As a Long Islander and self-admitted domain addict, I have always had an interest in LongIsland.com owned by Invision. 

Recently, the opportunity presented itself to purchase LongIsland.com where the asking price was $500k – $1M; a price I was not willing to spend at the time…..however, in the past few weeks, feels like months, a lot has transpired and TODAY, hours before the closing of an online silent auction, the reserve price on LongIsland.com was lowered to $350,000.  Please note that I was aware of the price reduction before the sale was over…

While I sat in a new client meeting in Manhattan, I stared at my phone just waiting for the results….and then it happened, the domain LongIsland.com SOLD for $370,000 and at this point I don’t know who the buyer is but I sure am curious and even more curious to see what they do with this site based on some of the stipulations set forth with the purchase – see listing here

This domain has SO MUCH potential it’s insane!!  I won’t go too much into now as I’m sure the new owners might want to consult with us first…

Social media is on EVERYONE’S minds these days….some look to companies like Prime Visibility to strategize and execute social media tactics while others handle all the social media inhouse.  In either situation, it is important not to loose sight that it is VITAL to turn your team/staff into social media ambassadors.

Today’s iMediaConnection has a nice article entitled just that: Turn your employees into Social Media Ambassadors

Article Highlights:

• Develop a policy that outlines corporate guidelines for communicating in the online world
• Build a centralized hub for employees to communicate both internally and externally
• Encourage management to actively spread the message through social media.

Make sure everyone on your team is creating social media handles in social platforms such as twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, etc.  Does your company have a social media policy?  If not checkout our latest Prime Insights due out soon as we cover that very topic!  Not getting Prime Insights?  Be sure to follow us on twitter @PrimeVisibility and we will let you know when the next issue goes out.

My internet marketing company, Prime Visibility recently began to perform search engine optimization services for Historical-Autographs.com and within weeks of implementing our SEO,the natural search rankings kicked into high gear for this killer domain.

Since our optimization has been implemented, Historical-Autographs.com has already achieved the following organic search rankings in Google:

#8 out of 1,480,000 for: historical documents for sale

#8 out of 75,700 for: historical autographs for sales 

#4 out of 5,890,000 for: historical signatures for sale

#13 out of 243,000 for: historical autographs

This clearly reinforces that a keyword-enriched domain name that is properly optimized can achieve killer Google rankings.

@AndrewHazen

You know how I feel about my coupon sites….I’ve got nearly 50 of them!  This weekend was unbelievable for AllPizzaCoupons.com….with the following Google rankings, the site got plenty of qualified traffic this weekend:

# 7 Pizza Specials

#10 Pizza Delivery Specials

#11 Pizza Coupons

#9 Pizza Restaurant Coupons

# 1 & #2 Frozen Pizza Coupons

I also see that AllFastFoodCoupons.com did very well too, traffic is up nearly 1,000% and doesn’t indicate that it’s slowing down at all.  Got to keep tweaking the SEO and inbound links…only two weeks until the Super Bowl.

On January 12, 2010 the domain name ConanOnFox.com was registered by Fox.com – what do you think??  Where is Conan O’Brien going?

By @AndrewHazen

Being that I am a domain name addict, I had to check to see what was happening with haiti-related domain names given the recent tragedy…

I first checked HaitiEarthquake.com which was regsitered on 1/12/10 and redirects to a google page talking about donating money for relief…This is a GOOD use of the domain name.

HaitiEarthquakes.com is a parked site (which means they make money from serving ads) and was created on 1/13/10…hopefully this domain will be used with good intentions since it was just procured!

HaitiEarthquakeDisaster.com was created on 1/13/10 and looks to be taking paypal donations…..doesn’t say what organization it is and when you click on the paypal button to “donate” the paypal page shows “Gift Baskets N Gifts”….certainly suspect – BE CAREFUL!!

HaitiEarthquake.org was regsitered today 1/15/10 and appears to be parked at the moment…..

Makes you think; doesn’t it!

Have a great weekend……

I know I have been on the quiet side lately….been focusing a lot on my Internet Marketing Company and doing MEGA site development since the New Year…..one of my goals for the new year is to focus more on those things that I enjoy and can also make money from….

I am looking for quality coupon related domain names….please send me what you’ve got to andrew [at] andrewhazen.com

thanks….hope your new year is off to a great start!  Please also note that I am blogging more often at the Prime Visibility blog so please bookmark this blog as well.

- @AndrewHazen

Good post over at my Internet Marketing Agency on “Is Twitter’s Data Worthless?

It illustrates that Google and Microsoft are paying just about $0.03 for every 1,000 tweets they index in search results.

Please check it out and have a great day!

After weeks of leaks and revelations, the Google phone has been officially revealed….it’s what Google calls a “Superphone”

According to Mashable, this is what they have learned so far:

- The specs match previous leaks. It’s a 3.7″ AMOLED display with a trackball.

- It comes with features such as a light sensor, GPS, and accelerometer. These are all features pioneered by Apple’s iPhone.

- It’s 130 grams in weight and 11.5 mm in width, about the width of a standard #2 pencil.

- The camera is 5MP with LED flash.

- The audio has received an upgrade. It has two microphones, one of which is used for noise cancellation.

- Customization is a key to the Nexus One. There are five home screens to customize your interface.

- Google showed off some of its dynamic touchscreen features of the software. For example, one of the wallpapers is a lake with leaves. When you touch it, it will ripple. It’s quite nifty, actually.

- They worked with the team at CoolIris to visualize photons on the Nexus One in a 3D environment. If you tap on an album, you’ll be able to quickly scan and load photos. You can also tip and dip photos based on your hand motions and the accelerometer.

- Every text field is voice-enabled. Every time you speak, it will process your speech into text. It gets better and better the more you use it.

The phone costs $179 on T Mobile with a two-year contract….to learn more go to Google.com/phone

There is a very good article out this morning at iMediaConnection on “SEO Tips for Smarter Social Media”

Article Highlights include:

I recommend you read the entire article