Steve Browne — Affiliate Marketing, Search Engine Stuff and General Ramblings

F1 Numberplates - Domain names

January 26, 2008

For those who wonder about the values of domain names and whether scarcity value really exists:
Fan pays record for Formula One car plates
A businessman has paid almost half a million pounds for the car registration plate “F1″ - making it the most expensive ever sold in Britain.Afzal Kahn, a Formula One motor racing fan, has [...]

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Unreported Income - Unless You Are A Minister

January 11, 2008

I wonder what would happen to an individual or business that earned £103,000 and didn’t report it to anyone. I’m not sure, but I can guess.
Of course, if you are a Minister, you don’t have to worry about little things like the law. That’s for normal people, not the powerful-overlords.

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Server problems solved with Google

January 10, 2008

Google + Blogs is better than any manual or helpfile, due to the fact that you can almost always find someone else with the exact same problem, and usually a solution as well. The blog aspect helps as you tend to also get a stream of user comments that might go into more detail.
A case [...]

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Financial Lead Generation

January 7, 2008

Lead Generation is technically quite easy. You need a trust-worthy site, with a form asking all of the questions that a correct lead requires. Obviously the fields required for a mortgage, loan, double glazing or DNA testing are different, but the concept is the same.
1. Provide detail of the product/service2. Display a form with the [...]

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Domaining Calendar

January 4, 2008

Serious domaining means that you need to have an edge over the rest of the market. For some this is budget: if you have the cash, you can buy excellent domains. For others this is speed: dropcatching is very profitable, but you gotta be quick. For the rest there is the brain. This involves out-thinking [...]

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2008 - year of the Mac

January 3, 2008

This year, I absolutely need some new computer power. My two main desktops are at least 4 years old, and although still great at the day to day stuff, are starting to struggle with newer web media, Office 2008 and just general usage.
What I need to do is separate out tasks, so that one PC [...]

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Welcome to 2008

January 3, 2008

A new year brings new thoughts and resolutions and the belief that “this year will be different”. Well this year, I intend that to be the case.
There are a couple of client projects that need to be signed off/completed, but beyond that, I’m intending to entriely self-finance for the year, with minimal client based work. [...]

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ui.com sells for $275k

November 20, 2007

That domain’s a steal at that price. I thought it would go for a lot more than that.

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Government records go missing

November 20, 2007

The same Government that want us all to have ID cards, is trying to create a national DNA database and wants to keep every bit of data possible about British citizens has managed to lose the personal records of 25 MILLION PEOPLE.
Yes, 25 million. Names, addresses, National Insurance numbers, dates of birth and bank details. [...]

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