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« on: January 21, 2008, 07:51:37 PM » |
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I hear supporters of .cc, .tv, .us, .ws, etc. extoll the virtues of those extensions other than dot com. They generally claim that the extension is selling out fast and is gaining in popularity. Some swear by .info domains. Others claim that the .us revolution is just around the corner.
It is not difficult to make the decision to buy up every major city available in dot com. However, faced with unregistered Geos in extensions other than dot com (or even net & org), how does one make the argument to register or pass up .cc, .tv, .ws, .us, or other domain extensions?
We know that public opinion can be swayed by big sales (a la dot mobi) or reports of increasing registrations. These numbers can be skewed, it is argued, by a few big players to hype an extension like a penny stock. Also, generic formulas (value based on percentage of dot com appraisals or sales) are generally not completely accurate.
What are good indicators of the rise or fall of an extension? How do we know if it has staying power?
How do we find sleepers? Is there any reliable data or model?
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mdw
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2008, 08:17:52 PM » |
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I defy anyone to find a negatively sloping growth curve for IDN.ccTLD
These are the sleepers... and since GEO domains are all about local, it stands to reason...
IDN.ccTLD tend to be at the beginning of their "exponential growth" phase, so the curves are not recognizable as such. Know what I mean anyone? Like looking at the curve for y=x**2 between 0 and +/-0.01 you can't tell that further out the curve it's gonna blowup!
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BurnsInternet
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2008, 09:19:00 PM » |
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Few ccTLD are IDN, though. And, I really meant ASCII, not necessarily IDN. I guess I should have specified.
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geoguy
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2008, 07:21:21 PM » |
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I ask myself the same questions everyday. I think .com first of course, but I'm too late in the game even for IDNs. Then it would be .ccTLD. These are the best IMO, and after they are gone there's the second game : .net, .org, .info, .tv. Some can be good, some can't. For example a .TV for a city with less than 100K citizens is irrelevant to me. I prefer .info over .org because I'm more into content production than community management.
IMO .ws, .cc and so on are OK to resell them at a low cost if you want to bother with that but I wouldn't develop a website for these exts.
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BurnsInternet
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2008, 12:42:43 PM » |
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IMO .ws, .cc and so on are OK to resell them at a low cost if you want to bother with that but I wouldn't develop a website for these exts.
Even with proper SEO, are these .ws and .cc worthless? What about .biz, .travel, and other odd extensions? |
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geoguy
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2008, 01:31:22 PM » |
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Not worthless. But for me it's better to have a smaller city.com or city.ccTLD than a much bigger with .ws, same with .biz.
.travel is different it is a bit like .tv because the TLD has a meaning.
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mdw
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2008, 01:50:33 PM » |
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Yeha I agree with geoguy. But niche markets do exist. For example, these past several months saw a lot of Japanese registrants grabbing .biz names. There seemed to be a surge of Japanese nationals coming into the market, and finding the best names taken in .com already.
There might have been a similar thing happen in the last couple weeks with spanish language .info domains??
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2008, 04:01:11 PM » |
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the real market is buying the name no matter what extention or language.
ok we all agree .com is king.
in the UK its .co.uk english
.fr french would suggest the site be in french not english.
and same goes for country code extention.
now Idn name are fine as long as thats correct language for that area you will be fine.
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