Taking Over From David Peralty

Blogging Pro: Hello folks. J. Angelo Racoma here signing in. I’m not sure if you remember me, but a couple of years back, I was blogging here alongside David Peralty, when Blogging Pro was still owned by the Bloggy Network. Sometime late 2007, Blogging Pro was acquired by Splashpress Media (a new media company which I eventually rose from the ranks to serve as editor in chief). Along with this acquisition, David became part of our team as head of Marketing.
Fast forward to a few months after, Blogging Pro is sitting proudly as one of the more high profile blogs in the network. Sadly, David has had to leave the network to pursue other endeavors (a startup, I hear?). So he is passing along the reins to me.
With me to help spice up things would be Andrew G. Rosen of Jobacle fame. Drew is a mainstay at the Blog Herald and other technology-related Splashpress sites, as well as the snarky (and smart) Jack of All Blogs.
Moving along, when I started contributing here at Blogging Pro, the topic was wide and varied. We usually discussed blogging news, and various tech-related matters like blogging apps and software, plugins, and themes. We weren’t very much platform-specific, but for some reason we tended to lean toward the platform we used on the blog itself, which was WordPress.
Thing is, with Splashpress Media running a handful of blogs about blogging and new media in our network, it gets difficult to determine which…

Domain Buzz: This Week in Domaining

DotSauce Magazine: Domain Buzz Issue #6 - Top Domain Articles and News
Visit DotSauce.net for “The Insert” a new side-blog which will feature daily links, videos, quotes, photos and more from the domain industry.
Listed below are the top news stories, announcements and articles from the domain industry that happened this past week.
April 20th through April 27th

DotSauce - GoDaddy simplifies domain ownership transfer process: “Sellers no longer have to ask the new owner their mailing address, phone number and other private contact information.“
SimplyGeo reports on the fraudulent listing of Atlanta.com on Sedo: “The person who listed Atlanta.com for sale is based in Spain and was attempting to defraud someone for alot of money.“
Rick Latona tells us the history of his domain Iran.com: “My new thinking is that I’m going to develop it as a full-blown tourist and business destination site like I’d do with any other GEO domain. My thinking is that I’m going to give the country the respect that it deserves.“
SimplyGeo acquires GeoDomains.com and discusses plans for development: “We have big plans in store for both domains that will bring value and publicity to this maturing industry. In the end, it will benefit all geo domain owners and media companies who embrace geo domains.“
Quick tip from DotWeekly about linking directly to a SnapName auction: “So I have been listing several domain names for sale on SnapNames.com and I was upset that there was no way that I had known to “Direct Link”…