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My wife and I just got blessed with a bouncing, kicking and screaming baby girl on October 20th2008.  Mother and daughter are home now and doing real fine. A pleasant departure from the gloomy economy and the low and sometimes non existent PPC.  Now that gets me thinking, how many of you will acquire the .com or domain of your baby’s name. In my own case I did so many months prior. Before my wife conceived, I registered two names, one for a girl and one for a boy.

Did not want to make the same mistake I made early in my domain career. I assumed that my last name was so unique that no one will register it and since it cost like 35 bucks way back then, I decided to hold on for a while. Well when the .com and .org got snatched, I hurriedly registered the .net. My not registering this name early was a grave mistake because I later found out that my name was the acronym for the biggest Latin organisation in the world. Who would have known?

Well now you know why I have not been making much blogs recently. I have been extremely busy with my daughter and taking care of my wife. I banged up this web page from the hospital room so as to share with friends and family real quick. This was her first picture. See her at http://www.Chizara.com

God bless you all and please keep us in your prayers and thanks giving.

By the way, the question is real, how many of you own your names?
I own FrankieAladi.com and aladi.net

More importantly how many of you will or has dotcomed your kids?

The fact that all  major extensions of JoethePlumber is taken does not bother me. In fact someone even went as far as registering the .eu

What I find most interesting is that Joethe—-  is taken, try it out, Joethemechanic, even JoetheHandyman, all taken . Is this a new naming convention for blue collar jobs? Statistically, blue collar domains seldom attract super sales but who knows with the introduction of Joetheplumber to lime light, we may be dancing to a new tune. It is rumored that the owner of Joetheplumber.com has been offered 800K.

What do you make of all this?

I have been aware of WordPress for a long time now but have never actually used it until May of this year. This post might come as common place to a lot of domainers but this is awesome discovery for me. In less than two hours I was able to redesign an old website desperately in need of a makeover all with WordPress. I must tell you, I am greatly impressed. Check out   SafariRacks.com

There is nothing spectacular about the design but the fact that it is simple and sharp. A big contrast from the parent site. I believe WordPress is the miracle wand I have been looking for. I did most of the redesign while waiting for a friend who was coming to borrow some stuff from me over the weekend. I intend to invest a few more hours seriously mastering this amazing tool.

Think of the possibilities; mini sites at the speed at which it takes me to write the articles in them— now that is way outstanding!

 A lot of blogs, mine included have suggested and made strong cases that this is a time to buy. No doubt, if you have the money. However the problem is that most people do not currently have uncommitted funds. Domainers are being pulled on both ends. Cost of everything is going up while in most cases revenue is down. So what do we do? Like a politician I will suggest what not to do. Do not fold your hands.

Do something. If you lack knowledge, read up more. I have been doing the same with the available time I have. I have successfully ( I hope) won the fight on spam bots on my forum sites. No knowledge in your chosen field is wasted. What I have also been doing is to find ways to develop or improve my old sites.  Despite the fact that PPC is down, this to me is an opportunity because a lot of people might abandon their projects and guess what when then come back in a year or two,  you could be a year or two ahead in ranking. I have also sent out one of my domains to be developed by a 3rd party. I will bring you details of that in another post. I decided to infuse new ideas into my website portfolio. If you are a full time domainer and beginning to sense some tough times or bumpy road ahead, get a second job or part time job. You must be good at something else. This is the same common sense advice you will be given if you worked on a brick and morter establishment. We must survive this economy onslaught.

In view of the prevailing circumstances, in the end my question still stands ” what time is it?”

Ecclesiastes 3 Chap 1-13

 1 There is a time for everything,
       and a season for every activity under heaven:

 2 a time to be born and a time to die,
       a time to plant and a time to uproot,

 3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
       a time to tear down and a time to build,

 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
       a time to mourn and a time to dance,

 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
       a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

 6 a time to search and a time to give up,
       a time to keep and a time to throw away,

 7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
       a time to be silent and a time to speak,

 8 a time to love and a time to hate,
       a time for war and a time for peace.

 9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.