The Man With 150,000 SEO Domain Names - Kalin Karakehayov Interview

Charles Floate
3 Jul 202423:44

Summary

TLDRIn this interview, SEO expert Colin Kov discusses the evolution of his domain and PBN business, starting from his frustration with clients to building a large domain database. He shares insights on securing VC funding, the importance of domain names with traffic, and the role of PBNs in SEO. Kov also addresses the impact of AI on domaining and debunks myths around diversifying PBNs, emphasizing the stability of the domain industry over the past 20 years.

Takeaways

  • πŸ˜€ The interviewee, Colin Kov, started in SEO and domaining in 2008, initially working with clients before moving to more automated methods due to the challenges of client management.
  • πŸ” Colin discovered the importance of having a large domain database, which became a competitive advantage, especially for catching expired domains in less competitive niches like country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • πŸ’‘ After being banned by Google, Colin and his team pivoted to building domain databases and offering enterprise services, eventually securing seed investment from a VC fund.
  • πŸ’Ό The initial investment pitch to investors was focused on the potential of the domain database to find and resell valuable domains, which was met with skepticism but eventually led to funding.
  • πŸ“ˆ Colin's company experienced significant growth after securing investment, with a notable early client being Jason from Digiity, which helped to validate their business model.
  • 🌐 The importance of a good domain name was discussed, with traffic being a significant factor, sometimes even more so than the domain name itself, especially when traffic comes from direct referrals or streaming.
  • πŸ”‘ Domain age and its impact on SEO was debated, with Colin suggesting that Google's algorithms may learn from the usage patterns of expired domains rather than having a set rule against them.
  • 🌐 The role of AI in the domain industry was questioned, with Colin expressing doubt that AI will significantly change the domain system, given its stability and the slow-moving nature of the domain governing bodies.
  • πŸ›‘οΈ Colin highlighted the importance of diversification in building private blog networks (PBNs), including using different hosting solutions, themes, and CMSs to avoid footprints that could be penalized by search engines.
  • πŸ“Š The interview touched on the efficacy of PBNs and links in SEO, with Colin's experience indicating that high-quality PBNs can be effective even if the websites themselves have poor user metrics.
  • πŸ‘₯ Lastly, the interview concluded with Colin offering assistance in the domain community, particularly for those facing issues with domain blacklisting, leveraging his unique name and connections in the industry.

Q & A

  • What was the initial motivation for the interviewee to start working with domains?

    -The interviewee started working with domains after finding clients annoying while running an agency. He was looking for ways to learn more with less effort and discovered that working with domains was easier in 2008-2009.

  • How did the interviewee's company get VC funding?

    -The company acquired VC funding after building a large domain database and pitching to investors. Initially, they received €50,000 for 12% equity after several pitches, and later received an additional €100,000 for another 10% equity.

  • What was the role of the interviewee's co-founder in the company's development?

    -The co-founder, being a skilled developer, joined the team and helped build the domain database, which became a significant competitive advantage for the company.

  • What was the first major order the company received after starting to catch and resell domains?

    -The first major order was from Jason, a partner at Digity, for 300 domains, which marked a significant breakthrough for the company.

  • What are the three factors that make a domain name valuable according to the interviewee?

    -The three factors are good name, links, and traffic. Some domains may not have links but have traffic from sources like direct referrals or pirate streaming.

  • How has the domain industry changed in the last 20 years according to the interviewee?

    -The interviewee believes that the domain industry has not changed significantly in the last 20 years. The system for registering, transferring, and dropping domains remains largely the same.

  • What is the interviewee's opinion on the importance of domain age and its effect on SEO?

    -The interviewee believes that domain age's effect on SEO depends on the pool size of expired and non-dropped domains and how they are used. He suggests that machine learning may have found ways to use this data that even Google engineers did not anticipate.

  • How does the interviewee diversify his PBN (Private Blog Network)?

    -The interviewee diversifies his PBN by using different hosting solutions, themes, CMS's, and ensuring that the domains are registered to real people to avoid being flagged by Google.

  • What is the interviewee's view on the effectiveness of PBNs and links in the context of AI and Google updates?

    -The interviewee believes that PBNs and links will continue to be effective, as the main difference will be in terms of economy and money flows, allowing for more investment in links and domains.

  • How does the interviewee handle the issue of domain blacklisting?

    -The interviewee offers to help by contacting people he knows in most domain registries, which may assist in unblocking the domains, although he cannot guarantee success in every case.

  • What advice does the interviewee give regarding the use of unique domain names in SEO?

    -The interviewee suggests that having a unique domain name can be beneficial in SEO, as it can make it easier to rank and is less likely to be confused with other sites.

Outlines

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πŸš€ Startup Journey and SEO Challenges

The speaker discusses their initial venture into web development for clients, which led to the realization of the annoyances of client work. This prompted a shift towards more autonomous projects. The narrative includes the experience of securing venture capital funding in FCO, despite initial investor skepticism. The speaker also touches on the evolution of their business, from dealing with PBNs and SEO to offering a range of domain-related services. The interview highlights the importance of domain databases and the competitive advantage they provided, as well as the challenges faced with Google's indexing and the shift towards more sustainable business models.

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🌐 Domain Name Strategies and Revenue Streams

This paragraph delves into the intricacies of domain name selection and the factors that contribute to a good domain name, such as links, traffic, and brandability. The speaker shares insights into their business model, which includes catching expired domains and reselling them. The discussion also covers the impact of traffic, which surprisingly contributed to a significant portion of their revenue. The speaker provides a nuanced view on the role of domain names in SEO and the importance of leveraging different revenue streams, including direct referrals and organic traffic.

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πŸ’‘ Insights on Domain Industry and AI's Future Impact

The speaker reflects on the stability of the domain industry over the past two decades, noting that there have been minimal changes to the foundational processes of domain registration and management. They express skepticism about the potential for AI to revolutionize the domain system, arguing that the infrastructure is too entrenched and the stakeholders too diverse for significant shifts. The paragraph also addresses the debate on expired versus aged domains and their efficacy in SEO, suggesting that the machine learning algorithms may inadvertently favor certain types of domains based on historical data.

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πŸ” The Role of PBNs and SEO in a Post-AI World

The speaker discusses the ongoing relevance of PBNs (Private Blog Networks) and SEO in the face of AI advancements. They share their perspective on the economic shifts that AI might bring to the industry, suggesting that the focus could shift towards investing more in links and domains due to the reduced cost of content creation. The speaker also addresses the challenges of maintaining a diverse PBN network and the strategies they employ to avoid detection by search engines, such as using different hosting solutions and CMS themes.

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πŸ›‘οΈ Diversification and Best Practices for PBN Networks

This paragraph focuses on strategies for diversifying PBNs to avoid pattern recognition by search engines. The speaker explains their approach to using static HTML and different hosting solutions, which allows for cost-effective management of a large network of PBNs. They also touch on the importance of using different registrars and WHOIS information to maintain the authenticity and diversity of the PBN network. The speaker challenges the notion that having a website on a unique IP is a significant SEO factor, arguing that the internet's natural state involves shared hosting and IP addresses.

🀝 Networking and Support in the Domain Community

The final paragraph highlights the importance of networking within the domain and SEO community. The speaker offers themselves as a resource for those facing issues with domain blacklisting, leveraging their connections within the industry to assist where possible. They also emphasize the benefits of having a unique name in the SEO world and invite interested parties to connect with them via social media platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn for further discussions and assistance.

Mindmap

Keywords

πŸ’‘SEO

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, which is the process of improving the visibility of a website on a search engine's unpaid results. In the video, the guest is an expert in SEO and discusses the impact of domain names on SEO strategies. The term is used to describe the industry in which the guest operates and the type of services his company provides.

πŸ’‘Domaining

Domaining refers to the practice of acquiring, developing, and selling domain names, typically with the intent of earning revenue from the traffic they generate or their resale value. The video's guest got started in domaining after finding clients to be annoying, preferring a more automated approach to generating income, which is a central theme in the discussion.

πŸ’‘VC funding

VC stands for Venture Capital, which is a type of financing that entrepreneurs receive from investors in exchange for an equity stake in the company. The script mentions that the guest's company is one of the few in FCO to have received VC funding, highlighting a significant milestone in the company's growth and development.

πŸ’‘PBNs

PBN stands for Private Blog Network, which is a collection of websites that are used to manipulate search engine rankings by providing backlinks to a target site. The guest discusses his experience with PBNs, including the challenges he faced when Google de-indexed his PBNs, a critical event in his business journey.

πŸ’‘Domain database

A domain database is a collection of information about domain names, often used for tracking and acquiring expired domains. The guest's company built a large domain database, which became a competitive advantage and a key part of their business model, as they used it to monitor and catch expired domains.

πŸ’‘Reverse DNS

Reverse DNS is a technique used to map an IP address to a domain name, which can be used for various purposes, including security services. The guest mentions offering reverse DNS security services as part of their enterprise services, indicating a diversification of their business offerings.

πŸ’‘Traffic

In the context of the internet, traffic refers to the number of visitors a website receives. The script discusses how traffic from certain domains played a significant role in the guest's business success, contributing to about 50% of their revenue, demonstrating the value of domain traffic in their business model.

πŸ’‘Domain industry

The domain industry encompasses all activities related to the registration, sale, and management of domain names. The guest reflects on the stability of the domain industry over the past 20 years, noting that it has not changed significantly, which is an important context for understanding the enduring nature of the business.

πŸ’‘TLDs

TLD stands for Top-Level Domain, which is the part of a domain name located to the right of the dot. The script discusses the importance of TLDs and the guest's opinion on their future relevance, suggesting that despite AI advancements, the TLD system is likely to remain integral to the domain industry.

πŸ’‘AI

AI refers to Artificial Intelligence, which is the simulation of human intelligence in machines. The video discusses the potential impact of AI on the domain industry, with the guest expressing skepticism about drastic changes, indicating a belief in the resilience of the current domain system against technological shifts.

πŸ’‘Expired domains

Expired domains are those that have not been renewed by their owners and are now available for registration. The guest's company focused on catching expired domains as part of their business strategy, which is a key aspect of their service offering and a point of discussion in the script.

Highlights

The interviewee started with website development for clients but found clients annoying and sought more efficient ways to work, leading to domain and SEO work.

In 2008, the interviewee began with SEO and content projects, and after being personally targeted by Google, pivoted to domain database building and monitoring.

The company acquired VC funding after several pitches, emphasizing their large domain database and potential for enterprise services.

Domains with traffic, even from direct referrals or pirate streaming, played a significant role in the company's success, contributing to about 50% of their revenue.

The importance of good domain names is discussed, with a combination of good name, links, and traffic being ideal.

The interviewee believes that domain relevancy in languages other than English may not be as significant to Google's algorithms.

Domain age and expiration might affect their efficacy in Google's search results, but it's more about how they are used rather than the dates themselves.

Having a domain with a history of a large number of indexed pages can be beneficial for quickly reindexing a large website.

The interviewee doubts that AI will significantly change the domain industry, which has remained stable for the last 20 years.

The impact of AI on link building and PBNs is discussed, with the interviewee suggesting that economic factors may change rather than the efficacy of the links.

High-quality PBNs are described as websites restored from the archive with potential for high organic traffic, despite often poor user experience.

Diversifying PBNs involves using different hosting solutions, themes, CMS's, and ensuring privacy in domain registration.

The interviewee argues against the necessity of unique IP addresses for SEO hosting, suggesting it's an unnecessary cost.

The interviewee's unique name is highlighted as an advantage in SEO, making him easily findable online.

The interview concludes with the interviewee offering help with domain blacklisting issues through his connections in domain registries.

Transcripts

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I started doing websites for a while as

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an agency thing doing for clients but

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discovered only within one year that

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plans are so annoying you're one of the

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few companies in FCO that have got VC

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funding we have huge domain database uh

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we're going to offer service reverse

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quiz reverse DNS Security Services stuff

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like this investor were like we don't

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understand about this what makes a

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really good domain name traffic has been

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for some part of our journey about 50%

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of Revenue do you know what has changed

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in the domain industry for the last for

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20 years not a whole lot of

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things hey guys and welcome back to the

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channel and welcome back to another

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episode where I'll be interviewing SEO

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entrepreneurs and experts from around

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the world in today's episode we've got

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an OG in the SEO scene he currently

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employs over 120 people he runs one of

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Bulgaria's biggest startups he has an

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awesome domain name wink wink and he has

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recently been selling pbns and links

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please welcome to the channel Colin kov

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ladies and gentlemen K yeah

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close I know yeah thanks for giving me I

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appreciate you coming on and sorry if I

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butchered your name there slightly I I

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tried to uh tried to preempt it there

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but it it totally butchered it when it

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came out um do you want to give people a

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bit of a background into who you are and

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how you got started in Su and

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domaining yeah it was uh

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2008 uh I started doing websites for a

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while as an agency thing doing for

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clients but uh discovered only within

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one year that clients are so annoying so

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I was searching for ways that uh I can I

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can learn more for for Less effort Theo

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was really easy back then 20089 so yeah

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I work with clients and some content

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projects in Bulgarian and then uh

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started hiring people

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scaling and in uh

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201 14 I think 134 I had the same

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experience you had I got personally

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targeted by

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Google got every everything I own the

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index like pbn normal website everything

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like everything that was on my quiz was

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gone damn yeah it seems to be a more

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common theme now that more people are

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Google's got an enemy as a hit list

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they're going after and they definitely

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seem to be fulfilling it so you're one

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of the few companies in FCO that have

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got VC funding I know there's a few

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others like you have like market news

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out of Romania and you got white press

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out of Poland and things but how did you

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go about acquiring that investment in

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the first place when I got banned by

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Google uh I started for searching for

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ways to get more cheaper and better

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domains for the pbn because I had more

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than a thousand pbn the index so I

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started building uh databases of all

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domains that exist so we can uh so I

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could um monitor expired domains catch

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them this was easy back then and there

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were less public list so especially in

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the cctlds uh the need to have a

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database was was very important and was

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a huge competitive Advantage uh that

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when my co-founder method joined the

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team he's a very good developer and uh

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yeah so we built this database started

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to monitor domains but uh we were going

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to offer

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some uh Enterprise service like domain

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tools because we have the second largest

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domain database and then we uh we went

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to to a it's a VC fund but it's more

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like seed preed because it was a very

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small amount of money only 50 50,000 EUR

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but still for us it seemed like a ton

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because in Bulgaria everything is cheap

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so and we were a very small team and we

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went to the investors and we pitched

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three times for first two first two

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times they were just training pitches

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and uh we were like okay we have huge

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domain database uh we're going to offer

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service reverse who reverse DNS Security

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Services stuff like this investors were

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like we don't understand about this

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so first presentation was seos need

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domains and we can find them and catch

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them and resell them and this is like

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some Market they were like okay let's at

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least we see how this leads to to the

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money you know how you can grow based on

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something more than dreams so yeah we

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were a bit surprised but we got uh

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50,000 Euro for 12% then a year later we

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had burn for the money didn't had much

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progress he figuring what what we are

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doing but since uh the money comes from

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uh from Jer Jeremy the European

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investment fund

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so it's not their money and they have

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some that they have to spend so it's

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better for them to to double down then

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give up so they gave us 100,000 more for

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another 10% and uh the next year we

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started catching domains in many TS

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reselling uh finding uh uh

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buyers actually uh our first uh big uh

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buyer was uh Jason Jason kpu's M mat

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partner I was like I was just starting

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to learn who is who it was I think 2016

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and got an order for 300 or something

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and uh I was chatting with this Jason

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guy on Skype didn't know who he was and

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and then I sent an invoice and says uh

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the inv said M digity I was

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like just made a big

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break 100% yeah J Jason's crazy when it

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comes to operational management and

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scaling and things and stuff I think he

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I think he's probably the next person

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actually you've just kind of given me an

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insight there into who I should probably

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invite next on the show so I'll

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definitely try and get Jason involved um

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when all all the way back then were they

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just mostly using that for pbn domains

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and come of the whole digity

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links yeah I'm not sure if it went into

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digity links because there was cctlds uh

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dity links was maybe maybe some side

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projects but there yeah everything went

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into pbn yeah I thought so okay cool so

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apart from obviously the the cost being

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very affordable what makes a really good

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domain name according to Ken

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uh it can be three things or a

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combination good name links and traffic

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some domains don't have uh don't have

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links but have traffic and it doesn't

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come from organic like we all used to

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but it's coming from director referral

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mostly pirate streaming this this have

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played a big role in our in our success

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because um when we catch when we invest

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into catching infrastructure in scripts

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and developers and accreditations we

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need to to catch uh all of the good

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domains to to make the return on

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investments and SEO domains is one thing

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the names are very competitive because

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all the domainers try to catch them but

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traffic is a bit in the middle some

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domains know traffic well others don't

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most don't actually so traffic has been

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for some parts of our journey about 50%

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of Revenue which is quite uh unex it

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played an unexpectedly big part SEO

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domains uh are now the the biggest part

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then comes traffic and then comes names

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wow okay that makes it it makes a lot of

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sense actually I do know a lot of domain

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sellers that always say look if you're

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holding domain names put a landing page

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on it and get some Revenue generating

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off of it right if you're just going to

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hold on to domain names and not let them

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make you money then you're wasting money

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right um so in terms of uh domain name

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relevancy obviously in English it

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matters quite a lot and Google's gotten

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better at uh understanding NLP and all

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these ml algorithms and things kind of

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contextually under understanding

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semantic relevancy um does relevancy

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match at domain level as much outside of

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English I think in some other languages

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that Google will understand well maybe

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top 10 other languages it will have some

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significance but the more weird language

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is and especially if in some weird

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alphabet like Thai or Japanese or

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Chinese then Google won't understand the

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thing I think about relevancy um because

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uh it's quite hard it's another word to

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to crack it there I think for the for

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the algorithms and the Machine learning

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and everything yeah 100% it's a lot of

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like correlation based stuff rather than

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actually being semantically relevant and

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stuff um so do when a domain when

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domains drop and and kind of get reset

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in terms of their age does that affect

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their efficacy in Google obviously over

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time we've had this massive debate

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between expire domains versus age

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domains in my I have a very clear

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opinion on this um do does does domain

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age and that kind of expiration affects

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the efficacy in

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Google I think it depends on how big the

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pools are of uh of uh the expired ones

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and the non- drop ones and how are they

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used and I don't think it's that

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something uh something Google put there

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manually but rather the machine learning

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learn to use the quiz data in some ways

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that probably the the Google Engineers

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didn't even think it it could be useful

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because not only the drop date I know

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case studies that affected but also if

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the domain was name right where the drop

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catch domains go the drop once it it was

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a bad signal According to some people

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and this is definitely not something I

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think a Google engineer will put in the

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algorithm like literally look for this

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regist so I think the machine learning

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was just finding uh new data points but

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I think that maybe for some time there

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was a lot of usage of drop domains for

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something like like nowadays for example

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Indonesian uh I gaming

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Casino guys they go through go auctions

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and take hundreds of domains per day and

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they all turn to Turn and Burn

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Indonesian money site so if something

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that large scale is going on is going to

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uh put like a bump in the grph and the

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distributions and then maybe the

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algorithm will do some countermeasure

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but if it's uh done in moderation uh I

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don't think that it will play an

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important role I think if there was any

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role it will get smaller over time as

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more and more normal domains of normal

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people drop and get used because there's

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no good domains available so I don't

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think that Google will have a different

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algorithm for a domain with five links

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that drops naturally and get

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re-registered naturally and the 500 link

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domain that drops and gets re-registered

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by SEO for money site so I think it's

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all about the the pool size the

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distributions uh there's definitely

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something there uh the ccts that we do

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they uh they don't have a

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easy creation date in who or it's harder

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for Google to pull so I think they're

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completely safe uh so if you get like a

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d domain and use it in Germany you

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definitely say that it's going to be

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treated as a non- drop domain uh but for

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the Doom maybe some effect still not

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sure yeah so so a lot of domainers have

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said that they prefer to rely on

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Google's cast than Google then Google's

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who is right in terms of their ability

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to kind of look into the site's history

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do you put much into Google uh looking

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at its old cach Pages at the in terms of

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its updated variations in terms of you

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know if you have got a domain and it had

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a website on it a year ago and you put a

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pbn on it is that going to be effective

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because Google's cash still has that

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site from a year ago in the cash what I

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know is that for a very big money site

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especially this ambitious AI project uh

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like the con houseal and stuff it's very

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important if you want to index a lot of

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pages to have uh the domain that

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previously had a lot of pages index it

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may no longer have them in the index

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maybe only uh had 100,000 Pages now it

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may have 100 but it very quick to go for

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uh to 100,000 again because it somehow

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has the the big craw budget still uh

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still there so this is something that

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definitely is important if you're uh

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doing something big but I think for pbn

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or 301s it's it's irrelevant whether

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whether the domain was dropped or has

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something index it's only for money

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sites where it's more relevant the

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transition from what was there before to

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what is there

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now and so how do you think domains are

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going to be affected by AI right so some

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people think that AI is going to remove

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the TLD system from the world and that

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we're going to have some weird scraping

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system which I don't see coming to

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fruition at all I still think that

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you're going to need the TLD system even

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in terms of like a prioritization system

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where that the MLS and Argos can kind of

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prioritize source domains how do you

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think AI is going to affect domaining

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going

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forward uh I'm going to answer with a

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question do you know what has changed in

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the domain industry for the last 20

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years not a whole lot of things nothing

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like nothing at all is the most stable

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thing in the internet actually uh

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domains have been registered transferred

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drop and all of this is uh standardized

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uh and yeah nothing is really changing

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some country may do some small changes

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with their TLD but uh the system is uh

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built to be uh to perform in the only

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way that it can possibly exist and

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perform big changes are impossible

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because there are so many like stacked

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players there as a registry and the

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regist there are thousands of Icon

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register if you make a change for the

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Doom 4,000 different independent company

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must apply the change and some of them

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have resellers so the resellers to have

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to implement the change it's just

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impossible so um also ion the the

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organization that runs domains is a it's

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like a big politically involved uh NGO

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and it's a multi-stakeholder model this

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means that uh private companies have a

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say and uh small businesses have a say

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and the government has a say and like

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NSA and FBI have has a say so nothing

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gets done there because everyone has a

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say like everyone can be to everything

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and just put everything into like Philly

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busty to to to end this discussion so

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it's it's the most one of the most I

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think slow moving organizations on the

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planet so the system is slow moving and

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the organization behind it is slow

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moving so it's just nothing is happening

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and I don't think that AI has anything

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to do with the doain Swit at the real

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estate of of the internet yeah it's

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great news for you when things don't

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move so fast right because it means

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certainly we don't want anything to

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happen with domains exactly and now for

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a quick message from sponsor search

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intelligence if you're looking for

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digital PR campaigns what you're about

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to see should impress you high tier

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backlinks in Publications such as Daily

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Post MSN buring a mail and many more let

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me show you how we've done it the

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campaign was pretty simple we looked at

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the number of Instagram followers for

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each contestant in the dancing on ice

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show that aired in January we sorted the

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contestants by the most popular ones now

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we've had the most influential dancing

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on ice contestant then we've also used

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an Instagram earnings calculator to

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calculate how much every contestant

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could make from one post on Instagram

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based on the number of their followers

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and engagement rate then we put these

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findings in a nice press release and an

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email and we found the relevant

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journalist with a tool called Rox Hill

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where we looked at journalists who

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covered the show in the past 30 days and

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sent the findings and the press relas to

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these journalist and then the links

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started Landing like this and this and

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this and many more I hope this inspires

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and shows you that you can build links

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with simple and basic campaigns more

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recently you've been selling uh links

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and pbns have you seen there been more

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of an efficacy and more Effectiveness

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around those around links and around

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pbns since AI is going to come into

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Google

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Subs uh yeah I I I don't think there

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there's going to be any difference the

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only difference is will be in terms of

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like economy and money flows because now

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content is cheaper so you can spend more

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on links more on domains this is I think

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a good thing for us because we don't do

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anything with consent so a larger

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portion of budget will go to to our

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company uh it's hard to see this play uh

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in reality because everyone is so badly

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hurt by by this helpful content update

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that uh like we don't have any website

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so we don't feel the pain directly but

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people are just licking their am and

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they don't come and byy domains and Link

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so uh indirectly it's hitting up too um

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so so I I think that uh our back links

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uh generally work they are mostly

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homepage link so what we have is a high

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quality BBN which means website restored

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from the archive with every page they

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possibly got on the archive from every

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day so 100 to thousands of pages per

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website um unfortunately Google doesn't

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reward this website with a lot of

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organic traffic because their own page

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is terrible no keyword optimization like

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no decent titles headings they're not

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mob

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friendly yeah they're just very very old

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so websites from 15 years ago um I think

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the biggest problem is that they're not

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mobile friendly and that uh whoever

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person get there was like oh I went into

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a time machine and just closes the

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website so uh so the all the like user

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metrics will probably also be terrible

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and yeah Google with some exceptions

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Google won't rank you know they index

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perfectly the links give value but

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they're not ranked and and I think this

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also dis the myth that you need to uh to

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have a website with traffic for the link

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to to move the needle because uh our

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websites most of them don't have any

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traffic but uh all of the buyers are

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super happy so definitely the links work

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yeah 100% we build links off of you know

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d9s and stuff all the time off of Niche

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edits and those pages don't have traffic

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but the site has 100 million visitors

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right and those links work significantly

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better than you know dr10 that maybe

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that page itself has got 10,000 visits a

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month from Google but the dr90 is so

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much more effective that it's it's

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piling on significantly more even with

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the traffic here right um so in terms of

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building these pbns because you've got

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such a large pbn Network how do you go

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about diversifying it um you must build

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a lot of different hosting Solutions a

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lot of different themes cms's what you

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said you rebuild a lot of stuff there so

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that probably removes a lot of the leg

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work around rebuilding websites and

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stuff um but how do you go about

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especially diversifying those pbns when

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you're

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building uh so uh there's uh several

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points to diversifying uh if you use

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WordPress to making classical pbn you

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need different WordPress themes and not

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having the same plugins Etc on the same

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website we don't use WordPress we uh

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restore with arival to static HTML uh

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this makes uh placing the links later a

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little bit more annoying but then you

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can use uh uh cheaper hosting or your

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own server uh you can just uh put qual

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Clare different qual Clare accounts you

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can make as many of them as you want

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they're free uh on top and you can have

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uh basically just a few servers or a few

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shared costing and a lot of qual play I

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think qual play now cost it cost such a

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big portion of the internet that it's

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safe to have 80% qual player maybe 20%

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something else so just leaving the the

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hosting DNS um The Whiz is now gone

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after gdpr so that's not a concern even

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keeping the domain on the same

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register if there are not like all

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thousands of domains in the same

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register in this case I would prefer

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using like five or 10 registers but if

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you have 50 domains on the same register

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I think it doesn't matter uh Google uses

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for qu is the API of domain tools which

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which doesn't really have uh the this

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this function to pull all all of the

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domains on the same register with the

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same easy query as pulling all of the

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domains on the same quiz I don't think

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that's a big concern so you always

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register your pbn domains on a private

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person real person because you might get

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checked with sending uh real person real

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address because you might get ask ID

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card and utility bill uh but uh and then

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it will always be private if it's a

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company it depends on the register some

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regar say how it's the company so gdpr

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doesn't matter so they will show the the

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owner and once the owner is out it's a

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problem because Google can see this via

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the domain TOS API uh all of the domains

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on the same company reverse ownership so

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then then you in danger uh but yeah

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different uh different website different

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who different name servers and I think

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you are safe even if the IP the IPS

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below the the cloud flare are more or

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less groups like not not completely the

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same but not completely different I

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think it's fine I told also think that

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the SEO hosting business is is is is

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just selling snake because having all of

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your websites on on different IP is not

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how the most of the internet works most

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of the the websites are on shared

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hosting website Builders they are on the

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same IPS I don't know if it's still the

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same but when I last checked all of the

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websites on Shopify were on one

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IP like millions of websites so so yeah

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the internet is not really natural to to

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have everything on a SE on a second I so

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this servers is actually people selling

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you a fingerprint I don't think that it

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will ever become a problem but just

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saying that it's not something worth

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paying for at all yeah 100% so save your

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money basically is what you're saying

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and spend your time Elsewhere on on

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things that actually matter more more

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importantly so I really appreciate you

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coming on is there anywhere where people

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can find you

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online uh well they they can find the

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domains and Links at SEO domains and uh

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they can just search my name my name is

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unique there I'm the only person in the

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world with this name so I'm super easily

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find just search Kink kak on Facebook we

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also have a nice Facebook group with the

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new SEO group with some nice discussions

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but yeah I'm on I'm mostly on

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Facebook uh and uh I'm very easily

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contactable there so yeah if you have

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any questions or need any help with

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domains you also know people in most of

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the domain register so we have domains

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in gr niches shut down for abuse that's

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my chance to really help you in a

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meaningful way like contact some people

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I know and maybe get the domains

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unblocked

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it's a big big problem in some grain

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ises I cannot promise for every register

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because I don't know people everywhere

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and of course the people I know may

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refuse to help but still uh it's

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possible to help in these cases wow okay

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so yeah you're the first point of call

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whenever I hear somebody getting their

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domain blacklisted um and also I think

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we share the same thing in commonw it

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helps a lot in SEO when you have a

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unique name and nobody else on the

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planet has your name right I have

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definitely a good thing yeah

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100% um I appreciate you coming on I'll

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put a link in the description to all of

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the stuff that you mentioned and your

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I'll link to your Twitter and Linkedin

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and stuff as well I appreciate you

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coming in once more I'll see you guys in

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next episode Peace thanks for caring me

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bye

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