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Corrected: DNHour.com - Digg for Domain Name News

DNHour.com is a community driven news site for the ~~SEO~~ domain name industry. IMHO this is a great vertical to target - the domain industry (and somewhat-related SEO industry) has a very high noise-to-signal ratio, and a good community (and algorithm) would go a long way to sorting some of the wheat from the chaff. Though its currently a little sparse on the community interaction side, its brand new, and I’m willing to give it a chance. I’m adding the DNHour feed to my reader. [found via Press Release]

From the press release:

DNHour.com is founded by a Malaysian-based domainer and serial entrepreneur, Koay Al Vin. After missing out on some big domain name purchases, he decided to keep in the know by tediously scouring domain forums and listing sites for what is available. He founded DNHour.com to ease the process and today, all domainers can help each other by sharing those important news and events at DNHour.com.

Other Coverage:

Net Monetization says get into DNHour early.

CORRECTION: Koay Al Vin contacted me to indicate that the site is focused specifically on Domain Name news & finds - not SEO as I assumed. Thanks for the correction!

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9 Responses to “Corrected: DNHour.com - Digg for Domain Name News”

Vic | June 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pm

Hi Rod,
Thanks for dropping by.
Rod | June 26th, 2007 at 10:31 pm

My pleasure, Vic!
Alex | June 27th, 2007 at 2:19 pm

Very interesting article indeed. “Malaysian-based domainer” . Domaining is a very interesting business. More and more companies/individual are abandoning their domains with a variety of reasons. For those of you interested in this business google for “Kevin Ham” and see his success in making $300 million. In the world of domain business, there are large fish in the ocean who would send the smaller guys C&D letters to try claim back their domain names. You just have to watch your back.
Janet Johnson | June 27th, 2007 at 2:26 pm

There’s plenty of money to be made in the parking business, and in reselling generic names to highly motivated folks stumbling onto the web for the first time.

What I’m amazed about is that more businesses don’t buy localized domain names (e.g. portlandplumber.com) in order to improve their local search visibility now that Google and others are going local.

This might be a reason why: domain name acquisition and activations challenge technology pros- with DNS redirects and the registration process being so occluded. Mere mortals don’t have a chance.
John | June 27th, 2007 at 4:40 pm

Wow, its amazing to see how many people use digg-like sites and apply it to different concepts. Is there a site that lets your create your own digg with your own concept/community?
Vic | June 27th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

There’s a very interesting article on Kevin Ham on my site, written by ny own fair hand (well some of it) - a shamless plug, I feel quite embarrassed now.
Rod | June 28th, 2007 at 4:19 pm

@Alex - dude, I thought *you* were the malaysian sensation - get on it! If you need seed money, let me know!

@Janet - agreed, its intimidating to me, and I’m not exactly a web neophyte. Plus, it seems that you need a big upfront investment in inventory to get the ball rolling these days.

@John - google “Pligg” - its an open source version of the digg concept that you can download, repurpose, and deploy as you see fit.

@Vic - nothing shameless about sharing related content - thanks for doing so!
Alex | June 29th, 2007 at 2:55 pm

Thanks for the offer Rod. Anyway I came across an article on Forbes that may of interest in the domain world.

“During the tech boom, top-selling domains were based on brand appeal. Now it’s all about searchable keywords that are both generic and descriptive.

A big reason: With online ad spending increasing at a rate of 30% a year, owning domain names has become a business in itself. Entrepreneurs can flip them, like Miami condominiums, or they can sit on them and collect rent.”

Very interesting read: http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/2007/06/28/google-news-corp-ent-tech-cx_ll_0629webaddresses.html
Rod | June 29th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

Alex - thanks for the link and interesting quote! Its a remarkable business for the fact that its unknown to 99% of internet users if nothing else.

R