Shouldn’t Registrars At Least Mention That .Co Is The Country Code For Colombia?
I know .CO has done a great job of branding itself as something other than a country code, along the lines of .Me.
Nothing wrong with that at all.
Brilliant effective marketing.
But I couldn’t help but notice that the major registrars promoting .CO domains don’t even mention that .Co is a ccTLD, or more precisely the country code for Colombia.
Here is what Godaddy.com, has to say about .CO:
“Co Is the first truly global, recognizable domain to come along in years”
“Understood around the world as an abbreviation for “Company,” “Corporation” and “Commerce”, .CO is easy to recognize, simple to remember and flexible to use. It offers international recognition in a fresh landscape where you can still choose the name you want, not just settle for what’s available.”"
“.CO is meaningful, memorable and intuitive for people around the world”
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Ok no problem with any of that but nowhere on Godaddy.com page promoting .CO do I see any mention of what .CO truly is which is a country code for Colombia.
Domainers are quite familiar with Domains, TLD’s, ccTLD’s but the general public, well they are pretty much completely ignorant on these matters.
I think some mention of what the domain extension actually is should be disclosed to the non-domainers who might be acquiring these domains.
I can see where a end user would register a .Co domain not knowing what is represented and down the line be upset he didn’t get that very basic information told to him.
I think its a legal problem waiting in the wings.
Network Solutions.com page on .CO domains likewise doesn’t say a word about .CO begin a country code:
“”It’s the beginning of the .CO era!
::Find the domain name you’re looking for when you use the newest domain extension. With a .CO domain name you will have more choices in branding your online presence with a truly global, recognizable and credible option for a Web address.
“”With a .CO, the possibilities are endless and new opportunities arise. Associated with the words “COmpany,” “COrporation” and “COmmerce,” it’s the perfect platform for today’s socially networked individuals and entrepreneurs to create .COmmunities, share .COntent, and to .COnnect, .COmmunicate and .COllaborate online.
What will you create with your .CO?
The Key Benefits of .CO
- .CO is a truly global, recognizable and credible domain.
- .CO gives businesses and brands the chance to create a worldwide footprint.
- .CO is relevant to individuals, businesses and organizations.
- .CO is meaningful, memorable and intuitive to use for people around the world.
- .CO appeals to today’s socially-networked individuals and entrepreneurs.”"
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@Duane – You make some valid points that need to be taken into consideration.
“Germany is jumping all over the new .Co ! This did not happen with .mobi , .me or other newcomers.”
@Duane – I haven’t been to Germany in the last year or so and correct me if I’m wrong, but .de is by far the most popular domain extension there, and .com being a weak weak 2nd choice. How are end-users or companies going to promote the .Co when a lot of german people never touched a .com? I only see more confusion between .com and .co typos or vice versa.
“The registrants are not just domain speculators, because there are many longtail and hyphenated names being registerd. This clearly means that A.) There are development projects on plan B.) Google will not be able to ignore relevant content eventhough on a .CO with German language and C.) If this keeps up, Google will have to push the. CO as a Global TLD in there search.”
@Duane – That’s all good and I hope you’re right BUT just because some people buy long, hyphenated .CO domains it’s not a given that they’re going to be developed. A lot of speculators pick up high volume search keywords (similar to the ones you used in your examples), park the domains and play the sit&wait game. If they make $$$ they’re a keeper, if they don’t they’ll be dropped in a year from now.
Google already allows .Co domains to be geotargeted, that’s probably as far as it will ever go.
“Take in consideration these domain names have all different owners! So clearly a sign of high acceptance of the new .CO .”
@Duane – Like I said earlier, taken into consideration that your examples are very popular keywords in germany, I can’t help but think that someone bought these to speculate on typos or earn some quick cash on the flip. I could be wrong but I have a very odd dejavu feeling about this.
@Duane – If you look at the whois of RechtsschutzVersicherung.co you’ll find that the owner is “Michael Schmid” who happens to be associated with 963 other domains. It could be a long term investment, but I’m thinking he has other plans.
“At last take also in consideration that each domain registerd at German registrars are running 48 Euro each, at today’s exchange rate thats about $ 60 each!”
@Duane – Price is not an issue for bigtime domainers or big companies. $60 is pocket change but it makes me wonder why they pay $60 when they can get the same domain for $28 at name.com etc etc.
I don’t want to burst your bubble and I hope you’re right but I have a hard time seeing the end of the light in the .Co tunnel based on your arguments.
Really good post, i’m amazed at all the excitement around all these ‘new’ codes that come out like .co and .me. I’m even slightly dubious about .eu…
I don’t think divulging .co as the official cctld of Colombia is particularly a necessity. The domain has been rebranded & marketed like .tv and .me to mean something else. If the extension was somehow in jeopardy of being taken away by Colombia, then whatever risk of that which existed would need to be divulged.
Mr. T,
Having lived in Germany for 5 years, I can tell you there are A LOT of smart investors there, internationally savve, and if they picked up a lot of .co’s it means they invested for an international venture or to find buyers outside of Germany in general. .co is an international commodity, much like .com has been. If the German businesses invested, I’m sure they invested wisely, in most cases.
Who in here will develop a .co premium keyword in english ?
actually who in the entire planet?
and then advertise the site in Old Media…
What company/corporation would be stupid enough to do that?
and then advertise the site in Old Media…
del.icio .us anyone?
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As far as “Google” treating it as a tld…
aaaandddd?
How does that has helped .tv ?
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“.CO is meaningful, memorable and intuitive for people around the world”
“ .CO is relevant to individuals, 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
With industry-leading technology, enhanced security and unprecedented rights protection mechanisms – .CO is poised to become the world’s next premier web address”
Did you mean .COM?
The new 20 year old ‘ standard for all of the above.
Pleeeease.
GD and BP would do/say anything in the name of a dollar.
Max
You nailed the issue on the head.
The problem is that IF as you say:
“The extension was somehow in jeopardy of being taken away by Colombia, then whatever risk of that which existed would need to be divulged”
No Then its too late.
That’s when the lawsuits start to fly.
Because they didn’t disclose it ahead of time.
Why do you think the drug companies spend 30 seconds of a 60 second TV commercial telling you ever possible side effect of their drug, because they are being nice?
No Its because they are covering their ass.
You take Viagra and get an erection that doesn’t go down until you go to the hospital to get a shot to take the blood flow away, you can’t sue them, they told you it could happen.
So your point is you can’t disclose after the problem you have to disclose before the problem.
Of course there will probably never be such a problem with .CO but that should be every customer choice to assess.
The fact that Colombia is running .CO registry could become relevant. I think with a country with their track record, a valid question could be raised regarding their ability to run the registry in a fair and honest manner.
More than likely nothing will happen, but companies that don’t disclose this information ahead of time could be helped liable if something does happen.
Brad
Brad,
What kind of track record are we talking about here? You make it sound like Colombia is a country that is different than others. I would such that we all pull our own weeds first.
I think all extensions, no exceptions, should have to reveal their extension. Or none. It’s problematic to handpick domain extension origins to be revealed based on suspicion.
Em John,
Are you serious? The history of corruption in Colombia is legendary. I don’t think it is a coincidence they are intentionally leaving out the fact that it is the official ccTLD of Colombia in all advertising.
Even if you go to the official sites any actual references to Colombia are very rare.
People should be able to understand what they are actually buying. Then let the chips fall where they may.
Brad
Funny, how many people get things wrong. Real Estate turned out to be a failure for 95% of investors and some made billions on it. Very few sharp ones made money both ways. On the way up and down.
The fact people post here one way or the other makes this TLD a success without a doubt. It will probably never be as big as .COM, but it will put downward pressure on all existing domains. Actually every new .something will bring prices down. Pure free market and positive for internet. Cheaper prices mean more internet.
.COM is also a ccTLD as it falls under US Jurisdiction no different than .CO at all (legally). Both can be turned off by a single country. The difference lies in the way both nations treated private property historically. US (no matter how strong the socialistic forces are) has a very good record in this regard believe it or not. That is a big plus for .COM, but I do not think it’s an issues as countries are not stupid. They follow the money and mostly make rational decisions (China does not apply here as their record was/is/will be damaged when it comes to private ownership. Ask Margaret Thatcher.
I personally prefer .co over .com and they made a mistake, by not going with .co in the beginning and making it global.
So to sum it all up and answer your question. No, the registrars should not mention that .Co is the country code for Colombia as there is no legal obligation at all. Following this path one would have to mention .COM is US and US related risk applies. No one forces anyone to buy .CO domains.
You people need to realize you are not sheep and you have your own brain. No need for regulations/warnings and etc.
@NotSocialist
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I personally prefer .co over .com and they made a mistake, by not going with .co in the beginning and making it global.
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Most loses in this world come from trying to change the rules – so someone can find or create their niche – rather than simply playing by them and making even more dough.
Good God Friend – sorry
“Are you serious? The history of corruption in Colombia is legendary. I don’t think it is a coincidence they are intentionally leaving out the fact that it is the official ccTLD of Colombia in all advertising.”
True, Colombia is pretty much world famous for 3 other words starting in Co:
1) Cocaine
2) Coffee
3) Corruption
I can’t see .co making number 4 on the list anytime soon never mind number 1
How stable will .co be if they go to war ?
25 July 2010 – Venezuela head threatens US oil cut over Colombia row
Mr Chavez said he had received intelligence that “the possibility of armed aggression against Venezuela from Colombia was higher than it had ever been”.
“If there was any attack on Venezuela from Colombian territory or from anywhere else, promoted by the Yankee empire, we would suspend oil shipments to the US, even if we have to eat stones,” he said.
“We would not send one more drop to US refineries.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10757064
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So when reserving a “.co” – indirectly you are supporting a country that is involved in Cocaine, the Coffee they pack the Cocaine in and Corruption.
Does this mean Overstock promotes all this – wow that is bad press for the “O.co” bill of goods they were sold – I do not knowif I want to buy them anymore.
Setting all this asside. Can’t they just come up with another “.co” that is not from Columbia – oops i mean another replacement for “.com” that is not from Columbia – you know what I mean – the next non.com that will replace the current “.com” – I mean “.co” – I mean.. I mean… I mean
Brad,
Have you ever met Colombian people or done business with them? I have and so I don’t know what you are talking about in terms of .co and the company behind it. What sweeping generalizations people make! So what you are basing your opinion on is a small fraction of this country. Are you saying that there is no legitimate business in Colombia? Give me a break. How about search your own country for incidences of corruption.? You might find “just” a few. Hah! It’s easy to pick on something when it’s from your computer desk. Let me know what your own direct experience is.
Em John,
All I said is the history of corruption in Colombia is legendary. It is true. If you are going to try to dispute that be my guest.
Otherwise you can quit trying to put words in my mouth.
Brad
Brad,
I think its quite clear when someone says something is “legendary”. No need to put words in the mouth. I think every country has their “legendary” dark shadows of business. Is your country exempt? Still, what is your own experience with Colombia? Sweeping generalizations are always really myopic, in any case.
What I don’t get about domainers is: if the domain is so valuable, why not post a couple paragraphs of original content on it? Any domain extension can make it onto Google, if it actually contains some original content, not copy and paste from Wikipedia.
If you type it:
Justin ==> Justin.tv is no. 1
GuruBob ==> GuruBob.co is no. 3.
acronym ==> Acronym.de is no. 5.
Ed Dale ==> EdDale.co is no. 11.
Noone has to regret owning .co ==> just create meaningful content on the ones you deem valuable, and it will take its place on Google!
GuruBob.co & EdDale.co are both wordpress blogs in English, so that says something positive that .co is indexed in Google for English keywords!
What if Colombia has changed the rules of .CO in future ?
I think ccTLD should not be internationalized , because these TLDs
a very good way to know the address of a companies . CCTLDs also
are good for international companies to ” localize ” there business
for example msn.co should be for MSN in Colombia .
.co is not run by Colombians. It’s run by Neustar.
This sort of thing is nothing new, i.e. entrepreneurs capitalising on cctlds of countries where the inet is less a focus than in entrepreneur’s own country.
What seems different here, perhaps, is that the “entrepreneur” is more organised (not simply one or a few enterprising individuals as has been the case in the past) and has more capital reserves. As such, they (Neustar) have made substantial effort to minimise potential liabilities. Interestingly, a well-known consulting firm is now getting a piece of the domainer pie. See the .co PR documents for details.
I imagine those persons who persist in opposing the actions of “domainers” might in time feel foolish, as the revenues continue to shift toward larger, more public-facing enterprises. Perhaps some day their own employer will have a department or at least a budget item solely devoted to “domains”. “Domaining”, as we see now, will perhaps hold a different meaning when that day comes.
.co is probably not worth much if not for “domainers”. The demand is simply not high enough among other businesses. “Domainers” are, effectively, the target consumer, even though this will never be publicly stated.
To those who oppose the concept of “domaining”: Keep wishing for “content”. Meanwhile you might try reading books and academic journals. There is enough “content”, now coneviently available without a trip to the library stacks, to last *lifetime*.
I know this is a bit off topic but it still concerns the .co domain.
Here are some old past sales of .co domains (mostly from SEDO and Afternic)
I think when the new numbers start rolling in, we may see a trend upward due to the fact that Google will be treating this extension as a Global TLD and not just a ccTLD as it was treated when these sales where made.
Information was found at Namebio.com
Domain cash
O.CO 350000
flighttech.co 4819
Mortgage-Index.co 2446
BusinessAccounts.co 1956
studentjob.co 6560
TotalMobile.co 4922
EmploymentLaw.co 3167
weddingdesign.co 1000
Bodog.co 2000
ReservationRewards.co 3262
casinoguide.co 2328
Gates.co 16597
WebLoyalty.co 3418
Husbandry.co 1953
aberdeendating.co 200
marysbridal.co 120
topweddingsites.co 200
connectingsingles.co 160
modernrugs.co 6411
DBP.co 4618
GoDirect.co 2100
Mob.co 9187
And.co 9305
Pilates.co 11913
Apartmentfinder.co 4632
MobileMovies.co 1881
iFlorist.co 4718
WarnerBreak.co 3000
Holt.co 4435
Couture.co 6510
Cheap-Laptops.co 2046
Zumex.co 8835
TheCube.co 40919
Relay.co 8370
Theater.co 10000
Hairsprays.co 3819
CheaperCarInsurance.co 2468
Teletexholidays.co 7900
TrueLocal.co 14254
FreeMusicDownloads.co 5345
BetterDeals.co 2673
Forums.co 8908
WorkoutWorld.co 4187
FastImpressions.co 3150
Simple-Savings.co 2628
DebtIndex.co 2365
Tilers.co 4380
TheOneStopPhoneShop.co 1708
BibleStudy.co 9074
Performance.co 8016
Duck.co 10455
History.co 21667
Hardware.co 2188
Hollywood.co 17438
SciFi.co 2445
TeachersPension.co 4000
Archos.co 10000
Why.co 5268
BeHappy.co 9250
Study.co 7902
Educare.co 6985
Monday.co 7989
BOTW.co 1250
Connected.co 3500
Knives.co 3507
CheapBooks.co 3498
Prayer.co 7540
WeatherShop.co 8768
Lyrics.co 80000
ClaimSolicitor.co 2987
Bid4it.co 5231
HomeSell.co 16130
ecCoupons.co 11334
EnergyWatch.co 20000
PokerGenie.co 8725
TravelRes.co 8725
RightCover.co 3482
PornWorld.co 3000
ForSale.co 14692
4Ads.co 2750
Pretty.co 6250
Candles.co 2655
Motoring.co 11504
Grape.co 4246
eGay.co 12130
UKSearch.co 2695
Bernstein.co 4750
GDP.co 610
qui.co 400
spiritualawakening.co 100
good4you.co 360
Camping4You.co 195
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anyhow, the number of the, already sold, .co domains seems be around 300,000 for a total registrars earning around $10 million… that’s $6 million LESS the selling price of the insure.com domain alone…
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In that 10MM figure, are we accouting for the registrars’ own auctions, i.e. landrush sales where two or more parties wanted the same domain name?
I can’t believe how many trademarked .co names are for sale in the gdy auction…for extraordinary prices.
Christopher,
Check out eBay if you want to see even more. I wonder what % of those 300K+ regs are just straight up squatting domains.
Brad
@BreakingNewsBlog.us
I am just wondering why you would be giving an extension that is less then 7 days old (7 days being sold to the general public that is) such a hard time. Its a Raw extension. Only around 300,000 domains registered and still has a LOT more room to grow as compared to the over 80 million (from what I read) .com registered extensions.
Plus if you consider the fact that around 2,000 .co domains have been withheld from the open market in order to sell at auction on a later date to continue to generate buzz about the extension.
I am not saying that .co is going to be huge, just give it a month to form a direction before we start to compare its shortcomings to that of the internet giant .com. After all, .com does have a 20+year head start on this newly released extension.
Just my food for thought.
@Brad
I would hazard to guess that its about the same as all the other extensions (% wise). If you consider that all the same squatting names are registered in all the different extensions. That means it has to be the same %.
If you look at one for .co, you will also see that its taken in .net, .org, .co.uk, .co.in, .cc, etc. Most to all of them are probably squatters. Even some .com squatters.
Just food for thought.
Many of those namebio.com prices that Slate quoted above, which I’m assuming are sales, are staggering amounts to pay.
Someone in another thread on a forum mentioned that most of those .CO sales on NameBio are actually typos of .COM, which would make sense because if you look at the whois many of those regs do not even exist in .CO and the ones that do mainly have 2010 creation dates.
All the .CO sales on there are from 2006. There is 1 sale between 2006 and O.co in 2010.
Brad
Cheers Brad, thanks for the clarification.
If you are a new company and looking for a great domain for your website then .co is a great possibility. 150 million .com have been registered and the well of good domain names has dried out.
Here are my two predictions for 2015
1. Many people will not remember if .com or .co came first
2. Most new websites will use .co. .com sites will be seen as first generation
Colombia or not. Its really not the point. Its the public perception which counts
So do you mean to tell me if a domain name has been taken in .com and I pick up the same name (Not trademarked of course) in a .co, you consider that a typo?
So do you consider all the same domains that where picked up in .net, .org, .in, .co.uk, .de, ect…. typos?
Especially if you consider that MOST people never use the extension when typing in their destination website. I mean really think about it…. the average person uses some search engine (Google and the likes), types in a few key words (hence why generic key word domains go for a mint) and they are off to the top searches.
The average person will select one of the top 5 searches (they don’t care if its a .com, .net, .org, or .co), they will just blindly choose.
The only people who really seem to care about the extension are domainers. I would have thought that domainers would embrace this opportunity. Here is a chance to get keyword rich domains to develop, park, or sell to a end user but instead it seems that many would prefer to bite their nose to spite their face.
Why not just let it play out. Businesses will be the END ALL determining factor in this anyways, not the speculators or the domainers. If the businesses like it and jump on it, the it will be a success if not, it will be all those other extensions all over again.
To use yylex words:
“.co is probably not worth much if not for “domainers”. ”
So in order to join the “.co” domainer parade I decided to blow $25 on 2010-07-21 and reserve “CapitolHill.co” where I also own CapitolHill.com which easily gets 20+ non-seo organic typins a day. I have yet to get one “.co” typin.
Contrary to Christopher Hofman 2015 “book” just menioned – the fundamentals will not change.
It does not take alot of genius to realize “.co” just another useless, worthless non-brandable non.com -
yylex
.CO is run by Colombians (fully Colombian company and colombian entrepreneurs). If you are referring to the technical stuff (DNS, SRS), yes, those things are operated by Neustar.
Christopher Hofman permalink
If you are a new company and looking for a great domain for your website then .co is a great possibility. 150 million .com have been registered and the well of good domain names has dried out.
Here are my two predictions for 2015
1. Many people will not remember if .com or .co came first
2. Most new websites will use .co. .com sites will be seen as first generation
Colombia or not. Its really not the point. Its the public perception which counts
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The public perception is NONE , it doesn’t exist and it will remain that way.
Domainer’s are not in the business of changing well establish and cemented habits nor reinventing the wheel.
Even my grandma .com’s everything…
The owner of the .coms are salivating, waiting for any clueless company that chooses to develop and advertise a .co
I had my doubts with .mobi ..my mental lapses per se , I remember how thinking : How can it be? that some many domainers have it wrong ? wth this extension I have no doubts , water under the bridge in a few months (tops year and half)…
GD has it second because it knows showing it ready available it will increase the chances of a new registration (decent names in all other extensions are taken)…
It ‘s all about the bottom line as any business , it did it with .me “I mean they pushed that aberration for quite awhile ” so it will do to the .co till the next big thing/extension.
Lastly more imprtant of how many domains are beign registred or are sold so far and for how much …you need to look at “who is doing the registering/buying?”
@Christopher Hofman
In 2015
“1. Many people will not remember if .com or .co came first.”
Sorry, but I can’t resist. I will gladly wager $1,000 right now against that prediction. In fact, I’ll take the same bet for 2020. Deal?
I think many people are overlooking or underestimating the “shortness” factor with .co. Ultimately most people are looking to do things faster or more efficiently and this pace will only get faster. If it were available, I would get .o or .e for an extension cause its quicker, easier. I have already tested the .co dissemination theories by telling colleagues that .co extension is available. Mentioning that its `c-o`as in company has them never forgetting. Stands to reason…`co`has been around for hundreds of years.
David,
Although I wouldn`t bet (cause i`m not a betting man). I`m kinda split over your bet because I think domainers have longer memories than the general population. I`m pretty sure 95% of people don`t care about domaining history and that they only get to their intended website knowing .co or .com just as part of the address and nothing else. I would imagine if you did a sample group of 1000 people and asked which domain came first, net or .com, most would say .com only because it`s more common and the fact is they don`t know at all. Both were initiated together. You might get the same sampling in 5 years time and for the same reasons. They really don`t know and don`t care.
@Em John,
You ARE a betting man – you are betting on “.co” – and should your bet prevail – there would be 2 on the shelf (“.co” & “.com”) – and when there is 2 on the shelf – all 500+ non.com’s are on the shelf – and you have a perfect Socialist Internet – where everybody is equal – albeit miserable – I will apply Churhill’s quote below.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings (.com’s) ; the inherent virtue of socialism (.com and all non.com’s are equal) is the equal sharing of miseries. – Winston Churchill
There is no `betting` on .co. I`m an investolator. Not a speculator. I also have other extensions. No .mobi, no .me no .tel. Research and due diligence creates an investolator.
And how you analogize a Churchillian quote with domain extensions, I`ll never know but it may be wiser to look into the terms monopoly and oligopoly as they apply to .com and .co. LOL If you are saying that .co is leading us into a socialist state, I think you missed your calling as a professional hyperbolist.
@Em John:
How about this quote instead “Investolator” or did you say “Invest-debater” – obviously you are into this .co bill of goods very deep – so nothing but frustration is going to come out – as you have made very obvious with your huge genius words.
“A government (ICANN) big enough to give you everything you want (.com, .co, …) , is strong enough to take everything you have (.co – Columbian Government once everybody switches because of you and appantaly all your multi-millions of your .co colleagues) .”
– Gerald Ford – Presidential address to a joint session of Congress (12 August 1974)
Em John:
With the exception of some powerful ccTLDs in their own countries, the general public has no knowledge of anything but dotCom because they simply couldn’t care less. It’s really no more complicated than that. Personally, I hope that dotCo does well because the more money investors make in any TLD the better it is for our industry period. But to compare dotCo’s potential in any way to dotCom (which is no longer a TLD, but basically the brand for the Internet) is unrealistic – and that is the point where domainers will get burned.
David,
Which general population are we talking about…The US? I know that .com is all the general population `knows` but nothing remains in a static state. As I have a `few`.coms myself, it would be nice to say the .com will remain at such high prices but in reality, I know that is my bias. History shows, in most every sector, that the champ will be eventually knocked off, at some point. I`m not saying that is .co, but some Russian kid is in his bedroom right now creating something that will revolutionize the internet or how we do communication. So it will be interesting to see.
Brian,
Hyperbolic just means you are blowing things out of proportion.
.COM is the same as prime real estate. Homes on the beach in Malibu, condos in Manhattan will always be in demand.
As hyped up as .CO is right now there have still been more .COM regs in the last week. Even in 2010 .COM averages 2M regs per month. It is not going anywhere.
Brad
My experience is the Germans are the most dedicated (with their money) in buying the “.com” to support their “.de” national brands – a pretty good indication that even the savvy consumer in Germany recognizes the “.com” as being the brand for the Internet.
When I see the likes of amazon.com ebay.com google.com microsoft.com facebook.com cnn.com aol.com baidu.com godaddy.com snapnames.com or even thedomains.com changing their name to .co or whatever that Russian kid is brewing … I worry about.
MultiBillion/Multinational ecommerce platforms and thier Brands will go down the drain…yeah right.
Hell will freeze over fisrt.
You’re a genius. One controversial extension tied into a informative article translates into a massive traffic generator. .com wil always be the best.
Every end-user that backs put of a sale usually objects when the .com is not part of a deal. There are many .com websites that sell for thousands, bur the all the other extensions are still available.
One wise website owner and industry leader told me to only register the .com unless the names are great in other extensions. Domaining is a learning game. Persistence is key to becoming successful as a domainer. .com is the best extension, will always be number #1.
I still predict .mobi will eat .co for breakfast!
Yes .Mobi Dick will eat .co for breakfast in the middle of the bermuda triangle when all non.com’s now live
Sorry, Ijust have to jump in one more time.
@ Brianwick
“My experience is the Germans are the most dedicated (with their money)”
Absolutely right! This is why I am more than suprised that so many -GermanLanguage.co- names are being registerd! This is very unusual and this kinde of hype did not happen with other newcomer TLD’s!
“buying the “.com” to support their “.de” national brands”
Sorry but this is not the main reason! Having developed several websites in German, there is something to consider when trying to do business in Europe.
Many country’s on little space and many cctld’s! Just imagine every state in the U.S. had there .TX , .OK , .IL there would be 52 different state TLD’s eventhough all speak the saim language. This is simular with the German language, it is spoken in several country’s in Europe. So if you have to use a “Non country targeted TLD to A) get customers non confused that they can use the service offered on the website because if a Austrian recognizes .de on site, they will question if they can use the offer of a foreign country’s (.de) website. B) Considering the SEM and SEO perspective your also screwd when wanting to offer your goods in several German speaking country’s by using a .de which C) is probably why the .Co could stand a good chance of being used quite often because Google is allowing the .CO to be targeted to any GEO area.
“a pretty good indication that even the savvy consumer in Germany recognizes the “.com” as being the brand for the Internet”
Like I have said it has nothing to do with .com being the brand of the internet, because in Germany the .com, if your lucky, will only grab 20 % of a .de price tag. Sorry but in Germany the .com has as much value as a .net or .org in the U.S