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Since Dec 18th - my search engine ranking for “VintageWatchLot.com” has changed.  I had ranked #1 on Yahoo for my terms “Vintage Watch Lot” and “Vintage Watch Lot” but that ranking has dropped to #3. Anything positive to report? Yes…  with only a little bit of content added, I seem to have broken into Googles top 25 for the term “Vintage Watch Lot” - where as before Google plane ignored me. Interesting also to note is that the splash page for ClickItOut.com is also ranked well for its terms:

ClickItOut.com

• “Domain Consultation” - Google #10 / MSN #29
• “Domain Consultation Services” - Google #4 / MSN #6

Interesting to note is that I am not ranked on Yahoo. Perhaps Yahoo gives increased ranking to a wordpress page - thinking that much of the code is content? I’ll need to re-experiment with that in the future. I’ll update with more results as things progress!

Justin

It amuses me that DomainTools has opted just like last time, to open up their auction with prebidding. Much like last time, only a handful of domain names has a prebid on it. In a perfect world, people who had intereste would begin bidding the domain name up, before the auction technically even starts, but in a fast paced world of Sniping and patience, making a pre-bid can be down right silly.

Consider that you may very well be higlighting the domain name that someone may not have paid much attention to, if you just popped a bid in with 20 seconds remaining. Any bids that are in place now, are allowed to marinate and sink into some of the other buyers watching the list. “Oh, I didnt like it at first, but after doing some research, I love it”….

Personally I think its just plane silly. Set a date, publish the auction list, and contact the buyers. Give each listing 45 seconds or so - and let the auction roll. Just my thoughts….