My last post addressed many questions visitors had of new registration procedures on domaining.com. I asked the question, “Is Domaining.com Subscription Service Best Move?”, and I am sure many readers thought I was attacking this recent change. However, this was not the objective and the focus was to get an answer from the master mind behind domaining.com, Francois. Bloggers can sometimes get answers to questions faster by asking them in an open forum, and in this event, Francois came back and gave us some clarity on this recent change. Here is what Francois had to say:

Today we are not planning to charge bloggers or viewers. For the visitor this change only obligates him to sign up, but it’s a one time action that takes less than one minute. Once logged with the smart option he don’t need to log in again, it’s like in the past! Technically we needed to authenticate users to can offer some extra services. The basic idea behind is simply try to improve domaining.com with new interesting features. For example, few months ago Sahar Sarid asked me a way to can see the lastest posts of “my prefered bloggers”. There is no way to build and save a list of your prefered bloggers without “authenticating” users. So maybe the question is not why this move but why only today? Last thing, domaining is not only to get informed…Others tools and services for the domainer should be plugged to Domaining.com

3) Today if we don’t “force” viewers to create an account they will not do it because there is still no improvements. I know this change should temporally lead to a drop of traffic sent to bloggers. But it’s not dramatic, this way they will better appreciate what they were getting and realize that giving a higher exposure to domaining.com they are mainly helping their own blog get more readers due to the emulation created.

There you have it. I would have to agree with Francois with readers and bloggers taking domaining.com for granted. I immediately knew how powerful domaining.com was to get my blog off the ground and did everything in order to meet or exceed the standard of getting my feed published. Francois and many others can tell you how this blog has evolved since December 2007.  SimplyGeo.com became an industry blog because of quality content, easy site navigation, and because of domaining.com letting everyone know the blog existed by publishing my feed.  This happened for many bloggers.  In return, bloggers have sent traffic to domaining.com and vice versa.  It is the ultimate unified front working flawlessly with everyone benefiting. I only wish there was more of it in the domain industry.

It is too easy to embrace a site that was built to make things easier on those seeking and publishing information. Many bloggers do not provide quality articles for domaining.com and merely replicate someone else’s blog post in many ways. I honestly feel, that bloggers who want to be listed on domaining.com should be charged a set monthly fee and as an incentive, those who do quality blog posts daily, get the monthly fee waived. This would provide better content and promote the industry on the next level. I also believe domaining.com should have contests for best blogs in the industry based on content and not the individual with readers being the judge.

Blog readers who use domaining.com should also stop taking things for granted and interact with blog posts. It is great to read content a blogger takes time and hard work to compose that may make you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Bloggers do it because they know they are helping people in many different ways with information they provide. It is rewarding for most bloggers to publish an article that someone finds useful.  However, if readers truly want to support bloggers, post comments to the articles they prepare daily. This takes nothing but a few minutes of your day.  If you do not have that time, then advertise with them to show you support them.

I see a time in the near future that popular domain blogs will go to a subscription base for a monthly fee.  You heard it here first.  Watch as the industry matures and bloggers fully realize that they provide education, entertainment, and motivational content daily to readers that makes them “money”.  No where is this type of quality information to make major money available for free.  How many readers would subscribe to Frank Schilling’s blog if it was updated daily, or even weekly?  My guess is quite a bit of people would be willing to pay a monthly subscription fee for his insight.

I believe that domaining.com should push all bloggers to their absolute best publishing techniques and reward those who do it consistently. Francois is off to a great start and I am sure quality things will come for the industry, visitors, and bloggers as the industry continues to mature.