GoDaddy has long been known for their raunchy and unadulterated Super Bowl commercials to say the least. Just run a search for previous Godaddy Super Bowl commercials and you’ll see.

But this year, Godaddy did something that even I didn’t expect for GoDaddy to do: make a tasteful, value-add commercial.

Of course the Godaddy spray tan commercial which I personally don’t think people, especially small business owners, will understand that GoDaddy offers domain names, website hosting, and website design and builder services for small businesses.

In my humble opinion, this commercial makes GoDaddy appear to offer a tanning spray service and not a technology business offering domain names, email and web hosting, website design, and SEO services.

Are you in the dark as to why your website recently lost search rankings?

Maybe you once had page one rankings and now find your website search rankings in the toilet.

Or maybe you’ve been working to optimize your site now for a year or more, and have yet to rank within the top 50 search ranking positions.

If you don’t closely follow SEO algorithm updates on a regular basis or are new to SEO in general, then you could very well find yourself SEO’ing in the dark.

Well, it’s time to shed light on your SEO woes and rehab your website’s search rankings.

Today we’re going to talk about one method to do so: using the link disavow tool in Google Webmaster Tools.

We won’t get into the nuts and bolts of how the disavow tool works, but we will discuss when it’s best to use the disavow tool to rehab search rankings.

I receive a few domain name inquiries a week. Quite often, most inquiries are tire kickers, yet there are a few that do turn into nice 4-figure sales.

All in all, most domain name inquiries I receive are asking the same question from the same point of view and the question is: how little can I spend to buy a domain name?

I’m not sure of the identity of most inquirers although I do take the liberty to research most emails and names via the internet.

There are those who are *real* people and quite easy to research to see if their story checks out while others play a game of incognito.

Either way, the domain name will cost them. How much it costs is only a matter of who I perceive is telling the truth.

And with that, allow me to share with you how I determine the good, bad, and ugly when assessing domain inquiries.

If you watch the expired domain auctions as I do, you see a wide range of domains expiring regularly.

Some expiring domains are nothing to write about, while others are like finding a needle in a haystack.

So, what’s the difference between the two types of expired domains, you ask?

And in addition, how should you go about finding and buying expired domains of great value in terms of SEO and being competitively priced?

Chances are that you’re reading this post because you or someone you know has somehow lost their domain name and trying to exhaust all options to reclaim it in an expeditious manner.

Not easy, huh?

Whether a premium domain name, exact match domain, or brandable domain, it goes without saying that domain names are a crucial and mission-critical asset to any business or person and must be valued as such.

That’s why it’s extremely important no business owner or person can ever afford to allow their domain names to be lost, stolen, or expire under any circumstance.

It’s like losing oceanfront property or prime real estate in Times Square.

And once domains are lost, reclaiming lost domain names can be a very costly experience and nearly impossible.

But not to despair, you do have a few options and steps you can take to try to reclaim lost domain names.

I say try only because there is no guarantee that lost domain names can ever be reclaimed.

When driving more traffic and business to a small business website, most small business owners dread SEO much like the plague, especially when doing SEO yourself.

I mean, really, where does a small business owner begin when doing SEO themselves?

Rather than determining the real pros and cons of do-it-yourself SEO, most small business owners opt for the traditional advertising methods of magazine ads, banner ads, newspaper ads, Craigslist, AngiesList, HomeAdvisor, etc.

But as the Internet and SEO progresses, your need and dependence on SEO to drive more business or even sustain a business is a looming issue that will not go away and must be addressed cost-effectively and timely.

It’s true that time, money, and labor always seem to find the small business owner holding the short end of the stick on one, if not all, of the previously mentioned.

For those of you that decide never to hire another SEO for anything again in your lives, today’s blog is just for you.

And for every small business owner unable to hire in-house SEO, an SEO professional, or an agency, this blog will help you attack the low-hanging actions of doing SEO yourself.

Let’s get started.

It’s been a fun-filled week of many activities, both on professional and personal levels. I’ve accomplished much, yet I have a ways to go with my personal projects as well as customer projects.

However, a good portion of this week has been spent keeping a watchful eye on the GoDaddy WHOIS verification and GoDaddy phishing email scam.

If you’re in the dark and confused as to what I’m referencing, I encourage you to read our post on the ICANN verification process and how your business can and will be impacted by it should you ignore it.

That said, I’m glad to report that my domain auto-renewals seem to be back to normal.  Also, I have not received a fake or phishing GoDaddy verification email.

But I’m not sure we’re yet out of the woods on this. I’m still going to log in each morning until I feel at ease that all is well with the GoDaddy domain auto-renewal system.

As for the WHOIS verification process, a little more information is coming to light about how to successfully update and verify domains with the “Pending WHOIS verification” status.