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  1. #126
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    Quote Originally Posted by dolay
    I think this is the best answer that I could find for your question

    http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...&url=oogle.com
    So, less than 1%?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aussie Bob
    Typo traffic is hugely important if you do offline marketing, such as radio, TV or cinema ads. Folks need to be able to reach your site from many variants, with that first site visit, after hearing or seeing your service from offline advertising. It's just one of those things that if you want close_to_perfection, you have to nail down as many spelling variants as possible. These are like roads to your shop. The more the better.
    OK. Understand that. Thanks. It's not just about the cost of registrations and traffic, but getting that initial visit from any potential customers from all those advertising dollars you've been spending. If it was just about traffic, then you'd probably get much more by redirecting your generic names than from redirecting the typos.

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    Yep, I'm doing cinema advertising, and although I think my brand is dead easy to remember/spell etc, I do get a fair few typo entries to the site. Bah.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vito
    Without getting into it, believe me, there is an entire industry based on mis-typed type-ins.
    Yep, there sure are. It's like this whole world there, that you never knew existed.
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  5. #130
    $75,000.00 to buy a domain nice

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aussie Bob
    Yep, I'm doing cinema advertising, and although I think my brand is dead easy to remember/spell etc, I do get a fair few typo entries to the site. Bah.
    I know I'm barking up the wrong tree here, Bob, (having accepted your argument about new customers from advertising) but what percentage would that be But hey, if they mispell your cinema advertising, then maybe you need the typos

    I know I'm a smart a** not at the blunt end of what your trying to achieve. No disrepect intended or implied.

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    To me the percentage of typo traffic doesn't really matter. If someone sees my ad in a cinema, or hears an ad on the radio, or is told about my company orally, I want to give that person every opportunity to arrive at my site, on their first or or even second attempt. That means securing as many routes as possible, that can lead up to your site. Typos, various extensions etc, they all matter.

    You can build a brand with 1 domain only, or build your brand with that main domain PLUS dozens of route domains, be they spelling variants, different extensions, plural, singular, hyfenated, nonhyfenated etc, all leading up to the main domain. Which is the smarter method? Of course the method with the most domains.

    I wouldn't feel confident investing into a brand with only the one domain leading to it. That's building on shaky ground, and one day you realise your brand has been toasted, and is really nothing but a lower family member in another brand's tree. Brand is warfare.
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    I understand you Bob. I agree with your basic tenent that you need all .tld's before you start branding anything. I was just a bit surprised that typos were so important.

    Are there really so many typos for 7 character domain name?

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    I have about 24 typos for my brand. I'm probably a tad extreme, but with domains only worth a few bucks each, I can go a bit crazy.
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    Oh... I forgot that you can get the same typo in many different .tld's

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    It heavily depends on domain name itself. Some domains are hard to type, others are from most often misspelled words and some are nearly bullet-proof against typos. Now i will tell what you already know - if your domains are easy to misspell then it makes sense to register a few of others, just to sleep better. Also, if you have plural word in domain name, register singular variant too.

    This will catch that 0.2% of stupid visitors which usually make other mistakes too and they are pain in the *** anyway. So, if you ask me, typos can be good to keep some of the most stupid people away from the site.

  12. #137
    with $75k you could most likely find a good deal on a word you would like. My advice, although I'm not a domain name expert is to right down all the possible domains that you would be keen to have. Once you do that then contact the owners and take it from there. Your bound to get one of the ones you would like whether it's $75k or less. You can include host & hosting in your words so you have a few options, maybe a word like yahoo or google could be even better if you have the funds to back it up with a marketing campaign.

    You could spend $6 on something original and spend the other $74,994 on marketing & advertising for your new hosting business

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    You definitely DO NOT want to register a domain including either "yahoo" or "google" without first having express written consent from Yahoo or Google respectively.

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    personally, i think i'd rather spend a few hundred on a name and the balance on advertising but that's just me

    i have it from a reliable source that WebHostling.com is for sale, but i didn't hear a price

    of course there is as much difference between webhosting and webhostling as there is between lightning and a lightning bug

    creditcards.com sold for 2.75 million in 2004 and creditcardsy.com is available unregistered ... or it was a moment ago ... i fully expect someone reading this thread to register it

    i wouldn't give 50 cents for either name but they are interesting just the same,

    good luck
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  15. #140
    Followed this thread from Post #1.

    In summary, there's currently no domain at $75,000 meet the criterias either it's not qualified or worth much more.

    IMO, I'd rather buy abrandable domain and promote it with the available funds.

  16. #141
    maybe hosts.pl? it's very good domain with future!

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    Careers.Com
    Sex.Com >> Bit more than $75k
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    Wire.Com
    Scream.Com
    Porno.Com
    LiveSex.Com
    Fools.Com

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