Webmaster.com is running an interesting discussion about domain names and has coined a phrase that covers a recent interest of mine--predictive domaining. Predictive domaining is where you "put your futurist hat and go domaining." Simply put, it is the practice whereby one registers a domain name based on the future potential of that name...and yes, someone has already snapped up predictiveDomaining.com. For example, the concept of REST or RESTful web services has yet to its way into the corporate mainstream. However, as
Burton Group predicts, "'Today, it is only innovators that are really working with REST,' she said. 'In three years, we should see the early adopters start to play with REST. It will probably be five years before it is adopted by the early majority. We anticipate that the late majority will probably not pick up REST for at least another 10 years.'" With that being said, I quickly snapped up
RESTwebServices.com and
RESTfulWebServices.com (both currently parked) as I "predict" that these domains may become relevant domains/search phrases in the years to come. While I don't see myself as the Miss Cleo of domaining, at $6/year, I do see this as a low-risk, high-potential personal investment.
