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    • Jan 2004
    • 10633

    #1

    blögs.com - Potential or Crap?

    so when this tld domain thing got announced, i picked up blögs.com but yet to take the time to do anything with it... potential or let it go?
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  • crockett
    in a van by the river
    • May 2003
    • 76818

    #2
    maybe if you sell it to someone on ebay. I wouldn't even know how to type that ö . So I'm sure the other 90% of the internet would be in the same boat.
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    • Jace
      FBOP Class Of 2013
      • Jan 2004
      • 35562

      #3
      how would an american type that ö?

      i agree with crockett, sell it on ebay

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      • Jace
        FBOP Class Of 2013
        • Jan 2004
        • 35562

        #4
        http://www.xn--blgs-6qa.com/

        wierd, I still don't get how all that works

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        • Cory W
          Deeply shallow
          • Jan 2004
          • 9133

          #5
          Every dime you spend on branding it would go towards blogs.com
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          • crockett
            in a van by the river
            • May 2003
            • 76818

            #6
            on a similar note what would you guys think of "blogz.com" think the branding would go to blogs.com?

            (just an example I don't own blogz.com)
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            • Jace
              FBOP Class Of 2013
              • Jan 2004
              • 35562

              #7
              Originally posted by crockett
              on a similar note what would you guys think of "blogz.com" think the branding would go to blogs.com?

              (just an example I don't own blogz.com)
              well, I think there are two types of branding, visual and audio....it would have to be a pure visual branding campaign, people would have to see blogZ.com over and over and over again, so they knew it was Z

              kinds of like camz.com, the z on the end has an excellent brand now

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              • Jace
                FBOP Class Of 2013
                • Jan 2004
                • 35562

                #8
                how would you visually brand blögs? what is the ö even called?

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                • crockett
                  in a van by the river
                  • May 2003
                  • 76818

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Jace
                  well, I think there are two types of branding, visual and audio....it would have to be a pure visual branding campaign, people would have to see blogZ.com over and over and over again, so they knew it was Z

                  kinds of like camz.com, the z on the end has an excellent brand now
                  Yea that's what I'm thinking.. not to get off his topic. But I recently picked up a big keyword domain with a "z" in it instead of the "s" for the video game industry. I want to develop a site on it, but there is already a site on the "s" domain so I'm kinda torn if I should use it or not.

                  I figure I could heavily push the "z" to brand it. but word of mouth traffic would likely go to the "s" domain. Same with type in traffic.
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                  • spacedog
                    Yes that IS me. Bitch.
                    • Nov 2001
                    • 14149

                    #10
                    The ö is accented with a mutation or affection commonly found in Germanic languages & is referred to as an umlaut. You type it by holding the alt key & typing 148.

                    the domain blögs.com is an IDN, Internationalized domain name. The equivalent you see, xn--blgs-6qa.com is punycode which maps the native characters to the browser.

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                    • spacedog
                      Yes that IS me. Bitch.
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 14149

                      #11
                      As far as visual branding goes, and more explanation on IDN, check out my website

                      http://www.bööbs.com/about_boobs

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                      • crockett
                        in a van by the river
                        • May 2003
                        • 76818

                        #12
                        Originally posted by spacedog
                        The ö is accented with a mutation or affection commonly found in Germanic languages & is referred to as an umlaut. You type it by holding the alt key & typing 148.

                        the domain blögs.com is an IDN, Internationalized domain name. The equivalent you see, xn--blgs-6qa.com is punycode which maps the native characters to the browser.
                        In that case I know all those little teenager kids like to play with that suff in chats.. Maybe market it to them as "the hip" place to have a blog that only the cool kids will know how to reach.
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                        • baddog
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Apr 2001
                          • 107089

                          #13
                          Originally posted by WEG Cory
                          Every dime you spend on branding it would go towards blogs.com
                          precisely

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                          • spacedog
                            Yes that IS me. Bitch.
                            • Nov 2001
                            • 14149

                            #14
                            Originally posted by crockett
                            In that case I know all those little teenager kids like to play with that suff in chats.. Maybe market it to them as "the hip" place to have a blog that only the cool kids will know how to reach.
                            Or market it to germans, or turks, or any other origins that utilize germanic vowels

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                            • polish_aristocrat
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 40377

                              #15
                              useless domain

                              2 cents
                              I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                              • madawgz
                                8.8.8.8
                                • Mar 2006
                                • 30509

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Jace
                                http://www.xn--blgs-6qa.com/

                                wierd, I still don't get how all that works
                                how the hell does that work?
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                                • ssp
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jan 2005
                                  • 7990

                                  #17
                                  i agree with polish

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                                  • Jakke PNG
                                    ex-TeenGodFather
                                    • Nov 2001
                                    • 20306

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by crockett
                                    on a similar note what would you guys think of "blogz.com" think the branding would go to blogs.com?

                                    (just an example I don't own blogz.com)
                                    Not true.
                                    ö is a completely different letter to o.
                                    blögs.com is worthless imho.. it just looks stupid to my eyes. It's comparable to 'Possy' which you'd want to mean 'pussy'

                                    I personally own tylsää.fi and tylsaa.fi (means boring).


                                    I'm still yet to develop them though.
                                    Last edited by Jakke PNG; 03-20-2007, 02:46 AM.
                                    ..and I'm off.

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                                    • Jakke PNG
                                      ex-TeenGodFather
                                      • Nov 2001
                                      • 20306

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by madawgz
                                      how the hell does that work?
                                      nameservers don't recognize scandinavic letters, but newer browsers do.. therefor the domain names must me in a format the nameservers understand. Or something along those lines.
                                      ..and I'm off.

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                                      • Jakke PNG
                                        ex-TeenGodFather
                                        • Nov 2001
                                        • 20306

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by spacedog
                                        The ö is accented with a mutation or affection commonly found in Germanic languages & is referred to as an umlaut. You type it by holding the alt key & typing 148.

                                        the domain blögs.com is an IDN, Internationalized domain name. The equivalent you see, xn--blgs-6qa.com is punycode which maps the native characters to the browser.
                                        Yeah..or it's the last letter of the scandinavic alphabet, and bööbs is just dumb. lol.
                                        ..and I'm off.

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                                        • BrettJ
                                          ol' timer
                                          • Jan 2001
                                          • 4715

                                          #21
                                          but aren't you able to pull a lot of search engine traffic ... from people going after blogs.com ? so if they are actively building traffic with the actual domain ... piggyback... or else just hold it in the portfolio for a bit.

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                                          • donkevlar
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Sep 2006
                                            • 4325

                                            #22
                                            I can see some value in it because the sites name is so short and official looking, but pretty useless in all other aspects.
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                                            • rowan
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Mar 2002
                                              • 17393

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by spacedog
                                              As far as visual branding goes, and more explanation on IDN, check out my website

                                              http://www.bööbs.com/about_boobs
                                              Did GFY "URLise" that or did you? The actual linked site is the encoded version, which kinda defeats the purpose.

                                              I'll try typing just the URL here and see what happens ---> http://www.bööbs.com/about_boobs

                                              edit: interesting, looks like vbulletin encodes the URL.

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                                              • spacedog
                                                Yes that IS me. Bitch.
                                                • Nov 2001
                                                • 14149

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by rowan
                                                Did GFY "URLise" that or did you? The actual linked site is the encoded version, which kinda defeats the purpose.

                                                I'll try typing just the URL here and see what happens ---> http://www.bööbs.com/about_boobs

                                                edit: interesting, looks like vbulletin encodes the URL.
                                                no, vbulletin had nothing to do with it. You can use native characters or punycode. Reason it works with vbulletin is because native characters are unicode, or utf. If you typed the native characters onto an html page coded in iso or something other than utf-8, then there could be errors in browser mapping. When you use the punycode as the link, it shows the native characters in the browser as well as the on mouseover, etc.. only place you see the punycode is in the source code.




                                                http://xn--bbs-snaa.com/ <-- look at status bar
                                                http://b&#246;&#246;bs.com/
                                                Last edited by spacedog; 03-20-2007, 07:23 PM.

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                                                • bdld
                                                  $100,000
                                                  • Dec 2001
                                                  • 11452

                                                  #25
                                                  i dont think its worth anything, i wouldnt know how to type the symbol either.

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                                                  • spacedog
                                                    Yes that IS me. Bitch.
                                                    • Nov 2001
                                                    • 14149

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by rowan
                                                    Did GFY "URLise" that or did you? The actual linked site is the encoded version, which kinda defeats the purpose.
                                                    On another note.. don't beat yourself over the head on this.

                                                    punycode or native characters are both the same & are only different to human eyes, but to browsers & search engines, etc.. it is only the native characters they see.

                                                    SE see's it as bööbs

                                                    http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=...%C3%B6bs&meta=

                                                    basically you get 2 domains that are one, so to speak

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                                                    • woj
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                                                      • Jul 2002
                                                      • 47880

                                                      #27
                                                      worthless, only use for it is selling it to some idiot on ebay...
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                                                      • DaddyHalbucks
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                                                        • Feb 2004
                                                        • 18975

                                                        #28
                                                        1. I think you mean.."IDN" ...not TLD

                                                        2. If you have to ask...
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