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I registered a .domains domain to ultimately list my domain portfolio once gTLD's become recognized. Possibly, for only gTLD's and not my .com/.net/.org/.us names. Unsure at the moment if I even want to keep it past a year.
Just now I did a search for the branded, dictionary word + domains. I saw nothing on page one. I went to page two and and wham, it's [HASHTAG]#17[/HASHTAG].
I find two things interesting with this. One being that at the moment it's forwarded the to the Uniregistry affiliate link through their forwarding service and not from my DNS configuration, .htaccess, or hosted and it still ranks. Secondly, I was unaware before registering it that there is an exact .net match which happens to be a registrar or wholesaler, but not trademarked. They outrank my .domains with the .net, but not by much with their inner pages (services, about the company, etc.).
They don't have a TM on it (as I checked UK IPO before forwarding as it's an exact relationship between "services" offered, which leads me to believe they are a reseller, didn't look at their info to see).
I just added it to Webmaster Tools to track by using a CNAME, so no exact information on related searches it may show up for as obviously some may stumble upon it or at least see the link searching for the other registrar. As soon as Google can verify the DNS change, I'll be up and running to track it.
Has anyone else seen their gTLD's rank for developed website? Do you find it odd that a .domains ranks that high when it's forwarded to an affiliate link (as parked pages rarely go that high)?
How are your .XYZ domains doing @JudisFather? Are they ranking quite well? I'm supporting .XYZ with a Marine Corps Eagle, Globe and Anchor mashed with the registry's colors. Someone has to keep the bullies away.
If you want to know the domain name to see search results for yourself, start a convo as affiliate links aren't allowed and I maxed out on allowed links in my signature.
Just now I did a search for the branded, dictionary word + domains. I saw nothing on page one. I went to page two and and wham, it's [HASHTAG]#17[/HASHTAG].
I find two things interesting with this. One being that at the moment it's forwarded the to the Uniregistry affiliate link through their forwarding service and not from my DNS configuration, .htaccess, or hosted and it still ranks. Secondly, I was unaware before registering it that there is an exact .net match which happens to be a registrar or wholesaler, but not trademarked. They outrank my .domains with the .net, but not by much with their inner pages (services, about the company, etc.).
They don't have a TM on it (as I checked UK IPO before forwarding as it's an exact relationship between "services" offered, which leads me to believe they are a reseller, didn't look at their info to see).
I just added it to Webmaster Tools to track by using a CNAME, so no exact information on related searches it may show up for as obviously some may stumble upon it or at least see the link searching for the other registrar. As soon as Google can verify the DNS change, I'll be up and running to track it.
Has anyone else seen their gTLD's rank for developed website? Do you find it odd that a .domains ranks that high when it's forwarded to an affiliate link (as parked pages rarely go that high)?
How are your .XYZ domains doing @JudisFather? Are they ranking quite well? I'm supporting .XYZ with a Marine Corps Eagle, Globe and Anchor mashed with the registry's colors. Someone has to keep the bullies away.
If you want to know the domain name to see search results for yourself, start a convo as affiliate links aren't allowed and I maxed out on allowed links in my signature.
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