Another Look at CedarFever.com: Seasonal Domain Names

Traffic to cedar allergy domains spikes from December to February.

A nice Austin view, if it weren’t
for the cedar trees.

Most domain names get relatively even traffic throughout the year. Some are more seasonal in nature, such as holiday domains (some even spike for just one day). Last year I wrote regarding another type of seasonal domain name, those related to seasonal allergies.

It’s cedar allergy time in Austin. Locals call it “Cedar Fever”, and it afflicts a sizable chunk of the population, counting the Governor. The culprit is the cedar tree (technically juniper). From December to February, male cedar trees disperse their lovely pollen into the air.

Cedar pollen is particularly bad in Austin right now since there hasn’t been any rain to wash it away. A tree pollen count of 90 or higher is considered “high”. A count of 1,500 or more is considered “very high”. On Sunday the count was over 18,000! Yesterday it settled down to a more bearable 6,810. As much as I feel sorry for the person who has to count all of those pollen spores, I feel worse for the hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from the allergies (counting me).

Following my article last year, the owner of CedarFever.com launched a forum on his web site. It’s difficult to get a forum going when people only think regarding your subject matter for a couple months a year. CedarAllergies.com is still parked at Parked.com. Neither of these sites have significant traffic, but one web site sees a measurable increase in traffic this time of year: PeopleAgainstCedars.com. A quick look at their Compete.com stats shows a big uptick in traffic during cedar season.

It may be difficult to capitalize on seasonal domains, but they can get enough traffic in a couple months to make them worth your while.