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Unintended Consequences As Aus Registry Study Turns Into Story

findtim

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“Two thirds of those surveyed indicated that sites like Facebook and Tumblr serve as an adequate replacement for a presence on the web”.

yeh right........... just ask my client that has come crawling back last month when facebook wiped her fan page for a minor mistake and they won't reply to her !

so a year ago she says "oh no tim, i'm using facebook now and running it through ebay, its great " and now her income has gone to zero overnight.

if you don't own your domain you own nothing.

don't ask me what happened as I didn't get to that, I said i'd charge by the hour and didn't know how much effort it would take and she didn't like that, she felt for some reason I should just go fix it !!!!!

tim
 

Chris.C

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The problem with this study was that it interviewed "people" rather than "businesses".

If I didn't have businesses I wouldn't have a website either - but until Google decides that sending people to Facebook and tumblr pages makes more sense than domains/websites there will be demand for domains.
 

findtim

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The problem with this study was that it interviewed "people" rather than "businesses".

If I didn't have businesses I wouldn't have a website either - but until Google decides that sending people to Facebook and tumblr pages makes more sense than domains/websites there will be demand for domains.

yes, its the kind of crap we have to deal with at bbq's when someone says " did you read that article about domain names are.........................."

I love to stand and listen ( yes I can listen) until they are all done and then start with "well that's not true............."

:D
tim
 

Data Glasses

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yeh right........... just ask my client that has come crawling back last month when facebook wiped her fan page for a minor mistake and they won't reply to her !

so a year ago she says "oh no tim, i'm using facebook now and running it through ebay, its great " and now her income has gone to zero overnight.

if you don't own your domain you own nothing.

don't ask me what happened as I didn't get to that, I said i'd charge by the hour and didn't know how much effort it would take and she didn't like that, she felt for some reason I should just go fix it !!!!!

tim

what was the mistake?
 

findtim

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sending excessive friend requests, I think she thought "going viral" meant paying someone on fiverr to get her 10, 000 friends?

tim
 

snoopy

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"A discrepancy exists in the uptake of domain names between genders, with males almost twice as likely to own a domain name compared to females."

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Research has also found a discrepancy in the beauty product market with females 15 times more likely to but lipstick than males.
 

atom

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yes, its the kind of crap we have to deal with at bbq's when someone says " did you read that article about domain names are.........................."

I love to stand and listen ( yes I can listen) until they are all done and then start with "well that's not true............."

:D
tim

It also raises the issue of what people use for their business email address. Gmail? Not a good look...
 

findtim

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It also raises the issue of what people use for their business email address. Gmail? Not a good look...

don't get me started on that one AHHHHH.

but businesses using gmail is a great way for their domain name to drop :rolleyes:

tim
 

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