Category — Internet Trends

Domain buying and selling market is a fastest growing online business nowadays. There are people who register domains for only to sell to other parties by making a premium based on specific domain’s demand.

Do you know such that domains are traded in few millions ?
Yes it is, the domain name ‘toys.com‘ has been bought for $5.1 million, placing it among the top 10 most expensive domain names. However industry experts said that it probably would have gone for more than that. It might have sold in the $7 to $8 million range in a better economic conditions.

domain names such as ‘toys’ are highly appeared and searched keywords on the internet. few million searches per day generated through Google and other Search engines for terms like ‘toys’.
In this manner experts said that it is priceless and the deal was a bargain.

Here is the top list of most high priced, expensive domain names in 2009.
Toys.com    $5,100,000
Candy.com    $3,000,000
Fly.com    $1,760,000
Auction.com   $1,700,000
Ticket.com   $1,525,000
Russia.com   $1,500,000
Call.com   $1,100,000
Webcam.com    $1,020,000
Server.com    $770,000
Luck.com   $675,000

Webmasters are always searching for low cost domain registrars in order to get their preferred domain name at low cost. You may already know that there are popular domain name registrars on the internet who have various types of domain registration with different payment options. For example:

Godaddy.com will give you special discounts if you register a domain for several years. But there domain plans for one year registration is bit higher.

Name.com
Domain registration giant emerging on the internet is name.com. name.com is one of the lowest cost domain name registrar on the internet so far. there normal domain name registration fees are as follows.

Name.com Price list for domain registrations:
.com – $8.99
.net – $8.99
.info – $3.99
.org – $7.49
.tel – $9.99
.me – $9.95
.tv – $22.95
.im – $10.95

You can use a name.com promo code at the checkout to get special discounts. last time I registered a .com domain name for 1 year at $7.50 a much low price comparing to other domain registrars.

name.com Promo codes December 2009
use following promo codes to register domains at low cost.

OMALLEY – $8.20 COM Registration
CRICKETT – $8.25 COM/NET Renewal
BONNY – $12.50 IN Renewal
KILLIGREW – $14.99 Domain Nabber

These promo codes are only valid for December 2009. We will post name.com promotional/coupon codes for each month from now on.

Moniker.com
Another low cost domain registrar is Moniker.com. Moniker has cool price ranges for domain name registrations. You can also use moniker.com promo codes to get discounts.

Moniker.com domain name price list:
.COM $8.02
.NET $6.64
.ORG $8.02
.INFO $8.02
.BIZ $8.02
.US $7.29
.CO.UK $6.95
.TV $32.99
.CC $18.99
.CN $32.99
.BZ $20.80
.ME.UK $10.66
.ORG.UK $9.98

If you compare price of Moniker with name.com you will see that same domains priced differently by both registrars. It seems that however moniker has low cost domain plans.
Moniker.com Coupon codes: FULLMONTE
Use the code to get certain domain names at low discounted prices.

From time to time prices of some domain names are fluctuating.
For ex: A month ago I have seen that name.com offers .info at $1.99 but today the price has risen to $3.99.

It is up to you in choosing a domain name registrar to register a domain name. I searched all over the internet and I found only two low cost domain registrars, who are name.com and moniker.com.
If any one know other low cost domain name registrants please let us know.

People always interesting to know about what are the most popular search terms in Google and other search engines. Why people value highly those most searched key words?
The best answer to the above question is they need to know the trend and adjust their web sites and blog posts which addresses those key words to get the maximum visitors and thereby EARNINGS. Isn’t it?

We carried out a little research on most searched and most wanted key words of Google and other search engines. here are the results with analysis.

Google zeitgeist.
What is Google zeitgeist (meaning of the zeitgeist is : the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era)
Google zeitgeist provides useful all around data on most searched and most falling key words of different regions and years.

Here are the top 10 searches (Web Search) of United States during 2009.

1. facebook
2. lyrics
3. you
4. youtube
5. yahoo
6. myspace
7. games
8. my
9. google
10. craigslist

Did you see that Google is in the 9th place and facebook taken over 1st place on google web search. We can not exactly tell why people are searching for the terms you and my in Google. However my assumption is this is an effect of using Google tool bar. People uses short terms for youtube and myspace. When you search the web with Google tool bar, popular search suggestions generate before ending up typing. So people just hit the ‘Enter’ without selecting the suggestion.

Then we will move on most rising or developing key words on Google. There is list of 10 of them as follows:

1. twitter
2. michael jackson
3. facebook login
4. facebook
5. juegos
6. youtube.com
7. yahoomail
8. face
9. coupons

Did you see that Google Tool bar effect also in here with the key word of face. And search for coupons led by recession.

Technology Computers and Internet.
Let’s move on what people most searched during 2009 relating to Computers and Internet. Here is the list of top ten:

1. download
2. hotmail
3. mac
4. hp
5. microsoft
6. ipod
7. dell
8. facebook
9. firefox
10. apple

Developing search / keywords of technology and computers are:

1. palm pre
2. windows7
3. explorer 8
4. facebook
5. msn
6. gmail
7. yahoo
8. hotmail
9. avast
10. adobe flash player

It’s interesting that why google chrome is not in both of above lists. facebook dominates on each of above lists saying that people are more likes to be social and it is good news for Facebook admins and now they can concentrate about how to take the advantage of massive visitors. Yeah Facebook ads are a great way to capitalize the massive traffic.

Here is an additional list of developing/rising key words of category internet:

1. 2.0 myspace layouts
2. yahoo mail
3. baixaki
4. piratebay
5. megaupload
6. hi5
7. msn hotmail
8. windows live messenger

Popular searches on yahoo Search:
Here is a list of popular key words during 2009 in yahoo Search Engine:

1. Michael Jackson
2. Barack Obama
3. NASCAR
4. Megan Fox
5. Kim Kardashian
6. Twilight

The list of fastest rising key words around the globe in the categories of General and Entertainment.

Fastest Rising – General (Global)
1. michael jackson
2. facebook
3. tuenti
4. twitter
5. sanalika
6. new moon
7. lady gaga
8. windows 7
9. dantri.com.vn
10. torpedo gratis

Fastest Rising in Entertainment (Global)
1. michael jackson
2. transformers
3. eminem
4. naruto shippuden
5. beyonce
6. peliculas id
7. paranormal activity
8. anime online
9. natasha richardson
10. poker face lyrics

Fastest Rising in Sports (Global)
1. real madrid
2. us open
3. ufc
4. sahadan
5. livescore
6. pacquiao vs cotto
7. wbc
8. pga tour leaderboard
9. confederations cup
10. l’equipe football

You can take advantage of these information in order to adjust your usual blog posts and get an idea about the trend. We will post most searched keywords and importantly most searched combination of keywords in the next post of this blog.