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There's a LOT of money in this market if you can tap into it, but also a lot of competition. I had a similar site several years ago which was ticking along but didn't really break out - still managed to sell the domain to a startup in Turkey for $14K (they've still not done anything with the...

Yeah, and those which do promote domain names tend to have 'made up' names, like Cazoo. Browsers fully integrating search into their address bars hastened the change. There's still some value in top-tier names (cars.co.uk and stuff like that) but that's more a game for serious investors. Drop...

Hi, Living with your parents shouldn't get in the way of you claiming Universal Credit. You are classed as being a different 'benefit unit' as your parents, so you can claim in your own right. There is a service called 'Help to Claim' which is run by Citizens Advice, which can help you work...

Google won't banish you for duplicate content. However, each place in the search results can only be taken by one page, so it makes sense that you let Google know which page you would rather it show. You can do this by adding a 'Canonical' meta tag to the duplicate pages (but not the primary...

That's fine. I can take a quick look and perhaps suggest a way forward :)

Are you able to share what the name is? We might be able to give some specific advice depending upon the 'quality' of the name. If you'd like a hassle-free way of selling then DomainLore is a good place to sell. However, it's mainly frequented by domain name investors and drop catchers, so you...

All things to rightly consider, but as @The Reverend and @Jon suggest you're a bit off with most of these. I wouldn't suggest that anyone follows your suggestions as they are. SSL certificates are installed on the server, outside of any applications such as WordPress. There are plugins which...

Domains initially listed in 'Hidden Gems' tab move to the main 'Spotlight' listing once they have had their first bid. The ones that make it over have the 'hidden gem' icon.

It's a competitive space. However... Think about the restaurant quarter of your nearest town or city (pre COVID-19, at least!). A restaurant on its own might pull in enough diners to be viable. But as more restaurants open up, the district starts to become a destination in itself. Bars start to...

Unless it's changed in the past few years, Moonfruit is a service which provides its own hosted content management system, which includes its own blogging facilities. As far as I can see, you can embed a WordPress blog within your Moonfruit site, but WordPress isn't actually installed and...

I have 3 blogs going at the moment, so I need some sort of planning to keep on top of them. Some of the posts are more campaign-led, contributing towards particular goals. These are released according to a drip-feed editorial calendar. Some are seasonably-based. I'll often update old blog...

It's a continuously changing landscape. The ideal approach is to promote via a broad range of channels (SEO, IG, FB etc), and capture the visitors. That might be via a newsletter, membership, push notifications or even a mobile app. You can then push content to your audience.

Not everything can be reduced to data points. More discursive content, and more 'human' content, is where blogs might still have an edge. The other way is by-passing Google...

There's an interesting blog about this here: https://www.sistrix.com/blog/seo-2020-google-becomes-your-competitor/ As I see it, we have a few options as publishers: Play Google's game, and let it use our content. We need to find a way to monetise this; this might be by bolstering our sites'...

Go for it then. You might want to write 5 or 6 mega 2000+ word cornerstone pieces to establish your presence and build up trust. Rehash some essays with a more popular spin on them ;-) Like any site you'll start to build up trust with visitors and Google alike, and you can start pushing...

Yes, if the site is clearly SEO'd to hell and back to hawk miracle snake oil. But if the content is authoritative and subjective enough then no. If you did a warts-and-all review of (say) a diet plan or book, then a clearly-labelled affiliate link to it wouldn't put me off. But I'd probably...

Like I said, not for everyone ;) - but there is a difference...

Some premium, specialised hosts run WordPress in a containerised environment (a bit like a virtual machine for each installation). Resources are therefore entirely isolated and the site can call upon them without sharing with other sites, processes or the host OS. This is also inherently more...

It's not always 'just' regular hosting with WP pre-installed. The more premium offerings are tailored specifically for WordPress. The servers are optimised for speed and security for WordPress, and there is often a 'managed' service including updates, backups and bespoke caching. You can do all...