I've tried searching but can't see anything. My sub is getting lots of spam from the ".xyz" domain. I know how to remove "abc.xyz" but can I auto remove the entire xyz domain?
Hi there, i'm looking to start a consultancy business. The problem is, I don't know what top level domain to build it on. I currently live in Australia, but I'm moving to Canada next year then likely ending up (back) in the UK in a few years. My understanding is that I'd rank better in local results if I had a local domain? For example, example.com.au would rank better than example.com in Australia? Or is this incorrect? My other question is if I begin to build up a strong organic presence on SERPS on google.com.au, would this be lost when I move to Canada and need to rank on google.ca? Thanks so much!
Hello fellow marketers!
To pre-face: I'm a newbie digital designer/marketer, and I've got about half a dozen freelance projects under my belt.
My next project is a personal blog for me and my wife, and we're brainstorming names. Obviously this means that we also have to consider available domains.
Normally I would always go with a .com top-domain because theoretically (i.e. what I was taught during my undergraduate degree) it gives the users a more positive impression and has a better credibility when considering SEO.
However, is this complete bull?
I started thinking about this because a lot of good domain names for the subject of the blog have been taken (with a surprising number being victims of cybersquatting). I've also seen a trend in .io domains in the particular subject, such as itch.io, and using a .io domain would certainly open up our possibilities.
In general the rise if .io domains is weird to me, since it's the Indianic Ocean if I'm not mistaken.
I guess what I'm asking is what best practice is concerning top-level domains.
If so, how would I accomplish that? I already have my domain name.
I learned about this in reddit that there is TLD with a public website but i can't remember what TLD was it.
Hey.
I recently came across a very weird issue and wanted to hear your thoughts about it. One high volume keyword "magento support" (CPC is around 20USD there) where hundreds or even thousands of companies competed on it just got screwed by google. Now it only shows links from magento.com and no other site. So all Magento partner agencies, including mine, are left outside and don't get organic traffic from that keyword. It happened 2 or 3 days ago and wanted to hear your opinion on that.
On the end of second page it shows this:
In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries. If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included.
When that link is clicked, all competition is back there.
Anyone has any idea if this is just a test or this will be there for good? Has anyone encountered anything similar with their keywords?
Cheers
In general, for spam control of an email box, you have two options: stopping it at the mail source (i.e., the sender), and stopping it at the mail destination (i.e., your inbox).
Over the years, I've steadily gravitated toward the latter, since stopping it at the source is intensely frustrating, due to the variety of "unsubscribe" mechanisms (one-click unsubscribe, "input your email address," "login to your account to change your subscription preferences," etc.) And, of course, many spammers don't offer an unsubscribe options (or they do, but it doesn't actually unsubscribe your address when you submit it).
By contrast, if you have a set process for blacklisting mail from a particular sender, you can use that exact same process with every spammer. Filters are simple, quick, centrally managed, and guaranteed to work for that spammer.
Recently, I've started receiving loads of spam from .click and .link domains. Every time I check my mailbox, I've got two or three more - often multiple copies of the same message sent to the same address. Also, they're not only from different senders (alice@spammer.click and bob@spammer.click), but also different domains (alice@spammer1.click and bob@spammer2.click).
It's clear that the .click and .link top-level domains are havens of spam. So, I've blacklisted them - i.e., the entire top-level domain. To my pleasant surprise, Gmail will allow you to create a filter by top-level domain. So as of this morning, email from both TLDs will never again reach my inbox.
To create this type of filter in Gmail:
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Open Gmail. Click on the "gear" icon at the top right, and select Settings.
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Select the "Filters" tab, and then click on the link reading: "Create a new filter."
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In the new pop-up window, enter the following (without quotes) in the "From" box: "*.click OR *.link" ... then select the "Create Filter With This Search" link. On the next page, select the "Delete it" option, and then click the "Create Filter" button.
Done. You'll never see anything from .click or .link again.
(edit) Of course, this technique can be expanded to other TLDs as well - and there are many! Rather than blacklisting all of them off the bat, it'll be better to blacklist those that start emailing frequently. The next target on my list is the .guru TLD.
TLDR: I (live in the UK) placed a bid to buy a top-level domain name from a company from Austria. The offer got countered by them with a much much higher amount than I was willing to pay. I assumed that was the end of it. After a couple of weeks, out of the blue, they accepted my previous bid, at which point I no longer needed or wanted to purchase the domain.
Longer explanation:
A couple months back I was for a top-level domain (e.g. www.example.com) and I found one that seemed pretty good.
The domain was owned by a domain reseller based in Austria (I live in the UK). They had a bid system on their website where you put in your details and bid an amount.
I placed a bid of 200 EUR and got a counteroffer of >10000 EUR. Since I was not willing to pay nearly that much money for it, I shrugged it off and assumed that was the end of it.
A couple of days later they followed up with a lower offer. And then a couple of day later an even lower one. This pattern continued for several days (at this point their offer was down to about 7000 EUR or so).
I countered their asking price with a 1000 EUR bid (pretty much as high as I was willing to go), to which they counter offered a 6500 EUR. I made my peace that there was not going to be any way I could get the domain for anything remotely close to what I could pay, and I moved on.
They kept sending lower and lower counteroffers every other day (I think the lowest it got was about 3500 EUR).
This all happened over the course of a month, while I was still actively looking for a top-level domain. Since it seemed pretty clear that I was not going to be able to get that domain for a reasonable price, I kept looking and found a different one that I ended up buying.
Now, out of the blue, they sent an email informing me that they have accepted my 1000 EUR bid, and now they are harassing me to pay them for the domain (even sending me physical mail), and threatening me with legal action if I don’t pay up.
I no longer had the intention to buy that domain, nor do I still have a need for it.
I should mentioned that I've never been given the option to "opt out" or cancel the offer, nor was I ever in contact with anyone from their company. Completely blanked all their messages, emails, and phone calls.
QUESTION:
Should I be worried about any legal repercussions? Should I talk to an attorney? Or is this just classic pushy tactics to scare people into paying?
Thank you very much!
Say I have dropship2u.com how important is it to have @dropship2u.com email addresses on the support page or as the PayPal receieving address? Assuming it costs about $5 a month in effort or gsuite costs, is it always worth it? $5 a month adds up with lots of sites, when dropship2u@gmail.com would work, and I could host my own email servers but $5 is a small price to not even have to think about that. I don’t even like the email built into PHP.
I'm currently working on my personal website/portfolio, and I'm wondering which is the best top-level domain for such a website. With "best" I mean the most professional-looking and appropriate.Note that if it was for me I'd go with the classic [surname].com, but unfortunately it's already taken. Most domain registrars offer lots of options apart from .com, such as .design, .works etc.
To your knowledge, is a new top level generic domain such as .design often considered less professional compared to the common .com?
We bought a .sr domain because it looked nice for our URL shortener. But now we have realized that the registrar we bought it off will only let you pay for a maximum of 1 year, and then requires you to renew just before the next period.
So we're obviously a bit concerned that they will try and charge an extortionate amount. Or worse that Suriname will change their rules and deny anyone but them a domain (can they do that?). If it was a .com I know we could just transfer it to e.g. Google/etc.
How do the rules work on these smaller top level domain names? Since some countries either don't allow anyone to register a domain, while others limit it to a few (or one) registrars?
For reference we're with netim.com
which will create a bigger hit to my traffic - having my domain be "mydomain.co" (or any other TLD - .net, .biz, etc) or "my-domain.com"? Thanks!
I own and run stayhipp.com , we get about half a million visitors through Google monthly and I was finally able to purchase stayhip.com and wanted to make that switch. I really don't want to lose any SEO at all by making this switch and would love some input on if that's possible. Thanks in advance!
TLDR: I placed a bid to buy a top-level domain name from a company from Austria. The offer got countered by them with a much much higher amount than I was willing to pay. I assumed that was the end of it. After a couple of weeks, out of the blue, they accepted my previous bid, at which point I no longer needed or wanted to purchase the domain.
Longer explanation:
A couple months back I was for a top-level domain (e.g. www.example.com) and I found one that seemed pretty good.
The domain was owned by a domain reseller based in Austria. They had a bid system on their website where you put in your details and bid an amount.
I placed a bid of 200 EUR and got a counteroffer of >10000 EUR. Since I was not willing to pay nearly that much money for it, I shrugged it off and assumed that was the end of it.
A couple of days later they followed up with a lower offer. And then a couple of day later an even lower one. This pattern continued for several days (at this point their offer was down to about 7000 EUR or so).
I countered their asking price with a 1000 EUR bid (pretty much as high as I was willing to go), to which they counter offered a 6500 EUR. I made my peace that there was not going to be any way I could get the domain for anything remotely close to what I could pay, and I moved on.
They kept sending lower and lower counteroffers every other day (I think the lowest it got was about 3500 EUR).
This all happened over the course of a month, while I was still actively looking for a top-level domain. Since it seemed pretty clear that I was not going to be able to get that domain for a reasonable price, I kept looking and found a different one that I ended up buying.
Now, out of the blue, they sent an email informing me that they have accepted my 1000 EUR bid, and now they are harassing me to pay them for the domain (even sending me physical mail), and threatening me with legal action if I don’t pay up.
I no longer had the intention to buy that domain, nor do I still have a need for it.
I should mentioned that I've never been given the option to "opt out" or cancel the offer, nor was I ever in contact with anyone from their company. Completely blanked all their messages, emails, and phone calls.
QUESTION:
Should I be worried about any legal repercussions? Should I talk to an attorney? Or is this just classic pushy tactics to scare people into paying?
Thank you very much!
