Did Apple just reveal the name of the next Apple iPhone, the iPhone 4N via a new domain name registration? Based on whois records, Apple has apparently purchased the domain name iPhone4n.com:

What is interesting (and perhaps suspect) is that this domain name, iPhone4n.com, was registered through Godaddy, and not MarkMonitor. A review of the Apple iPhone.com domain name shows that the registrar is MarkMonitor and not Godaddy. This might just be a formality, as once you purchase a domain name it can be transferred to another registrar in the future.

The timing of this new domain name, iphone4n.com, is interesting, though, as the next WWDC is coming soon, and it would make sense that this domain name would be purchased ahead of time. And, given the fact that the last Apple iPad went from the Apple iPad2 to the New iPad, and not the iPad3 like some suspected. The iPhone 4n name is inline with Apple’s past history of naming their devices.

Fusible also picked up on this new domain name registration, as well.

LeadRefs.com is a website that works to bring owners of expiring domains, and potential buyers together. When I first visited the website, almost immediately I was hit with this banner showing the site’s various promotional leads packages. This kind of turned me off since I hadn’t heard of the website before, and wouldn’t know whether or not the packages being offered in the pop-up banner would be worth the money. Once I closed the banner, I was taken to the main page of the website. At the very top of the page you can put in a URL to check to see if a domain name is available. Just for fun I tried “Facebook.com”. I got the error message “Our internal risk system has prevented us from finding leads for this domain due to its material”. This made me REALLY curious to see what I would find if I tried “Google.com”.

Doing the “Google.com” search came up with much better results. I was given a list of various websites that had “Google.com” in the domain name that were set to expire such as ratings-google.com, answer-google.com, and desktop-google.com, and also the email address associated with the domain name (please keep in mind that if the domain owner has set their “whois” information to private then you will just see a generic email address). It made sense that the domains that I came across would be set to expire since creating a domain name with the word “Google” in it is just asking for trouble. But the experiment did show some of the great features of this site. You can test out groups of keywords, and see if there are domains that contain those keywords that are set to expire.

Expired domains usually already have some search engine rankings associated with them, and also have some domain age as well which is great for SEO. At the present time, you can get 100 lead searches per day without signing up for an account. If you do decide to sign up for an account, there are three levels you can choose from – free 3 day trial, Search Package, and Expired Package. Signing up for these packages will give you the all the regular functions, and some added extras like being able to save your search history, get an email of your search results, and access to SnapNames exclusive leads, and GoDaddy pre-release leads.

LeadRefs.com has some really strong potential. There are lots of expiring domains that people would love to sell if they only knew someone they could sell them too. This particular website brings buyers, and sellers of expired domains together in one convenient place. I also really liked the “Yesterday’s Expiring List” section. With that said, here are a few suggestions that I would humbly like to offer:

– Change the number of searches you can do without signing up from 100 a day to 5 a day. Once that limit has been reached, take the site visitor to a new page where they can try out the service free for 3 days which gives them 100 searches per day, and also show them the other packages available.

– Rename the package levels to something other than Search Package, and Expired Package. Maybe Gold / Silver, or Expanded / Premium.

– There needs to be an “About Us” section. Just looking at the site, it is hard to figure out what the site is all about. A short intro video would also work wonders.

– Clean up the grammar on the first page. Ex: “Find premium Pending Delete expiring domains with the most Leads.”

– What does “Pending Delete” mean? It may be helpful to have an FAQ available on the site. Also, make it so that a site visitor could hover their mouse over a term, and the definition of the term would show up in a message bubble.

– Are there any wildcard characters? For example, if I am interested in a domain that starts with “internet-marketing”, is there a way to find these types of domains?

Website flipping is a hot industry, and getting into the expired domain name business seems like a good idea that has a lot of potential for profit. Hopefully, the LeadRefs.com website will become a well respected place to buy and sell expired domain names. If something can be done to give more information to explain to visitors what the site is about, I’m sure that this website will get much more traffic. With that being said, LeadRefs.com does give you a way to find out what is available among expired domains, and information in regards to getting in contact with the domain owner to possibly purchase the domain. With some work, this website can become even more in the future.

In the future, undeveloped domain names will only be served through their existing Google AdSense for Domains distribution network. I personally don’t recall having any of my parked domain names using this program, but apparently I have 4 domain names that use or used this program.

Here is a copy of the email from Google. If you’d like to learn more about migrating, the link to their migration guide is below.

Hi,

We’re contacting you because you’re using AdSense for Domains to monetize your undeveloped domains. After evaluating the benefits of our partner network, we’ve decided to retire the Hosted domains product within AdSense. Going forward, undeveloped domains will only be served through our existing AdSense for Domains distribution network.
Our records show that 4 of your Hosted domains will be affected by this upcoming change, which will follow the schedule below:

March 21: You’ll no longer be able to create new Hosted domains
April 18: Hosted domains will become inactive and it’ll no longer be possible to earn from them
June 27: Hosted domains will no longer be available in AdSense accounts

To continue monetizing your undeveloped domains, you can migrate your domain portfolio to any domain parking provider. Find out how in our Migration Guide:

Migration Gude

Please note that this upcoming change won’t affect any other AdSense products you’re currently using or the availability of other products to you. In addition, reporting on your Hosted domains will remain available throughout the schedule above and for a period following the retirement.

For more information see the Help Center. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for your patience as we continue to develop new features and offerings within AdSense.

Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team

So, for whatever reason, Google has decided to retire this program, and am recommending that your domains in the program be moved to another domain parking provider.

My buddy Barry has more information about the closure of this program.

Is Microsoft getting ready to change the Bing brand to Kumo? Well, that may be the case–if the big change Microsoft made in the past 24 hours means anything. Microsoft changed the nameservers of 211 domains that they own, to the MSFT.Net nameservers. If they had no plans at all to start using the Kumo brand publicly, then they probably would not have any reason to make this change? That’s only my speculation, at this point. Nothing has been officially announced.

Here is a list of the Kumo domains:
kumo3d.com
kumo3d.net
kumo3d.org
kumoacademic.com
kumoacademic.net
kumoacademic.org
kumoad.com
kumoad.net
kumoad.org
kumoadcenter.com
kumoadcenter.net
kumoadcenter.org
kumoads.com
kumoads.net
kumoads.org
kumoadvertising.com
kumoadvertising.net
kumoadvertising.org
kumoapi.com
kumoapi.net
kumoapi.org
kumoapis.com
kumoapis.net
kumoapis.org
kumoassistance.com
kumoassistance.net
kumoassistance.org
kumoautos.com
kumoautos.net
kumoautos.org
kumobiz.com
kumobiz.net
kumobiz.org
kumobooks.com
kumobooks.net
kumobooks.org
kumobusiness.com
kumobusiness.net
kumobusiness.org
kumocareers.com
kumocareers.net
kumocareers.org
kumocares.com
kumocares.net
kumocares.org
kumocars.com
kumocars.net
kumocars.org
kumocelebrities.com
kumocelebrities.net
kumocelebrities.org
kumocelebrity.com
kumocelebrity.net
kumocelebrity.org
kumocentral.com
kumocentral.net
kumocentral.org
kumocharities.com
kumocharities.net
kumocharities.org
kumocharity.com
kumocharity.net
kumoclassifieds.com
kumoclassifieds.net
kumoclassifieds.org
kumocode.com
kumocode.net
kumocode.org
kumocollections.com
kumocollections.net
kumocollections.org
kumocoupons.com
kumocoupons.net
kumocoupons.org
kumodeals.com
kumodeals.net
kumodeals.org
kumodirectory.com
kumodirectory.net
kumodirectory.org
kumoearth.com
kumoearth.net
kumoearth.org
kumoecosystem.com
kumoecosystem.net
kumoecosystem.org
kumoexpo.com
kumoexpo.net
kumoexpo.org
kumofeeds.com
kumofeeds.net
kumofeeds.org
kumofind.com
kumofind.net
kumofind.org
kumogiving.com
kumogiving.net
kumogiving.org
kumoguide.com
kumoguide.net
kumoguide.org
kumohealth.com
kumohealth.net
kumohealth.org
kumohealthvault.com
kumohealthvault.net
kumohealthvault.org
kumohelp.com
kumohelp.net
kumohelp.org
kumohomes.com
kumohomes.net
kumohomes.org
kumojobs.com
kumojobs.net
kumojobs.org
kumolab.com
kumolab.net
kumolab.org
kumolabs.com
kumolabs.net
kumolabs.org
kumolife.com
kumolife.net
kumolife.org
kumolifestyle.com
kumolifestyle.net
kumolifestyle.org
kumolocal.com
kumolocal.net
kumolocal.org
kumomashup.com
kumomashup.net
kumomashup.org
kumomashups.com
kumomashups.net
kumomashups.org
kumopartners.com
kumopartners.net
kumopartners.org
kumopix.com
kumopix.net
kumopix.org
kumoplatform.com
kumoplatform.net
kumoplatform.org
kumoproducts.com
kumoproducts.net
kumoproducts.org
kumoqna.com
kumoqna.net
kumoqna.org
kumorealestate.com
kumorealestate.net
kumorealestate.org
kumorebates.com
kumorebates.net
kumorebates.org
kumoreviews.com
kumoreviews.net
kumoreviews.org
kumorewards.com
kumorewards.net
kumorewards.org
kumosdk.com
kumosdk.net
kumosdk.org
kumoseek.com
kumoseek.net
kumoseek.org
kumoshopping.com
kumoshopping.net
kumoshopping.org
kumosyndication.com
kumosyndication.net
kumosyndication.org
kumotraffic.com
kumotraffic.net
kumotraffic.org
kumotranslator-int.com
kumotranslator-int.net
kumotranslator-int.org
kumotranslator-ppe.com
kumotranslator-ppe.net
kumotranslator-ppe.org
kumotranslator.com
kumotranslator.net
kumotranslator.org
kumotv.com
kumotv.net
kumotv.org
kumovideosearch.com
kumovideosearch.net
kumovideosearch.org
kumovoice.com
kumovoice.net
kumovoice.org
kumoxrank.com
kumoxrank.net
kumoxrank.org
localkumo.com
localkumo.net
localkumo.org
qnakumo.com
qnakumo.net
qnakumo.org
shopkumo.net
shopkumo.org
travelkumo.com
travelkumo.net
travelkumo.org

Just to clarify: these domain names were originally registered by Microsoft back in November 2007. However, the big change that they made just now is the fact that they were originally on different nameservers–and now they have been moved to point to the main MSFT.Net nameservers. What I’m questioning here is: why now?

Out of curiosity, I went ahead and took those names and ran them through some checks over at Moniker to see which of these names are taken, and which of these domain names are still available for “hand registration”, meaning that anyone can go register the domain name (as long as you play by the rules of the particular registrar). Some ccTLDs (Country Code Top Level Domains) have requirements that you must live in the country, or have a business address in the country, etc. etc., so you will need to check the requirements. But in any case, I am actually surprised that these first names, which are now the most popular baby names of 2011, are still available for registration.

There are a few of the ccTLDs that I personally like, especially if you’re in Los Angeles or in Louisiania (e.g., Aiden.LA is available), and if your baby is going to be a doctor then it might be cool to have Aiden.MD as their website’s domain name.

By the way, many new parents are opting to set up a website for their new child, so that they can post photos where friends and family can view them.

So, here is a list of some of the domain names that are available as of this blog post:
AIDEN.AC
AIDEN.AERO
AIDEN.AG
AIDEN.AM
AIDEN.AT
AIDEN.BZ
AIDEN.CM
AIDEN.CO.AT
AIDEN.CO.IN
AIDEN.CO.NZ
AIDEN.COM.AG
AIDEN.COM.ES
AIDEN.COM.KI $194.92
AIDEN.COM.MU $90.90
AIDEN.COM.MX $79.95
AIDEN.COM.NF $84.50
AIDEN.COM.PL $27.67
AIDEN.COM.SC $117.38
AIDEN.COM.TW $37.70
AIDEN.COM.VC $40.30
AIDEN.CX $45.49
AIDEN.EBIZ.TW
AIDEN.FIRM.IN $10.27
AIDEN.FM $89.70
AIDEN.GAME.TW $37.70
AIDEN.GD $28.34
AVA.ORG.KI $194.92
AVA.ORG.MU $90.90
AVA.ORG.SC $117.38
AVA.ORG.VC $40.30
AVA.SH $72.80
AVA.TC $28.34
AVA.TL $45.49
AVA.TM $126.62
AVA.TRAVEL $89.95
CHLOE.FM $89.70
CHLOE.GAME.TW $37.70
CHLOE.GD $28.34
CHLOE.GEN.IN $10.27
CHLOE.GS $24.70
CHLOE.IM
CHLOE.IND.IN
CHLOE.INFO.PL $49.00
CHLOE.IO
CHLOE.KI $1,299.48
CHLOE.LA
CHLOE.MD
CHLOE.MN
JAYDEN.TC $28.34
JAYDEN.VC $40.30
JAYDEN.VG $28.34
LIAM.AC $72.80
LIAM.AERO $98.67
LIAM.AG $115.70
LIAM.AM $89.70
LIAM.BIZ.PL $49.00
LIAM.BZ $20.80
.CLUB.TW $37.70
LIAM.CM $99.00
LIAM.CO.AT $22.20
LIAM.CO.IN $15.40
LIAM.COM.AG $78.00

I have compiled a list, which is quite lengthy, and included the prices where I had that data. You can view or download the full list here.

If you look at the new owner of these domains, they are owned by Facebook:

Registrant:
Domain Administrator
Facebook, Inc.
1601 S. California Ave
Palo Alto CA 94304
US
+1.6505434800 Fax: +1.6505434800

Here is the list of domain names that Facebook has transferred into their control in the past 24 hours:

acebok.com
acebook.com
acfebook.com
faboock.com
facbebook.com
faccebook.com
facdbook.com
facdebook.com
facebboook.com
facebokbook.com
facebokok.com
faceboobok.com
facebooc.com
faceboock.com
facebood.com
faceboof.com
facebooi.com
facebooki.com
facebool.com
faceboon.com
faceboook.com
faceboow.com
faceboox.com
faceebook.com
facerbook.com
facfacebook.com
facfebook.com
fackebook.com
facwebook.com
facxebook.com
faebookc.com
fafacebook.com
faseboock.com
faseboot.com
favebook.com
fcaebbok.com
ffacebook.com
fscebook.com
gacebook.com
httpfacebook.com
thrfacebook.com
www-facebook.com
wwwfacebok.com
wwwrfacebook.com

Domain name cybersquatters purchase and own domain names typos of certain brand names and popular websites in order to set up web pages that are “landing pages”. When someone mistypes the Facebook.com domain name, they end up on the cybersquatters’ website–and when someone clicks on a link the cybersquatter usually makes money.

For domain names like Facebook, owning a typo of the Facebook brand can be fairly lucrative–and thus Facebook sued this group of cybersquatters, attempting to recover potential damages from them.

Since this is a large group of domain names, I am not sure if this indicates whether or not some sort of settlement has been reached in this case.

Update:
From what I can tell, this list of 44 domain names does appear to be related to the lawsuit I mentioned and wrote about above. In fact, one domain name in particular, which has been mentioned in the suit: facebooki.com is a part of this list.

What is the current status of the domain name? Developed or Not Developed?
If the domain name is developed, meaning that there is a live website on it, and it’s in use, then most likely you should renew the domain name. If you have spent any time adding unique content on the website, then most likely it is profitable–or can be profitable. There are ways, after all, to monetize just about any website out there–and developed websites have value. If you are not planning on continuing with working on the website, then perhaps you should consider selling it to a third party. In any case, if the domain name is developed, I would renew the domain name and sell it to a third party. Another option would be to redirect it to another existing website that you own.

Do you plan on developing the domain name?
If you have plans on developing the domain name into a live website, then I would tend to want to renew the domain name. If you lose it, then it will be more costly to get it back later on.

Is the domain name profitable?
Remember that you a domain name only has to make about $.03 cents a day in order to remain profitable (to cover the average $10 per year registration feed). Even if the domain name is not developed, it can be parked at any one of numerous domain name parking services. If you own any domain names that are not currently developed and they are not parked, then you are missing out on potential revenue. Most domain name parking companies do not charge you for parking your domain name with them. All of my domain names that I own that are not currently developed are parked–allowing the domain name to literally “pay for itself”.

Is the domain name valuable?
Does the domain name itself–without any content on it–have value? Does the domain name have real value or is it really something that you HOPE will have at some point in the future? There are a few ways to assess a domain name’s value. You can go to these sites and put in your domain name and see its value. These tools only really give the value of a domain name based on external factors such as the demand for certain keywords in the domain name as well as current CPC (Cost Per Click) values. If a domain name has content and visitors, then the value of the domain name would only be higher than what is shown. For example, take a domain name I have for sale, and let’s look at its value: ReservedSeat.com

Estibot:

ReservedSeat.com value $3400
http://www.estibot.com/appraise.php?a=appraisal&k=ff7a4a74eb7333dc26dd9930a73f288f&domain=reservedseat.com

Epik:

ReservedSeat.com value $8500
http://appraise.epik.com/ReservedSeat.com

You can see some of the factors that Epik uses in putting a value on a domain name. I personally use a factor of about $500 when assessing whether or not to renew a domain name of not. If I am currently not planning on using a domain name and developing it, and one of these online tools says it’s value is more than $500, then I may consider renewing the name.

A lot of the factors that are mentioned in the Estibot and Epik appraisals are related to the demand for the keywords and the average CPC price (as I mentioned above). That brings us to my next consideration.

Is it a keyword rich domain name?
Does the domain name include a keyword or keyword phrase that people (lots of people) use to search at a search engine? Is this an EMD (Exact Match Domain)? Meaning, is the domain name in the form of Keyword.com or Keyword1Keyword2.com? Notice that there is no hyphen in the domain name. Also, the domain name should be a .COM extension. These are preferred, since the .COM domain names that are “Exact Matches” tend to get a preference or “extra brownie points” and have a better chance of ranking better in the search engines for the keyword if it contains content about that subject or topic. There are .NET and .ORG domain names that have value, don’t get me wrong. But when it comes to keyword rich domain names, .COM domains are preferred right now.

Does the domain name pass the “radio test”?
If you heard someone mention the domain name on the radio while you’re driving down the road, could you remember it when you got to your destination? Does the domain name pass the “radio test”, meaning that it’s very easy to remember? Is it unique? Will people misspell the domain name when trying to remember it (if they will misspell it then it doesn’t pass the radio test)?

Was the domain name originally registered before 2000?
Having personally practiced search engine optimization and building websites since the mid 1990s, I have to say that domain names that were originally registered before 2000 (especially in the 1990s) have “aged”. They’ve been around for a while, tend to be more trusted by the search engines nowadays (mainly Google), and would have some value to someone who is going to put content on it. If it’s had a website on it, there is a good chance that it has even more value.

Does the domain name have backlinks?
Many domain names that have had live websites on them at one time or another have value because they have links from other websites. When a domain name has links, then it most likely has at least some traffic. So, there’s a good chance that even if you were to park the domain name to earn the click-thru revenue, the domain name would pay for itself just because of the traffic from other websites. The more links a domain name has typically the more value it may potentially have. You can check if a domain name has links by performing a linkdomain:domain.com search at Yahoo.com or by using tools like Majesticseo.com or OpenSiteExplorer.com. If you own the domain name currently, and it has links, then you may want to park the domain name or set up a 301 Permanent Redirect so that it redirects to one of your current, live, websites.

Does the domain name include a trademark?
If the domain name includes a keyword that has a trademark (and you do not own the trademark) then you most likely you will be better off if you did NOT renew the domain name. There is a chance that you could get sued or lose the domain name through the UDRP process (trademark owners can use the UDRP domain dispute process) to recover a domain name, and they often do if there is a dispute.

On the other hand, if you own a trademark and you own the domain name, then I recommend renewing the domain name. Even if you are not going to be using the domain name anytime soon, renewing the domain name is a lot cheaper than having to hire a lawyer or going through the UDRP process for $1500 (the current fee to file a UDRP request) to recover the domain name at a later date.

Have you unsuccessfully tried to sell the domain name?
If you have unsuccessfully tried to sell the domain name in the past through multiple channels, then it may not be worth renewing the domain name. There are many ways you can sell a domain name:

- list it on an aftermarket/domain marketplace website (godaddy, sedo, afternic, snapnames, etc.).
- list the domain on ebay
- put “domain for sale” on the website itself.
- search at Google for a related keyword–and contact those who are currently showing up in the search results. Ask if they’d like to buy the domain name.
- search at Google for a related keyword–and observe the Google AdWords ads. Contact those advertisers to see if they’d like to buy the domain name.

Is there more than one Extension or TLD registered?
Take a look and see if the .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .us, or other TLD version of the domain name is registered. If more than one is registered by someone else, then there may be a reason to keep the domain name that you have. Again, for most domain names, I prefer to own the .com extension because that will typically have more value. If the domain name is not a .com, then you need to assess it’s value (some of the online tools like Estibot may say it has value). If you were to develop something other than the .COM, keep in mind that I personally believe that you may be sending traffic to the .COM site if it’s not search engine traffic. People typically type in “domain.COM” rather than “domain.NET”, for example, if they are trying to remember a website. But, in any case, if you own the .COM and lots of other extensions and TLDs are registered, that may be an indication of value. You may even be able to sell the .COM domain to someone who owns the .NET, for example.

View recent domain name sales
To assess a domain name’s value, you may want to see if similar domain names (or even that domain name) has sold in the past, and what it (or they sold for). You can check websites like DnSalePrice.com that indexes domain name sales data. Certainly, if the domain name that you are considering not renewing sold in the past, you may want to renew it. If other similar domain names have sold for a few hundred or a few thousand dollars, then you may want to keep the domain name and renew it.

Bonus Question: Is there a BackOrder on the Domain Name?
If you think you have a good domain name, but you’re just not sure whether or not you should renew the domain name or now, check to see if anyone else has placed a backorder on the domain name. If there is a backorder or several people have placed backorders on the domain name, then I would definitely renew the domain name.

What is a backorder? A backorder is a way to tell certain backorder “services” that if they are able to obtain the domain name the second that it becomes available, then you would like to purchase it. Typically, you only pay for the domain name if the backorder service obtains it on your behalf. And if more than one person backorders the domain name, and the backorder service obtains the domain name, then the name is put up for auction to the highest bidder. If you are thinking of not renewing a domain name, then you might want to check the backorder services to see if there is a backorder on the name–which would indicate that there’s some value there. Popular domain name backorder services include Namejet.com, Pool.com, and Snapnames.com. Hat Tip goes out to Vincent at vsdholdings.com for this backorder tip.

So, should you renew that domain name?
If you have gotten to this point, and any of these questions that I’ve listed has not promoted you to renew the domain name, then there might be a good argument for not renewing the domain name. Ultimately, I prefer to put a value on the domain name first, especially if the domain name does not have a live website on it. After I put a value on it, looking at other factors such as whether or not it’s profitable and has “earned its keep” in the past year (if I had it parked it earned more than $10 in the past year), then there is a good chance that I should renew the domain name. Remember, domain name values are really only going to go up–especially for domain names that include keywords and EMD keyword rich domain names.

Of course, if you are still wondering if you should renew that domain name, then you can always ask me. I might just buy it from you.

One of the domain name typos that they registered is coogle-analytics.com.

Typosquatting, also referred to as “URL Hijacking”, as defined by Wikipedia is “is a form of cybersquatting which relies on mistakes such as typographical errors made by Internet users when inputting a website address into a web browser. Should a user accidentally enter an incorrect website address, they may be led to an alternative website owned by a cybersquatter”. For a lot of popular domain names, it can be very lucrative and beneficial to own a domain name that is a typo–a lot of people mistype domain names. When a domain name owner then gets traffic to their typo domain, they can benefit financially from every “click” on their website. This can be very dangerous, though, as there is a good chance that if you own a typo domain of a trademark then you will get sued.

Rather than have to deal with lawsuits and typo domain name squatters, many companies decide to register these typos of their brand so no one else can benefit from it. Apparently now there is enough traffic to Google Analytics that Google has determined that it would benefit them from owning typos of their www.Google-Analytics.com domain name (which currently redirects to Google Analytics).

Here are the typo domain names that Google registered today. I find it interesting to see exactly which typos they registered, and which ones they chose not to register. I bet that the domain names that they chose to register are related to keyword search traffic. In other words, if there are a lot of searches for a common misspelling of Google Analytics, Google registered those domain names.

coogle-analytics.com
foogle-analytics.com
gkogle-analytics.com
gnogle-analytics.com
gokgle-analytics.com
goocle-analytics.com
goofle-analytics.com
googhe-analytics.com
googla-analytics.com
googld-analytics.com
google-ajalytics.com
google-anahytics.com
google-anal9tics.com
google-analxtics.com
google-analy4ics.com
google-analydics.com
google-analypics.com
google-analythcs.com
google-analytibs.com
google-analytic3.com
google-analyticc.com
google-analyticr.com
google-analyticw.com
google-analytiss.com
google-analytmcs.com
google-analyuics.com
google-anamytics.com
google-anelytics.com
google-anqlytics.com
google-aoalytics.com
google-enalytics.com
google-qnalytics.com
googlu-analytics.com
googme-analytics.com
goowle-analytics.com
woogle-analytics.com

What I find very interesting, however, is that Google chose to register the typos of they hyphenated version of “Google Analytics” and NOT the non-hyphenated version of “Google Analytics”. For example, as of my writing of this, the domain name CoogleAnalytics.com is available for registration–Google has NOT registered that domain name.

If you are interested in typo domain names, there are several decent typo domain name tools that will help you find typos. Some people say that they can make a lot of money by owning a typo domain name. I do, however, recommend that you stay far, far away from any domain name that is related to a trademark, a company name, or any brand.

Domain Tools Typo Domain Finder – http://www.domaintools.com/buy/domain-typo-finder/
SEO Chat Domain Typo Generator – http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/domain-typo-generator/
Domain Name Typo Generator – http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/domain-typo-generator.shtml

If a domain name is registered with Network Solutions, and that domain name is currently using Network Solutions’ Private Registration services, here is how you can “get past” the private registration service–using Network Solutions’ own system to reveal the true owner of a domain name:

1. Go to the Network Solutions “Forgot Password” page:
https://www.networksolutions.com/manage-it/forget-login.jsp

2. On the right side, under “Retrieve Your User ID”, enter the domain name as shown below:

3. Click “Retrieve User ID”.

The domain name contacts are revealed (although the actual domain name owner(s) are being hidden in the whois of the domain name. See below:

In this specific example, I used the domain name Social.com because in this case the domain name is under Private Registration, meaning that the owner does NOT want to be revealed. However, using Network Solutions’ own services, you can see who really owns the social.com domain name. Below is a screen capture of the social.com domain name whois information, which is on privacy:

In this case, someone named “Alica Del Valle” actually is listed as the Primary Contact of the domain name Social.com. A Google search and perhaps some other creative searching and looking around (perhaps even using LinkedIn.com), may reveal the owner of the domain name’s contact information. But, as you can see, this is obviously a big fail when it comes to privacy on behalf of Network Solutions customers.

A hat tip goes out to fusible for mentioning this in a recent post.

There are a few others, including Tyler-Texas.com (a great geo domain name of a fairly large city in East Texas) as well as a great Search Engine Marketing / Pay Per Click domain name PayPerClickReview.com. There are also a few domain names that have are in the financial industry, as well. Here is a list of these domain names that I have up for sale this week. Remember, they go to the highest bidder, no matter what the price.

By the way, if you are reading this and you have not considered a keyword rich domain name, then you might want to read one of my articles about keyword rich domain names. The prices and values are only going to go up. Domain names are a great investment.

Update: December 2011: I still have a few of these domain names available. Contact me directly for price or if you would like to make me an offer.

12l.org

AdvancedVideoPractice.com

airportpharmacies.com

auctionbaby.com

australiapharmacies.com

blacktophat.com

buildersrockwall.com

carrolltontexasairconditioning.com

cdshredders.com

chiropracticplano.com

chiropractorsdallas.net

condominiumresort.com

dallascountydentist.com

dallascountylawyers.com

dallaslapband.org

dallaslawattorney.com

dallaspharmacies.com

deer-stands.com

eftpspayments.com

employer401k.com

energyberries.com

fieldauditor.com

flashlightkeychain.com

flashlightkeychains.com

friscohomebuilders.com

garlandtexasairconditioning.com

heatingandairgarland.com

homebuildersrockwall.com

insurancecompanyagency.com

insurancecompanyagent.com

irish-setter.com

localhomebuilder.com

local-plumber.com

payfederaltaxes.com

payperclickreview.com

poolpartyinvitations.com

securityofficial.com