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I truly believe NamePros is in a class by itself. Any truly serious domainer absolutely has to peruse NamePros frequently if he or she wants to optimize his or her goals vis-a-vis domain names.
Plus, I believe it is associated with the best—and cheapest—registrar, NameSilo, from which l have bought nearly 50 domain names in the relatively short time l’ve been domaining. Yes, l have a zillion stars next to my name, but l took a sabbatical of about a dozen years shortly after joining NP to raise a family.
However, in my opinion, it does have an Achilles Heel or two or three (l realize having more than one might be an oxymoron)—at least in my humble opinion. I’m listing two below:
— In the past two days, l’ve received Alerts (more than two about the same two issues, as some of Alerts were virtually the same). I was told my posts were moved to different threads—specifically, Legal Discussion and Registrar Reviews.
That’s fine—except that l couldn’t find either of those threads on the left-hand side of the page, where Discussion threads are listed. It wasn’t too hard to find Registrar Reviews by clicking on the sub-discussion Domain Registrar Reviews—but l’ve all but given up looking for Legal Discussion.
— My second is that NamePros, apparently, assumes that all readers understand the many domaining terms that appear frequently in the sub-Discussion Request Domains—puzzling terms to me (even though l have a decent acquaintance with the King’s English partially because l teach college English), like 4Ls—among a number of different alphabet-letter combinations, Domain Authority, Geo Domains, SEO, Brandpa, Amazon Associates Affiliate, WTB, Forex, ISP, Non-Penalized, and this list just touches the surface.
Am l just a domain-illiterate that wasn’t born with a gene like the great majority? The vast majority of NsmePros members have been so very helpful
to me, but every now and then I will receive a sardonic reply from a member who thinks l should give up domaining, as l don’t know these terms—though l can not only use but teach the most important punctuation mark in the English language—the semicolon—which has been shown in many studies as being used almost exclusively by Above-average writers.
Bottom Line: l think that it would be most-helpful if the nonpareil NamePros web site would include a glossary of domaining terms.
Plus, I believe it is associated with the best—and cheapest—registrar, NameSilo, from which l have bought nearly 50 domain names in the relatively short time l’ve been domaining. Yes, l have a zillion stars next to my name, but l took a sabbatical of about a dozen years shortly after joining NP to raise a family.
However, in my opinion, it does have an Achilles Heel or two or three (l realize having more than one might be an oxymoron)—at least in my humble opinion. I’m listing two below:
— In the past two days, l’ve received Alerts (more than two about the same two issues, as some of Alerts were virtually the same). I was told my posts were moved to different threads—specifically, Legal Discussion and Registrar Reviews.
That’s fine—except that l couldn’t find either of those threads on the left-hand side of the page, where Discussion threads are listed. It wasn’t too hard to find Registrar Reviews by clicking on the sub-discussion Domain Registrar Reviews—but l’ve all but given up looking for Legal Discussion.
— My second is that NamePros, apparently, assumes that all readers understand the many domaining terms that appear frequently in the sub-Discussion Request Domains—puzzling terms to me (even though l have a decent acquaintance with the King’s English partially because l teach college English), like 4Ls—among a number of different alphabet-letter combinations, Domain Authority, Geo Domains, SEO, Brandpa, Amazon Associates Affiliate, WTB, Forex, ISP, Non-Penalized, and this list just touches the surface.
Am l just a domain-illiterate that wasn’t born with a gene like the great majority? The vast majority of NsmePros members have been so very helpful
to me, but every now and then I will receive a sardonic reply from a member who thinks l should give up domaining, as l don’t know these terms—though l can not only use but teach the most important punctuation mark in the English language—the semicolon—which has been shown in many studies as being used almost exclusively by Above-average writers.
Bottom Line: l think that it would be most-helpful if the nonpareil NamePros web site would include a glossary of domaining terms.