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Originally Posted by Opt!musPr!me
the question is in the title just wondering was thinking about picking a few up not really expecting much how do they do in search rankings
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Don't waste your time with .website or any other new gTLD/sTLD. If you want your site to have credibility, go with .com
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Originally Posted by RummyBoy
I never bother with the new extensions, there are just so many of them and no particular reason to own them.
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Originally Posted by RummyBoy
Sure but of all the new extensions that came up in say the last five years, which ones did become a proven concept? They're all basically nowhere....  |
Let's go back 12-13 years to when .info and .biz were launched.
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Originally Posted by RummyBoy
Hmmmmm, well I doubt it will really take off partly because the extension is so long to type in but you're right $4/yr is pretty damn low and probably for that reason.... actually that makes it less attractive for me.
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Afilias though the $1 price point would encourage more new .info registrations. It did, but the problem was email spammers bought them as a cheaper alternative to .com The general public had little interest in developing them.
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Originally Posted by crockett
Why didn't they just name the extension .web no one is going to want to type in .website + the actual domain name.. it's way too long.
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The ccTLD .ws for Western Samoa has been marketed as an abbreviation for website since inception. Look at how popular that's become.