CMSWire and ICF International are holding a one hour Webinar on Tuesday, July 22nd at 10:30am PDT/1:30pm EDT and put out a Press Release to get people to sign up for it.
The problem is the PR is full of statements which are simply wrong
“Google Enters Domain Market with .home, .blog and .hotel”
Well as those that follow new gTLD’s know all applications for .home were killed off almost a year ago on the basis of the name collision issue.
Strike 1
As far as the new gTLD .Hotel, Google didn’t apply for it.
Strike 2
.Blog was applied for by .Google but its only 1 of 8 applicants and the extension is in contention and no one knows who will actually get the string.
Strike 3
And that is just the headline.
The PR goes on to say:
“Up to 1400 new gTLDs will be available, not counting brand-based ones like .volkswagen. ”
Well the maximum number of new gTLD’s would have been just over 1,400 but that would be counting not excluding the brand applications.
However a number of .Brand application and other apps have been withdrawn pushing that number under 1,400.
he PR then goes out to misquote Ray King of .wiki and .ink as saying:
“You can generalize that neither [.wiki or .ink] will be one of the biggest TLDs because strings like .art, .music and .blog all received around 100 applications or more”
Sounds like the companies holding the seminar better start hitting the books before July 22nd.
yes, I saw that and after scratching my head came to the conclusion that they were talking about Google offering domain registration…still poorly written, but that is the best I could come up with
Guess they have now re-written and re-published the PR:
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/digital-marketing/google-enters-domain-market-025838.php
Your are welcome guys
Michael, arg and thank you 🙂
Hello MHB,
Right you are.
Avoid getting Punked
jeff schneider Independent Marketing Analyst/Strategist at UseBiz.com / (.COM ) URL Centric Marketing
21 years have passed since my investment banking days. I spent a lot of time analysing and had to sit through many Dog and Pony show meetings where different presentations were made for New Investment Products by corporate sponsors. My job as an investment advisor, as I saw it, was to invest my clients money wisely in the jungles of Wall Street. I saw a litany of Marketing Ploy offerings designed mostly by Attorneys and their council whose ending results, in many cases, separated clients from their hard earned money. I became good at spotting the investments that should be avoided in the process.
Although I was careful there were always a few that slipped by my radar and I and my clients were fooled by slick presentations. This was an over riding reason for my getting out of the Industry some 21 years ago. Now I have had close to seventeen years of experience as a DOMAINER. To make a long story short. I have seen a litany of new extension offerings and have experienced much the same results from many of these new offerings. My advise to you is stick with the traffic rich .com extension and limit your gambling.
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger