The yellowpage industry is exploding online.  Consumers want information immediately without having to search through phone books to find it.  The internet provides this urgent and immediate need for local information on demand. 

A few weeks ago, I sold FairFaxYellowpages.com for $10,000.  The buyer was an end user who will put this great name to use.  It was a good geo domain sale.  This sale should help others establish pricing for equivilant domains or better that contain City + Yellowpages.com.  If you want to see an effective name in action, visit AtlantaYellowpages.com.      

Many people are concerned about the term yellowpages being trademarked.  In reality, the term is not trademarked, but the logos of the term are.  If you do a search in the USPTO, you will see the logos that are trademarked. 

I apologize for not announcing this sale earlier, however, I have been extremely busy with projects and life’s lessons.  :) 

It has been quite sometime since I have posted the Geo Tracker.  Back dates are coming soon.  ccTLD geo domain sales totaled $112,558 for a grand total of $223,770 in geo domain sales.

Afghan.com     $30,000  Moniker.com
Asia.org           $30,000  Moniker.com
AmericanMall.com      $2,600  AfternicDLS
VegasRentalCar.com   $2,288  AfternicDLS
EuropeanMotels.com   $2,960  Sedo.com
SalomonSport.com      $2,500  Sedo.com
Brixton.com                 $5,700  NameJet.com
CanadaAuto.com          $3,800  NameJet.com
KonaRealestate.com     $3,190  NameJet.com
Manville.com                $3,100  NameJet.com
StrattonMountain.com  $2,700  NameJet.com
BaySideRealty.com        $2,311  NameJet.com
LiverpoolNews.com      $5,000  TopWebNames.com
VisitSouthCarolina.com $2,001  SnapNames.com
FloridaInternational.com  $4,000  AfternicDLS
Canberra.tv                    $5,509  Sedo.com
Sumatra.tv                     $3,553  Sedo.com

(Source: DNJournal.com)

I wanted to inform users of GeoDomainer.com that the site is being worked on for tech issues.  On August 22nd, the navigation bar dissappeared due to Widgetlaboratory.com apps being banned from the Ning.com network.  This caused a lot of havoc throughout the Ning.com community.  We are working with customer support to fix the problem.

Please be patient as we work through this issue.  I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused users.  This is bad news that Ning.com management has banned widgetlaboratory.com from providing stellar service and apps. 

It appears that WL became to popular for Ning.com’s liking and they said that WL violated their terms of service, but did not provide details to WL.  WL had over 1 million Ning networks using their chat service. 

When the site returns back to normal, some key features will not be present.  The Wiki, members map, arcade, and instant messaging.  Our other apps are still up and running.  We are working with a programmer that will soon offer all these apps that WL once offered.

Hopefully Ning.com management will let WL back in as an app provider in the near future.  The team at WL are more than willing to work with Ning.com to meet guidelines and fix any violations.  For GeoDomainer.com users and many others on ning networks, this is just bad news and the end of cool apps that added value to the social network platforms.

Stay tuned for updates.

Thank you for your continued support.

Another major newspaper has been put up for sale.  Cox Enterprises announced this a few weeks ago. The Austin Statesman is the central texas newspaper of choice.  Cox is also selling 28 other daily and weekly newspapers in Texas, Colorado and North Carolina.

They have owned the Austin Statesman since 1976.  This is definitely another sign how poorly newspapers are continuing to perform.  Cox really has placed the paper for sale at bad time with the economy is struggling.  I doubt they will find a buyer anytime soon.

I have seen their website Statesman.com transform throughout the years into a mainstream site.  It is apparent that they are receiving a substantial amount of advertising revenue via the site.  However, no revenue figures were released for the Statesman newspaper.  More than likely, the figures are not impressive and this is the reason all these newspapers are being placed on the market. 

Interesting times ahead as the internet continues to change the ways of traditional media. Geo domains continue to perform well with low overhead when compared to traditional media.

(Via Statesman.com)

This is some interesting news that the Online Publishers Association released. I would like to see revenue and traffic statisitics for these media sites, as well as the top performing local media sites. Perhaps this is a cover up to appear that these traditional companies are doing well, when their offline assets are doing very poorly?

The report did not release much information to analyze. I wonder how much of a percentage their local media sites are contributing to the bottom line and how it has grown.

When it comes to local advertising, the best conversions come from local media sites, such as newspaper and tv station sites, according to a new report from the Online Publishers Association (OPA). Local media sites see a higher percentage of visitors taking actions on local ads compared to a user review site or a portal.

Local Newspaper Site: 46%
Local Television Site: 44%
Local Magazine Site: 42%
User Review Site: 39%
Portal: 37%
2,069 local online content consumers were selected randomly for the study conducted by Jupiter Research for OPA.

(Via SearchEngineWorld.com)

A newsletter is an often overlooked valuable website asset. It allows you to capture your visitors and communicate with them when they are away from your site. You are able to keep your visitors informed and enable them to keep your brand fresh in their minds. The old SimplyGeo newsletter was a crappy plugin that I did not care for much and abandoned.

I am now using Aweber.com and highly recommend it to anyone who has a site online with or without a newsletter.

There are a variety of cool features you can do with this service. The key feature that sold me is the option to build multiple email campaigns that can be installed on a network of websites. Additionally, you can add the same code to all of your network and blast your complete community with the newsletter. You must check out all the features they offer that can bring true value to your website. A valuable tool for those who understand the power of a newsletter.

Unfortunately, I was not able to download the large subscriber base from the crappy newsletter plugin I used. So, make sure to sign up again to receive the SimplyGeo.com newsletter. Our goal is to create a newsletter that is a valuable asset to subscribers. If you have any suggestions of what you would like to see in it, please send me an email through the contact form on the advertising section.

Thank you for your continued support!

SimplyGeo.com has been redesigned to deliver a modern blogging platform for visitors and readers of the blog.  I have been extremely busy working on many things in the back ground and thought it was important to redesign the blog to meet the evolution of the fast growing Geo Domain Industry.

There are a variety of features added that will make for a better experience for readers.  The post text has been increased to reduce the strain on your eyes when reading long posts. The blogroll and topics now have a drop down menu uncluttering the side bar. A quote of the day app has been added to help with keeping readers motivated.  We have added a variety of new advertising positions on the blog as well.  My favorite being the peel away ad.  Most of the good stuff is on the back end making it easier to do my job as blogger.

The new look of SimplyGeo.com will take a little while to get used to, as it is very loud and modern. However, I feel that we are making the right move with this redesign as the Geo Domain Industry blog.

Let us know your opinions, good or bad. I will definitely use them to improve the quality of the blog.

Thank you for your continued support!

Steve