IDN Talk Posts
Social Media compatibility fixes
January 25, 2012 by Olney · 582Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fdevelopment%2Fsocial-media-compatibility-fixes.htmlSocial+Media+compatibility+fixes2012-01-25+04%3A30%3A41Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D582
I was contacted by Twitter the Japan team who looked over the fact that IDN Domains on the profiles on iPhone comes out messed up. IDN Domains come out fine in the time stream and on other platforms that IDN URL comes out fine in Unicode. They informed me that they will issue a fix for this & are … [Read More...]
IDN Development Ramblings (also 200th post)
January 19, 2012 by Olney · 578Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fdomain-names%2Fidn-development-ramblings-also-200th-post.htmlIDN+Development+Ramblings+%28also+200th+post%292012-01-19+02%3A32%3A47Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D578
I've been doing this blog I feel like forever. This is my 200th post & well it's just going to be new 2012 development ramblings. 1. Traffic from shortening services is displayed in Google Analytics as Direct traffic even though it isn't. You have to make a plan to anylize referers seperatedly. 2. … [Read More...]
Twitter Support is good for IDNs
January 13, 2012 by Olney · 575Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fsocial-media-2%2Ftwitter-support-is-good-for-idns.htmlTwitter+Support+is+good+for+IDNs2012-01-13+01%3A49%3A34Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D575
I've been going through development routines with some of my IDN sites. One of them has a great twitter following & I'm going through the motions of seeing how are IDNs technically working with different platforms. Twitter has a few issues with short URLs & IDNs also on the mobile site … [Read More...]
Adam Dicker and DNForum are on fire!!
January 7, 2012 by Olney · 5712 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fdomain-names%2Fadam-dicker-and-dnforum-are-on-fire.htmlAdam+Dicker+and+DNForum+are+on+fire%21%212012-01-07+12%3A33%3A30Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D571
I've been looking more and more over what Adam Dicker is doing over at DNF as a forum owner and businessman. He's implemented a lot of things that I personally believe are needed for the growth of a large community. Over the holiday he even had a great discount on upgrading memberships for DNF unfortunately … [Read More...]
IDN Development is needed for IDN Progression
January 5, 2012 by Olney · 5671 Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fdevelopment%2Fidn-development-is-needed-for-idn-progression.htmlIDN+Development+is+needed+for+IDN+Progression2012-01-05+04%3A46%3A27Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D567
IDN Development is needed for IDN Progression I personally believe that development is needed for IDNs to progress. I know, I know I always say this. Currently I'm updating a few Japanese IDN sites I have. In doing this there are still technical issues with some technologies. As I go through this … [Read More...]
Not a lot of great auctions to begin the year
January 3, 2012 by Olney · 562Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fdomain-names%2Fnot-a-lot-of-great-auctions-to-begin-the-year.htmlNot+a+lot+of+great+auctions+to+begin+the+year2012-01-03+14%3A30%3A40Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D562
In Tokyo there are a few different auction platforms. Most have been active for over a year. The four main ones are Humeia, Rat, Onamae and WIXI. The first two were really behind closed doors until recently. At the end of the month in December when the jp drop happened I have a feeling things went … [Read More...]
Happy Holidays let’s be thankful
December 29, 2011 by Olney · 560Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fdomain-names%2Fhappy-holidays-lets-be-thankful.htmlHappy+Holidays+let%27s+be+thankful2011-12-29+02%3A10%3A05Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D560
It's the end of the year and want to wish many of you readers Happy Holidays. I want to thank J-Seed which was the former incubator that my company came from. I want to thank Amir of Zenlok for giving me a great start in a much higher level of digital marketing. I want to thank Bamba San of … [Read More...]
Can we base a domain’s value on current traffic?
December 26, 2011 by Olney · 554Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fdomain-names%2Fcan-we-base-a-domains-value-on-current-traffic.htmlCan+we+base+a+domain%27s+value+on+current+traffic%3F2011-12-26+02%3A24%3A49Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D554
Can we base a domain's value on current traffic? I look over my domain portfolio & try not to base it on current traffic or parking revenue. Even though it's good that the portfolio can pay for itself traffic & parking revenue IS NOT GUARANTEED. It's important that you realize how you get … [Read More...]
Facebook ads are IDN domain friendly
December 13, 2011 by Olney · 549Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Ffacebook%2Ffacebook-ads-are-idn-domain-friendly.htmlFacebook+ads+are+IDN+domain+friendly2011-12-13+09%3A43%3A47Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D549
I've been doing a lot of work with the Facebook team lately creating strategies & managing ads for clients. One thing that I haven't read or saw online is that Facebook ads are IDN friendly. You can enter in your IDN Domains into the URL location for your ads in the native form. I might try … [Read More...]
December .jp Japan sales
December 5, 2011 by Olney · 544Leave a Commenthttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2Fdomain-names%2Fdecember-jp-japan-sales.htmlDecember+.jp+Japan+sales2011-12-05+09%3A33%3A04Olneyhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.idntalk.com%2F%3Fp%3D544
For this month there weren't a lot of large sales in Japan. This month Creator.jp sold for 138,100円 ($1770) Other than that Rooms sold for 75,100円 ($963) They sold on Onamae's system … [Read More...]
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- Drupal user Group in Tokyo sponsored by WIXI wPix
- .jp Sales November 2011 Emoji.jp sells for 500,100 yen
- Great of example of the answer to “What about if they want to view the domain overseas?”
- So what happened with .日本???
- WIXI next domain auction October 1st (Japan time)
- Your Japanese IDN Parking revenue just increased
- Finally completed a great set of IDN pairing
- Domains sales IN Japan
- Adwords Editor now supports IDN Domains
- Linkedin for Domainers