Do you ever wish you could go back in time just a few years?

If I were back in 1994, I’d register wireless.com.  I’d also register cellphones.com so I would be the one earning $1300/day just from “type-in traffic” and a system-generated site. Yeah, that guy makes that much just from people typing in “cellphones.com” as a GUESS that it would be a good site to visit.  Then they click on the ads that come from an ad-only site generated by a computer.

What would you register?

I would go back to 1998 and build up my main site like crazy and get tons of “old” links.

I would become an about.com guide.  I would get into DMOZ on the first day.  I would squat on a bunch of Twitter usernames.  I would create the iFart app for the iPhone.  I would be the guy who started the first bank at Second Life so I too could have millions of dollars in an unregulated virtual bank.  I would be the first one on all the IM-related crazes that hit us, however short-lived.  But I would also build up massive authority sites.

By now, if you watch closely, you should be able to pick up on some of the up & coming new trends or “big things”. What should you look for?

  • how about a lot of people talking passionately about some new site?
  • what social sites come up in the top 50 when you search for a high traffic keyword? (go create a profile at those sites now)
  • what new tech-related words are being used?  Should you register the domain for those new words?  ie. BerryCasting?  BerryFart?
  • what new devices could be coming one day? ie. ZunePhone? SansaPhone?
  • what new toy or game or cartoon or card or celebrity deserves a forum website built around them?

I dunno.  I have no great revelations, or else I’d be a success.  I’m just trying to get you thinking.  And if you strike gold, don’t forget my 10%.