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Whoisology A Really Cool Tool With A Really Great Price

By: Raymond Hackney

I came across a site while searching called Whoisology.

The home page defines it as:

Whoisology
who•is•ol•o•gy
/"hu:%IzAl@dZi/

Noun

1. The comparative study of domain name whois records and their development.
2. A searchable domain name whois / ownership database with nearly 150 million individual domain name record updated regularly.
3. Awesome

The site is a pretty cool little site that if kept up to date will be a favorite of many domainers, especially those on a budget.

Whoisology allows you to see all the domains that someone owns (that they have the data for ) for free. Compare this with Domain Tools and the savings are off the chart.

Let's say you want to see what domains a company owns so that you can see if you have any in your portfolio that might be worth pitching. Just put in one name they own and get the results for everything Whoisology has on them.

Example - Google 

When you check Domain Tools they have more domains from dns-admin@google.com than Whoisology has stored. 12,262 vs 8645. But Whoisology gives you the ability to look at all 8645 domains for free.

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Here is Whoisology

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The cool thing about Whoisology is that you can see domains by what name they start with, so if you wanted to see what kind of mobile names that start with the keyword mobile that Googled owned, you can just click M and not go through the whole list.

I will say on other searches there were registrant emails or names that Whoisology had as many results as Domain Tools. Some of the names were not updated, for example I checked a domain I sold, that was still showing under my whois on Whoisology but when I clicked over at Domain Tools the registrant was the person I sold the domain too.

The other cool thing about Whoisology is the ability to check which domains they have in their system by zip code or state or even phone number.

You may be looking for a list and someone has their names spread out, not just under one email, this way you can click the zip code and if that number is larger than the registrant email number you can just click that and see what names show, of course its a bit more work as you will see a list that you will have to click on each name individually. If its a large city this will be a lot of work and possibly unmanageable, but if its a small town it may give you more domains owned by the same entity using more than one email.

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So go over to Whoisology and check it out for yourself. I only found it last night so if you find some other cool stuff to with it, please leave a comment here.

One Smart Teacher and Proof We Are Still in The First Inning of the Internet

By: RH

Dan Gillmor is director of the Knight centre for digital media entrepreneurship at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite school of journalism and mass communication.

Dan wrote an article in The Guardian that is sure to make any domainer smile. Dan said the following, "My students get extra credit if they can show they've registered an internet domain name for themselves. In any future course I teach, this will no longer be optional; it will be a requirement."

Dan pointed out how Facebook and Twitter and other social sites have their place, but that its a mistake to leave your online reputation in the hands of a third party.

The real key to this story is the comment section. The number of people that in 2013 feel that owing a domain, just one, was foolish, a waste of money, would rather have a latte and  many other reasons shows why we are still in the first inning.

It reminds one of this famous faux pas, “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad.” — The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer, Horace Rackham, not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903.

You can read the whole article here

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Big Data Meets The Adult Industry

By: RH

Over the last year Big Data has been quite the buzzword. Since the beginning of the commercial Internet it is adult content that has been the most sought after. Now it looks like someone combined the two.

Jon Millward put together one heck of a post and infographic on the topic. It took him over six months to put everything together.

It shows some interesting things like:

The average male and female performer are the same height as the average American man and woman: 5’10″ and 5’5″ respectively.² However, porn stars are quite a bit lighter. At 117 lbs, the average female performer is a considerable 48 lbs under the national average for women, and the average male, at 167.5 lbs, weighs 27 lbs less than the national average for men.

Courtesy of Jon Millward

State of the Internet in the US

By: RH

State of The Internet in the US

Satellite Informant put together this illustrated look at where the US stands as far as Internet speeds, access and who the biggest players are.

Courtesy of Satellite Informant

Mixergy: Submitawebsite: “How I Launched A $3 Mil Business On A Single Geocities Page” – with Joe Griffin

By:RH

I like what Andrew Warner does at Mixergy he interviewed Joe Griffin on how he built his first site which he sold to Website Pro who purchased Web.com for $3 million dollars.

He also talks about how domains were expensive to register so they started with Geo Cities.

Guy Outsources Work To China So He Can Watch Cat Videos

By: RH

Meet Bob, Bob likes cat videos, he likes them so much that they become more important than his job. The Next Web wrote the story today on a worker from Verizon who outsourced his work to China so that he could watch cat videos, surf Ebay and read news on Reddit.

From the article:

The story goes a little something like this. A developer at a US-based critical infrastructure company, referred to as “Bob,” was caught last year outsourcing his work to China, paying someone else less than one fifth of his six-figure salary to do his job. As a result, Bob had a lot of time on his hands; in fact, during the investigation, his browsing history revealed this was his typical work day:

• 9:00 a.m. – Arrive and surf Reddit for a couple of hours. Watch cat videos.
• 11:30 a.m. – Take lunch.
• 1:00 p.m. – Ebay time.
• 2:00 – ish p.m Facebook updates – LinkedIn.
• 4:30 p.m. – End of day update e-mail to management.
• 5:00 p.m. – Go home.

Read the whole story here

 

Big Data: A Blessing or a Curse ?

By: RH

Search Engine Journal put together this infographic on Big Data. Forget get Gigabyte and get ready for Zettabyte.

Courtesy of Search Engine Journal

Big Data: A Blessing or a Curse ?

By: RH

Search Engine Journal put together this infographic on Big Data. Forget get Gigabyte and get ready for Zettabyte.

Courtesy of Search Engine Journal

Effective Internet Marketing Trends

By: RH

Effective Internet Marketing

In 2012, some of the the most effective internet marketing returns were seen from companies that focused on content creation, social media, blogging, SEO, website and landing pages, email and mobile marketing.

This infographic details the prevailing trends for for effective online marketing, with some strong numbers to support each channel. It is interesting to note that 89% of marketers say that they are maintaining or increasing their budgets that focus on these trends. Perhaps this is because inbound marketing costs 61% LESS per lead than traditional, outbound marketing.

Courtesy of Shebang Design

The Text Message Turns 20

By: RH

Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the text. SMS is something we couldn’t imagine communications without.  Below is the history of the SMS, as told by Twilio.

Courtesy of Twilo