As if I did not have the time to do what I already have going.

Let’s just add more to the menu.

Because I like WordPress so much I have decided to construct another site, DNhopper.com.

DNhopper was concieved utilizing the old southern (perhaps more widespread than that?) for a storage bin – hopper. And, by golly, it fit as a companion site to DNhop.

So, laugh as I struggle to figure out WordPress in a 3 column lay out. Actually, the struggle is not that bad after having spent years inside a Joomla administrator control panel.

I have been approached by several people over the years to help broker names. Well, I am going to do it on DNhopper’s (and DNhop’s) site. A fee will typically be 10% of the selling price. This is, of course, subject to change dependant upon the contacts (potential end users) and the amount of work involve in the personalized contacting of those end users.

And don’t forget…you can follow me on Twitter (DNhop) to see the latest acquisitions and domaining news and newsworthy events. Plus, there are many more great domainers to follow.

I was reminded yesterday about the short comings of mobi. How to monitize.

Perhaps this is not a domainer’s domain. If you are looking to make money by parking a domain, it better not be a dot mobi.

If you are looking for a quick-up way of getting a website on the net and creating an internet presence, this is it.

But when do domainers stop being concerned about money and start connecting with the real world.

Several months ago, perhaps a year or so, I regged the domain name iCPR.mobi. I immediately set out to make a web site to illustrate and provide to all the life saving technique of CPR. Not one before, during, or after the initial reg have I ever been concerned about making money on the site or of the domain. In fact, the site is add free. At the bottom are other beneficial ad-free sites.

The reason for this was due to the creation of a new CPR technique called Hands Only. The reason for the development of this technique is silly and true at the same time. There were studies that related the best survival rates were ones that kept the pump pumping (heart) and not stopping this process with rescue breathing. The other reason was simply because, Ooo…I’m not giving mouth-to-mouth to someone I don’t know.

That is the reality and the long and short of it. Hands Only CPR was developed out of neccesity and essentially saying, Ok, you don’t want to give mouth-to-mouth. Then don’t.

So I created a site that walked and talked anyone through these steps, step-by-step, for giving CPR to adult, child, and infant.

Since the creation, and from tooting my own horn to having a few sites pick this up, I have seen mention of this site in numerous places. That’s good. Everyone should have access to knowing how to do CPR.

I also added a module to make it translate into 13 languages as well as English.

I didn’t stop there. I created iHosp.mobi. This is basically a local locator for hospitals, clinics, doctors and specialists. This is really cool because when I say local, I mean local no matter where you are. NYC, LA, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo…no matter where you are you have access to all the assistance.

Next up was EmergencyGuide.mobi. Someone suffering a heart attack is not the only thing to happen around us. So I created this Emergency guide as a site that includes CPR (icpr.mobi), where to find a clinic or hospital (ihosp.mobi), and added in Poison Control and The CDC. Basically, the only thing missing is the First Aide Kit (Hmm…).

There are two features to point out.

First, because they are .mobi compliant these sites will work equally well and equally fast on any mobile device and on the PC. There is nothing to download and they are free. No subscription necessary. So bookmark them and share them.

Secondly, and most importantly, they are ad free. Let’s face it. We are domainers and we can spot an ad no matter how it is disguised. Guess what. So can’t the rest of the consumer base. If you are sick and tired of looking at ads then rest assured you are not alone.

I did not want any ads simply because with these sites I have nothing to promote except assisting and helping someone in times of need. I did not want any distractions or any interruptions in the flow of communication. The user does not have time to inadvertently click on an ad when their child has swallowed a potentially harmful chemical from under the sink.

Saving a life has no price.

I just want to take a moment to pass on the eternal graditude to an outstanding man.

Dr. Walter Bo recently passed away. He was the father of my next door neighbor.

Dr. Bo, aged 86, worked up until recently as one of the faculty members at Bowman Grey Medical School, Wake Forest University.

His career at Wake began in 1960.

Yes, he taught for 49 years at Wake.

He taught gross anatomy and physiology to interns and medical students. He pioneered ways of instruction and teaching that predates most of the diagnostics we take for granted today. Books that he authored and co-authored 40 years ago are still part of the cirriculums of medical schools across the globe.

Dr. Walter Bo.

Husband, Father, Grandfather, Teacher, Friend.

BoSox.net

10 years old

Accepting offers.

info@ceuq.com

Yesterday morning, shortly after waking up I hit the computer as usual. The coffee was brewing and I had not had a cup yet.

Perhaps it would be best from now on if I would get a cup of coffee or two in me before I look at my emails.

One of the emails was to inquire if a domain I owned was for sale. I don’t like making something up that is not consistent with the list price I have it listed for. The domain is listed on Sedo for $2,000.00.

I thought about the domain for a few seconds and remained steadfast at $2,000. The domain is a good strong Italian generic word.

I responded to the email with the price, thanked the person for the contact, hit send and – WHOA! tried to stop it from going. Instead of $2000 I mistakenly entered $200.

It was a bonehead and honest mistake. I immediately sent a second email apologizing for the error and gave the correct price of $2000.

Within a few minutes I got a response back from the interested party that stated;

Thank you for the quick response.

That’s okay on the correction because I couldn’t figure out how you could justify asking $200 to start with.

I should have felt bad for screwing up the first email but I didn’t after I got this response.

I am thinking to myself, Why would I have to justify this name? Obviously they know what it means or else they would not be interested.

I looked at the original and follow up email I received and did not see anything odd. There was something at the very bottom of the email about the company information, etc.

Then I noticed it.

It is the company’s name.

The company’s name was the same name of the sunject domain name with the word solutions added.

I am beginning to think that this has got to be a joke.

The domain name is one I purchased as expired close to 3 years ago and I believe it was about 3 years old at the time.  So we are looking at a domain that is somewhere between 5-7 years old and is a generic Italian word.

The company is based in England and its core business is exactly what the Italian word refers to. Their business is named (LLLLLLL)Solutions.

Why on earth would I have to justify asking $200.00 let alone $2,000.00? Or, another issue, is I can be expecting a WIPO or UDRP. The shame of it is that is a real possibility. It does not matter if this word is an Italian word or a generic word at all. What matters is  I have it and someone else wants it.

It is not bad faith involved. I speak some Italian, lived in Italy for 2.5 years when I was in the US Air Force, and my wife and I spent nearly three weeks in Italy celebrating our 20th Anniversary. When I saw the word available or would be available, I knew what it meant and I wanted it. The domain is currently parked and has never had anything to do with their company in terms of viewing their products or relating to their products. I have it parked with all Italian terms on it and it looks pretty good. And all the links showing are Italian.

It gets so-so traffic and a few clicks here and there.

The issue with Italian generics is the same thing that is happening to many European languages in dot com…they are losing in popularity to their cc counterparts. Look at what is going on with .de, .es, and how much the .nl or .at market is heating up.

The point is this is an Italian word and the Italians are going more and more for the .it extension. I just happened to have gotten a good Italian word which does not have a big demand for it from the Italians.

I take comfort in not having to justify anything especially when he felt like the $200 was too much.

Somehow I wonder if somewhere down the road this person will mention to someone higher up in the company that he had a change to buy (LLLLLLL).com for $2K but laughed it off.

I like the vision I have of a very busy office suddenly coming to a screeching halt, every one frozen in position, all heads turned around staring at this guy with mouths open, and he says, “What’s everyone looking at?”

MedicareAct.com

Regged in 2004

Huge name in news and will continue to gain media attention.

Medicare Act of 2003 will be revised and revamped.

EyeSearch.com

$3,682.00

TDnam

9 Days Remain

The name of the game is Quality vs. Quantity.

Once we get that junk out of the domain portfolio we finally get down to the quality gems.

I have quickly noticed that this same principal needs to be applied to Twitter.

Make no mistake about it; Twitter is a powerful tool. It is an exceptional tool for making new contacts, learning, and news.

I have seen sites on the internet and people touting their method of success to get 15,000, 25,000, 40,000 followers on twitter. The process usually involves following someone and they reciprocate back by following you.

That is the quantity side of things.

To prove the point of how popular this tool is, late night TV host Jimmy Fallon had an audience member reveal his Twitter user name on air and the number of followers (7). Jimmy requested every one in the studio and TV audience follow this guy.

This kid went from 7 followers to almost 43,000 in less than 2 hours.

What about doing business on Twitter? What would it be like to follow 42,000 people? What if all the people you were following were posting on Twitter? Or even half or a quarter were to post? What if you had to scroll though 42,000, 21,000, 10,000, 5,000 or even 500 tweets to find an answer to a question you posed an hour ago.

If you want to use Twitter as a popularity ranking tool that is perfectly fine and perhaps enjoyable for many people.

Honestly, I have no intention of using twitter as a Mr. Popular barometer. I perceive my time on twitter as an opportunity to create and educate. That works both ways for me. I can either learn new creative skills and tips as I learn Wordpress. Or I can offer my creative skills or knowledge of advertising. I want to be able to offer relevant content (quality) over simply tweeting every blessed thing I do (quantity). I am convinced that there is not a living soul out there in twitterverse that really cares about all the nuances of my day or a minute-by-minute play of what I am doing. This may come as a shock to many, but I really do not care about you standing at the gas pump filling up your car.

As a courtesy, I have responded to the notice of someone following me by following them back. Oh, brother…what some mistakes those have been. I hate to do it but I am going to have to unfollow (remove) myself from some of my own followers. To illustrate this point, I am on a couple other twitter accounts involving other interests and professions. Honestly, one girl posted 28 tweets in an hour. None were directed at anyone, none were of any import, and all were seemingly space filler. It was as if she enjoyed seeing her own words. And if that was not harmless enough, she DM’d me to ask a question. I honestly thought I was inside the mind of a bi-polar person and it was evident.

I do not want twitter to be like many of the forums that have lost the focus of what the forum was for. Nor do I want my Twitter account to end up being someone’s personal chat room. I want my Twitter time to be quality Twitter time. I want quality in who I follow for their content. It is not important if they follow me back. I want to seek out those that are leaders in their field, specialty, occupation, and opinions. That is what following is all about. I want read and post tweets that are enjoyable to read.

I appreciate every individual person or entity that follows me.

Honestly, there are not 42,000 people alive that I am interested in following.

And I am not going to follow 42,000 twits so I can brag about having 39,000 followers.

I read somewhere about these bragging rights and this was a popularity contest. The answer about having to deal with thousands of tweets on their page was to ignore them.

If I have to ignore my followers and those I follow, then I’ll just ignore Twitter.

Nicki.com

TDnam. 9 Days remain, currently at $903.00

Very popular women’s nickname.

Kope.com

Currently $5,555.00

TDnam, 9 Days, 15 hours remain.

Definitely one of the better CVCV to some up recently.