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Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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Post by chris123 »

"I can't say it any better than this: "Non .com extensions will leak traffic to the .com version of that domain name. Every business set up on a [non .com extension] domain will lose a proportion of their traffic to the dot com version of that domain name, although the amount of that leak will be difficult to predict.

The leak occurs because customers/ potential customers will frequently recall the name of the site and add ‘.com’ almost instinctively, unless they recall that it is on a relatively unusual extension .net, .org etc.

Inevitably, the more the [non .com extension] site is marketed, the more traffic is sent to the .com, however, the problem is that the .com domain may well resolve to a competing business’s website.

Some businesses are willing to live with that loss (perhaps because the [non .com extension] is a relevant, memorable generic, for example) – for them the [non .com extension] is a viable option.

However, without a compelling reason like the one mentioned above, I would argue that a business on a limited budget just cannot afford to develop a site using a [non .com extension] domain name. It is as simple as that."

SOURCE: http://www.domaining.org.uk/2007/12/10/spectacular-net-or-a-...

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Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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Post by jack-r-abbit »

freehunter wrote: post #54
TomGullen wrote: post #19

I love the long ones like '.BARCLAYCARD', '.BLOOMINGDALES' pretty funny. Looks like a corporate suit decision to buy those. Not sure what the other part of the domain will be for these as well: "Visit www.bloomingdales!" Lots of confusion on the way! I'm not too impressed with ones such as '.CANCERRESEARCH' paid for by the 'Australian Cancer Research Foundation'. What a waste of money.

I could see pay.barclaycard or apply.barclaycard. shop.bloomingdales and fashion.bloomingdales would work as well. donate.cancerresearch would work, but I'll grant you the money could be better spent. Basically what these new TLDs are for is to eliminate the .com in shop.bloomingdales.com.

I had not thought of that. A current .com site with a fair number of sub domains could probably justify this. But that is a pretty pricey way to shave 4 chars off your url.

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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Post by jerf »

Someone wrote: post #170
jerf wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

biketour.berlin.ge biketour.paris.fr antics.london.uk Nope, there's room for all of those things in the current scheme. Might I add that none of those cities are the only city to have that name, and that the country part carries real information?

:-) Your post nicely shows why having a top level domain 'Berlin' could be good idea: without it you would not be able to find those German bike tours. Germany has top level domain de for 'Deutschland'; ge = Georgia (the country)

Fudge, that was just a typo. I did mean de. Too late now. (On Dvorak, d is on h and g is on u, but that's still a bad one.)

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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Post by peteretep »

joeyh wrote: post #114
peteretep wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you think spammers have trouble getting their hands on real email addresses, you don't really understand spam.

This is real email addresses of wealthy people who are open to a rather risky idea. I'm not thinking spammers...

... wealthy people? You mean: technical contacts at large corporations, I think. They sound perfect for sending ... well, sending what to? 419 scams?

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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Post by user24 »

zokier wrote: post #116
user24 wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

really? "dot plus"? For a general consumer product? I know it worked for slash dot dot org, but their target was geeks.

URLs are targeted today at geeks. "Normal" people write everything to google search.

and if I'm speaking to you in the real world?

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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Post by user24 »

gacba wrote: post #160
mustpax wrote: post #109

Top 20 most wanted TLDs: $ cut -d, -f1

Funniest bit about the .app: 13 applicants picked ".app", not a single one went for ".apps", the obvious second choice with no competition.

which would you rather:

angrybirds.app

angrybirds.apps

The second makes no sense.

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

#178

Post by smithlee124 »

seiji wrote: post #3

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