Bill Hartzer

JULY 28, 2009

A friend recently asked me about a domain name he was thinking of buying. He mentioned that one of the websites he owns and has developed is the name of a city: and he noticed that there is a ‘related’ domain name that is for sale. Here is how to evaluate an expired domain name for “SEO Value&#.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 13, 2011

3M Corporation has filed a trademark infringement and anti-cybersquatting lawsuit over domain names that appear to be similar or confusingly similar to their own trademark. I mean, really–take a look at all of the domain names and companies that 3M is suing. Share this on Reddit. Case Number: 1:2011cv00627.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Today, I feel honored to have been asked to participate in my first-ever Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). I’ve just kicked it off on the “Big SEO” section of Reddit, and welcome you to come ask me anything: [link]. Previous Big SEO Reddit AMAs: [link]. Related posts: Big Reddit Changes Coming? Fili Wiese.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 16, 2009

I gave a domain name back to its former owner. The former owner called me on the phone, told me that the domain name I bought several years ago at a Godaddy TDNAM domain name auction, was their former family-owned website. There are real people out there who forget to renew their domain names.

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Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Do you want to own the trademark and domain name of a former search engine? The trademark and domain name of Infoseek , a search engine originally founded in 1994 by Steve Kirsch and the first search engine to sell advertising on a CPM (Cost Per Thousand Impressions) basis, will be put up for auction on December 8, 2010.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 28, 2010

Technically speaking, Whois is is a query/response protocol which is widely used for querying an official database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. There are several things that you need to take a look at on the domain name’s whois record.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 3, 2011

Officially starting on 12 January 2011, DENIC is releasing nine highly-prized domain names on a first come, first served basis: dw.de. These domain names will be available for registration, your application must be done via fax (facsimile) machine. Share this on Reddit. The only caveat? My best guess?

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 9, 2009

And when it comes to driving more traffic to your website later on, if you have chosen the right domain name then you will have a huge advantage over your competitors. , I’m the guest speaker on July 9, 2009 at Bido.com in their online chat area, come by and we can chat one on one about domain names and SEO.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently received an email from Duane Long asking a question about redirecting a domain name that he had recently purchased. He is trying to redirect the domain name so that he can get the proper link credit; so that the links from the domain name he bought is credited to his current, live website.

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Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Snapnames, an aftermarket domain name auction service, has reportedly discovered that a rogue employee set up an account and bid against other bidders. Specific domain name registration policies for employees. Also, my buddy Chef Patrick also is talking about the Snapnames domain name scandal here.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 26, 2020

Join Facebook groups, forums, Reddit, Quora, wherever they are, then look and listen for the most common issues. Pick A Domain Name. It’s unnecessary to use a domain name that has an obvious connection to your niche. Most bloggers use their name, but if you can add relevancy after your name, all the better.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 16, 2011

As you may or may not know, I usually monitor the domain name purchases of some of the major online retailers and web properties. Certain domain name purchases catch my eye, and I try to post about it when something noteworthy is in the works. Share this on Reddit. GetOnlineOregon.com. GetOnlinePennsylvania.com.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 11, 2014

Never Use a Hyphenated Domain for Your Website – This post actually started because someone did a test with hyphenated domain names and figured out that they don’t rank as well. I don’t necessarily totally agree with this, but it’s interesting to view hyphenated domains differently.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 8, 2011

AOL does not normally purchase a whole heck of a lot of domain names on a regular basis. In fact, from what I can tell, it’s been a while since AOL has purchased any new domain names. AOL has recently purchased the following domain names: aoltechguru.biz. Share this on Reddit. aoltechguru.com.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 2, 2023

In the past, I had built a couple of businesses off of Facebook private groups and Reddit by posting valuable content and funneling traffic to my landing pages, so I decided to take the same path with this. Facebook isn’t as popular as it used to be, so I decided to focus on testing out Reddit as my organic growth channel.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 4, 2011

Google has just recently registered a few new domain names that may be an indication of a new Google service. New recently bought these domain names: anymote.com. Domain Name: anymote.com. Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com. Domain servers in listed order: ns2.google.com. Share this on Reddit.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 6, 2011

I was browsing the list of 40 new domains names that Google has acquired today, and while there are some domains that do not make sense, there are others that may indicate possible future Google products and services. A few that caught my eye were domains related to “Google deal advisor&# and “Google weekly ads&#.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 14, 2011

The domain name registrar United Domains has officially launched Namecheck.com , new search engine for discovering and registering online names. You can use Namecheck to do a simultaneous search of domain names, trademarks and usernames for the most popular social media networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 18, 2012

If you have changed your permalink structure or your domain name, you might even have some old links out there that need fixing because they point to the old URLs.If Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? –Sean Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Tumblr Share this on del.icio.us

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Domain Availability Checker. Domain purchasing is a hot business for many people and the Domain Availability Checker allows you to inquire on the availability of domain names from within your web browser toolbar. Share this on Reddit. PlainClothes. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn.

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 23, 2010

The query looked liked this: This query would show you the links to a domain name (including all of the subdomains like www.domain.com, blog.domain.com, etc. And including -site:domain.com you could exclude certain sites (like the domain linking to itself). Share this on Reddit. But just recently, Yahoo! Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Let me explain, in more detail, what is happening and what is becoming an increasingly common practice in the web hosting industy: When you set up a website, you pay for two things: a domain name and web hosting. A domain name (like www.BillHartzer.com) must be registered at an official Registrar. Search Marketing.

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 13, 2011

Instead of using the domain names or URLs of the most popular social sites (e.g. Share this on Reddit. This is the most crucial part, and requires that you have a full list of the sites/words to include. While Facebook and Twitter are common to any list, you need to think carefully about which social networks to include.

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As such, private name servers are absolutely essential when reselling hosting. A private name server is one which displays your domain name after the sub-domain as opposed to the domain name of the web host you are renting the private server from. Share this on Reddit. Share this on Facebook.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 4, 2009

Is that MediaPost graphic claiming that the home page of Aldi’s is a Parked Domain Name? Rather than doing some simple research by Googling Aldi to get the facts right, the image used in the story is a graphic/screen capture/thumbnail image of Aldis.com , a domain name that is not owned by Aldi Foods.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 22, 2011

Oh yeah, and by the way, you might consider purchasing the non-hyphenated version of your domain name. Share this on Reddit. The Babel may be a good social search engine, but it certainly fails when it comes to “real time&#. I bet you may lose out on some traffic in the future. Post on Google Buzz. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 3, 2010

If there’s an issue like this, if you’ve set up a tracking tool properly, you will be notified if your brand, your company name, your domain name, or even your email address shows up. Share this on Reddit. You can also set up a Google alert for something like “billhartzer.com&#. Add this to Mister Wong.

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Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

No advantage from keywords in the domain name. Share this on Reddit. With adequate internal link building link juice can flow into the sub-folder’s pages. Cons of Sub-folders. SEO necessary to link build to deep sub-folder pages. – Other Issues To Consider: Web Master Tools. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you don’t know how to find a website’s ISP, then you can do a WHOIS lookup and look at who owns the domain name. Share this on Reddit. And if you are so inclined, I would even complain to their ISP (Internet Service Provider) for sending out spam. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us.

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Idaconcpts

AUGUST 26, 2010

There are several benefits if done correctly with the main ones being: You can have various keyword-rich domain names that are highly valued by Google. With a consolidated site you would never manage to fit more than 1-2 keywords in your domain name. Share this on Reddit. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 26, 2011

There are other issues involved here and other claims by Mr. Mike Dillard that James Stein has registered confusing domain names (cybersquatting), and posting disparaging comments about Mike Dillard and his business. Share this on Reddit. Post on Google Buzz. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon. Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 3, 2010

First off, I’m very happy that they are aware of the 301/302 redirecting issue and can handle it when we redirect our domain names or URLs from an old URL to a new URL using a 301 Permanent Redirect. Share this on Reddit. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Post this on Diigo. Tweet This!

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 7, 2010

Share this on Reddit. How to Properly Redirect a Domain Name and Get Link Credit I recently received an email from Duane Long asking a. Share this on Mixx. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon. Share this on Technorati. Tweet This! I just finished reading an interesting TechCrunch article about how.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 29, 2010

You also could have purchased a domain name that was owned by someone else previously: and there may be traffic and links pointing to old pages on the site: if you redirect those pages (or put content up on those old URLs) then again there is a good chance that you can redirect the traffic over to the other part of your internet site.

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Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

They may offer free domain name registration with each hosting account, or they may have a fixed template system where each customer’s page and site are all identical. Share this on Reddit. Web hosting companies provide several features that vary. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

4 Things to Consider When Choosing a Domain Name for Your Blog. Today I’m talking about what to consider when naming your blog and choosing a domain name for it. I’ll share four things to consider when choosing a domain name. Domain names have an impact on SEO.).

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 8, 2010

My conversation with Marvin, a network marketer who is heavily involved in MLM (Multi Level Marketing) and network marketing, thought that he could sell me a domain name and website. The best thing you can do is go out and buy a domain name (they cost about $10 to register) and set up a website for yourself (or a blog).

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