I’m not sure why they need this but job search company Monster has beat out the Monster cable company for exclusive access to the .Monster domain extension. I guess it could useful for branding content like articles/ job content but its a curious move by the new Monster after rebranding themselves and launching new products. According to…
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Sell your domains on Freemarket
The folks behind Freelancer.com have launched a competitor to Flippa and Godaddy auctions. Its called Freemarket.com. The best part is that its free and only charges 5% if a successful deal is made. Might be a better alternative to paying those pesky fees from the other sites I mentioned. So if you have some extra…
Get ready for .career domains
Dot career is coming to a website near you in 2014. The same company (Employ Media) that runs .jobs will be selling them. In addition to job board uses they say it will be good for business, staffing firms, even personal use; Businesses and staffing agencies around the world will find .CAREER a natural extension…
Some domain tips and tricks (member only)
If you run multiple products and services off one domain name (like I do on CareerCloud) it may be handy to have a unique domain name for each product or service to use in your online marketing to make it shorter and easier to remember. I’ll use one of my apps as an example. InstaJob…
Quick domain tip for job boards (member only)
I mentioned Chattyjob.com in my post on tuesday. But when I first typed it into the browser address bar I accidentally added an s on the end and typed chattyjobs.com which took me to a parked Godaddy site. It reminded me that its a good idea to get the plural name of your existing site as well….
Whats a job domain name worth? (member only)
Last year I was approached by people who owned the domain employment.com. They wanted me to run it. I declined, but what shocked me the most from those conversations was how much they paid for the domain. $1 million. (actually they said ‘seven figures’ so I’m guessing around that number) That’s crazy I thought to…
Buying job boards and domains (free)
One of the things I like to tell new job board entrepreneurs is to try and buy an existing job board instead of building from scratch. You can do this a couple of ways. 1. Look on flippa.com for “used” job board. 2. Google the niche you want to enter and try to buy a…
Forget about getting a dot jobs domain (free)
Lately I’ve gotten a couple of emails from people who are thinking of registering a .jobs domain to start a job board. My answer is forget about it. Although these domains appear to be available from mainstream registrars, if you register one it will eventually be rejected by the company that manages those TLDs, Employ…
Smackdown of a job board (free)
The NY Times has a blog that critiques websites and I stumbled across this post about a site called DirectApproachSolutions.com that claims to be the ‘eHarmony of jobs‘. The Times asked readers to comment on the site and they gave it scathing reviews but I wanted to chime in as well. First of all, lets…
Picking your domain name (free)
So you want to start a job board? Well you’ll need a good domain name. And that domain MUST be filled with your primary keyword phrase. Actually its not mandatory, but it helps greatly when it comes to crafting a good SEO strategy for your job board. If I had a choice I would always…