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Much of that effort is going into developing search tools based more on meaning and less on keywords. "Google is only so useful," Ham says. The aim is to apply a meaning-based, or "semantic," system across swaths of sites, luring customers from direct navigation and search engines alike. Religion.com would then become an anchor to which scores of other sites would be tied. "It's time to build out the virtual real estate," Ham says. "There's so much more value in these names than pay-per-click." Seeman's patent application even mentions the possibility of turning Web traffic from Cameroon and other future foreign partners into full-fledged portals.

Since 2000 he has quietly cobbled together a portfolio of some 300,000 domains that, combined with several other ventures, generate an estimated $70 million a year in revenue

$233.33 per domain per year....Factor in that he's paid hundreds of thousands for some of them and it just doesn't seem right.

His revenue per domain is therefore < $233.33.

Better to be lucky than smart proven once again. You think now people will know him? What a moron. Usually a handover will suffice for big brands, but only because there no deep pockets to go after.

Wish I kept it now - jeeze.

I had 200 domains in 1999 and some good ones too. but then I think using domains like that do not serve any purpose.
so never monitized them and do not regret also.

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Generalized disparaging remarks neither elevate the dialogue nor add to the community's insight or intelligence. At best they only serve to degrade the dialogue or analysis. Let's not rehash the "domainers are bad" dialogue. That issue was fully aired circa 2003-2004. Thank you.

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Like the quote I made above, all it does is make me kick myself over and over again and want to go back. I still think there is lots of potential for mimicking his model on a smaller scale and going after niche after niche until you can move up to larger niches.

One of the biggest things I got out of the article is that there are some heavy hitting publishing companies in the works. They have more money, have more staff and have the best domains... need to be unique, need to add value, grab what I can now and start building.

"If you control all the domains," he says, "then you control the Internet."

eeek!

[edited by: Rx_Recruiters at 4:30 am (utc) on May 23, 2007]

The challenge is to realize what you are not doing today that you will be kicking yourself over in 2-3 years time.

Very clever of him. I don't see why it would be illegal.

The challenge is to realize what you are not doing today that you will be kicking yourself over in 2-3 years time.

Brett summed it up IMHO.

[edited by: Hunter at 3:20 am (utc) on May 24, 2007]

But with the .cm traffic he isn't actually registering any domains.

I think the .cm profiting will surely reduce as more and more people get internet savvy.