and it shows 550,000 avg searches $1.13 est avg CPC. That’s a lot more than you’re seeing (”touring caravans” has 673,000). Any idea what might cause the discrepancy?

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