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| All due respect to Duke, who is a good man and a class act. The following post has nothing to do with him or DNJournal, but this is the story that prompted my rant, so this is the proper thread to post it.
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RANT WARNING.
I guess I'm becoming somewhat sick of the industry that I previously loved. I'm tired of seeing a few people holding the majority of the most valuable domains. And I'm even more tired of seeing those people doing nothing but try to squeeze out every penny possible with parking pages, mini-sites and pages that LOOK developed, but are only skin deep.
But surely this is different, right?
Surely Mr. Ham who claims his own inspiration and strength comes "from above" and claims that's the whole purpose for getting into the business, has done some amazing things with his religious names? I bet he has spent countless hours and dollars to provide REAL, MEANINGFUL CONTENT to the people of the world looking for religious guidance.
Let's take a quick look at a few randomly chosen high-profile domains he owns.
Religion.com - Hmmm... no, just a bunch of sponsored links.
Heaven.com - Nope. Just a parking page.
Baptism.com - Afraid not. Another parking page.
Jew.com - Anybody interested in some paid links?
Christians.com - Sorry, just a parking lot.
Muslims.com - No real content here, just another parker.
So he's done nothing for real development or content. But you can bet he spent plenty of time making sure those keywords are optimized, and the site set up to make every penny it can.
OK, well... I guess it's a matter of priorities. Despite being wealthy already, he is still more concerned with making money than anything else. That's fine. It's his right and his choice.
But I'm not impressed with Mr Ham or his empty, shallow parking sites. I'm not impressed with money. I'm more impressed with a 16 old kid who has a blog about bicycles and works hard to provide his visitors with something REAL.
Let's be honest -- A good part of this business is based on doing nothing. Greed and Laziness. Sitting behind our computers wanting to get paid for doing the least amount of work possible. Don't anybody here try to act like you are above it. Every single one of us is guilty, to some degree.
I'm a domainer, but I'm also a daily web surfer, and a human being looking for REAL CONTENT... and I'm getting sick of sorting thru 100's of B.S. sites to find the ONE providing real, honest, original content.
When domainers DO build a site, how often do you see it full of google ads, paid links, paid articles, paid reviews, etc.
WHY?
Because the golden rule of domaining -- We MUST make as MUCH money from our domains as we can, by doing as LITTLE work possible.
So... NO, I'm not impressed with Mr. Ham, or most any of the big-shots in this industry who are hording the bulk of great names. Are they good business men? Yes. Do they know how to make money and monetize traffic? Yes, absolutely. But I'm getting sick and tired of what these "talented entrepreneurs" are doing to the Internet, which is supposed to be a source of information, not parking pages.
Here's a final thought -- We often compare domain names to real estate. WRONG. Nobody who owns a piece of land in the real-world is going to put a sign out front saying "Hospital" to attract sick visitors, when there's nothing there but an empty lot.
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