Comments on: Are Geo Domains Overrated? http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Gary Taylor http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-12619 Gary Taylor Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:01:32 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-12619 Hi Sahar This certainly is an interesting post you've had going on. I hope you are well? I know I have come in very late to this post but just wanted to add that there is still a lot of opportunity in the UK for industry location geo domains for example I have just reg'd a load of car parking domains, for airports. If people focus on niches then there are still opportunities to be had away from location dotcoms. Plus industry location ccTLDs require little effort from an SEO point of view to get them to rank. Speak soon Gary Hi Sahar

This certainly is an interesting post you’ve had going on. I hope you are well?

I know I have come in very late to this post but just wanted to add that there is still a lot of opportunity in the UK for industry location geo domains for example I have just reg’d a load of car parking domains, for airports.

If people focus on niches then there are still opportunities to be had away from location dotcoms. Plus industry location ccTLDs require little effort from an SEO point of view to get them to rank.

Speak soon

Gary

]]> By: Steve Jones http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-11298 Steve Jones Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:03:22 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-11298 I'm really late to this article but let me say that owning a geodomain is incredible. If you park such a site, you're missing a superb opportunity. My wife and I run a site based on a tourist hot spot on the East Coast and couldn't be happier. We add content such as <a href="http://www.virginiabeach.com/restaurants" rel="nofollow">Virginia Beach Restaurants</a> and <a href="http://www.virginiabeach.com/hotels" rel="nofollow">Virginia Beach Hotels</a>. While this cannot be said for every site, it's quite possible (and normal for those I speak with) for a geodomain to have revenues in the seven figures. Again, not every geosite would qualify for this but there are quite a few of us in that category. I’m really late to this article but let me say that owning a geodomain is incredible. If you park such a site, you’re missing a superb opportunity. My wife and I run a site based on a tourist hot spot on the East Coast and couldn’t be happier. We add content such as Virginia Beach Restaurants and Virginia Beach Hotels. While this cannot be said for every site, it’s quite possible (and normal for those I speak with) for a geodomain to have revenues in the seven figures. Again, not every geosite would qualify for this but there are quite a few of us in that category.

]]> By: Delacourt http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-11011 Delacourt Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:04:41 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-11011 This reply comes a bit late and I have only read just over half of the posts. Background, I bought my first geodomain in 1997, it is a suburb.com in a very famous tourist destination. I have been on the geodomain trail ever since, I even passed up seeing santacruz.com was available around this time as this is where I visited when I first though of the idea. I have not joined Associated Cities but do follow their news and updates and think that such an association is a good thing, punting new ideas and networking with others in the geo domain owners club :) Even as a suburb.com owner in the geo domain space I have found success, not with a parking ppc page but with a developed site offering all the verticals. The reason for this is that as soon as you have a developed site that direct traffic visitors expect to see, the site automatically starts being spoken about and used. On to my question / pot stir. The new .anything domain extensions being available to register at the beginning of 2009 I think will be the ultimate/only justifiable competitor to geo.com owners with regard to direct traffic as well as the effect they will have on google ranking CON: they will be available on auction to the highest bidder and I can see favourable .geo names going for a fair amount of money, PRO: this automatically gives a high value to the current geo.com owner as a base price (although Im sure many of you geo.com owners out there will not sell for 100 times the reserve auction amount) and a pretty large investment for anyone who wants to compete in the geo.com space with their new .geo - which means they will be the big players im reckoning media companies, travel companies and even hotel groups would have vested interests in purchasing such new names On the flip side, it provides instant recognition to the geo.com domain space and watch this space - they will be very much underrated when you see the amounts that will be paid for the new .geo domains thanks This reply comes a bit late and I have only read just over half of the posts.

Background, I bought my first geodomain in 1997, it is a suburb.com in a very famous tourist destination. I have been on the geodomain trail ever since, I even passed up seeing santacruz.com was available around this time as this is where I visited when I first though of the idea.

I have not joined Associated Cities but do follow their news and updates and think that such an association is a good thing, punting new ideas and networking with others in the geo domain owners club :)
Even as a suburb.com owner in the geo domain space I have found success, not with a parking ppc page but with a developed site offering all the verticals.

The reason for this is that as soon as you have a developed site that direct traffic visitors expect to see, the site automatically starts being spoken about and used.

On to my question / pot stir.

The new .anything domain extensions being available to register at the beginning of 2009 I think will be the ultimate/only justifiable competitor to geo.com owners with regard to direct traffic as well as the effect they will have on google ranking

CON: they will be available on auction to the highest bidder and I can see favourable .geo names going for a fair amount of money,

PRO: this automatically gives a high value to the current geo.com owner as a base price (although Im sure many of you geo.com owners out there will not sell for 100 times the reserve auction amount) and a pretty large investment for anyone who wants to compete in the geo.com space with their new .geo - which means they will be the big players

im reckoning media companies, travel companies and even hotel groups would have vested interests in purchasing such new names

On the flip side, it provides instant recognition to the geo.com domain space and watch this space - they will be very much underrated when you see the amounts that will be paid for the new .geo domains

thanks

]]> By: Elliot's Blog | Domain Investing News & Commentary http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-8889 Elliot's Blog | Domain Investing News & Commentary Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:41:39 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-8889 [...] the industry in general.A few weeks ago, Sahar provocatively wrote a blog post entitled “Are Geo Domains Overrated?” He evaluated his thoughts on what to do with geodomains other than PPC, and the answer is [...] […] the industry in general.A few weeks ago, Sahar provocatively wrote a blog post entitled “Are Geo Domains Overrated?” He evaluated his thoughts on what to do with geodomains other than PPC, and the answer is […]

]]> By: David J Castello http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-8170 David J Castello Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:50:59 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/04/08/are-geo-domains-overrated/#comment-8170 We have no problem with Nashville.com being limited to all things Nashville :) We have no problem with Nashville.com being limited to all things Nashville :)

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