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Looking at the recent turmoil in the Google pagerank world, we realized that there really isn’t a way to reliably check domain Pagerank in bulk, a tool many domainers and SEO professionals certainly need as part of their workflow toolbox. That’s why we went ahead and created a real power tool for domainers and SEO professionals to analyze large numbers of domains for Pagerank.

The result of our efforts: FastPagerank.com, the only tool on the Web where you can accurately check the real pagerank of thousands of domains in seconds.

Pagerank domains can be powerful assets for search engine optimization and website development. A high pagerank means that the domain has a large number of quality backlinks, high Google ranking and likely a steady flow of traffic. Great for a SEO strategy or domain reseller purposes.

FastPagerank.com features up to 50,000 pagerank lookups per day, 10,000 at a time, with custom plans for higher query limits available. The results for even large bulk queries are virtually instant, and fake pagerank is detected and displayed. In true estibot.com style, there is no need to pre-format your domain lists, just copy-paste whatever files or web pages you need to analyze and FastPagerank.com will parse the domains and present you with a highly readable output. Downloading the results in a .csv file is just a click away.

Check it out: FastPagerank.com

We hope you enjoy it.

We are working on a new version of the guide – in fact it will be a completely new product – and will cover much more stuff, basically everything you need to know about making money with domain names, from research to registration to buying and selling to development. By popular request I decided to extend the free download offer of the previous version for a limited time. This my original domain development guide, a 40-page ebook describing basic domain selection and development techniques. The techniques are still valid and I’ve received a lot of positive feedback from readers. Please download it now and feel free to redistribute it. You can find the PDF here: Domain Development Guide

This just in from Google: They’ve disclosed the revenue share they pay out to Adsense publishers. Long the topic of much speculation, Adsense publisher revenue share has thus far been Google’s secret, but no more. I find the revenue share surprisingly large. I though it would have been much smaller for publishers. Certainly it is rare to see the sort of CPC in one’s Adsense account as one can spy on Google’s Adwords tool (or estibot’s) max CPC listings. Anyway, here’s a quote from the Inside Adsense email just in:

AdSense for content publishers, who make up the vast majority of our AdSense publishers, earn a 68% revenue share worldwide. This means we pay 68% of the revenue that we collect from advertisers for AdSense for content ads that appear on your sites. The remaining portion that we keep reflects Google’s costs for our continued investment in AdSense — including the development of new technologies, products and features that help maximize the earnings you generate from these ads. It also reflects the costs we incur in building products and features that enable our AdWords advertisers to serve ads on our AdSense partner sites. Since launching AdSense for content in 2003, this revenue share has never changed.

We pay our AdSense for search partners a 51% revenue share, worldwide, for the search ads that appear through their implementations. As with AdSense for content, the proportion of revenue that we keep reflects our costs, including the significant expense, research and development involved in building and enhancing our core search and AdWords technologies. The AdSense for search revenue share has remained the same since 2005, when we increased it.

68% is a pretty handsome revenue share. I would really like to see the same figures published by domain parking houses such as SEDO, whose clicks seem to pay dismally. High-CPC keyword clicks on SEDO pay pennies. How much is their cut? I do realize that Google may pay less for domain parking feeds, and instead of two parties sharing the revenue, in the case of domain parking, there are always three.

While Google have their critics, and they are not without fault, Adsense still trumps any other contextual advertising system out there. For its ease of use, reliability, smart technology, and now a fair revenue share to boot.

It’s been a bit over a month since the launch of Estibot 2.0. Thanks to you and other Estibot 2.0 subscribers like you, we are now processing over half a million appraisals per day, and over a million total queries daily.  That’s quite a lot, but we can certainly do more for you – we’ve noticed that many of our subscribers are not fully aware of all the features we offer, so we wanted to remind you of some of the less known but equally powerful features on Estibot.com

Make sure you read this post to the end, there’s a bonus

Contents:
1. Affiliate program
2. Appraised droplists
3. End-User Lead Generator
4. Domain Sales History
5. Free eBook update
6. Bonus

1. Affiliate program
Did you know that as an Estibot subscriber, you’re already an Estibot affiliate, and that you earn recurring commissions for each subscriber you refer? You can even refer our existing users back to us, and earn commissions when they upgrade to a higher plan! We pay for new member registrations as well as for existing members who convert to a paid account or upgrade their plan.

Simply educate people about how they can benefit from an Estibot.com subscription, and earn 25% of the membership fees they generate, each month, for as long as they keep their subscription!

All you need to do get started is go to your Estibot.com affiliate links page:
http://www.estibot.com/affiliate.php?a=links

Just use these links to send people to Estibot.com and start earning! For best conversions, I recommend a pitch page or a review, where you tell people about how they can benefit from the Estibot.com tools. Make sure you promote the Exclusive tools, to maximize your commissions. The Exclusive plan is the best value for money and enables users to do real power research, including appraised drop lists, end user lead generation and much more.

2. Appraised droplists
Let Estibot do the legwork for your dropcatching and drop auction research! We publish complete daily pendingdelete, Snapnames, Namejet and GoDaddy auction lists, as well as dropped domains available for registration, all pre-appraised with an estimated end-user valuation and a wholesale valuation. That’s a couple of hundred thousand domains daily, all pre-appraised to save you time.

Just download the lists, fire up your spreadsheet program and sort by Estibot valuation to make sure you won’t miss any great drops. The appraised droplists are available for Exclusive subscribers, and can be found here:
http://www.estibot.com/drops.php

3. End-User Lead Generator
Selling or brokering a domain name? Estibot will find potential buyers and even contact them on your behalf! Simply appraise your domain name at estibot.com, and click “Help Me Sell This Domain” on the results page, or go directly to:
http://www.estibot.com/leads.php

Just type in your domain name and sit back while Estibot does in a few minutes the research it would take you a full day to do manually.

Estibot will find similar but inferior domain registrations, or similar registrations in inferior extensions, filter out the parked and unused domain names (unlikely buyers), and then provide you with contact information. Website metadata is analyzed, including website title, meta keywords and so on.

Estibot will also find advertiser based leads – potential buyers based on who is bidding on your domain’s keywords in the cost-per-click advertising market.

Furthermore, Estibot will email the leads on your behalf – just provide your email account information and use our preset email template or create and save a custom sales email template using variables that will automatically insert the proper content into your email for each domain you submit.

You can even create custom filters to ignore certain types of leads.

To get started, create your mail templates and enter your mail account details here:
http://www.estibot.com/leads.php?a=settings

4. Domain Sales History
Estibot.com has the most complete, hourly updated database of past domain sales. We retrieve data from various sources to compile a comprehensive sales database, which we use internally to hone our valuation algorithm, and you can use our database to browse recent sales, or search for certain type of past sales using various search filters. Check it out at:
http://www.estibot.com/sales.php

5. Ebook update
In case you haven’t yet checked out our free eBook, a 40-page guide to domain development, please go to
http://estibotpro.com/downloads/
and download your copy, free of charge, with redistribution rights. I’ve updated the adsense data since the last release.

Finally, please make sure you explore all the links on our Tools page, to make sure you’re not missing any great tools that will help you increase your productivity in the domain business. Try the bulk IDN converter, trademark risk analyzer, domain idea tool…….the list goes on.
http://www.estibot.com/tools.html

6. Bonus
As a small thanks for the time you took to read this newsletter, please find below a list of available domain names I recently found while testing new versions of the Estibot Domain Idea tool. All the domain names were available at the time of this writing. Some very developable names, and some names you could flip to end users, using our Lead Generator.

Domain    keywords    CPCbid    ExactSearches#
AutismInAdults.com  autism in adults 0.49    1900#
AcuteRheumaticFever.com  acute rheumatic fever 0.13    1600#
AdultAutismSymptoms.com  adult autism symptoms 0.38    480#
RheumaticHeartFever.com  rheumatic heart fever 0.30    390#
AnticoagulantTherapy.com  anticoagulant therapy 0.57    1600#

ActiveFitnessGym.com  active fitness gym 0.05    91#
ExerciseBikeEquipment.com  exercise bike equipment 1.99    720#
CrossTrainerEquipment.com  cross trainer equipment 2.36    390#

ArabicLanguageLessons.com  arabic language lessons 0.81    1300#

VintageTreeTopper.com  vintage tree topper 0.45    1900#
OrnamentDisplayTree.com  ornament display tree 0.82    1600#
SnowmanTreeTopper.com  snowman tree topper 0.31    1300#
GlassTreeTopper.com  glass tree topper 0.53    1000#
CrystalTreeTopper.com  crystal tree topper 0.96    880#
LightedTreeTopper.com  lighted tree topper 1.07    720#
VintageTreeToppers.com  vintage tree toppers 0.43    720#
XmasTreeToppers.com  xmas tree toppers 0.05    480#

CastIronAntique.com  cast iron antique 0.61    590#

OralAntifungal.com  oral antifungal 0.44    590#
DryMouthMouthwash.com  dry mouth mouthwash 2.81    320#
AntifungalMouthRinse.com  antifungal mouth rinse 0.05    260#
OralMouthwash.com  oral mouthwash 0.82    260#
PlaqueMouthwash.com  plaque mouthwash 0.05    260#
BreathMouthwash.com  breath mouthwash 1.23    210#
GumMouthwash.com  gum mouthwash 0.92    210#

OnlineAntiqueAppraisal.com  online antique appraisal 0.62    480#
HomesAppraisal.com  homes appraisal 1.24    170#
AutoAppraiserJobs.com  auto appraiser jobs 1.18    720#

WeddingDressesDesigners.com  wedding dresses designers 0.43    1300#
BacklessWeddingGowns.com  backless wedding gowns 0.41    880#

BlankCertificateTemplates.com  blank certificate templates 0.05    2400#
PrintableCertificateTemplates.com  printable certificate templates 0.05    1900#

LedBalloonLights.com  led balloon lights 0.05    880#

BarrelRacingTimer.com  barrel racing timer 0.89    720#
CloseContactSaddles.com  close contact saddles 0.52    1300#
WesternSaddleBlanket.com  western saddle blanket 0.56    1300#

BirthdayCardsByEMail.com  birthday cards by e mail 0.58    4400#
BioIonicStraightening.com  bio ionic straightening 1.39    720#

FishSoupRecipes.com  fish soup recipes 0.38    1000#
FountainMachines.com  fountain machines 0.91    320#

BursitisRemedies.com  bursitis remedies 0.88    260#
BursitisRemedy.com  bursitis remedy 0.84    210#

CheapestEmailHosting.com  cheapest email hosting 0.05    210#

CarburetorProblems.com  carburetor problems 0.36    1300#

CardiacStethoscope.com  cardiac stethoscope 1.86    480#
StethoscopeEartips.com  stethoscope eartips 1.73    320#
StethoscopeNameTags.com  stethoscope name tags 1.51    320#
StethoscopeTags.com  stethoscope tags 2.54    320#
DisposableStethoscopes.com  disposable stethoscopes 1.42    320#

VillasGrandCayman.com  villas grand cayman 3.05    110#
VillaGrandCayman.com  villa grand cayman 3.29    170#

AllergyHomeopathy.com  allergy homeopathy 0.96    260#
PepperAllergy.com  pepper allergy 1.01    260#
RagweedPlant.com  ragweed plant 1.18    1900#
ItchyWateryEyes.com  itchy watery eyes 2.25    1600#
RagweedSeason.com  ragweed season 0.05    880#

BenignRolandicEpilepsy.com  benign rolandic epilepsy 0.85    1600#
GrandMalEpilepsy.com  grand mal epilepsy 1.13    1300#
PetitMalEpilepsy.com  petit mal epilepsy 0.36    1300#
EpilepsyPictures.com  epilepsy pictures 0.67    1000#
EpilepsyDisease.com  epilepsy disease 1.26    480#
PsychomotorEpilepsy.com  psychomotor epilepsy 2.39    480#
TemporalEpilepsy.com  temporal epilepsy 0.70    390#
EpilepsySpecialist.com  epilepsy specialist 1.40    260#
BabyEpilepsy.com  baby epilepsy 0.53    210#
AtonicSeizures.com  atonic seizures 0.47    1300#
EpilepticDogs.com  epileptic dogs 0.61    2400#

HowToGetDivorce.com  how to get divorce 2.34    880#

ChristmasDoorMats.com  christmas door mats 0.05    720#

YogaMatsForKids.com  yoga mats for kids 1.17    480#

SeashellShowerCurtain.com  seashell shower curtain 0.73    1600#
PirateShowerCurtain.com  pirate shower curtain 0.54    1300#
WesternShowerCurtain.com  western shower curtain 0.73    1600#
VintageShowerCurtain.com  vintage shower curtain 0.75    1300#

LedClearanceLights.com  led clearance lights 0.94    1600#

MetatarsalWorkBoots.com  metatarsal work boots 1.27    390#
SteelToeCapShoes.com  steel toe cap shoes 1.25    1600#
RiggerBoot.com  rigger boot 0.83    1000#

BabyBedRail.com  baby bed rail 1.35    1000#
DoubleBedRail.com  double bed rail 0.84    720#
BabyBedGuard.com  baby bed guard 1.98    880#
BabyBedGuards.com  baby bed guards 0.96    320#

CribTeether.com  crib teether 1.06    480#
CribTeethers.com  crib teethers 0.05    110#
CribTeethingGuard.com  crib teething guard 0.71    590#
TeethingRail.com  teething rail 0.96    1000#

WweBedding.com  wwe bedding 0.67    6600#
ButterflySarees.com  butterfly sarees 0.17    880#

BuiltRefrigerators.com  built refrigerators 1.00    2400#

EmployeeRecognitionCertificate.com  employee recognition certificate 1.33    4400#

OvernightTampons.com  overnight tampons 0.05    1000#

FirefighterTurnoutGear.com  firefighter turnout gear 1.99    1300#
FiremanShirts.com  fireman shirts 0.79    480#
FiremanOutfits.com  fireman outfits 0.05    390#
FiremanCareers.com  fireman careers 1.22    260#
FirewomanCostume.com  firewoman costume 0.54    880#

Some time ago I wrote a blog series on domain development. By popular request (both of my blog readers requested it) I expanded the scope and turned it into an eBook. The eBook is now ready, a 40-page guide to monetizing domain names through development. It covers both beginner and advanced strategies, keyword analysis, domain name selection, etc.. and best of all it’s completely free of charge (and comes with redistribution rights).

You can download it here: Domain Development Guide (PDF)

Here is the list of topics covered:
1. Recommended resources for the domain developer
2. No More Mr. Nice Guy: Trim Your Portfolio
3. Minisite development
4. Development Strategy for Keyword Domain Names
–>Case Studies
5. Affiliate e-commerce stores
6. Getting Serious About Development
7. Benefits of Domain Development
–>Search Engine Rankings
–>Increase in Domain Name Awareness and Value
–>Gauging the market and creating business contacts
8. Revenue Expectation
9. Scalability Strategies and Bulk Development
10. SEO
11. Transforming your Domain Name from a Minisite to a Bona Fide Business

I hope you enjoy the guide. Please send me some feedback once you’ve read it.

Thanks,

-Esa

This is a response to the Domain Name Wire post ‘Remember, no one searches with quotes’

In the post, the reader is reminded that while we often cite term frequency as the number of results we get from Google when searching for a term in quotes, most people do not use quotes when searching.

I agree that domainers and SEO people should keep this fact in mind, especially when they want to get long-tail search traffic beyond their main optimized terms, but quotes still rule for domain name and keyword research.

For preliminary estimation of potential type-in traffic, the SERP number with quotes is important. Reversed terms generally do not get type-in traffic.

Also, for SEO, the combination of the perfect domain name (correct word order) plus optimization for that exact term is powerful. Quotes are needed to research this. The huge optimization advantage provided by the domain name is lost if the page is optimized for anything other than the exact term in the exact order represented by the second level domain itself.

While it is true that most “lay” people don’t use quotes when searching, Google still considers the word order in ranking the sites, even when you don’t use quotes when searching. Different sites will rank high in the SERPs depending on whether you search for football game or game football, without quotes. This is one of the reasons why term frequency as represented by number of search results for the term in quotes (=phrase match) is much more meaningful than the term frequency without quotes (=broad match).

Broad match has its uses in research – e.g. it can be used as a variable in complex keyword analysis – but should not be used alone as indicator of term frequency or search popularity.

Finally, it’s worth noting that one should not mix term frequency (number of results in a Google search) with search popularity. Both can be given as phrase match or broad match and the significance of that distinction is different depending on whether you’re talking about term frequency or search popularity, which are both needed for complete keyword/domain name analysis, but they are two completely different things.

LuxuryNames is presenting over 300 generic domain names in their current SnapNames auction. There are certainly some deals to be had. I analyzed the whole inventory using the Estibot v2.0 engine (in private beta) and present here a list of domains that Estibot v2.0 found to be potentially the best deals.

The domains are sorted in descending order of what I named (for want of a better term) the Bargain Factor. This is simply the Estibot v2.0 appraisal divided by the Minimum Bid Price. The higher the Bargain Factor, the more likely it is that the end user value for the domain will significantly exceed the minimum bid price.

This is not to say the other remaining domains are not good buys: There may well be other bargains not detected by Estibot. Please remember that Estibot v2.0 is geared toward end-user appraisals.

Most of the appraisals were pretty close to the minimum bid price, but there are some domains that stand out, in both directions. I only include the domains here that have a Bargain Factor > 1.

Check out the list and then go make some purchases at SnapNames.

Domain	Minimum bid	Appraisal	Bargain Factor
drumsets.org	250	3500	14.00
colondetox.org	200	2300	11.50
cookingracks.com	99	1100	11.11
pancreatitiscancer.com	99	1000	10.10
sexualdvds.com	99	1000	10.10
internetdeals.org	99	900	9.09
hotelmadison.com	1200	9900	8.25
scalpitching.com	99	720	7.27
bmxracing.org	150	1000	6.67
orlandoautoinsurance.net	250	1600	6.40
seoprograms.com	500	3000	6.00
cancermedication.com	500	2900	5.80
newyorkdefenseattorneys.com	104	580	5.58
vanityplates.net	99	550	5.56
stiletto.net	750	4000	5.33
healthcarecosts.net	625	3300	5.28
weeklyplanner.com	875	4500	5.14
bathmirrors.com	500	2400	4.80
chocolatebaskets.net	99	470	4.75
newlyweds.net	3000	14000	4.67
gingersupplement.com	99	450	4.55
vacationvienna.com	99	430	4.34
vacationperth.com	99	410	4.14
teethcleaning.net	154	630	4.09
drugrehabprograms.net	500	2000	4.00
home-buying.com	1000	4000	4.00
debtsettlementprograms.org	200	770	3.85
coffeepitcher.com	99	380	3.84
cheapcarinsurancecompare.com	99	370	3.74
cashsettlements.net	300	1100	3.67
comovacations.com	99	360	3.64
nocturnally.com	99	360	3.64
overnightluggage.com	500	1800	3.60
improve.net	6000	21000	3.50
carhirenyc.com	99	340	3.43
dallasgrants.com	99	340	3.43
motorcrossgloves.com	99	330	3.33
officehumor.org	99	330	3.33
settlementprograms.com	200	660	3.30
bookhotelvegas.com	99	310	3.13
businesscarinsurance.com	1000	3100	3.10
insurance-policies.com	500	1500	3.00
belgiancoffee.com	250	740	2.96
colorectal.net	750	2200	2.93
jamaicacruises.net	99	290	2.93
galwayireland.net	250	690	2.76
gingersupplements.com	99	270	2.73
kitchencontractors.org	99	270	2.73
baltimorehotelrates.com	550	1500	2.73
cash-settlement.com	300	790	2.63
jamaicahotelrates.com	99	260	2.63
proteinfatloss.com	99	260	2.63
autoinsuranceorlando.com	500	1300	2.60
dollarvalue.com	3000	7600	2.53
woodfloorrepair.com	99	250	2.53
clarkes.org	300	750	2.50
onlinebankruptcy.net	300	740	2.47
newyorkrentalcars.net	399	970	2.43
residencyjobs.com	99	240	2.42
securepayments.net	250	590	2.36
rarecards.com	940	2100	2.23
debtmanagementservices.net	450	1000	2.22
funnypuzzles.com	500	1100	2.20
matchmakingservices.net	500	1100	2.20
plushsofas.com	500	1100	2.20
talkpot.com	99	210	2.12
kentcarinsurance.com	299	630	2.11
lowbalancetransfers.com	99	200	2.02
pianosongs.net	500	1000	2.00
lifeinsurancecompany.net	750	1500	2.00
mathbooks.net	750	1500	2.00
buylifeinsurance.net	1500	2900	1.93
pmiinsurancerates.com	99	190	1.92
schoolyearcalendars.com	99	190	1.92
screenshotsoftware.com	99	190	1.92
sunlotion.org	99	190	1.92
jesusapp.com	99	180	1.82
neckworkout.com	250	450	1.80
schoolbibles.com	300	540	1.80
exoticloans.com	300	530	1.77
healthinsurancepolicies.net	750	1300	1.73
bestmathgames.com	99	170	1.72
multiplepenetration.com	99	170	1.72
simpleiras.com	1000	1700	1.70
professional-seo.com	500	840	1.68
identitypackages.com	500	820	1.64
creditproblems.net	1000	1600	1.60
atlantahotelrates.com	1500	2400	1.60
chapter7lawyers.com	250	390	1.56
westbank.net	2000	3100	1.55
nassaucruises.net	99	150	1.52
originaltattoos.com	650	960	1.48
liborindex.net	500	730	1.46
grantapplications.net	250	360	1.44
cheapautoliabilityinsurance.com	299	430	1.44
arizonafloodinsurance.com	99	140	1.41
montecarloholiday.com	99	140	1.41
personalcheckscheap.com	250	350	1.40
phonebatteries.net	1500	2100	1.40
criminalattorneys.net	2000	2800	1.40
sydneyrentalcar.com	500	670	1.34
csections.com	1500	2000	1.33
bestcellularphones.com	99	130	1.31
plushfurniture.net	99	130	1.31
rothaccount.com	1000	1300	1.30
gogoshoes.com	500	640	1.28
lifeinsurancepolicies.net	1250	1600	1.28
floorplans.net	2500	3200	1.28
kayaking.org	8000	10000	1.25
corporateairplanes.com	600	740	1.23
skiweather.com	900	1100	1.22
blackmoldattorney.com	99	120	1.21
corporatesigns.net	99	120	1.21
luxuryheadphones.com	200	240	1.20
mortgage-marketing.com	500	600	1.20
unclaimedaccounts.com	1000	1200	1.20
easterbaskets.net	104	120	1.15
americanlabrador.com	250	280	1.12
releasestress.com	500	560	1.12
classictrainsets.com	99	110	1.11
genevaholiday.com	500	550	1.10
hotelmaui.com	3000	3300	1.10
medicalinsuranceplans.net	1500	1600	1.07
crazyringtones.org	350	360	1.03
cheapmoneyorder.com	99	100	1.01

I thought I’d report my experiences with the SEDO affiliate program. I have been a SEDO affiliate for about 2 years. The great thing, or that’s what I thought, about their program is that the referred accounts will always have my affiliate stamp on them, unlike many other programs where you only earn a commission for, say, from the first year of the referred accounts activities.

So far, almost 700 new accounts have been registered at SEDO through my affiliate links.

So far so good, but the bad news is, that it seems that nobody hardly ever buys or sells anything at SEDO. The average month results in less than 10 total transactions from which I get any kind of commission. These consist of a few very low quality (low price) domain sales/acquisitions and a few showcase ad buys and a few paid appraisals.

The parking revenue commission from referred accounts is practically zero. A few dollars each month, total.

I have concluded the following:
1. My affiliate links are very effective and convert well, a lot of people sign up for SEDO through my site
2. The affiliate program itself converts dismally, I make a negligible amount of money through the program., and the only party that benefits from this partnership is SEDO

With almost 700 accounts registered through my services, I would have expected a lot better.

To me it’s almost unbelieveable how poor the outcome has been. I’ve been using the SEDO API which provides great features for integration, but hasn’t helped the transactions.

What finally opened my eyes was that I introduced a few links through Commission Junction to the GoDaddy program, and the earnings went to a whole other level within the first month. With very little trouble, the GoDaddy program immediately started bringing in 10 times the revenue compared to SEDO.

I must conclude that there is something wrong with the SEDO program. It could be just that the vast majority of SEDO accounts are inactive. Either that or something else.

It’s not worth my while to keep the SEDO links on Estibot anymore, so I’m looking for alternatives and welcome any suggestions. I should have done this a long time ago, but I just couldn’t believe it…

Just thought I’d share my experiences, and hope to hear about your experiences and/or any pointers to other programs.

Thanks
-Esa

Firefox is a pretty good browser. So is Safari, although it’s far from being as stable as Firefox, especially when running Java applications. I have no experience with Chrome yet. There are some things however that irritate me greatly about these browsers. For us domainers, browsers are our most important tools. Our workflow depends on the stability, speed and security of web browsers and internet connection. I’m also a web developer and coder, and having a streamlined internet set-up is crucial for me.

My biggest gripe about Firefox is the incessant updates. I know I could turn those off, but on the other hand I need to keep my browser up-to-date, and if I switched the updates to manual, knowing myself I’d probably manually update it once every two years or so.

The updates are irritating because they occur when you start up the browser. It’s a nuisance when you’re you fire up your browser to do something real quick. And it happens often.

This irritation could be easily dealt with by having the updates occur only when you close the browser. This would be unlikely to bother you. It would just happen in the background and you wouldn’t be bothered by it. Alternatively, if you keep your browser on 24/7, you could set the updates to occur at a certain time of day, when you’re least likely to be actively using your browser. System administrators everywhere set up cron jobs to do server maintenance during the night, so it won’t affect performance when people are working. Why not adapt that to the mainstream?

I know, I know, it’s a relatively minor nuisance, but enough to inspire a blog post. I do have some other gripes about these browsers, too, but enough complaining

It’s all about usability, oui? Non?