Thursday, October 30, 2014

Reddit Enters Crowdfunding Game


Reddit today announced a new offspring of its social networking site, a brainchild of sorts, Redditmade.com. The premise?

"an entirely new project that we hope will enhance your experience on reddit, create stronger subreddit communities, allow redditors to collaborate and support each other, and empower redditors to make a difference."
In what may be a major upset to services such as kickstarter.com or gofundme, reddit is turning the monetization model upside down by building the community first then figuring out how it can monetize the platform. At the ungodly time I'm writing this, several campaigns have been posted and most are memorabilia related such as reddit stickers, t-shirts and pins.

The site is still in Open Beta so we can expect a few quirks and weirdness around it as people play around. But knowing reddit and its capacity to come up with notable feel-good gimmicks such as Secret Santas, Random Acts of Kindness or Random Acts of Pizza, this force has a lot of creative juice in its favor and may lead to amazing things.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Tsu.co Founder Sebastian Sobczak Gets Interviewed on Foxbusiness.com



It ain't real, until it's real. 

But then, in your search trying to find out whether it's true, you may discover that you could be the last one to know - and miss out. By the way, did I mention that it was free to join?

 "What if there was a Facebook that paid you? Now, Facebook may not be generous, but there's a site that is..." - Fox Business Host

 

Tsu.co Co-Founder Sebastian Sobczak gets interviewed on Fox Business

Skepticism is good.

After all the other failed (and embarrassing) social networking experiments, it's just a matter of time, when one will come along and chip a small piece out of FB's dominance and "disrupt" the status quo. That's what start-ups are supposed to do. That's what tsu.co may bring.

There's a mad frenzy among the social media superstars out there to vie for the most number of followers, so much so that notable people are:
  1. Advertising on Google with the keyword "tsu"
  2. Advertising on Facebook
  3. Repeatedly spamming twitter
  4. And just being total asshats in the mad scramble for things that are not yet even there

Tsu's launch was meticulously and strategically planned.

Like Facebook's launch, Tsu's entry is like watching the Phantom of the Opera the second time around with different actors, a different venue and a different taste. Their thrust comes at the heels of the launch of alternative social networking sites like ello.co. A few days after that and notable social media figures have publicly announced their intent to join. Foremost among them is none other than the most famous problogger himself, Darren Rowse.

Certain social media demi-gods are also launching their own campaigns

Subtlety is their craft and they do so with relative ease and expertise. But for all intents and purposes, there are many campaigns silently being launched side by side with Tsu's initial announcement. If you look at this rough timeline, you'd notice the pattern.

The other big social media hot shots must have been taken by surprise or are taking a cautious stance since not too much is known about Tsu.co right now. I'm talking about Mashable and all the others who seem to be the first to jump at the chance to write about anything social media. 

Even reddit has been pretty quiet and doing a search about Tsu nets you results pertaining to Tennessee State University. 

Caution is good - but considering that it's free to join - what have you got to lose but time? 

Email Signature Post Holder - Keep in Draft


Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Social Media that Pays You: The Tsu Project


Facebook's market capitalization is now worth $209.75 billion dollars. Yes, that's $209,750,000,000 dollars. (Source: Google Finance)

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of FB, has a net worth of $33.6 billion US dollars.

That's enough to fund real life projects, provide support to Ebola stricken nations (Zuck donated $25 million), start livelihood programs for the indigent, feed the poor and fund projects that could truly make a difference in this world.

Now, the question is, what have you gotten out of using Facebook or Twitter?



Friday, October 24, 2014

The Penguin 3.0 Aftermath: Were You Hit?



Hysteria. That's what happens every time Google makes an announcement regarding its algorithmic changes. True enough, for many online marketing fortunes built on the back of the search engine - this is often a prelude to bad news. After all those dollars spent on optimization tools, SEO, writers and even sponsorship, years of effort could and may have gone down the drain. Or worse, it could mean lost revenue for the coming months.

But for ordinary users who just want to happily look for something to buy on the Internet, well, life goes on.


Google Culture and Dependence
I've had an interesting conversation with Luana, a friend I met on +MyBlogU, about the existence of a Google-centric culture that we're having when it comes to online marketing. The first instinctive idea that popped in my head was, "There's a Google centric culture?"

That's when it hit me. It's true.

Think about it in a broader way, and not just in Internet marketing. Are you using something from Google right now? Gmail? Google Plus? Search? Blogspot? Google Play on Your Android Phone?

I've always seen the tech giant as a lovable fur ball with some intent to watch over the things we're doing including the things that we search for online.

I even ignored Edward Snowden's statements against Google.

As a fan and maybe a blind follower of the web titan, I've only seen the good things that it does and gives us; and I only read about the good things that I hear. Breaking free from that, could feel a little like, shall we say, sinning?


The Real World Effects of a Google Penalty




  • Lost clients
  • Lost audience
  • Lost readers
For some, it's more about the stigma and the negative impression that could scar a blog or a website for a long time. Advertisers could shun you and go to a different blog or website. Your site's name could be the subject of a blog post title with negative connotations - it's just bad PR in a world where everybody is striving to look good.

The effects of these could reverberate across the online marketing circles and brand you for a long time.

So I asked a few friends on MyBlogU to weigh in on the whole dilemma. I asked them how it impacted their websites and blogs. Maybe, just maybe, we could glean a deeper insight into how we should go about in the future.

My Indian client has actually seen a rise in search engine rankings starting on Oct. 7. Impressions went up by 44% and clicks by 64%. My Italian client (no blog nor fresh content) also saw a rise in impressions by 12% and there have been 32% more clicks in SERPs. Most of improvement is for search queries containing brand names, but some other content went up to the first page, too. All in all, Penguin 3.0 has been good to my clients

The situation with my websites is different, but willfully so. Search impressions went down to 12 from an average of 37 a day for LuanaSpinetti.com and there has been a loss in clicks of 14%. I was expecting it, since I sold a few dofollow links on the homepage over the past few months and I have been playing with the robots.txt file, excluding Googlebot at a certain point. I removed the links about a week before the update and then reinstated the robots.txt file a few days ago. Search clicks average 10-12 per day now. Also, I noticed there is no manual webspam action under Webmaster Tools, so the penalty was only algorithmic.

The situation is stable for other websites that were penalized for "unnatural outbound links". For some, the click average per day went up a little, for some others even by 50%, even though there has been no considerable improvement in rankings (which is the norm for penalized sites with a small community, I suppose).

What am I going to do now? In short, nothing. I don't hate Google for this, because I know their business model. I do my best to avoid penalties for my clients, but then Google can do whatever to my websites, since traffic from Google only makes up for the 2% of my total traffic and I rely more on community building than on SEO. Also, there's no way I would give up on advertising, even when the methods for it don't really make Google smile. But that's for another story.

Luana Spinetti | Freelance Designer

Few of friendly bloggers affilate sites have been effected for few keywoords and their SEO visibility have dropped certainly and there is a net loss of 3%-4% in SEO keyword visibility.It seems that most of the affialiate sites have not receovered yet.This is case of only few blogs which are in my site but there a couple of sites on internet which have recovered well and there couple of good sites which have good Gain arte upto 8-9 % in SEO visibility.

Conclusion of Penguin

Most of the spammy websites are hit with recent updates and some with black hat are doing fine.


My personal take

There are many issues surrounding Google's decisions and updates and most of them have been unpopular to many Internet marketers and bloggers. But, as Luana says, these are business decisions and it's rather unfortunate that this can sometimes spillover to real lives and businesses.

As a disclosure, I have been hit by Penguin 3.0 myself. Well, on another blog that is.

But water under the bridge, life is very good and I still love blogging and writing. No SEO technique or penalty can take that away from anyone.

So your website got tanked: it's not the end of the world
The thing with ranking on any search engine is that it's essentially a matter of weighing subjective "opinions" in the form of links/websites/blogs hierarchically arranged and trying to make them an objective reality.

These are all perceptions and don't get me wrong, an interesting undertaking by itself.

But think about it. Go ahead and search for "the best car insurance in New York"

Ok, fine, let me google that for you.


It says, Geico, progressive, and a long domain name I couldn't care less about.

First of all, I don't have a car. So, I don't really need car insurance. Second, I don't live in New York. Third, if ever I will win a car and get some car insurance, it will most likely be shoved down my throat by some goons over the [redacted] in the Philippines.

The thing is, what's "best" is subjective. We all have our own opinions. Even if you have the "rightiest" opinion of them all, or even if you have the "bestest" review out there, with the most optimized seo killer whatchamacallit engine out there, someone, somewhere out there, will beg to differ.

My belief as a blogger, is simple...

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Sunday Devotions: Genesis, Healing and Ten Commandments

We were not able to go to Church today so what I did was to gather and ask my kids to read the Bible, and we read about Genesis Chapter 12. That part about Abraham, leaving his homeland and dropping by Egypt. (Christian Bible: Genesis 12)

And then we watched Dr. Albert's video - Part 2 of a series of 4. It's about healing and as usual, Pastor A never fails to emphasize the finer points of healing in the lives of Christians. I've also learned and validated that our emotions and spiritual being is closely intertwined with our physical bodies. There's a recent scientific article supporting this claim - I lost the link but it supports the greater inclusion of psychiatrists and psychologists in healthcare facilities. Google it.

I can attest to this because of a fairly recent semi-traumatic event which happened to me - just a few weeks after that - I got sick for one whole week. It's one of the rare moments when I was stuck in bed, everything tasted bad, slept the whole day and just lay there as I watched my wife struggle to help me like I was a baby. I was totally helpless, and I can say that yes my wife really is a blessing to me, in the past, the present and the future. So thanks, Weng.

Now this video by Pastor A, could be best understood if you are bilingual like me. He speaks Filipino and English. It's really funny if you can speak Filipino as well as English.

I'll leave out the message lest I do something to it, but on a side comment: "Jesus spat on somebody? Hwat?!"

 

My notes about the ten commandments parchment above:

I took it from a dailymail.co.uk article: The best preserved Ten Commandments parchment goes on display in New York dated 2011. Picture credits entirely to them.

Now, it interested me (despite the debates at the bottom of that article about it being "the foundation for most American Civil and Criminal law") because I've always been drawn to it. It must be because my mom hung a version of it near our dining table.

It's also crucial to study this because it's one of the most delineating factors between Protestantism and Catholicism.

Note: There are many rocking changes in Catholicism now that's worth watching and observing. I will link to the reddit post that will link to the article. (Click here) Warning, reddit can confuse you.

According to the Daily Mail article the ten commandments are as follows:

  1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me
  2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
  3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
  4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy
  5. Honour thy father and thy mother
  6. Thou shalt not kill
  7. Thou shalt not commit adultery
  8. Thou shalt not steal
  9. Thou shalt not bear false witness
  10. Thou shalt not covet

I boldfaced the second commandment and you'd understand why if you're a Christian in the Philippines.

So that's it. 

Note for the day: Science and Spirituality are NOT mutually exclusive. There should be no dichotomy.

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Finding the Best in People: Meet Kim


The Quest for Awesome Sauce
It's a straight-forward question, "how do you make a superstar?" That will be the theme for the whole week as we look for experts who can point us to the right people, connections or social media tools to achieve our goals.
Brainstorming for a solution
So for my next #mbustorm challenge, we'll be exerting our best efforts to achieve this. As a music industry outsider this is beyond me, I'm not a music talent promoter so we'll look around for the veterans and the pros. Our course of action is this:
  • Brainstorm through MyblogU.com and interview them.
    • How do we go about in YouTube promotion?
    • How do we make a video viral?
  • Follow through their advice - that's doable
  • Execute and promote
  • See the results
Opinions



  • Get a publicist involved
  • Is it good to go for "wider audience" or better to narrow it down and focus (I would say focus)
  • Crowd-funding sites
  • Sing for charity
  • Tell his story
  • Get a journalist interested
  • Interview on blog
  • Come up with a Twitter marketing campaign


Post in Progress Stay Tuned!

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Leveraging Fiverr for Your Online Marketing

Tickle Marketing


Scintillating, titillating, rabidly funny and amusing, we live in the day and age of ooh's, aah's and haha's. It's an era of having our funny bones tickled and the Internet people want more!

When there are just so many voices out there, the best tickler wins! Just ask Ben Huh of icanhaz.cheezburger.com - a multimillion dollar blog network that has millions upon millions of page views in any given day. Their business model? "Make people laugh."

But don't take our word for it, take GoDaddy.com's Executive Chairman and resident funny mogul Bob Parson's advice,


Keep people happy, give them a good time and give them what they want
"

Bob Parsons | GoDaddy.com Executive Chairman



Get Some Talent Juice from Fiverr

The Internet is a big soupy goo of everything and the thing is, not all of us have the talent to make people laugh. Not all of us have the confidence to even go on video. Just like in real life, we need other people who have this distinct talent for evoking emotions. This could be expressed in writing, art, video, music and humor. This is where Fiverr.com comes in.

So for my next #MBUStorm brainstorming project I asked the good folks from +MyBlogU to share their Fiverr.com secrets and how they've used it for their online marketing efforts.

But before that, do take a look at this #MBUStorm Video I made using Fiverr.com talents diegoclaudiu and meathousebeats


Caricatures and Artwork



I take a look at Fiverr now and then to find something cool. I never go crazy and it does take some time to find something worthy. As an example, our MyBlogU social media profile pic is done through a Fiverr gig. I send in our team's photos and got the cartoon created. I re-arranged the cartoon faces and added our graduation hat after that. The result is pretty neat!

I find some cool gigs in the following categories:

  • Creative and instructional voice-over for my videos
  • Creative logo mashups
  • Cool video mashups

Some gigs get me really inspired as well! Like I can come up with a cool video idea by just coming across an interesting voice-over gig at Fiverr.

I usually stay away from crazy videos. I never buy likes or followers from Fiverr...




Whiteboard Explainer Videos



True to my form, I researched Fiverr for the best bang for whiteboard video creation. Even created a spreadsheet: how many minutes or words, how many images allowed, would they synch your voice, would they add music, what were the upsells, what was their rating, etc Then I put out a request because I was planning a series for my upcoming book. My choice was Everyvan For the first 3 or 4 of 6, he was timely and got more creative. But then I think the word got out! Fortunately, I was patient and when things didn't happen in 24 hours I knew he would make good and he did. I think tipping him every time helped! Here's one of the series he and I created with the most comments and thumbs ups:
Introverts unique power tools in selling



Design and Art



Another great qn, Danny.

The rap is cool, by the way.

I can't share any links or do any shout outs, because this was sometime ago (and I don't exactly remember who I hired for my needs).

I can't say I have hired anyone to do any marketing per se; I have mostly hired folks more design (although that is part of marketing as well) - Designing logos, eBook covers and so forth.

I have thought of hiring folks for marketing (such as posting stuff to 100 pages, or getting 100 likes), but the truth is that it is useless. It's just a waste of time and effort (trust me, I had a hard time with this, especially on my old Twitter account. I had grown my followers pretty fast, using follower exchange services and so forth, but I didn't have a connection with most of these folks).

It's great to show off the numbers, but they are just that - numbers. As an entreprenuer, and as an online marketing, I should be thinking about loyal fans/followers - it might be just 10 fans, but they are worth a lot more than 1000 mindless followers (I mean this in sense that those folks don't really care about what we say. They followed us for other reasons).

Hiring designers has been a wonderful (and painful) experience. It's only 5 bucks, so expecting too much might be a big mistake (unless you pay more for extra work).

The trick is to find good ones - whatever your need might be. There are a lot of bad designers, along with a few really good ones (find those! Look over the reviews and such).

Anyways, that's all I have for now. Hope that has helped!



 

Vector Art and SEO Services


Hi Danny, I've used fiverr three times.

For keyword research - I was curious if someone who specialises in SEO can come up with better keywords than I could and she couldn't. Her list was pretty similar to mine, so it wasn't worth it, but it gave me confidence that I'm good at keyword research.

For tagline creation - again, I didn't like any of the suggested taglines and some of them had nothing to do with my request.

I had a cartoon character drawn by Dhevan Pratama and this guy was awesome. Great response time and I loved the character.


In conclusion, fiverr can be hit and miss. There is some fantastic stuff there and there are also some gigs that don't deliver great value.



Logos and Press Releases





One of the things we do at Digital Analytics 101 is to teach small business owners about marketing and branding. We use Fiverr all the time to give them ideas of what new logos might look like, some sample press releases... I can't say enough good things about the talent and experience we've had with the folks we found on Fiverr. The ability to get three great concepts to present for less than $20 has really been business-changing for us.



*More to come - I'll keep this post updated. Keep em coming guys! Thanks

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Blogging Dreams


Show me a blogger who is lost, and I'll show you the infinite.



Every blogger aspires and dreams. They say that it's like an itch that just needs to be scratched until the ideas mellow and that lump on your skin becomes tender. Perhaps, this is also satiated when you're already living in your dreams in some distant oasis where the waves scatter amid a foamy wash of happiness.

Blogging's greatness comes from the little things that we share and love. It comes from passion, ideals, faith and the notion that yes, we are not alone.

To many people, blogging is a continuing search for the things that we are looking for in our real lives. It's about soul-searching and looking for people who are doing the same. But don't let me get ahead of myself. Let's see what others have to say.


Hope and Purpose

Hope is a funny thing. It just pops out like the snap of a finger waking us up from our technically induced slumber. Snap, you open your eyes and then see the shadows still dancing, still prancing about. But with your eyes open, things become clearer. 

Things... manifest...

So to find this hope, I had to ask this question: Has Blogging Helped You Attain Your Goals/Dreams? Maybe a house or a car


Hey Danny,

Excellent question, as always. Blogging has helped me to achieve satisfaction, knowing that I am helping others to succeed through my blog (that is perhaps the greatest reward).

Blogging has also encouraged me to adopt a different outlook on life - to take on challenges, to learn and experiment more often (that's perhaps the best way to live life; gaining more experience.

We may not be able to answer the fundamental questions, like why we exist, but at least we can say that we had a good run). (An example would be languages; I am learning two of them right now. I doubt that I would have done it, had I not come across blogging). Blogging also helped me to improve my writing skills, marketing skills (something I didn't have earlier) and networking skills (which is good, communication is the key, right?). 


Discovery and Soul Searching

Probably the biggest difference blogging has made in my life is that it's helped me discover more about who I am and what I want. When you're consistently find something to write about that is of interest to you, sooner or later you begin to see the trends Through blogging I've met people who have helped me learn and expand my ideas.

I've always been in creativity and more specifically in creative ideas. When I saw myself going back to that topic again and again, eventually I got the message - this was where I needed to go (even though I thought I wasn't creartive at the time). I am now a certified ARTbundance™ coach and I help people find their own insights and great ideas by using creative tools.

Blogging has also helped me improve my writing skills, get confident as a writer and get paid to write. I'm not making a fortune writing (yet), but I am making money, having fun and I have the condfidence to say that I'm a freelance writer.


Inspiration and a Dream Job

In other times, this burst of inspiration comes shining through. That one moment, a glimpse of light peeking from a small crack lends one to stand once more. Such is the story of Nishadha Silva, a man from Sri Lanka who has found his dream job.

I always wanted to work for a start-up. And I got the opportunity to join a diagramming start-up Creately because they spotted this article written by me. I got called for the position of social media marketer and once in the interview I managed to convince them of my SEO and other digital marketing skills. I got hired as the Internet Marketing Specialist and now I'm a Lead Internet Marketing Specialist handling most of the marketing activites. Not bad for a blog article :-) .


Friendship and Camaraderie

When I lost my job aged 57 four ago, blogging changed my life. It has given me contacts who give me paying jobs that pay the mortgage. No, I am not rich, but I have a roof over my head and friends who care. Those are the two most important things in life, so I am happy.

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Bucky's Room, Codeacademy, Udemy

buckys room
So today, I've rekindled my love for learning. Specifically, javascript and html. It's just something that I wanted to learn and re-learn. It's like eating ice-cream the second time around. Can you remember when you first ate ice-cream? Probably not. But it should have made an impression on you, that after you tried it, you'd want to try it again. You want to re-experience the sensation.

I'm switching between codeacademy.com, udemy and buckysroom.org. It's like trying to alternate between three books on the same topic. In this way, one complements the other as the third one verifies the knowledge.

I like Bucky's style, it's pretty straightforward. Hopefully, it will lead up to me later on learning how to make those inspirational animated html5 sites like the ones you can find in hongkiat. This is the first episode of his beginner javascript tutorial.

*

Update: Included Introduction to Javascript by Douglas Crockford


Video 1 - Bucky's Javascript Tutorials


Video 2 - Javascript Tutorials: Comments and Statements




Video 3 - Javascript Tutorials: Variables




Video 4 - Javascript Tutorials: Different Types of Variables





Video 5 - Javascript Tutorials: Using Variables and Strings





Video 6 - Javascript Tutorials: Functions





Video 7 - Using Parameters with Functions





Video 8 - Functions with Multiple Parameters


*Passing information to the parameter.

Video 9 - The Return Statement





Video 10 - Calling a Function from Another Function





Video 11 - Global and Local Variables




Video 12 - Math Operators



Monday, October 06, 2014

The Value of New TLDs, Gimmicks, Parasites, Branding and More!

Kingdom of Internetovia Image via Flickr
Once upon a time, in the fun and mystical world of Internetovia, your domain name was everything. All around the world, people bowed down to the almighty .coms. Huge auction battles littered the landscape. Mighty Internet titans waged bidding wars for what everybody thought to be as the Internet Holy Grails.

Thus traders, pirates and merchants all flocked like birds to get to the top level domain of choice in the race for Internet supremacy. Feasts were held when the big merchant barons from the West finally conquered these for mind boggling prices. They were, for all intents and purposes, the digital gold that paupers and dreamers can only salivate over. Some, simply squatted over them.

But today, a new tide has come. It's the day and age of the new TLDs. As sturdy as .rocks, as expensive as an .attorney, as organized as .corsica and as daunting as .loans, there were in all, more than 400 of them, according to the wizards from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).


The list of top selling and most expensive domains from Business Insider.

sex.com13,000,0002010
fund.com9,999,9502008
porn.com9,500,0002007
diamond.com7,500,0002006
slots.com5,500,0002010
toys.com5,100,0002009
clothes.com4,900,0002008
candy.com3,000,0002009
vodka.com3,000,0002006
shopping.de2,858,9452008
creditcards.com2,750,0002004
social.com2,600,0002004
investing.com2,450,0002012
computer.com2,100,0002007
seniors.com1,800,0002007
fly.com1,760,0002009
dating.com1,750,0002010
auction.com1,700,0002009
datarecovery.com1,659,0002008
ticket.com1,525,0002009
cameras.com1,500,0002006
russia.com1,500,0002009
tandberg.com1,500,0002007

So I asked for the wisdom that could only be found in the island of MyBlogU. I gathered some chicken bones (after I ate the chickens), played some Josh Groban in the background and sipped a potent cup of coffee. 

The questions

  1. Do you think they have any SEO or branding value? 
  2. If yes, do you think that they are worth the steep prices? 
  3. Next up, have you bought one of them? 
  4. How do you think this would impact the whole landscape of SEO, Google rankings and the general content marketing space? 
  5. Finally, do you have one already or are planning to get one? 

* This is a bonus question, answer only if you feel like it - Do you think that these new tlds makes "domaining" or buying and selling domains - quite obsolete?

* Disclosure: I currently control MetroManila.rentals since we have a rental property in Metro Manila.

First up is our dear friend Phil Turner.


To me the new TLDs are almost entirely a marketing gimmick that is totally worthless in terms of search results. They might have some branding value for a new business but I have not seen a single website built on one of these domains, either on the Web or in search results. I think people are generally very slow in accepting new domain names and do not think these are going to catch on. The only people talking them up are the people selling them and the ones whò have bought them with the aim of selling them on for profit

Personally I think people who buy domains with the aim of sitting on them for years and later selling them are parasites and the Web would be a better place if the practice was outlawed.


I think most people would still type .com. Plus smart phones have the button for .com Unless you have a .com version, all those other variants are bad for branding...

Anna Fox | Hire Bloggers



Hey Danny,

I don't know...I had learned about a few of these in the beginning of this year. Honestly, they just seem so weird. Some of them are great - like .photo, while others are just downright stupid (Stupid is subjective of course...In this case, I am mostly referring to the large TLDs).

Really, who is going to type .download (this one isn't so bad, many of the bigger ones are just brand names; I am not going name anyone specifically).

SEO Value? Sure. But, it's upto search engines (Knowing that Google has applied for many of the TLDs, I would say that they are taking that into consideration).

But, I doubt how much of an effect it would have - would be weird of the top sites of any niche were outranked by a brand new TLD domain (i.e. top photography blogs being replaced by .photo domains).

That would certainly drive up the prices for these domains (it's expensive as it is).

Right now, I don't think it's worth it (unless you are just investing; domain flipping). But, that also depends upon several factors, such as users adopting these new TLDs (people are lazy as it is, imagine if they had to type 20 alphabets to get to a website).

I don't plan to get one; perhaps in the future (also depends on how search engines take this into account). I am however interested in domain flipping (I haven't sold any, but it's an interesting prospect to consider, relate estate in domains!).

Anyways, great qn, Danny!

Point Well Taken

Well, I agree with most of the points raised by Phil and Anna. They both have sound basis, especially since we've seen that domains aren't necessarily the basis for credibility/authority or high SERP rankings. In this regard, let's take a look at the Internet's most expensive .com domains and see how their owners have used them. Maybe in this way, we'll see whether the purchase price of these domains were justified.

The methodology I would be using would be basic Alexa global site ranking, which however inconclusive, is a good starting point since they've been around for a long time.

Most expensive .com domain 2014 status and global alexa ranking


DomainValueYear 2014 StatusGlobal Alexa Ranking
sex.com13,000,0002010Active1,350
fund.com9,999,9502008Down with Message867,528
porn.com9,500,0002007Active827
diamond.com7,500,0002006Active501,792
slots.com5,500,0002010Active1,007,440
toys.com5,100,0002009Active725,564
clothes.com4,900,0002008redirect > zappos.com942,667
candy.com3,000,0002009Active182,769
vodka.com3,000,0002006> russianstandardvodka.com3,360,057
shopping.de2,858,9452008Active101,016
creditcards.com2,750,0002004Active14,197
social.com2,600,0002004> salesforcemarketingcloud.com152,618
investing.com2,450,0002012Active1,114
computer.com2,100,0002007Parked1,306,238
seniors.com1,800,0002007Active4,712,859
fly.com1,760,0002009Active22,555
dating.com1,750,0002010> skipthegames.com157,144
auction.com1,700,0002009Active15,305
datarecovery.com1,659,0002008Active636,982
ticket.com1,525,00020094041,447,405
cameras.com1,500,0002006Parked1,677,686
russia.com1,500,0002009Parked867,905
tandberg.com1,500,0002007> cisco.com10,114,746

As we can see, a significant portion of these domains are either redirects or parked. There's a few which have a 404 status. Most are still active though, but if we compare them to brand name sites in the same niche, the expensive domain really pales in comparison.

Tentatively, these expensive .coms are basically like a glorified vanity plate.

Thanks to Vanity Plate Maker for this



Comparing top expensive domains with popular sites in the same niche using Global Alexa Ranking

GARvsGAR
sex.com1,350pornhub.com71
porn.com827youporn.com122
redtube.com108
xvideos.com41


Comparing most expensive domain name sites with popular sites in the same niche using Google trends



Do forgive the rather crass examples. The most expensive domain is easier to compare to its "less famous" cousins.  Note that in the Google trend line graph, xvideos is almost at the same level as sex.com. Moreover, exemption must be made when you take into consideration the media capital of sex.com's purchase. Suffice to say, the absurd price for the domain is still being talked about now.

Absent any SEO tools at our disposal, it is still safe to say that the branding value of a domain trumps the actual domain. Domain type-ins are negligible since chrome and most of the other browsers most often auto fill the address field.

Which brings us back to the question: Are the new TLD's worth buying into?

I'm not an SEO practitioner and I tend to disregard most SEO parameters (to my disadvantage). I sometimes read the more interesting articles. Because, if I were a Google search engineer, this is exactly how I'd like people to act.

I'd want writers and illustrators to be creative, I'd want lawyers to write, well, "lawyer-ly" blogs, I'd want people to find exactly what they need. But of course, that's just me.

The new TLDs, in my own humble opinion and maybe a little against the current flow of the conversation, imparts that branding value.

In a way, domains still have that power and they're going to play an important role. For instance, one will very seldom find a .edu domain controlled by an Internet marketer rather than a real educational institution. A better example is that it would be atrocious to find a .gov domain for a fictitious country.

(Though dannyville.gov sounds awfully enticing)

Anyone up for mesothelioma.attorney?

At this early stage, I'm not aware of the registration requirements for getting the domain mesothelioma.attorney. But if I controlled the registration process, I'd have people who want to register the domain to submit pertinent professional identification.

Draconian, maybe. But they're already applying the same restrictions to .edu and .gov domains.

Yes, they may be considered as vanity urls, but they have that distinct branding value which I think is more important today when we see a lot of keyword domain name .coms out there topping google searches.

Full list of new TLDs

AAA 

AARP 

ABARTH 

ABB 

ABBOTT 

ABBVIE 

ABC 

ABLE 

ABOGADO 

ABUDHABI 

ACADEMY 

ACCENTURE 

ACCOUNTANT 

ACCOUNTANTS 

ACER 

ACO 

ACTIVE 

ACTOR 

ADAC 

ADS 

ADULT 

AEG 

AETNA 

AFAMILYCOMPANY 

AFL 

AFRICA 

AFRICAMAGIC 

AGAKHAN 

AGENCY 

AIG 

AIGO 

AIRBUS 

AIRFORCE 

AIRTEL 

AKDN 

ALCON 

ALFAROMEO 

ALIBABA 

ALIPAY 

ALLFINANZ 

ALLFINANZBERATER 

ALLFINANZBERATUNG 

ALLSTATE 

ALLY 

ALSACE 

ALSTOM 

AMAZON 

AMERICANEXPRESS 

AMERICANFAMILY 

AMEX 

AMFAM 

AMICA 

AMP 

AMSTERDAM 

ANALYTICS 

AND 

ANDROID 

ANQUAN 

ANSONS 

ANTHEM 

ANTIVIRUS 

ANZ 

AOL 

APARTMENTS 

APP 

APPLE 

AQUARELLE 

AQUITAINE 

ARAB 

ARAMCO 

ARCHI 

ARCHITECT 

ARE 

ARMY 

ART 

ARTE 

ASDA 

ASSOCIATES 

ASTRIUM 

ATHLETA 

ATTORNEY 

AUCTION 

AUDI 

AUDIBLE 

AUDIO 

AUSPOST 

AUTHOR 

AUTO 

AUTOINSURANCE 

AUTOS 

AVERY 

AVIANCA 

AWS 

AXA 

AXIS 

AZURE 

BABY 

BAIDU 

BANAMEX 

BANANAREPUBLIC 

BAND 

BANK 

BANQUE 

BAR 

BARCELONA 

BARCLAYCARD 

BARCLAYS 

BAREFOOT 

BARGAINS 

BASEBALL 

BASKETBALL 

BAUHAUS 

BAYERN 

BBB 

BBC 

BBT 

BBVA 

BCG 

BCN 

BEATS 

BEAUTY 

BEER 

BEKNOWN 

BENTLEY 

BERLIN 

BEST 

BESTBUY 

BET 

BHARTI 

BIBLE 

BID 

BIKE 

BING 

BINGO 

BIO 

BLACK 

BLACKFRIDAY 

BLANCO 

BLOCKBUSTER 

BLOG 

BLOOMBERG 

BLOOMINGDALES 

BLUE 

BMS 

BMW 

BNL 

BNPPARIBAS 

BOATS 

BOEHRINGER 

BOFA 

BOM 

BOND 

BOO 

BOOK 

BOOKING 

BOOTS 

BOSCH 

BOSTIK 

BOSTON 

BOT 

BOUTIQUE 

BOX 

BRADESCO 

BRIDGESTONE 

BROADWAY 

BROKER 

BROTHER 

BRUSSELS 

BUDAPEST 

BUGATTI 

BUICK 

BUILD 

BUILDERS 

BUSINESS 

BUY 

BUZZ 

BWAY 

BZH 

CAB 

CADILLAC 

CAFE 

CAL 

CALL 

CALVINKLEIN 

CAM 

CAMERA 

CAMP 

CANALPLUS 

CANCERRESEARCH 

CANON 

CAPETOWN 

CAPITAL 

CAPITALONE 

CAR 

CARAVAN 

CARDS 

CARE 

CAREER 

CAREERS 

CAREMORE 

CARINSURANCE 

CARS 

CARTIER 

CASA 

CASE 

CASEIH 

CASH 

CASHBACKBONUS 

CASINO 

CATALONIA 

CATERING 

CATHOLIC 

CBA 

CBN 

CBRE 

CBS 

CEB 

CENTER 

CEO 

CERN 

CFA 

CFD 

CHANEL 

CHANGIAIRPORT 

CHANNEL 

CHARITY 

CHARTIS 

CHASE 

CHAT 

CHATR 

CHEAP 

CHESAPEAKE 

CHEVROLET 

CHEVY 

CHINTAI 

CHK
CHLOE 

CHRISTMAS 

CHROME 

CHRYSLER 

CHURCH 

CIALIS 

CIMB 

CIPRIANI 

CIRCLE 

CISCO 

CITADEL 

CITI 

CITIC 

CITY 

CITYEATS 

CLAIMS 

CLEANING 

CLICK 

CLINIC 

CLINIQUE 

CLOTHING 

CLOUD 

CLUB 

CLUBMED 

COACH 

CODES 

COFFEE 

COLLEGE 

COLOGNE 

COMCAST 

COMMBANK 

COMMUNITY 

COMPANY 

COMPARE 

COMPUTER 

COMSEC 

CONDOS 

CONNECTORS 

CONSTRUCTION 

CONSULTING 

CONTACT 

CONTRACTORS 

COOKING 

COOKINGCHANNEL 

COOL 

CORP 

CORSICA 

COUNTRY 

COUPON 

COUPONS 

COURSES 

CPA 

CREDIT 

CREDITCARD 

CREDITUNION 

CRICKET 

CROWN 

CRS 

CRUISE 

CRUISES 

CSC 

CUISINELLA 

CYMRU 

CYOU 

DABUR 

DAD 

DANCE 

DATA 

DATE 

DATING 

DATSUN 

DAY 

DCLK 

DDS 

DEAL 

DEALER 

DEALS 

DEGREE 

DELIVERY 

DELL 

DELMONTE 

DELOITTE 

DELTA 

DEMOCRAT 

DENTAL 

DENTIST 

DESI 

DESIGN 

DEUTSCHEPOST 

DEV 

DHL 

DIAMONDS 

DIET 

DIGIKEY 

DIGITAL 

DIRECT 

DIRECTORY 

DISCOUNT 

DISCOVER 

DISH 

DIY 

DNB 

DNP 

DOCOMO 

DOCS 

DOCTOR 

DODGE 

DOG 

DOHA 

DOMAINS 

DOOSAN 

DOT 

DOTAFRICA 

DOWNLOAD 

DRIVE 

DSTV 

DTV 

DUBAI 

DUCK 

DUNLOP 

DUNS 

DUPONT 

DURBAN 

DVAG 

DVR 

DWG 

EARTH 

EAT 

ECO 

ECOM 

EDEKA 

EDUCATION 

EMAIL 

EMERCK 

EMERSON 

ENERGY 

ENGINEER 

ENGINEERING 

ENTERPRISES 

EPOST 

EPSON 

EQUIPMENT 

ERICSSON 

ERNI 

ESQ 

EST 

ESTATE 

ESURANCE 

ETISALAT 

EUROVISION 

EUS 

EVENTS 

EVERBANK 

EXCHANGE 

EXPERT 

EXPOSED 

EXPRESS 

EXTRASPACE 

FAGE 

FAIL 

FAIRWINDS 

FAITH 

FAMILY 

FAN 

FANS 

FARM 

FARMERS 

FASHION 

FAST 

FEDEX 

FEEDBACK 

FERRARI 

FERRERO 

FIAT 

FIDELITY 

FIDO 

FILM 

FINAL 

FINANCE 

FINANCIAL 

FINANCIALAID 

FINISH 

FIRE 

FIRESTONE 

FIRMDALE 

FISH 

FISHING 

FIT 

FITNESS 

FLICKR 

FLIGHTS 

FLIR 

FLORIST 

FLOWERS 

FLS 

FLSMIDTH 

FLY 

FOO 

FOOD 

FOODNETWORK 

FOOTBALL 

FORD 

FOREX 

FORSALE 

FORUM 

FOUNDATION 

FOX 

FREE 

FRESENIUS 

FRL 

FROGANS 

FRONTDOOR 

FRONTIER 

FTR 

FUJITSU 

FUJIXEROX 

FUN 

FUND 

FURNITURE 

FUTBOL 

FYI 

GAL 

GALLERY 

GALLO 

GALLUP 

GAME 

GAMES 

GAP 

GARDEN 

GARNIER 

GAY 

GBIZ 

GCC 

GDN 

GEA 

GECOMPANY
GED 

GENT 

GENTING 

GEORGE 

GGEE 

GIFT 

GIFTS 

GIVES 

GIVING 

GLADE 

GLASS 

GLE 

GLEAN 

GLOBAL 

GLOBALX 

GLOBO 

GMAIL 

GMBH 

GMC 

GMO 

GMX 

GODADDY 

GOLD 

GOLDPOINT 

GOLF 

GOO 

GOODHANDS 

GOODYEAR 

GOOG 

GOOGLE 

GOP 

GOT 

GOTV 

GRAINGER 

GRAPHICS 

GRATIS 

GREE 

GREEN 

GRIPE 

GROCERY 

GROUP 

GUARDIAN 

GUARDIANLIFE 

GUARDIANMEDIA 

GUCCI 

GUGE 

GUIDE 

GUITARS 

GURU 

HAIR 

HALAL 

HAMBURG 

HANGOUT 

HAUS 

HBO 

HDFC 

HDFCBANK 

HEALTH 

HEALTHCARE 

HEART 

HEINZ 

HELP 

HELSINKI 

HERE 

HERMES 

HGTV 

HILTON 

HIPHOP 

HISAMITSU 

HITACHI 

HIV 

HKT 

HOCKEY 

HOLDINGS 

HOLIDAY 

HOME 

HOMEDEPOT 

HOMEGOODS 

HOMES 

HOMESENSE 

HONDA 

HONEYWELL 

HORSE 

HOSPITAL 

HOST 

HOSTING 

HOT 

HOTEIS 

HOTEL 

HOTELES 

HOTELS 

HOTMAIL 

HOUSE 

HOW 

HSBC 

HTC 

HUGHES 

HYATT 

HYUNDAI 

IBM 

ICBC 

ICE 

ICU 

IDN 

IEEE 

IFM 

IINET 

IKANO 

IMAMAT 

IMDB 

IMMO 

IMMOBILIEN 

INC 

INDIANS 

INDUSTRIES 

INFINITI 

INFOSYS 

INFY 

ING 

INK 

INSTITUTE 

INSURANCE 

INSURE 

INTEL 

INTERNATIONAL 

INTUIT 

INVESTMENTS 

IPIRANGA 

IRA 

IRISH 

ISELECT 

ISLAM 

ISMAILI 

IST 

ISTANBUL 

ITAU 

ITV 

IVECO 

IWC 

JAGUAR 

JAVA 

JCB 

JCP 

JEEP 

JETZT 

JEWELRY 

JIO 

JLC 

JLL 

JMP 

JNJ 

JOBURG 

JOT 

JOY 

JPMORGAN 

JPMORGANCHASE 

JPRS 

JUEGOS 

JUNIPER 

JUSTFORU 

KAUFEN 

KDDI 

KERASTASE 

KERRYHOTELS 

KERRYLOGISITICS 

KERRYPROPERTIES 

KETCHUP 

KFH 

KIA 

KID 

KIDS 

KIDS 

KIEHLS 

KIM 

KINDER 

KINDLE 

KITCHEN 

KIWI 

KOELN 

KOMATSU 

KONAMI 

KONE 

KOSHER 

KPMG 

KPN 

KRD 

KRED 

KSB 

KUOKGROUP 

KYKNET 

KYOTO 

LACAIXA 

LADBROKES 

LAMBORGHINI 

LAMER 

LANCASTER 

LANCIA 

LANCOME 

LAND 

LANDROVER 

LANXESS 

LASALLE 

LAT 

LATINO 

LATROBE 

LAW 

LAWYER 

LDS 

LEASE 

LECLERC 

LEFRAK 

LEGAL 

LEGO 

LEXUS 

LGBT 

LIAISON 

LIDL 

LIFE 

LIFEINSURANCE 

LIFESTYLE 

LIGHTING 

LIKE 

LILLY 

LIMITED 

LIMO 

LINCOLN 

LINDE 

LINK 

LIPSY 

LIVE 

LIVESTRONG 

LIVING 

LIXIL 

LLC 

LLP 

LOAN
LOANS 

LOCKER 

LOCUS 

LOFT 

LOL 

LONDON 

LOREAL 

LOTTE 

LOTTO 

LOVE 

LPL 

LPLFINANCIAL 

LTD 

LTDA 

LUNDBECK 

LUPIN 

LUXE 

LUXURY 

MACYS 

MADRID 

MAIF 

MAIL 

MAISON 

MAKEUP 

MAN 

MANAGEMENT 

MANGO 

MAP 

MARKET 

MARKETING 

MARKETS 

MARRIOTT 

MARSHALLS 

MASERATI 

MATRIX 

MATTEL 

MAYBELLINE 

MBA 

MCD 

MCDONALDS 

MCKINSEY 

MED 

MEDIA 

MEDICAL 

MEET 

MELBOURNE 

MEME 

MEMORIAL 

MEN 

MENU 

MEO 

MERCK 

MERCKMSD 

METLIFE 

MIAMI 

MICROSOFT 

MIH 

MII 

MINI 

MINT 

MIT 

MITEK 

MITSUBISHI 

MLB 

MLS 

MMA 

MNET 

MOBILE 

MOBILY 

MODA 

MOE 

MOI 

MOM 

MONASH 

MONEY 

MONSTER 

MONTBLANC 

MOPAR 

MORMON 

MORTGAGE 

MOSCOW 

MOTO 

MOTORCYCLES 

MOV 

MOVIE 

MOVISTAR 

MOZAIC 

MRMUSCLE 

MRPORTER 

MSD 

MTN 

MTPC 

MTR 

MULTICHOICE 

MUSIC 

MUTUAL 

MUTUALFUNDS 

MUTUELLE 

MZANSIMAGIC 

NAB 

NADEX 

NAGOYA 

NASPERS 

NATIONWIDE 

NATURA 

NAVY 

NBA 

NEC 

NETAPORTER 

NETBANK 

NETFLIX 

NETWORK 

NEUSTAR 

NEW 

NEWHOLLAND 

NEWS 

NEXT 

NEXTDIRECT 

NEXUS 

NFL 

NGO 

NHK 

NICO 

NIKE 

NIKON 

NINJA 

NISSAN 

NISSAY 

NOKIA 

NORTHLANDINSURANCE

NORTHWESTERNMUTUAL

NORTON 

NOW 

NOWRUZ 

NOWTV 

NRA 

NRW 

NTT 

NYC 

OBI 

OBSERVER 

OFF 

OFFICE 

OKINAWA 

OLAYAN 

OLAYANGROUP 

OLDNAVY 

OLLO 

OLYMPUS 

OMEGA 

ONE 

ONG 

ONL 

ONLINE 

ONYOURSIDE 

OOO 

OPEN 

ORACLE 

ORANGE 

ORGANIC 

ORIENTEXPRESS 

ORIGINS 

OSAKA 

OTSUKA 

OTT 

OVERHEIDNL 

OVH 

PAGE 

PAMPEREDCHEF 

PANASONIC 

PANERAI 

PARIS 

PARS 

PARTNERS 

PARTS 

PARTY 

PASSAGENS 

PATAGONIA 

PATCH 

PAY 

PAYU 

PCCW 

PERSIANGULF 

PET 

PETS 

PFIZER 

PHARMACY 

PHD 

PHILIPS 

PHONE 

PHOTO 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

PHOTOS 

PHYSIO 

PIAGET 

PICS 

PICTET 

PICTURES 

PID 

PIN 

PING 

PINK 

PIONEER 

PIPERLIME 

PITNEY 

PIZZA 

PLACE 

PLAY 

PLAYSTATION 

PLUMBING 

PLUS 

PNC 

POHL 

POKER 

POLITIE 

POLO 

PORN 

PRAMERICA 

PRAXI 

PRESS 

PRIME 

PROD 

PRODUCTIONS 

PROF 

PROGRESSIVE 

PROMO 

PROPERTIES 

PROPERTY 

PROTECTION 

PRU 

PRUDENTIAL 

PUB 

PWC 

QPON 

QTEL 

QUEBEC
QUEST 

QVC 

RACING 

RADIO 

RAID 

RAM 

READ 

REALESTATE 

REALTOR 

REALTY 

RECIPES 

RED 

REDKEN 

REDSTONE 

REDUMBRELLA 

REHAB 

REISE 

REISEN 

REIT 

RELIANCE 

REN 

RENT 

RENTALS 

REPAIR 

REPORT 

REPUBLICAN 

REST 

RESTAURANT 

RETIREMENT 

REVIEW 

REVIEWS 

REXROTH 

RICH 

RICHARDLI 

RICOH 

RIGHTATHOME 

RIL 

RIO 

RIP 

RMIT 

ROCHER 

ROCKS 

ROCKWOOL 

RODEO 

ROGERS 

ROMA 

ROOM 

RSVP 

RUGBY 

RUHR 

RWE 

RYUKYU 

SAARLAND 

SAFE 

SAFETY 

SAFEWAY 

SAKURA 

SALE 

SALON 

SAMSCLUB 

SAMSUNG 

SANDVIK 

SANDVIKCOROMANT 

SANOFI 

SAP 

SAPO 

SAPPHIRE 

SARL 

SAS 

SAS 

SAVE 

SAXO 

SBI 

SBS 

SCA 

SCB 

SCHAEFFLER 

SCHMIDT 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

SCHOOL 

SCHULE 

SCHWARZ 

SCHWARZGROUP 

SCIENCE 

SCJOHNSON 

SCOR 

SCOT 

SEARCH 

SEAT 

SECURE 

SECURITY 

SEEK 

SELECT 

SENER 

SERVICES 

SES 

SEVEN 

SEW 

SEX 

SEXY 

SFR 

SHANGRILA 

SHARP 

SHAW 

SHELL 

SHIA 

SHIKSHA 

SHOES 

SHOP 

SHOPPING 

SHOPYOURWAY 

SHOUJI 

SHOW 

SHOWTIME 

SHRIRAM 

SILK 

SINA 

SINGLES 

SITE 

SKI 

SKIN 

SKOLKOVO 

SKY 

SKYDRIVE 

SKYPE 

SLING 

SMART 

SMILE 

SNCF 

SOCCER 

SOCIAL 

SOFTBANK 

SOFTWARE 

SOHU 

SOLAR 

SOLUTIONS 

SONG 

SONY 

SOY 

SPA 

SPACE 

SPIEGEL 

SPORT 

SPORTS 

SPOT 

SPREADBETTING 

SRL 

SRT 

STADA 

STAPLES 

STAR 

STARHUB 

STATEBANK 

STATEFARM 

STATOIL 

STC 

STCGROUP 

STOCKHOLM 

STORAGE 

STORE 

STREAM 

STROKE 

STUDIO 

STUDY 

STYLE 

SUCKS 

SUPERSPORT 

SUPPLIES 

SUPPLY 

SUPPORT 

SURF 

SURGERY 

SUZUKI 

SVR 

SWATCH 

SWIFTCOVER 

SWISS 

SYDNEY 

SYMANTEC 

SYSTEMS 

TAB 

TAIPEI 

TALK 

TALK 

TAOBAO 

TARGET 

TATA 

TATAMOTORS 

TATAR 

TATTOO 

TAX 

TAXI 

TCI 

TDK 

TEAM 

TECH 

TECHNOLOGY 

TELECITY 

TELEFONICA 

TEMASEK 

TENNIS 

TERRA 

TEVA 

THAI 

THD 

THEATER 

THEATRE 

THEGUARDIAN 

THEHARTFORD 

TIAA 

TICKETS 

TIENDA 

TIFFANY 

TIPS 

TIRES 

TIROL 

TJMAXX 

TJX 

TKMAXX 

TMALL 

TODAY 

TOKYO 

TOOLS 

TOP 

TORAY 

TOSHIBA 

TOTAL 

TOUR 

TOURS 

TOWN 

TOYOTA 

TOYS 

TRADE 

TRADERSHOTELS 

TRADING 

TRAINING
TRANSFORMERS 

TRANSLATIONS 

TRANSUNION 

TRAVELCHANNEL 

TRAVELERS 

TRAVELERSINSURANCE

TRAVELGUARD 

TRUST 

TRV 

TUBE 

TUI 

TUNES 

TUSHU 

TVS 

UBANK 

UBS 

UCONNECT 

ULTRABOOK 

UMMAH 

UNICOM 

UNICORN 

UNIVERSITY 

UNO 

UOL 

UPS 

VACATIONS 

VANA 

VANGUARD 

VANISH 

VEGAS 

VENTURES 

VERISIGN 

vermögensberater 

vermögensberatung 

VERSICHERUNG 

VET 

VIAJES 

VIDEO 

VIG 

VIKING 

VILLAS 

VIN 

VIP 

VIRGIN 

VISA 

VISION 

VISTA 

VISTAPRINT 

VIVA 

VIVO 

VLAANDEREN 

VODKA 

VOLKSWAGEN 

VOLVO 

VONS 

VOTE 

VOTING 

VOTO 

VOYAGE 

VUELOS 

WALES 

WALMART 

WALTER 

WANG 

WANGGOU 

WARMAN 

WATCH 

WATCHES 

WEATHER 

WEATHERCHANNEL 

WEB 

WEBCAM 

WEBER 

WEBJET 

WEBS 

WEBSITE 

WED 

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EventId's in Nostr - from CGPT4

The mathematical operation used to derive the event.id in your getSignedEvent function is the SHA-256 hash function, applied to a string rep...