Comments on: The .me suffix is all about speculation http://beep.name/2008/09/09/the-me-suffix-is-all-about-speculation/ Everything about domain names and online marketing Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jason http://beep.name/2008/09/09/the-me-suffix-is-all-about-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-41373 Jason Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:54:26 +0000 http://beep.name/?p=386#comment-41373 Yes, dot me is the new kid on the block with more potential than many other ccTLDs. For one, think of those that rushed for .ws or .vg, these extensions have no legs. Yet the recent sale for insure and onlinecasino.me show a high interest due to the names marketing abilities. The way I see it, dot com does hold value. What's more most of the dot coms are taken. But, and I mean BUT, many are just landing pages for domainers hoping to get PPC revenue or possibly sell the name. With the dot me name, type in traffic is much less if ever going to happen anytime soon. So the PPC isn't there. This leaves the dot me owner to develop a site that will most likely need funding to build and promote. This new extension will most likely produce more websites that people engage with and not get annoyed that it's another pop-up, free search, lousy landing page. Yes, dot me is the new kid on the block with more potential than many other ccTLDs. For one, think of those that rushed for .ws or .vg, these extensions have no legs. Yet the recent sale for insure and onlinecasino.me show a high interest due to the names marketing abilities.

The way I see it, dot com does hold value. What’s more most of the dot coms are taken. But, and I mean BUT, many are just landing pages for domainers hoping to get PPC revenue or possibly sell the name. With the dot me name, type in traffic is much less if ever going to happen anytime soon. So the PPC isn’t there.

This leaves the dot me owner to develop a site that will most likely need funding to build and promote. This new extension will most likely produce more websites that people engage with and not get annoyed that it’s another pop-up, free search, lousy landing page.

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