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Speculating on other TLDs - triumph - 07-13-2006
The bulk of people use .com domains. The bulk of users go to a .com address first when trying to find a website. Has anyone had any success squatting on the other related domains hoping to get traffic?
I could understand if someone had a .net address and you grabbed the .com, but to see it the other way around, almost nobody will accidently type in .net for a .com, and the other tlds will NEVER be typed in at all.
So is there any value for this?
Speculating on other TLDs - zach - 07-13-2006
.net is the second most popular TLD. You're probably correct about the type in traffic of a .net being pretty low. But type in traffic isnt the only consideration. If you grab a .net when a .com is taken, then you are dilluting the "branding" of the .com, and lowering its value. This is why many people hoping to develop websites on a .com grab other TLDs as well.