re: .vc et. all

[Joe]

Recently I offered an appraisal opinion on a domain with a crappy .ext. I thought I'd share my remarks in the platinum lounge, concerning the issue of attaching strong keywords to very weak .ext's.

Whether it's xxx.vc, or sex.ph, these names and all those that sail on the same boat, are worthless in my opinion. You can have the best keyword, but when it is attached to a shitbird .ext that no one knows, it diminishes the domain's value to $0 or less. It's kind of like a car that has a really cool name, brand, color, and perhaps a few other neat features, but is missing it's fricken engine! The .ext drives the domain. Attach a .com to a powerhouse keyword, and that name is simply, DRIVEN!

I, like millions of others have never heard of the .vc tld or any of its sisters or brothers. Most don't know what country, commonwealth, or territory they represent......and to top it off, how many of "us" really care?! The point is, as long as there are other well known and commonly used .ext's that continue to be the driving force behind popular keywords, then other less known .ext's like .vc will likely remain at -or- close to zero value.

Sure, alternative ext's have there place in this world, like with vanity applications including email, or redirection, and are probably also quite nifty if running a small business on some isolated island somewhere off the coast of Thailand. But let's face it, as long as the popular ext's continue to be the driving force behind the internet and ecommerce, these other unknown (or less known) ext's will be at best, back seat passengers, or worse, excess baggage riding shotgun IN THE TRUNK.

Happy Thanksgiving all.

-Joe

 

[Steen]

Disagree to somewhat.

Something like Casino.anything (2 letter ext) has some value.

Branding, a bit, but SEO for sure (although domains mean very little in terms of SEO).

In terms of branding, many know of a goatse.__ (not well known extension).

 

[scorpio]

Joe I think a very strong keyword would have some value in any ext..

Sure sex.ph would have value..
As Steen said Casino.anything ..would have value

 

[seeker]

other than the mainstream cctlds (like de, co.uk, .fr etc...inlcuing cc ws nu and maybe bz) the others dont really have any value in my opinion.

unless of course that country has a big internet following, and you are developing for the country, I'd prefer, and think many would, a casinopalace.com or whatever creative idea, than casino.unknown

 

[Steen]

unless of course that country has a big internet following, and you are developing for the country, I'd prefer, and think many would, a casinopalace.com or whatever creative idea, than casino.unknown

In the case of purchasing for SEO, more than likely the domain will be used as a directory than a direct casino, or else they would invest in a better domain (.com).

 

[croupier]

I had poker.(crappy ext) and was just starting to develop it when I lost it due to the crappy organizational skills of many of these little country codes.

Now what if this had happened 6 month down the line with a fully developed website which had good SE placements - now tell me that poker.xx has value.

For me, poker.xx had a small negative value (reg fee plus a little time spent) - if I had lost it 6 month later it would have cost me thousands in man hours to get a new site back to the same standard.

 

[bigbobm]

i own xxx.vc . there are only so many xxx domains out there. i think it is very valuable if you are a seo expert

 

[croupier]

and what if your seo expert spend 3 months getting it to #1 spots in google & yahoo then the .vc dissapears - how much is that worth?

 

[bigbobm]

and what if your seo expert spend 3 months getting it to #1 spots in google & yahoo then the .vc dissapears - how much is that worth?

um.... if you can convert 1%and it lasts for 1 month with the amount of searchs in the search engines for xxx you would have alot of $$$$