| 10th Worst Domainer Practice |
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| Written by Bret Fausett | |
| Monday, 06 August 2007 | |
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Let's be honest: in polite company you never introduce yourself as a "domainer." It's like introducing yourself as a "slumlord" or "pimp"...and it's just one half-step above "lawyer" for goodness sakes. No, I'm sure your business cards say that you're in some kind of Internet "real estate" business, and your spouse has told your inlaws that you work for "an Internet start-up." The truth -- that you've squandered your life savings on thousands of domain names that you're spending hours a day trying to monetize with Internet traffic -- is just too weird, pathetic or frightening for most common folk. "Ah, you're that &*%$# Orbitz pop up guy that grabs my browser every day," they'd say, if they knew the truth. We're not popular. So let's start shaping ourselves up, shall we? A review of domainers' worst practices is as good a place to start as any. So here, one at a time, in a series, are the ten worst domainer practices. 10. Meaningless Links 
Whenever you add a link to your sites, make sure it's a meaningful link. Make sure your site is relevant to what a user on the other page might be seeking. This means you have to let inbound traffic build organically, without the shortcut of carpet bombing the Internet with your link. Site operators don't appreciate it when you add a meaningless link to their site. And the search engines don't fall for them either. Good SEO experts know this, but many new domainers, who do their own SEO themselves, don't. Some people call this practice "blogspam." Whatever it is, it's just plain annoying. So now that you know the truth, stop it. You're making a pest of yourself.
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Comments (3)
  written by Wael, August 22, 2007
I tell people I'm a web designer. The problem then is that half of them want to hire me to develop a website. Maybe I ought to hook up with a real web design firm and get a commission.
 written by Tia Wood, November 30, 2007
Wael, I'm also a web designer and it's been fun throughout the years using a "correct title" that 1) explains people what I do in one quick, easy word 2) doesn't invoke millions of time wasting questions 3) doesn't open myself for unprofitable and tire kicking work. Lately, I just say I'm a "graphic designer". Usually that's enough. If they push further I don't mind explaining what domaining is. But from the web design perspective, I just got tired of explaining myself through the years.
 written by ADAC, December 29, 2008
Pretty funny that this post is one of the few on your site that isn't filled with blog spam. Maybe spammers do read!..... Nah, I think it's just that this is a low PR page
 Unfortunately, the same mentality goes with blog spammers as with those guys that fill up your mailbox with ads you don't want, or pester you on the phone even when you just hang up on them. When you blast it out to enough people, someone will take it. Email and blog spam is cheap, it only takes time and there are people out there with a lot of it. By the way, I've got a great deal on a "XJ800 vacuum cleaner" if you want one  Write comment
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