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Craze after worthless .co domains?

by MemberWing
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What's value of .co domains?
Why is it better than .me or .us or .nu or .bz ?

.com mistypings?

As an mistyping experiment I registered .cm domain (which has the same probability of mistypings) for site that pulls 90,000+ pageviews per month.
I wanted to see the average value of grabbing a name and rely on mistypings.

My mistyped .cm site got 2 or 3 clicks a month.
Even if .co for some reason mistyped more often - it won't be 100 times more often.
Beyond that I really don't see any special beauty of .co compare to other extensions.
Am i missing something?

Gleb
#craze #domains #worthless
  • Profile picture of the author Dave Owen
    There is no real advantage to buying this type of domain extension.

    Seems more gimmicky than anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author roger123
    I agree with you, but I am going to experiment with 2 .co domains to see if I can get them ranked just like .com, .org or .net domains.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    The mistyping on this extension can go both ways ... people who aren't aware of the .co extension might type in the name + com thinking that .co is a typo. But if they come from a direct link, it won't matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author fcf360
    It only works with bigger sites that have 000s of direct visitors.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      Of all the odd TLDs, I think .co may have the most potential.

      While it's true that some people may think it's a typo for .com, I think that, if you have international visitors, you have to consider that some of them are kind of "pre-sold" on .co, simply because they're used to them in their own regional domains. For example, how many companies in the UK have a .co.uk domain name? In South Africa, they use .co.za and, in Japan, they use .co.jp.

      So, I think, from an international perspective, there are people already somewhat accustomed to .co, so I think this one may, indeed, have some potential.
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