Comments on: How much traffic do you lose to Direct Navigation? http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/03/05/how-much-traffic-do-you-lose-to-direct-navigation/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:28:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Josh http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/03/05/how-much-traffic-do-you-lose-to-direct-navigation/#comment-12957 Josh Thu, 14 May 2009 05:53:11 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/03/05/how-much-traffic-do-you-lose-to-direct-navigation/#comment-12957 This is very debatable. I would assume the vast majority of people if they do try to direct navigate and don't get to the site they wanted at first, will just search for it on google and end up at the site anyway. Then you could assume that you have "the extremely rare unable to use google or any search engine for that matter, type" that will hear about your product at the coffee shop and go directly home and try and direct navigate to it, then when they don't get to the site, they give up. But chances are because they really want that product their friend was telling them about they write down the exact address when they see their friend at the coffee shop the next day. The chance that you will miss someone that really wants your product is rare and has a low probability of occurring. Will it eventually happen?...of course. Is it best to get your exactname.com? Technically Yes. Is it extremely necessary or will you suffer great losses from not getting that exact domain? Probably Not. This is very debatable. I would assume the vast majority of people if they do try to direct navigate and don’t get to the site they wanted at first, will just search for it on google and end up at the site anyway. Then you could assume that you have “the extremely rare unable to use google or any search engine for that matter, type” that will hear about your product at the coffee shop and go directly home and try and direct navigate to it, then when they don’t get to the site, they give up. But chances are because they really want that product their friend was telling them about they write down the exact address when they see their friend at the coffee shop the next day.

The chance that you will miss someone that really wants your product is rare and has a low probability of occurring. Will it eventually happen?…of course. Is it best to get your exactname.com? Technically Yes. Is it extremely necessary or will you suffer great losses from not getting that exact domain? Probably Not.

]]> By: Frank http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/03/05/how-much-traffic-do-you-lose-to-direct-navigation/#comment-16 Frank Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:40:33 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/03/05/how-much-traffic-do-you-lose-to-direct-navigation/#comment-16 Well said.. the time to acquire high quality names cheaply is always today. I have never made a name purchase yet I have regretted paying too much for.. quite the contrary.. if anything I wish i'd paid more to get some of those I missed. Well said.. the time to acquire high quality names cheaply is always today. I have never made a name purchase yet I have regretted paying too much for.. quite the contrary.. if anything I wish i’d paid more to get some of those I missed.

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