Are you a domain-ist?

In my line of work you see a lot of referrer logs. I check them out for MacMerc, MobileTracker and CarbWire at least daily. Sometimes that means a new link from a site I have never heard of. I have inadvertantly become biased against certain sites and types of domains. Here’s what I mean:

1) Are there quite a few referrals from this site? If there is just one that might mean the author just clicked his link. From my view, lame site (I know that’s totally wrong to think, but it’s instinct now). If there are a lot and I haven’t heard of the site I will usually look for an RSS feed to keep track of it.

2) What publishing system does the site use? I tend to look down on Blog*Spot powered sites because there is no cost to entry. Sort of like an anonymous comment. But there are some really great sites on Blog*Spot so this is a bad habit. I look down on Radio users too, not for cost of entry (it costs), but because I never know who it is thanks to having a huge ID number instead of username in the URL. If you’re smart enough to use Radio, you’re smart enough not to. At least in my book.

So there you have it. I am a domain-ist. The funny part is that this space has such a ridiculous subdomain name. Part of the plan I guess. I go for content, not a flashy name.

PS: Reading the search engine referrals is always fun. I can never get tired of referral logs.