What do you think about new .co??

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Just got a note from GoDaddy about new .co:

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Understood around the world as an abbreviation for "Company," "Corporation" and "Commerce," .CO is positioned to be the Web's next big top-level domain -- the first truly global, recognizable domain to come along in years. And now you can help secure your .CO domain name by pre-registering with Go Daddy.*

Why Choose .CO?
• .CO is meaningful, memorable and intuitive for people around the world • .CO is relevant to individuals, domainers, businesses and organizations • .CO gives businesses and brands the chance to create a worldwide footprint • .CO appeals to today's socially-networked individuals and entrepreneurs-----------

Think this is going to be something worth grabbing or is it just another domain like a .net or .me?? I wonder how many people type in .co instead of .com so maybe it will be more useful? Hmmm?
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  • Profile picture of the author Sean Ski
    .com will always be number 1 because it is so well known, even if you say dot co people will just think you meant to say dot com.
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  • Profile picture of the author blue_Tiger
    It is not new ..
    We use it in UK as .co.uk
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  • Profile picture of the author JennSpencerIM
    That's true...since its so close to .co people could get really confused!! GoDaddy makes it sound like its the next big domain though so I was curious as to some opinions whether I should grab some for my .coms or not. Thanks.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by JennSpencerIM View Post

      That's true...since its so close to .co people could get really confused!! GoDaddy makes it sound like its the next big domain though so I was curious as to some opinions whether I should grab some for my .coms or not. Thanks.
      Godaddy is in the business of selling domains so they would make .crap sound like the greatest thing since sliced bananas if they could make a buck from it. The .co domains are expensive and nothing will ever replace .com.

      .TV was also going to be the next big thing and don't forget .mobi.

      Also heard there's going to be a .xxx for adult sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author AnneRose88
      Originally Posted by JennSpencerIM View Post

      GoDaddy makes it sound like its the next big domain
      That's because Godaddy makes money by selling domains. It's their business.
      I bet that when someone hears the domain name (on the phone or radio) they will just assume that it was meant to be a .com domain.

      The same thing when someone reads the domain name (in a newpaper, flyer etc), most people will probably assume that it's a typo and will visit the .com URL.

      So, in my opinion .co domains are completely worthless.

      There are quite a few domains that were supposed to become "the next big thing" such as .ws and .info domains. In reality though .com remains the king.
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by AnneRose88 View Post

        So, in my opinion .co domains are completely worthless.

        There are quite a few domains that were supposed to become "the next big thing" such as .ws and .info domains. In reality though .com remains the king.
        Worthless .... hardly. You included .info in your worthless category

        Here's some recent .info sales:
        Gentleman.info €2,000 = $2,560
        STDTesting.info $2,500
        synonymes.info $1,280
        candida.info $2,000
        faire-part.info $1,920
        sentido.info $1,536
        Paydayloans .info sold for $24,000

        There's been huge .mobi and .tv sales as well. There will be huge .co sales also. Dot coms will always take the lead in price, but the above figures are hardly worthless.
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  • Profile picture of the author JennSpencerIM
    Yes .co.uk is not new but just plain .co is new and is in pre-order stage right now.
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  • Profile picture of the author kat3322g
    New or not, it's worth to invest for good names.
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    • Profile picture of the author Cosmo Demopoulos
      I'm ignoring it.

      .co I believe it the extension for the country of Columbia, just like .tv is the extension for Tuvulu (in the South Pacific)

      Might be wrong, but I see no Internet land rush here
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      • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
        .co I believe it the extension for the country of Columbia, just like .tv is the extension for Tuvulu (in the South Pacific)
        Yes, that is correct. See this:

        Colombia's .CO Domain Extension will launch in 2010 - Domain Name News, The Domain Industry News, ICANN News, Registry News, Domainer News, Domain

        When GoDaddy says this domain signifies "company," they are making that up!

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        • Profile picture of the author Valdor Kiebach
          Originally Posted by marciayudkin View Post

          When GoDaddy says this domain signifies "company," they are making that up!
          I seem to remember a good few years back (mid 90s maybe) that .com was for company, .co.uk for a UK company, .net for network and .org for organisation then later came .info for an information site.
          I cant remember much more as at the time I didnt care.
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          • Profile picture of the author bizfox
            Originally Posted by mojojuju View Post

            I'm going to buy a bunch of .co domains.

            twitter.co
            facebook.co
            paypal.co


            Then I'll outsource a job to create and widely distribute a computer virus that interferes with the functioning of the "m" key on people's computers.

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  • Profile picture of the author JennSpencerIM
    Ahhh they are sneaky!! Thanks Ted and Marcia!
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
    Back in the very early days (pre-94) .com was actually meant for communication...look at how well that turned out lol

    Co.uk is the standard for England, .gb isn't even heard of lol
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    • Profile picture of the author GarrieWilson
      Originally Posted by Sparhawke View Post

      Back in the very early days (pre-94) .com was actually meant for communication...look at how well that turned out lol
      Actually, .com was for commercial.
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      • Profile picture of the author Valdor Kiebach
        Originally Posted by GarrieWilson View Post

        Actually, .com was for commercial.
        YES! it was.
        I find it funny that the internet world completely ignored the true meaning of extentions.
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    • Profile picture of the author iainvw
      Originally Posted by Sparhawke View Post

      Co.uk is the standard for England
      <pedantry>.co.uk is also the standard for Scotland. And Wales. And Northern Ireland. That's why .uk signifies "United Kingdom". If England were to be identified as a geographical area by a TLD it would surely be something like .en, which I have never seen anywhere as a TLD.</pedantry>

      Surprised I'm the first to mention it. Looks like the other Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish and other knowledgeable people on here are somewhat less pedantic than I am. Education is important, you know.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
        Originally Posted by iainvw View Post

        <pedantry>.co.uk is also the standard for Scotland. And Wales. And Northern Ireland. That's why .uk signifies "United Kingdom". If England were to be identified as a geographical area by a TLD it would surely be something like .en, which I have never seen anywhere as a TLD.</pedantry>

        Surprised I'm the first to mention it. Looks like the other Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish and other knowledgeable people on here are somewhat less pedantic than I am. Education is important, you know.
        [insert tongue in cheek icon here]

        Yes, but only England matters.

        [/insert tongue in cheek icon here]

        :p

        Honestly though, for a country code to succeed you need everyone to adopt it, if you simply let a few jackals take everything there is no incentive for anyone to have a try especially at the rip off charges they seem to think they can get away with. ICANN has just set the Colombia internet country code back 10-20 years, well done to them.
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        • Profile picture of the author Plish
          Originally Posted by Sparhawke View Post

          [insert tongue in cheek icon here]

          Yes, but only England matters.

          [/insert tongue in cheek icon here]

          :p

          Honestly though, for a country code to succeed you need everyone to adopt it, if you simply let a few jackals take everything there is no incentive for anyone to have a try especially at the rip off charges they seem to think they can get away with. ICANN has just set the Colombia internet country code back 10-20 years, well done to them.
          Only a bunch of the top traffic domains have gone. It's not like if someone wanted to set up InternetMarketingColumbia.co they couldn't. And as of now that's available.

          I don't think ICANN have done anything wrong here. It's the way it is, and there are waaay more .co domains available than .com or .net. Just run with it. It all works out.

          I'm just glad the hype has calmed down and Columbia can get on with using their own TLD. I still think GoDaddy needs to be punished.
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  • Profile picture of the author blue_Tiger
    I think will be the same as .ws (website)
    They mad a huge campaign but no success

    People just love .com
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  • Profile picture of the author TPFLegionaire
    look for names with potential huge type in type traffic and be aware that many people type the names of urls in the google search window as opposed to the address bar in their browser.

    For example, according to the google keyword tool, 1000000 people search globally for the term [www.news.com]

    and 165000 search for [www.news.co]

    there lies...in my opinion , an opportunity.
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    • Profile picture of the author CliveG
      Originally Posted by TPFLegionaire View Post

      look for names with potential huge type in type traffic and be aware that many people type the names of urls in the google search window as opposed to the address bar in their browser.

      For example, according to the google keyword tool, 1000000 people search globally for the term [www.news.com]

      and 165000 search for [www.news.co]

      there lies...in my opinion , an opportunity.
      Presumably mis-typing opportunities. How many of the 165,000 meant to search for www.news.com but accidently left off the 'm'?
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  • Profile picture of the author kiopa
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    The domains are good for typo traffic, but that's about it.

    .com will always be #1.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Well crap. I caved. Was checking them out and now I'm $300 poorer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andy Smith
    might be useful for companies who's names end in co.. ie: cost.co tes.co... hmmm have I got a few bucks to spare...
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  • Profile picture of the author ashishthakkar
    Good point by TPFLegionaire.

    I got six dot .co domains out of which i will use only one.


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  • Profile picture of the author Landis
    LOL i just picked up Stevepavlina.co and Ubergizmo.co

    I think those will sell well, if not I can build them for type traffic. Ubergizmo I can just turn into a tech blog.
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    • Profile picture of the author AntiGuru
      Originally Posted by mudbutt View Post

      LOL i just picked up Stevepavlina.co and Ubergizmo.co

      I think those will sell well, if not I can build them for type traffic. Ubergizmo I can just turn into a tech blog.
      I hope you didn't pay any money for Stevepavlina.co, cause you don't own it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Plish
      Ok, just to let everyone know:

      I will no longer be purchasing from GoDaddy.com and I think you should all do the same.

      GoDaddy has taken the COLUMBIAN extension '.co' and rebranded it as a domain that is for and I quote "4. Abbreviation for COmpany, COmmunity, COmmerce". Utterly inferring that .co stands for these things. And not having COlumbia mentioned anywhere in the text is completely misleading.

      I am no longer a customer there. Sly tactics. Very pleased I didn't purchase anything.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fun to Write
    I would skip it.

    Go Daddy just trying to make some extra bucks.

    If this new .co is really all that and a bag of chips, then wait six months and see how many companies are actually using it with success.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Tees
    Sounds like clever marketing on Godaddy’s part make you think they stand for commercial or commerce when in fact they stand for Columbia. Much like how .Ws was said to mean “website.” when in reality it stands for Western Somalia. I don’t really see potential for flipping .co domains due to the fact many popular .com names are also listed for purchase as premium domains and most people would rather get the .com version than the .co for obvious reasons.
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  • Profile picture of the author mowens17
    I have to agree I think .com is well established, everything else will just be second best, but you never know
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    • Profile picture of the author Plish
      Is noone else pissed at GoDaddy? I've heard there's now a lawsuit.
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  • Profile picture of the author duia
    Why choose .co domains? Just because it is so similar with .com domain names.
    I think many domain owners will try to register .co domain and wait for the buyers, then make big fortunes with these .co domain name.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by duia View Post

      Why choose .co domains? Just because it is so similar with .com domain names.
      I think many domain owners will try to register .co domain and wait for the buyers, then make big fortunes with these .co domain name.
      The only reason to buy a .co is that it is a new extension, so you might find an exact keyword domain that wouldn't be available in any other extension.

      The problem with this is, looking at it from a domainer's perspective rather than an affiliate marketer's perspective, most of what I want in a domain is already gone by the time the new extension goes public. I want the one word dictionary terms like sex.com, food.com, money.com, cars.com, etc. But in reality, those were gone before the public even gets to pick by bidders for those domains.
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    • Profile picture of the author Plish
      Originally Posted by duia View Post

      Why choose .co domains? Just because it is so similar with .com domain names.
      I think many domain owners will try to register .co domain and wait for the buyers, then make big fortunes with these .co domain name.
      Because GoDaddy branded .co as a worldwide domain referring to Company, Community, Commercialism and whatever else starts with co... Oh yeah, Columbia.
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanstreet
    It'll be the next .cc (anyone remember that one?)

    It doesn't matter what an extension means anymore.

    Del.icio.us is a perfect example. Your extension won't make you money, your product will.
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      • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
        Originally Posted by MarkAndrews IMCopywriting View Post

        .co?

        An absolute waste of time registering these.

        Forget it.

        No more need be said.


        Mark Andrews...
        What he said. And a waste of money.

        Well done ICANN for making money from something completely pointless.
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  • Profile picture of the author PCRoger
    Ed Dale chose .co for the new "Challenge" domain - Challenge.co

    Of course he's from down under anyway!

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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Lobley
    Stresses me out a wondering if I should spend the next 12 hours in the adwords keytool and godaddy. If a exact keyword is registered in a .co will it get me good points in Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author BlazeFelton
    With regard to Columbia - It's not just them with their hands on the steering wheel -
    .CO Internet S.A.S. is a new company formed by Arcelandia S.A., a wholly-owned Colombian company, and the U.S. company Neustar, Inc, for the purpose of developing and operating the .CO Internet registry. This new partnership will be responsible for the promotion, administration, and technical operation of the .CO TLD

    It is not just GoDaddy selling the .co - there are a handful of other resellers that are allowed to dispense the TLD (ie 1 and 1)
    As far as them suggesting possible meanings of CO, who cares, the average person has no associations or feelings about the original meaning of "com=commercial"

    I'm still on the fence about this one The issue is entirely "speculative gambling" versus balanced "against he who hesitates is lost"
    Simply not enough data to know.
    For raw data, all we really seem to have is the historical failure of other extensions to live up to their hoopla.

    The big question is this - Will Google give sufficient rank juice to the .co domains.
    Only time will tell.
    Any other thoughts about the Google position?
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  • Profile picture of the author PCRoger
    I don't disagree with anything said, yet it's pretty tough to get a .com with good keywords and stay under 20 letters.

    What else do you suggest they (or IM'ers) do?

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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by PCRoger View Post

      I don't disagree with anything said, yet it's pretty tough to get a .com with good keywords and stay under 20 letters.

      What else do you suggest they (or IM'ers) do?

      PCRoger.
      Doesn't matter much now. The "landrush" is now over. The land has been purchased. You can sit there with your keyword tool all day long and you might discover a few gems, but many are now gone. It only takes a day for domainers using automated tools to grab all the best ones.

      I feel lucky, being on dialup with no automation that I got five great .co domains that will have some really flipping value after I develop them. I stayed up half the night searching and as time got later and later, fewer gems were to be found.

      Doesn't matter what anyone says ... if you were lucky enough to find some of the keyword gems, they'll rank as well as any other domain if you do the right things. As a domain, they will also be as valuable as other extensions.

      From DNSales regarding the latest country code sales
      F Words Fetch $183,000 to Take the Top Two Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart

      Sedo also recorded the week's biggest ccTLD sale - #5 Everest.fr (French country code) at $22,400. The country codes had another very impressive week, piling up eight entries on the all extension leader board (just one less than the nine entries registered by .com domains).


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      NetFleet.com.au posted one of the biggest country code sales, #7 WebsiteDesign.com.au (Australian ccTLD) at $19,360. SnapNames also took part in the ccTLD onslaught with #10 Click.me (country code for Montenegro) at $17,200 and #18 Flights.us (United States country code) at $11,770. The latter name was sold in a Moniker/SnapNames .US Showcase auction that ended last week with over $42,000 in sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author dsprank
    Godaddy is going to hype it up, just like they hype every new extension as the next big thing. That is what they do, it's their business.

    I don't think that it will be any bigger than the .info, .us, or any other new relativly unknown extension. The only thing .co has going for it over the others is that they could take some typo traffic from the .coms.
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    • Profile picture of the author awmi
      Originally Posted by dsprank View Post

      I don't think that it will be any bigger than the .info, .us, or any other new relativly unknown extension. The only thing .co has going for it over the others is that they could take some typo traffic from the .coms.
      I bet .co will be bigger than most of the other odd extensions.

      Consider that some countries are already using .co in their domain names: .co.uk, .co.nz and .co.jp.

      Also consider that if the name of your business is Big Wheel Co. it is almost an easy leap to BigWheel.co

      Most top 500 major companies have already registered a .co name. Overstock.com bought o.co before the names where released to the general public.

      These companies have already registered a .co names: Amazon, American Express, Apple, BMW, Cartier, Canon, CNN, Coca-Cola, Disney, Ebay, Exxon, Facebook, Ford, Google, Hilton, Honda, IBM, IKEA, Kodak, McDonalds, Microsoft, MTV, Nestle, Nike, Nokia, Panasonic, Pfizer, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, Twitter, Unilever, Visa and Yahoo.
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  • Profile picture of the author boynic
    Before we completely bash Godaddy, (when they are completely correct) we should research carefully what is happening.

    Firstly, in February 2010 Colombia launched the .co as its official domain. They sold over 40,000 domains at once. At that time the domain was country specific, (to Colombia)

    The Next Biggy: July 2010 the domain became available as an international extension. Here are some of the reasons why it will be the next big thing

    1)SE Ranking: domain names play a huge role in SERPs. Imagine VISA.com versus visa.co, or sports.com versus sports.co. People will rush to buy great keywords casino, website, affiliate, all in .co
    2)Companies and the Security issue: Easier for Fishers using a .co domain, identity theft, etc, will create a new buying rush from existing .commers
    3)New Name Wars: I now own cnn.co and will sell it for xxxx unless some ICANN lawsuit and arbitration. Just one more reason why CNN will buy cnn.co before I do.
    4)Wont be left out: Just like the .com gold rush no smart webmaster or business man will want to be left behind in the new .co gold rush
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  • Profile picture of the author BlazeFelton
    Most of those companies who have secured .co domains haven't even bothered with re-directs yet - much less developed/mirrored sites.
    It might be telling that Google (by all reports) and Yahoo has secured .co for themselves, but I suspect that they have probably done that for each extension that has come out (as is probably the case for most of these big corporations)
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  • Profile picture of the author Landis
    I just picked up stevepavlina.co and ubergizmo.co ..might develop it for typo traffic. then flippa them
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    • Profile picture of the author AnneRose88
      Originally Posted by mudbutt View Post

      I just picked up stevepavlina.co and ubergizmo.co ..might develop it for typo traffic. then flippa them
      Yeah, .com domains will get typo traffic from .co domains. Not the other way around. No chance in hell.
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  • Profile picture of the author BlazeFelton
    If you type in a search for , say "Amazon.co" then the suggestion tool pops up - "Did you mean Amazon.com"
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by BlazeFelton View Post

      If you type in a search for , say "Amazon.co" then the suggestion tool pops up - "Did you mean Amazon.com"
      I think Google needs more than one day to adjust. No one has built a website on these domains yet ... at least not the public ... maybe some of the private sales have, but all that will change. I bought 5 and plan on developing 4 of them.
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      • Profile picture of the author BlazeFelton
        Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

        I think Google needs more than one day to adjust.
        I was merely pointing out that Google hasn't (and maybe won't) make any accommodations for the new extension. This has been coming for 10 months now.

        Everything is speculation at the moment and this was just food for thought.
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      • Profile picture of the author Vogin
        The only .co I've ever seen is the 30 Day Challenge website challenge.co. I don't hink it'll be very popular, especially with the easy mistakes with .com... (as already someone pointed out).
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  • Profile picture of the author gsuccess
    .co might well be the next big thing, these days it is difficult to get the .com domain names you want - they are all taken, therefore .co makes sence and may prove very popular
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  • Profile picture of the author BH_Winchester
    Any domain name can sell if you capture the right name or brand it correctly I have sold .info domains for more than I have sold for some .com domains for.

    However, this being said never confuse the fact that .com will always be the main TLD, the price will just continue to rise and more and more sales will be private sales as more of the domain names are taken.

    Domain names like .co and .tv are owned by countries who are approached by large companies like GoDaddy and given a percent share in the profit for allowing the domain name to be sold as it has some level of extra marketability. They also jack up the monthly price making your ROI take a hit unless you can turn it around fast

    Yes, a fortune can be made on grabbing names of current .com domains on the .co TLD, however, you should note that .Co has been around the block long enough that all the major names are taken. You need to focus on brand-ability.

    You must also remember that in the case that any official company has registered and trade-marked their name prior to the date that you registered the domain name then the legal standpoint is that the domain name must be surrendered to the company (this holds true in Canada, USA, UK, and EU countries as well as many others - if the DNS, TLD, or Hosting is registered in one of those countries or you live in one of them you will be held to that legal stance).

    The only way to safely make money out of domain sitting, is to purchase domains that a user wants but is not a registered trade-mark or business name OR to have registered a domain name prior to the company trade-marking their name. (This is when you go out looking at investment sites where clients seek investors in new companies - find ones that may take off and sit on their domain name [if they mentioned a company name] prior to them having it registered).

    Basically, what you need to gather from all this in the end is that if anyone tells you that their TLD is the next big TLD or that site-sitting is at its prime because of some new TLD then note that you should precede with as much caution as you do with any other product as .com is here to stay. I'm not saying you can't make money domain sitting - I make around $5,000 - $10,000 a sale on domain sitting that I do as side projects. Yet you need to know what to look for, how to brand it and how not to get in a sticky legal situation.

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    • Profile picture of the author salegurus
      I spent around 4 hours yesterday registering .CO's at Namecheap (best price at the moment) i am now the proud owner of about 50 .CO domains.
      Yes .COM is by far the best but .CO could be a winner and i got in on the ground floor so i got very good generic domains and a bunch of exact match with 20000+ daily's.

      I feel the $1000 investment is reasonable, and who knows i might make ten times what i invested. I took a chance, i know but sometimes you just have to go with your gut.

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      • Profile picture of the author awmi
        Thanks for pointing me to Namecheap. I just bought 4 names from GoDaddy ay $29.99. If only I knew...


        Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

        I spent around 4 hours yesterday registering .CO's at Namecheap (best price at the moment) i am now the proud owner of about 50 .CO domains.
        Yes .COM is by far the best but .CO could be a winner and i got in on the ground floor so i got very good generic domains and a bunch of exact match with 20000+ daily's.

        I feel the $1000 investment is reasonable, and who knows i might make ten times what i invested. I took a chance, i know but sometimes you just have to go with your gut.

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  • Profile picture of the author TPFLegionaire
    I just wanted to point an alternative to .CO domains that I have been using....take a look at .IM domains (cheapest registrar that i know is domainmonster.com at around 8 dollars).
    Lots of great keyword available there and I have been able to rank with some of them.
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    I got shagging.co ......
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    • Profile picture of the author mcmahanusa
      I can't avoid thinking that the potential confusion between .com and .com will keep .co from being the success it otherwise could be.

      On the other hand, if they come out with a .ds extension, I see no confusion and the possible meaning of ds could be very amusing. Of course, .bs would be even more so.
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  • Profile picture of the author Plish
    I really think people have been mislead itt. How on Earth is .co the next big thing? It's .co for COLUMBIA. Just like .us wont rank you well if you're targeting a British audience, neither will .co.

    You guys have got the wrong end of the stick. It's Columbia's top level domain, it's not international at all. Don't waste your money.

    Answer this:

    If .co is going to be hugely successful, why isn't .co.uk or .de? They've been around since day one.
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    • Profile picture of the author Landis
      Originally Posted by Plish View Post

      I really think people have been mislead itt. How on Earth is .co the next big thing? It's .co for COLUMBIA. Just like .us wont rank you well if you're targeting a British audience, neither will .co.

      You guys have got the wrong end of the stick. It's Columbia's top level domain, it's not international at all. Don't waste your money.

      Answer this:

      If .co is going to be hugely successful, why isn't .co.uk or .de? They've been around since day one.
      To most people the word CO is associated with COMPANY. that is why it is different from .co.uk and .de .bs etc. Also, there is some value in typo traffic. Google Kevin Ham, he made over 300million in .cm tld. Would you say .cm are worthless? Kevin Ham would like to disagree..
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      • Profile picture of the author Plish
        Originally Posted by mudbutt View Post

        To most people the word CO is associated with COMPANY. that is why it is different from .co.uk and .de .bs etc. Also, there is some value in typo traffic. Google Kevin Ham, he made over 300million in .cm tld. Would you say .cm are worthless? Kevin Ham would like to disagree..
        So you're implying that .cm was the next big thing?

        I'm sorry, but the next big thing is not typo traffic. That's been present since the dawn of the internet and unless you're as lucky and as skilled as Kevin Ham then you won't be seeing any benefit.

        Occasionally you hear of a success story - Overstock.com Buys O.co Domain Name for $350,000 - Why's this a success? Not because of '.co' but because of the press generated by the sheer volume of money people are willing to spend on a domain name for Columbia.

        Although o.co will definitely strengthen Overstock's brand and give the lazy people (who haven't heard of bookmarking) an easy time typing in the address... It will by no means be the next big thing.

        Contrary to your post, this has more similarities with .bs than some have suggested.

        GoDaddy has scammed a bunch of people by strengthening the association people have with COmpany and not its actual meaning - Columbia.

        Just look at the .tv domain. It's a domain for the island of Tuvalu and not for Television. Yet GoDaddy mentions this in its first bit of info about the domain name. However with .co, they've not mentioned Columbia anywhere. It's suckered in a lot of people.
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        • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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          Originally Posted by Plish View Post

          GoDaddy has scammed a bunch of people by strengthening the association people have with COmpany and not its actual meaning - Columbia.

          Just look at the .tv domain. It's a domain for the island of Tuvalu and not for Television. Yet GoDaddy mentions this in its first bit of info about the domain name. However with .co, they've not mentioned Columbia anywhere. It's suckered in a lot of people.
          It makes absolutely no difference at all what the country code means. What matters is the keyword and search volume. People will make a killing from some of these domains just like many have made a killing from the others.

          The extension .tv is associated with tv in most people's minds and .co is associated with company in most people's minds. But I love all the naysayers ... gives me more chances of getting the domains that I want and making a profit from them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Have you seen this info: Domain Name Wire News Report: Google to Treat .Co as International Domain - The Domain Industry's News Source

    No Official statement - just "they told me..."
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Question is:

    Will Google REALLY treat these as a .com?
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    • Profile picture of the author Plish
      Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

      Question is:

      Will Google REALLY treat these as a .com?
      The answer is no.

      Because it's COlumbia. Just like DEnmark's domain isn't treated like .COM, neither will Columbia's. There is no similarities between the two domains other than they both share the same 2 letters.

      Oh wow, there's a new .PR domain out! It's for Peru but I heard Google are going to treat it as if it was a news site. Please believe me, I want more people reading my blog.

      This is getting out of hand now guys. Can everyone calm down. Chances of .co being seen as .com in Google's eyes are about zilch. But I'm happy to wait and see.
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      • Profile picture of the author keadams26
        Originally Posted by Plish View Post

        The answer is no.

        Because it's COlumbia. Just like DEnmark's domain isn't treated like .COM, neither will Columbia's.
        For everyone that is so insistent that they know how google will treat this extension, why is .co.uk not targeted for UK AND Columbia? Surely they would since .co is specific for columbia and it isn't possible for google to treat as international extension???? Derrr.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Well, I love to hear what Google OFFICIALLY has to say on this:

    While the .co domain is still assigned to Colombia at the moment, a Google spokesperson said that would soon change. “We will rank .co domains appropriately if the content is globally targeted. Webmasters will soon have the functionality to be able to specify this by using the geotargeting options in Google Webmaster Tools.”
    Until Google confirms this info, this looks just a marketing move.

    A sad one.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

      Well, I love to hear what Google OFFICIALLY has to say on this:

      Until Google confirms this info, this looks just a marketing move.

      A sad one.

      Full article here:
      Google approves .co domain for international use | News | PC Pro

      Nothing unusual about Google treating a country code generically. They now rank .me and .tv generically rather than geographically.
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      • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
        Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

        Full article here:
        Google approves .co domain for international use | News | PC Pro

        Nothing unusual about Google treating a country code generically. They now rank .me and .tv generically rather than geographically.
        Yep.

        But what amazes me is how someone writes a article quoting Google without a quote, you know?

        Who said what? When? It was a official statement?

        I really don't understand how everybody is trusting this *info* when the most basic information is not provided:

        Who talked from Google
        When did the conversation happened
        What was said

        Until a confirmation or rebuttal from Google (I expect it next couple days) I don't trust this information.

        Not saying they are wrong, but quote someone without really quoting them in this subject that involves millions of dollars in new domain names, looks weird.

        Just my 2 cents.
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        • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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          Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

          Yep.

          But what amazes me is how someone writes a article quoting Google without a quote, you know?
          They used quotes and said a Google spokesperson. Nothing unusual about that, but just about everything discussed on WF ends up being the usual conspiracy theory.

          lol ... makes no difference to me. I've got some excellent domains for development now, plus two one-word dictionary domains that are outstanding.
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          • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
            Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

            They used quotes and said a Google spokesperson. Nothing unusual about that, but just about everything discussed on WF ends up being the usual conspiracy theory.
            Sure, and Santa Claus is coming this summer to bring ice creams to to the poor kids.

            :rolleyes:

            You keep on missing on critical point:

            After that "Google spokesperson"*quote* being posted and went viral, everybody and their neighbor started buying thousands and thousands of available keyword rich .CO domain names, expecting them to rank high as a .com or a .net.

            I can only imagine the .CO domain names sales went to the roof AFTER that "Google spokesperson"*quote*.

            Conspiracy or not, Google's name is involved in the biggest recent sale of domain names worldwide.

            That's the truth.

            If (a big IF) someone used Google's name (brand, credibility) to boost sales... expect a lawsuit bigger then the cosmos.

            MY 2 cents.
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            • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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              Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

              You keep on missing on critical point:

              After that "Google spokesperson"*quote* being posted and went viral, everybody and their neighbor started buying thousands and thousands of available keyword rich .CO domain names, expecting them to rank high as a .com or a .net.
              You keep missing a critical point. That post was posted on 22 Jul 2010 at 12:45. .Co just opened to the public, but as in all new extensions, registration begins a considerable time before the public can register.

              There's been a Sunrise phase for trademark owners and a landrush phase, both prior to the posting of that article, and there's been very heavy purchasing prior to them being available to the general public. In fact, most of the great domains are purchased during that time.

              It isn't the extension of a domain that ranks a domain. It's the SEO, keywords, and other Google algo factors.
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              • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
                Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

                You keep missing a critical point. That post was posted on 22 Jul 2010 at 12:45. .Co just opened to the public, but as in all new extensions, registration begins a considerable time before the public can register.

                There's been a Sunrise phase for trademark owners and a landrush phase, both prior to the posting of that article, and there's been very heavy purchasing prior to them being available to the general public. In fact, most of the great domains are purchased during that time.

                It isn't the extension of a domain that ranks a domain. It's the SEO, keywords, and other Google algo factors.


                Let's go back to the facts again:

                A "Google spokesperson" was *quoted* yesterday saying they would treat .CO's just like .COM's (globally speaking and ranking wise).

                People rushed (and still do) to buy them, lot's of them, cause they believe:

                a) These .CO domain names will rank globally - not just for Colombia
                b) These .CO domain names have some good keywords available
                c) These .CO domain names have great potential for flipping

                Now, you keep on telling us that, the "Google spokesperson" *quote* has nothing to do with this "run for gold" from everybody?
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              • Profile picture of the author awmi
                Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

                It isn't the extension of a domain that ranks a domain. It's the SEO, keywords, and other Google algo factors.
                AMEN!

                .com is king but some other TLDs have done well and will continue to do well. That is why some companies are willing to pay thousands for other key TLDs:

                Poker.org - $1,000,000 2/23/10
                Credit.fr - $851,875 1/12/10
                Poker.ca - $400,000 7/21/10
                Software.de - $303,182 5/4/10
                Join.me - $45,000 5/26/10
                OnlineCasino.se - $32,000 3/31/10
                PromoCodes.co.uk - $30,500 6/16/10
                Call.me - $26,800 4/7/10
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                • Profile picture of the author Plish
                  Originally Posted by awmi View Post

                  AMEN!

                  .com is king but some other TLDs have done well and will continue to do well. That is why some companies are willing to pay thousands for other key TLDs:

                  Poker.org - $1,000,000 2/23/10
                  Credit.fr - $851,875 1/12/10
                  Poker.ca - $400,000 7/21/10
                  Software.de - $303,182 5/4/10
                  Join.me - $45,000 5/26/10
                  OnlineCasino.se - $32,000 3/31/10
                  PromoCodes.co.uk - $30,500 6/16/10
                  Call.me - $26,800 4/7/10
                  .com is king. Sbucci, if anything geographic TLDs are one of the first things to look at if you want to SEO successfully. I can see an argument for .org/.net/.com all ranking similarly but geographical TLDs are a whole different game, mate. This is pretty basic stuff!

                  I'm utterly fascinated that people think .co is the next big thing. I truly am.
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  • Profile picture of the author costera
    .co means Colombia ???

    Godaddy, I hate you.
    Selling these DN as "company" is PURE SCAM .

    Nevermore with Godaddy.
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    • Profile picture of the author Plish
      Originally Posted by costera View Post

      .co means Colombia ???

      Godaddy, I hate you.
      Selling these DN as "company" is PURE SCAM .

      Nevermore with Godaddy.
      I'm totally with you on that. I'm also amazed there hasn't been more of an outcry.

      This post I read pretty much sums it up:

      .CO stands for Columbany | JMac Marketing
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
    .CO is worthless, and it always will be since there is nothing left for domainers to register that might bring a return since the people responsible for bringing it about bribed the countries ministers for first shot at all registrations.

    With no chance of a REAL land rush whats the point?

    What ICANN needs to do, which they are clearly incapable of setting up correctly is making a time for TM holders to get their domains and only their domains, and then opening up EVERYTHING to everyone.

    And that means Insurance, poker, healthcare and all the rest of the elite domains can be grabbed on a first come first served basis, not a first come first bribe.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sparhawke
    But thats my point Plish, they should not have been handed to anyone before the extension was opened, as what is now left is the scraps basically.

    In order to set up a land rush you have to start everyone at the same point. Not simply allow someone to bribe their way to taking everything of worth and leave people with virtual desert.

    Yes, there are good terms left, there is no denying that but what of the major keywords that would attract everyone in these formative years?

    People are not going to pay $20 for InternetMarketingColombia.co because lets face facts here, it is a bloody awful domain name with no intrinsic value on its own.

    On the other hand, if it was possible to get something like Flights.co or some other similar domain name then I and every one else in the world would be willing to have a punt on it, and that is what would give it half a chance of success...rather than what ICANN has done which is kicked the baby to death in their complete irresponsible handling of this.

    By the way, have you actually checked what has been taken? Because I have and it is not a "bunch" of domains, but virtually every single word that has half a chance of being a premium with the exception of a couple.

    Lets think of it this way:

    It is Christmas, and all night you have been sitting in the cold with a bunch of other people to get in the store first to grab your son the stupid plastic GI Joe with swivel eyes that says "Urrghk!" in 5 different languages.

    How pissed off would you be if the manager brought all his friends, family and people who had paid him off to let them in round the back before opening the store to the legitimate customers after everything of value is gone?

    However you cut it, it is wrong.
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    • Profile picture of the author Plish
      Originally Posted by Sparhawke View Post

      By the way, have you actually checked what has been taken? Because I have and it is not a "bunch" of domains, but virtually every single word that has half a chance of being a premium with the exception of a couple.
      I think you need to remember why premium is called premium. Not everyone can have a premium domain. Someone ITT got CNN.co. There will have been plenty of Joe Public who got hold of some premium domains. It just sounds like you're bitter that you didn't.

      I'll tell you this, when .CO was made available to the public, there were more premium domains than there were available on .COM. And no doubt there were thousands of good to premium ones available. If you didn't get one, tough bananas. It's not ICANN's fault.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by Sparhawke View Post

      But thats my point Plish, they should not have been handed to anyone before the extension was opened, as what is now left is the scraps basically.

      In order to set up a land rush you have to start everyone at the same point. Not simply allow someone to bribe their way to taking everything of worth and leave people with virtual desert.

      Yes, there are good terms left, there is no denying that but what of the major keywords that would attract everyone in these formative years?

      On the other hand, if it was possible to get something like Flights.co or some other similar domain name then I and every one else in the world would be willing to have a punt on it, and that is what would give it half a chance of success...rather than what ICANN has done which is kicked the baby to death in their complete irresponsible handling of this.

      By the way, have you actually checked what has been taken? Because I have and it is not a "bunch" of domains, but virtually every single word that has half a chance of being a premium with the exception of a couple.
      Funny ... while everyone is sitting on their butts arguing about what is left and what is not, I have registered two one word premium domains and will register more of them and have registered 5 others that are incredible in terms of their marketability after I develop them.

      As for your argument that no one should have been handed the domains before it was open to the public ... no one was.

      The landrush was open to anyone. If two or more people wanted the domain during the landrush, it went to auction and the highest bidder won it. What exactly is unfair about that? As for the Sunrise phase to protect trademarks, you see something unfair about that too?

      As for the chance to get cars.com or flights.com ... Colombia has the right to reserve out some premium domains and they have done so. In the next couple of years or so, those domains will go to auction. They are their domains and no one has the right to tell them that they can't reserve them and sell them.

      There are plenty of others left ... I find them every day. But sit around here and argue about it and make excuses as to why .co sucks, and you lose. Makes no difference to me. The more that stay away from the extension, the more great domains I find for myself.

      But it is work ... to find my premiums, I spent 3 days on dialup typing in words that have great commercial value until I found them and scooped them up. If you think you can just go to Godaddy and type in cars, flights, sex, money, etc. and luck out, you're mistaken and wasting your time.
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  • Profile picture of the author JDArchitecture
    I'm surprised that no one has mentioned .biz.
    It's an, independent, business-related TLD and what's it done?

    I don't believe that the association to Colombia matters, and Google can "flip a switch" at any time, but if .biz hasn't taken off, I don't see .co doing any better.

    Virtually everyone is used to typing 3-letter extensions. If you have a .co and it's not accessed via search, odds are that anyone remembering the name will automatically type .com and never see you.
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  • Profile picture of the author tamiro1992
    i dont think it will end up being successful or anything. i think everyone will just buy the .co versions of their sites and that's it. plus it will ruin it if people buy it from a comapny who owns the .com version of the site so i dont know. i dont really like this tbh
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  • Profile picture of the author Jaguar-TI
    I would like to add some facts to this thread that have been misunderstood, neglected or ignored completely.

    1. There is no country named Columbia, the south american country with the international designation .co is for Colombia.

    2. The reason why there are extensions such as .co.uk or is very simple:

    When the international community discussed the possibilities of each country (or nation, such as the .UK rather than .eng) having there own extension, it let them at to there own experts to decide which system to use.

    At the time, and currently this is possible, there where 2 distinct systems:

    System A: allowed for a 3 letter extension i.e. .com commerce, .edu education

    System B: allowd for a 2 letter extension

    Since the international consensus was 2 letters unique per country, each government chose their own: .cn for china instead of ch as an example.

    But once this was chosen, within each country the A or B system had to be chosen.

    Therefore some countries went with A others with B. For the reasons behind this you must the elected officials of each nation for the answers.

    So to this is an example to which I'm very conscious of how this works:

    Costa Rica, my country has for extension its logical abbreviation .CR, so since all this is decided without the intervention of google's algorithm it goes like this:

    government sites are yyyyy.go.cr
    commerce sites are yyyyy.co.cr
    health sites are yyyyy.sa.cr salud is the word in spanish for health
    organizations yyyyy.or.cr
    financial yyyyy.fi.cr

    and so on.


    That is way there are yyyyy.co.uk domains, instead of yyyyyy.com.uk domains.


    3. All this being said and before continuing on what turn out to be a very long post, there is something very important that you must remember:

    Very few people are smart and PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS. In the general manner to subjects or fields of which they have no expertise. I'm not saying this to insult anyone but chainsaws come with big warnings in red circles advising not to put your hand on the saw if its turned on :confused:.

    4. The .tv extension for the companies that produced audiovisual content was a clever marketing solution. The small pacific island allowed their digital real state (down to it that what domains are, we all have digital landlords), to be auctioned or sold to the best bidders. In doing so, they generated income for their citizens with an asset that otherwise would had gone to waste.

    This was possible and economically viable for one reason only: before video streaming, youtube and the rest of the video hosting sites, there was no need for audiovisual playback. Therefore cnn.com was satisfied of providing online text and images and I suppose audio content.

    But technology + market demand + profit motive = the very few smart people accommodating or creation solutions to make money.

    Trust me, there would not be a yaro.tv without youtube.com

    However, it took the above mentioned requisites plus the international community of webmasters + private companys + ICCAN, to agree to execute this. I bet the amount of e-mails containing .tv in there headers between some very big names was huge.

    So now in mid 2010, there is the .co debate.

    5. Before getting into this, there was a post that was neglected.

    Intellectual property is regarded as one of the most valuable commodities of our new millennium. A single check sign in your clothes, could be worth millions if worn on a golfers shirt and baseball cap when he wins the PGA tour (Nike - Tiger Woods). This protected IP has many presentations, being the most important, visual logos with or without words (shell's red and yellow oyster), brand or products of said brands names (Nabisco and Oreos) short audible notes (intel's way of ending their commercials), slogans ("eat right" of subway) and others.

    Due to commercial agreements between countries, it was resolved that if you have an internationally known brand which has access to your local or global market via off or online and they have secured their primary domain under a different extension, they can force you to surrender your domain in favor of their brand. Prior to a form of compensation.

    All this has happened in the past and will continue to do so. Search the web and you will find many references.

    So for example if you went right now and purchased adidas.co, because you want them to eventually sell it to them and meanwhile start the site All Day I Dream About Sex it's acronym being A.D.I.D.A.S.co (I'm using this example because of the popular rock band korn and its single by the same name), you could receive a cease and desist order from some fancy lawyer in representation of the sneaker and clothing company.

    The law is in favor of the previous established brand rather than the new site.

    However, this isn't automatic, is viable for dispute in a court of law or international arbitration and there is a slim chance that you could win or the company would simply not be interested in your .co domain.

    6. For any of this to matter to us as IM business people I must refer you to points 3 and 4 mentioned above:

    people are idiots and there would be a need to galvanize many players, resources and tech related issues in order of this to be a matter of consequence.

    Mainly:

    Big business off line (they rule the world so ...) + tech providers online (top used search engines) + mass media (to bring the new .co to the masses) + domain buyers and users (secondary market demand) + availability of the new resource ( from my understanding a private company and the government of Colombia have a agreed to try a .tv style revenue stream) + the international organizations that command, supervise and regulate the policies regarding the matter in question.

    All this can and only would be a big boom or a footnote in online history due solely and purely on the continued and always present IDIOTIC NATURE OF HUMANITY.

    Again not to insult people by this statement, but this is the true PRIMARY MARKET.

    The reasons why .ws and .cc that have been tried to be the .com of the future have failed not because a grammatical, marketing, conspiracy theory, etc, etc, but because the invisible hand postulated in the principles of capitalism by the sole resource of their one and only say in the matter voted no.

    In the end, snake oil at $1 the gallon that cures all diseases, makes you attractive, successful and wealthy, can make millions in a .com .co .af .cc, or whatever, if the people go to the site to look for that cheap product that they want and the domain is built to be the worldwide supplier of miracle "XYZ".

    So in conclusion, if you buy a .co do so under the assumption of any other investment, which is (price + expected value) / risk = amount to be invested.

    Hope this helps,

    Varcone
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    I have found a good deal of nice names myself sbucciarel, that is not the issue and never was.

    The point I am making here is that with so many of the great domains taken out before anyone has a chance like computer.co which has no trademark next to no one will bother, Colombia are asking people to invest in their extension and they have taken away the one asset that would bring people in their droves.

    To me that is self-defeating and irresponsible, do they want a successful and strong country code of their own like .uk or .de or do they simply want to prematurely kill it off?

    Now, there are about 45M people in Colombia and 17M internet users, and I am guessing a good deal of these do not have access to their own computers, let alone their own websites. This means they do need outside investment in order to get it recognised enough to bring prices down.

    Or do they simply want to set it back 20 years because no one ever came in great enough numbers initially to make it worthwhile later in life?
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by Sparhawke View Post

      I have found a good deal of nice names myself sbucciarel, that is not the issue and never was.

      The point I am making here is that with so many of the great domains taken out before anyone has a chance like computer.co which has no trademark next to no one will bother, Colombia are asking people to invest in their extension and they have taken away the one asset that would bring people in their droves.

      To me that is self-defeating and irresponsible, do they want a successful and strong country code of their own like .uk or .de or do they simply want to prematurely kill it off?

      Now, there are about 45M people in Colombia and 17M internet users, and I am guessing a good deal of these do not have access to their own computers, let alone their own websites. This means they do need outside investment in order to get it recognised enough to bring prices down.

      Or do they simply want to set it back 20 years because no one ever came in great enough numbers initially to make it worthwhile later in life?
      You can look at it that way if you want to, but the way I look at it is no one is ever going to register computers.ANYTHING for reg fee. Rather than complain about opportunities that don't exist and will never exist, I'd rather concentrate on opportunities that do exist.

      So, I'm not going to make $5M in one fell swoop on a domain like computers.com but I am going to make thousands in profit on domains that I can register for reg fee and develop a great site on. I will make it either from the site or from flipping the site, but the domain will be a key factor in the price. Also, I do have a couple that I could probably sell as is without developing for a nice profit.

      If you take a look at Sedo auctions and see the big sums of money that people are bidding on some really off the wall domains, you will see that you don't really need to have computers.com to make money. There are words that I never knew the meaning of that get bids in the hundred thousands and it's gems like those that I am looking for.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    This is pretty timely article

    Pair of ccTLDs Sell for $750,000 to Help Non .Com Domains Take More Entries Than .Coms on Our Top 20 Chart for the 2nd Week in a Row

    Pair of ccTLDs Sell for $750,000 to Help Non .Com Domains Take More Entries Than .Coms on Our Top 20 Chart for the 2nd Week in a Row

    This was a very unusual week in the domain aftermarket. For the first time since we started tracking domain sales seven years ago, there are more non .com domains on our weekly all-extension Top 20 Sales Chart than .coms for the second consecutive week. Last week non .com's outnumbered .coms 11-9. The score was the same this week (in both cases the non .com contingent included eight ccTLDs and three non .com gTLDs).

    The rise of ccTLDs in recent years has made this anomaly possible. The question is will this remain an anomaly or will it become a fairly common occurrence? This week's ccTLD charge was led by a pair of country code domains that sold for a stunning total of $750,000 to top our latest leader board.
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  • Profile picture of the author ashishthakkar
    Until Google confirms this info, this looks just a marketing move.

    A sad one.
    To fernando and everyone else : I do not have proof from a person at Google.com but i actually have proof from the search engine.

    Jimmy Thakkar blog OMG ! .CO ranks higher than .COM

    Sure it is not a competitive or anything but it is a search term and i see a .co ranking higher than .com

    For whatever reason seo or non seo it makes me happy seeing a new tld ranking higher than the .com !


    regards,
    Ashish Thakkar
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    • Profile picture of the author Plish
      I looked at the first picture and didn't look further.

      "Likey - Me Likey. Do you?" Is a better title tag than "Likey.com - Beta" when ranking for the search term "likey". So immediately I see that this is a totally unfair comparison. No doubt there are a bunch of other things that are different.

      .co is just like any other TLD. GoDaddy will try and tell you otherwise though, and that's because they have a motive to do so. I also see that you have a motive to spread false sensationalised info too.
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  • Profile picture of the author ashishthakkar
    "Likey - Me Likey. Do you?" Is a better title tag than "Likey.com - Beta" when ranking for the search term "likey". So immediately I see that this is a totally unfair comparison.
    Oh the title tag. Hmmm that is really unfair. What was i thinking.
    That is exactly and the only thing search engines are looking for.
    Thanks for the great idea. i am about to go and register warrior-forum.co
    My next step would be to go and keep the title of that website as "me like warrior forum, do you like warriorforum?" and i am sure i will get the top ranking in 20 days or less.

    Sorry for writing like that but am not trying to prove .co is the new hero or something like that. Just wish to show .co CAN beat .com and that is all.

    wow this is the third forum i am writing this stuff.
    and i am not even a columbian or inventor of .co :p

    .co is just like any other TLD.
    Thank you !
    and that is what i am trying to say.
    So we both are now on the same page.
    People have been trying to say its just a cctld and wont rank on google.com it will just rank in columbia.

    GoDaddy will try and tell you otherwise though, and that's because they have a motive to do so. I also see that you have a motive to spread false sensationalised info too.
    I dont care much about godaddy and yes everybody has a motive. godaddy is in this business for money and not to make friends or for charity and same with me.
    False?
    I showed you a screenshot and proof. What more do you want.
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    • Profile picture of the author Plish
      Sorry if I came across quite brash Ashish. I just think the hype generated about .CO is totally misleading. So we agree that .CO are like any other TLD, and yes they can rank higher than .COM. It is also very likely that .CO domains will rank better on Google.com.co.

      To say that .CO is anything but a standard TLD is, at the moment, entirely unfounded.
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by Plish View Post

        Sorry if I came across quite brash Ashish. I just think the hype generated about .CO is totally misleading. So we agree that .CO are like any other TLD, and yes they can rank higher than .COM. It is also very likely that .CO domains will rank better on Google.com.co.

        To say that .CO is anything but a standard TLD is, at the moment, entirely unfounded.
        I just got a .co to rank on Google USA on page one, so it's just like any other domain ... do the work and they will rank.
        Ok ... there's a little back story to this. My father is a well known National Rifle Match shooter and gunsmith of the M1/M1a/AR15 match rifles. His name is thrown around in many of the shooting forums. He's old now ... quite old.

        In 2008 I built him a site at m1-m1a-ar15 dot com. I then helped him get an ebook on M1 accuracy jobs done and it is a good selling ebook. He's well respected in this area of expertise.

        Unfortunately, the first person who built a site on that domain for him was a "friend" of his who really just wanted to associate his name with my father's for the traffic and recognition. I took the site over and rebuilt it and got rid of that squatter. But ... he is the one that had registered the domain name and he never turned it over to me. He let it expire. I did my best to try to get it back, but someone purchased it to capitalize off my Dad's traffic. He even checked Google cache and structured his site exactly as my father's site was structured. What an ass.

        So ...I purchased http://gunsmithing.co and rebuilt the site on it. I also built him a blog with his exact name. But when I went to Google and typed in my father's name, the original domain was in first place.

        So, first I went into Google webmaster tools and listed the site and changed the settings to target US, so this new .co domain is associated with Google US. Then I went to all the pages that I had built backlinks and to the forums that talk about my Dad and informed them of the new url.

        That was enough to get my Dad's new site on the first page of Google and along with that, his traffic is back at full speed. In addition, as an added benefit, the blog now ranks #1 for his name. With a little more work, I'm sure I can get the .co farther up on the Google page for m1-m1a-ar15 dot com typed into Google. A lot of his customers know that domain by heart and spread it around.

        So ... if you've invested in .co domains, you can most certainly rank in Google with them if you do the same things you would do with any other domain.

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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Google Enables Geographical Targeting For .Co Domains

    It's entirely up to the site owner and how well they do their SEO as to how these will rank. They are not at any disadvantage to rank.

    Google Enables Geographical Targeting For .Co Domains | Kikabink News - Internet Marketing News
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