Comments on: I’ll pass on those .co auctions… KTHX http://www.domainstryker.com/co-domain-auctions/ Expired domains and auctions Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:59:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Em John http://www.domainstryker.com/co-domain-auctions/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Em John Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:24:39 +0000 http://www.domainstryker.com/?p=2969#comment-455 I guess it depends on "why" a person bought the .co. It was never marketed as a "typo" domain where the money was to be made from "typo" traffic. "co" is the abbreviation for company, like it or not, and .co will represent this dictionary-defined abbreviation for years to come. If this is why you bought your ".co's", for a quick typo buck, than yeah, I would cut your losses. It's only been out for 13 days...did you expect to rake in riches just on typo traffic in the first 2 weeks?? These domains are meant to be developed and will have their place in the search engines. If you want to see what I think should be done with a .co, check out jco.co. A real shindiggy site that suits the .co extension perfectly. Real chic design and the more of these that get built, the better. As a matter of fact, .cointernet.co and neustar wanted to specifically discourage anyone buying ".co" for typo traffic. So in a way, if you bought it for that purpose alone, you will be disappointed in any case. .co has its own "individual" future because its a business, a company. And what company would want their success to come from ".com minus the m" notoriety? So they have stayed away from that, and I don't blame them. Essentially, .co is a brand of its own. I guess it depends on “why” a person bought the .co. It was never marketed as a “typo” domain where the money was to be made from “typo” traffic. “co” is the abbreviation for company, like it or not, and .co will represent this dictionary-defined abbreviation for years to come.

If this is why you bought your “.co’s”, for a quick typo buck, than yeah, I would cut your losses. It’s only been out for 13 days…did you expect to rake in riches just on typo traffic in the first 2 weeks?? These domains are meant to be developed and will have their place in the search engines. If you want to see what I think should be done with a .co, check out jco.co. A real shindiggy site that suits the .co extension perfectly. Real chic design and the more of these that get built, the better.

As a matter of fact, .cointernet.co and neustar wanted to specifically discourage anyone buying “.co” for typo traffic. So in a way, if you bought it for that purpose alone, you will be disappointed in any case. .co has its own “individual” future because its a business, a company. And what company would want their success to come from “.com minus the m” notoriety? So they have stayed away from that, and I don’t blame them. Essentially, .co is a brand of its own.

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