johno69
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I do hope you at least suggest they grab both.
Critical error running the .com and leaving the .com.au for your competition to grab.
In AU, always go for au.
Frank Schilling & gTLDs
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I do hope you at least suggest they grab both.
Critical error running the .com and leaving the .com.au for your competition to grab.
In AU, always go for au.
neddy
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Frank Schilling has just made a new post about the new gTLDs on his Seven Mile blog:
Lady Gaga and New TLDs – Why Google Has Assured Their Future
http://domainnamesales.com/sevenmil...-why-google-has-assured-their-future/#content
Well worth a read - as are the comments. There are some who vociferously disagree with his take on things.
What do you think?
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Lady Gaga and New TLDs – Why Google Has Assured Their Future
http://domainnamesales.com/sevenmil...-why-google-has-assured-their-future/#content
Well worth a read - as are the comments. There are some who vociferously disagree with his take on things.
What do you think?
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FirstPageResults
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interesting read, thanks
neddy
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Don't know what happened there - have redone it - and it now works.
http://domainnamesales.com/sevenmil...-why-google-has-assured-their-future/#content
snoopy
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I think it is .mobi mania again, except on a larger scale. Thankfully this time some domainers have moved the the correct side of the fence, selling this junk instead of buying it.
findtim
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findtim
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he creates a very convincing arguement, i don't think .mobi is a good comparison as google control their gtld's where icann control .mobi
what icann have effectively done is lost control ! am i right ? yes there may be "rules" but google, NAB, BMW etc are now in control of who gets what.
i previously didn't think this was going to be a good thing but now i see the reasoning. what i see is a whole bunch of more work for me... yippeee because no matter what google provide there will STILL be business people who just want to pay someone to do it. eg: facebook business pages ! i honestly get a phone call everyday asking me to set their business up on FB business page even though its easy and ALL the info on how to do it is online.
tim
snoopy
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Don't follow any of this. *If* Icann "controlled" a tld before I don't see how that is any different now.
To take the .mobi example the registry could do all sorts of things, they had auctions, failed request for proposals plans where domains were going to be given out based on usage etc rather than just money.
.mobi was backed by Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Nokia. So these guys are the poster boys of failed gtld investment...there was all the "plans" and press releases in the world but at the end of the day all that happened was a bunch of domainers typed in their credit card numbers.
The difference now is that some of these tlds are private but I don't see how that will make them move successful. Mostly they'll end up underused in my view, even worse than the past gtlds failures. Of course it is always different, it has to be for people to invest, but this is really the "throw the entire pie at wall and hope something happens" moment. If this fails it is all over for new tlds in my view.
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findtim
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snoopy i agree with your " "throw the entire pie at wall and hope something happens"
but i also see google being able to present a good business model to support it
We have A LOT of businesses out there still using @bigpond and @optusnet email addresses, ( which is absolutely silly to me ) so i am sure google will make money from their investment, sorry to say but from " misslead fools enticed buy quick minded sales people eg: googles adwords sales team "
The goal for "builders" like myself is to get to the businesses first, which seems impossible ! i often feel like "schindler's list" when i talk to businesses that have gone down the wrong path, "the dark side of the force"
Snoopy i think you are right and wrong all at the same time, only time will tell.
tim
but i also see google being able to present a good business model to support it
We have A LOT of businesses out there still using @bigpond and @optusnet email addresses, ( which is absolutely silly to me ) so i am sure google will make money from their investment, sorry to say but from " misslead fools enticed buy quick minded sales people eg: googles adwords sales team "
The goal for "builders" like myself is to get to the businesses first, which seems impossible ! i often feel like "schindler's list" when i talk to businesses that have gone down the wrong path, "the dark side of the force"
Snoopy i think you are right and wrong all at the same time, only time will tell.
tim
