Want to know why these domains sold for so much? To help fill in some of the gaps you may find yourself facing when looking at the "domains that sold at auction" recently, where you see some absolutely garbage-looking domain names selling for an ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
SEO metrics in GoDaddy’s auction dashboard explained
· Expired DomainsHow can you use search metrics in GoDaddy Auctions. Domains with SEO have become so valuable to platforms that serve up expiring domains that a few of the big players have started to integrate SEO metrics into their dashboards. Namecheap got there ... Continue Reading1 Comment
These domain auctions are heating up for non-traditional reasons
· Expired DomainsHow much would you pay for these domains if you didn't know the backstory? Looking ahead at the next 5-10 days, there are some domains of non-traditional value headed to your favorite expired domain auction platform. To help you get ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Newfold Digital acquires WordPress SEO plugin Yoast
· ServicesWeb presence company adds SEO capabilities and 12 million users. Newfold Digital, the company that owns Network Solutions, Register.com, BlueHost, Domain.com and other web presence brands, has acquired Yoast. Yoast makes the de facto search ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Google discusses using expired domains for backlinks and SEO
· Expired DomainsThe company doesn't want people to game the system but doesn't want to wrongly penalize a domain, either. When you see an expired domain auction for a crappy domain reaching stratospheric levels, you can be that people are bidding on it because it ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Rand Fishkin on domains and SEO – DNW Podcast #302
· PodcastsThe founder of Moz, and now SparkToro, discusses the history of domains and SEO. My guest this week is Rand Fishkin. Rand founded SEO company Moz and his latest startup is audience analytics company SparkToro. On today's show, we discuss the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign gets patent for showing contextually-relevant domain names in SERPs
· Policy & LawIt's a neat idea that will never be adopted by large search engines. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent #10,764,245 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for "Domain name determination". The idea behind the patent is that a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
How to clean up bad links on your website
· UncategorizedIt's not an easy process. Domain Name Wire is 15 years old and has over 12,000 posts. With so many posts, and so many of them years old, it makes sense that a lot of links included in posts are no longer valid. Services I've written about have ... Continue Reading3 Comments
SEO from Expired Domains – DNW Podcast #258
· PodcastsHow to leverage the search engine value of expired domains. Building links and authority for a new website is hard but there’s a way to skip a lot of the work. Today’s guest, Sean Markey, explains how to find expired domains and turn them into ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Google adds Discover data to Search Console
· UncategorizedWebsite owners can now see how much traffic they get from Discover. Google has added data from Google Discover to its Search Console. This means website owners can now see how much traffic they are getting from Discover. Discover is essentially ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
