Need Opinions Guys - Domain Names

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Ferraristi

Ferraristi

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Hi guys. I have the opportunity to acquire a few city related domain names. They mainly follow the format city-country.net. There are also some city-country.info and the odd city-country.com.

Eventually they will have websites developed for them, but I wondered if you guys had an opinion as to whether or not the .net version were worth anything, purely as domain names and how these compare with the .com and .info versions.

There are loads of .mobi available to me as well but I think I might pass on those.
 


:bowdown:Com is king!:bowdown:
Then comes .net. Well at least in my book.
I don't bother much with .info unless I want to create throw away sites. Which I think is the association with .info's. Many consider .info's to be mostly spam sites ([SIZE=-1]arbitrage sites[/SIZE]). Even though I have heard of some success with .info's. But .info nor .net come close to .com.

Think about it, when someone tells you to go to a site name. The first thing you think of typing in is sitename.com. Then if that's not the right url you proceed to go to .net. This how many are conditioned on the Internets. This is mostly why I consider .com king.

Some say it really doesn't matter what name you give it. It really all depends on how well you develop and brand your site. Providing you have a sticky site. An example that comes to mind is del.icio.us. (I still fudge typing it in).

Also .com far out sells any other domain extension both in volume & price - hands down. DNJournal.com Year to Date Domain Sales Charts

As far with .mobi, some say that it has potential but the jury isn't out yet.
Personally, I think if you don't have a single word .mobi then it's not worth it right now. But that's my opinion. Another extention that gets alot of attention is .de. And .eu is up an coming.

But I'll say it again. .COM is king then .net and .info is at the bottom of my list. Good luck.
 
2nd that, nobody takes .infos seriously, so backlinks/linking would be hard.

Though you say its city related? Id seriously consider a .mobi With mobile devices getting more advanced.
I saw an ad on tv today for some mobile phone network advertising their new city search feature, where you can find all the local clubs and events, street directions and stuff from your mobile.
Having a city related .mobi domain might be a good investment as this becomes more common.
Im too stingey to pay the $30/yr though lol i could be regretting that some day.
 
Something else to consider, anything with a hyphen is generally NOT a good idea. Surfers don't usually don't remember to add the hyphen, so if you have "Austin-Texas.com", people that remember your name are probably going to remember it as "AustinTexas.com" no hyphen. You are actually better off (IMHO) with AustinTexas.NET or .ORG than a hyphenated .COM

Just my 2cents

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This is the problem with most SEO's. They're just fuckin' wannabe dumbasses.

simpleSEO: Matt Cutts said this, soandso said that, I can't think for myself, SEO rules all, without SEO you won't make money

NEWFLASH stupid: SEO is not the end all be all. My best sites right now have NO SEO at all! It's all paid traffic. So shut the fuck up, and learn a little more before you go running your mouth.

Oh yeah, and before you say something stupid like "You're SEO_Mike, whats the SEO mean then?" I only have SEO in my name because that's my fucking job. Doesn't mean I like it or want to do it forever, but when I signed up, for some stupid fucking reason I though it would be cute to have my job title in my name. Unfortunately I'm stuck with it, but it doesn't mean that I'm a little SEO bandwagon bitch like you.
 
SEO_Mike said:
This is the problem with most SEO's. They're just fuckin' wannabe dumbasses.

simpleSEO: Matt Cutts said this, soandso said that, I can't think for myself, SEO rules all, without SEO you won't make money

NEWFLASH stupid: SEO is not the end all be all. My best sites right now have NO SEO at all! It's all paid traffic. So shut the fuck up, and learn a little more before you go running your mouth.

Oh yeah, and before you say something stupid like "You're SEO_Mike, whats the SEO mean then?" I only have SEO in my name because that's my fucking job. Doesn't mean I like it or want to do it forever, but when I signed up, for some stupid fucking reason I though it would be cute to have my job title in my name. Unfortunately I'm stuck with it, but it doesn't mean that I'm a little SEO bandwagon bitch like you.
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cool, rant at me when I'm trying to help noobs in the noobs section..
 
You're not trying to help though. You're throwing out SEO shit in a domain conversation. Do you have a brain? Seriously?

If you're talking about domain names and their VALUE, SEO never enters the fuckin' equation. Since you obviously know nothing about domain names, stay out. You're NOT helping.
 
lol, they were talking about bloody domain names and extensions. So I though I'd add a comment about it.
 
Ferraristi said:
but I wondered if you guys had an opinion as to whether or not the .net version were worth anything, purely as domain names and how these compare with the .com and .info versions.
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So, remind me where he asked about the SEO value...I'm confused

He was asking about the value in GBP or USD or fuckin' beads you dumbass. NOT SEO. Gawd you're a moron.
 
I'm pretty sure they all have equal weight in terms of SEO, but .com's are easier for the user to remember.
 
Here you go then, just to clarify. If I had say, paris-france.com, and paris-france.net and paris-france.info, would they be worth anything AS DOMAINS, and if so, how much more would one be worth than the other?

(I know about the hyphen problem, but the names without hyphens are not available to me)
 
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