One Year Anniversary!
Welp, I would have included this with my post earlier today, but I only realized it a few moments ago. TrendDomaining.com made it to one year! Barely…
On May 17th, 2008 I made my first post. I went and reread some of my earlier posts a few days back, and my goodness some were either awfully written or just plain awful. They sounded good at the time; perhaps I was still on a high on having a blog with a purpose and clear goal.
So thanks to everyone who took time to read, comment and even criticize.
I’ll even link and run, something I tried my best to rarely do. The Wall Street Journal recently posted a list of U.S. cities that younger people are flocking to, regardless of the economic conditions. Just thought it was a nice read and may interest some geodomainers.
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Congrats Scott!
I did a Google search on it curious what the average blog lasts, knowing how hard it is to come up with content all the time and apparently between 60-80% don’t make one month, so one year is quite the accomplishment
Time flys… Seems like just yesterday that you showed up on the domainer radar. May TrendDomaining.com have a long, long life. It’s a hell of a domain name and always interesting to read.
great job,may everytime always be the best.pram from Indonesia.
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