Mount Royal University domain presentation

Master of Your Domain Success Online Starts With a Great Domain

Domain Key Events   1962 Cuban Missile Crises   1968 Physical network constructed   1972 First e-mail program was created.   1973 New TCP/IP protocol allowed computer networks to interconnect and communicate with each other.   1983 U of W created Domain Name System (DNS).   1983 - 93 Bigger, Better, Faster Cheaper   1990 Hypertext system implemented   1992 Internet Society is chartered. World-Wide Web released. Backbone upgraded to T3

Key Events Cont’…   1993 -InterNIC created to provide Internet services. -Marc Andreessen and NCSA and the U of Illinois develops graphical user interface to the WWW.   1994 -Many new networks added to backbone. -Pizza Hut offers ordering on its site -First cyberbank opens   1995 -The National Science Foundation contracted with 4 providers -These companies sold connections to groups, organizations, & companies. -$50 annual fee is imposed on domains, excluding .edu and .gov domains which are still funded by the National Science Foundation.

Today   Traditional media is losing advertising revenue to the ‘new media’ online.   TV, Radio and print companies are cutting back and closing down as a direct result.   As the economy has gone south, online growth goes north.   Small local example is Kelowna.com

First Domains Registered 1985 – 6 domains 1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM* 2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM 3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM 4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM 5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM 6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM *29-year-old Aron Meystedt of XF Investments (XF.com) recently bought domain.

First Domains 1986 (54) XEROX.COM STARGATE.COM AMD.COM SRI.COM BOEING.COM DAS.COM HP.COM ITCORP.COM DATA-IO.COM BELLCORE.COM SIEMENS.COM OCTOPUS.COM IBM.COM PYRAMID.COM PORTAL.COM SUN.COM ALPHACDC.COM TELTONE.COM INTEL.COM BDM.COM 3COM.COM TI.COM FLUKE.COM AMDAHL.COM ATT.COM INMET.COM CCUR.COM GMR.COM KESMAI.COM CI.COM TEK.COM MENTOR.COM CONVERGENT.COM FMC.COM NEC.COM DG.COM UB.COM RAY.COM PEREGRINE.COM BELL-ATL.COM ROSEMOUNT.COM QUAD.COM GE.COM VORTEX.COM SQ.COM GREBYN.COM ALCOA.COM TANDY.COM ISC.COM GTE.COM TTI.COM NSC.COM ADOBE.COM UNISYS.COM

First Domains 1987 (40+) CGI.COM DUPONT.COM CTS.COM LOCKHEED.COM SPDCC.COM ROSETTA.COM APPLE.COM TOAD.COM NMA.COM QUICK.COM PRIME.COM ALLIED.COM PHILIPS.COM DSC.COM DATACUBE.COM SCO.COM KAI.COM GENE.COM TIC.COM KCCS.COM VINE.COM SPECTRA.COM NCR.COM WLK.COM CISCO.COM MENTAT.COM RDL.COM WYSE.COM SLB.COM CFG.COM PARCPLACE.COM MARBLE.COM UTC.COM CAYMAN.COM IDE.COM ENTITY.COM TRW.COM KSR.COM # 100 UNIPRESS.COM Mar 85 to Nov-87 First 100 domains

Domains Today   183 million domains registered.   New registrations now about $10/yr.   Top domains sell for millions. Most are not disclosed due to NDA’s.   Many good domains for small business can be purchased in the aftermarket for between $500 and $5,000.

How Many Domains Can You List? Hint: .com Others?

Domain Extensions Top Level Domains (TLD)   Com Commercial   Net Networks   Org Non profits Country Codes (ccTLD)   Ca Canada

Other gTLD’s

ccTLD There are 251 ccTLD’s for countries around the world. The top 25 cc’s by number of registered domains are:

Cc’s Cont’…

Domain Fundamentals   Originally domains were limited to only 26 characters. About 10 years ago, that was increased to 67 characters (to the left of the period).   FirstTimeHomeBuyerTaxCredit.com Sold in Mar 09 Why??   As of Feb 19th 2009 IRS allowed for up to $8K tax credit for ‘First Time Home Buyers’ Suddenly, this domain becomes valuable because it is now a popular search term.   Now it is a popular search term.   The key is to find/buy domains that are either popular search terms or have ‘natural type-in traffic.

Domain Fast Facts   183 million domains currently registered.   Most of them are worth around $10.   Be careful if you are looking to become a domain investor as there are many pitfalls.   One trend is to incorporate the extension as being part of the meaning of the whole domain. Example Del.icio.us Show.me AsSeenOn.tv   Almost ¼ of the worlds population uses the Internet.   That means there is potential growth for 3/4’s of the worlds population.   June 2009 92 million COM and NET domain names, 24 % of these domains have one page websites.   64% have multipage websites or 58.6 million websites.   12% have no associated websites.

Notable Domain Sales* Sex.com $12.1 Million IRS.com $11.1 Fund.com $10.0 Beer.com $ 7.0 Capital.com $ 7.0 Diamond.com $ 7.0 Business.com $ 7.0 Casino.com $ 5.5 Toys.com $ 5.1 Wine.com $ 3.3 Toys.com $ 5.1 Korea.com $ 5.0 Candy.com $ 3.0 Computer.com $ 2.1 Seniors.com $ 1.8 * Due Mostly to NDA’s, approx. only 10% of domain sales are reported

Domains For Business Fundamentals   A to Z, 0 to 9, hyphen and up to 67 characters   Name Relevancy – don’t get cute   Extension: ca or .com or ?   Proper Spelling   Keywords   Valuation – How much to spend?   Where/how to find good domains?

Check List Summary   Buy in appropriate extension – never go wrong with a .com.   Make sure you have key word(s) in domain.   Make sure there is no confusion in spelling or telling someone the domain address.   Stay away from hyphens and #’s.   Keep it short and meaningful.   Invest the appropriate amount of money on your domain purchase.

Be Careful Domains are case-insensitive   Who Represents   Therapist Finder   Experts Exchange   PowerGen Italia

…What You Ask For Corporate Name Domain Name   Who Represents = WhorePresents.com   Therapist Finder = TheRapistFinder.com   Experts Exchange = ExpertSexChange.com   PowerGen Italia = PowerGenitalia.com

Simple Domain Tip #1 Instead of www.thisismydomain.biz Do This ThisIsMyDomain.biz Or Even ThisIsMyDomain.biz

Simple Domain Tip #2   ‘Even though I have a lousy domain, I’ve spent so much time and money on it, I don’t want to change to something new even if it is better’.   ‘Have your cake and eat it’. -Buy the best domain you can and redirect it to your current existing site. -This way, you keep both of your old customers and bring in many more new ones!

Simple Domain Tip #3 If you have or plan to develop a meaningful website:   try to protect and support your domain by buying similar search term domains. Example: You have MyFavouriteFood.ca Consider: -MyFavouriteFood.com/net/org. -MyFavoriteFood.ca -FavouriteFood.ca/com/net/org.

Questions.com   Although this is an online Psychic and Spiritual Network, I am unable to guess what questions you have – so ask away!

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