Comments on: Will Toys ‘R’ Us Flub $5.1M Toys.com Purchase? http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/07/will-toys-r-us-flub-51m-toyscom-purchase/ News and Views for the Domain Name Industry Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Domain Name Wire » News » Toys ‘R’ Us Relaunches Toys.com Without Search Rankings - The Domain Industry's News Source http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/07/will-toys-r-us-flub-51m-toyscom-purchase/comment-page-1/#comment-440078 Domain Name Wire » News » Toys ‘R’ Us Relaunches Toys.com Without Search Rankings - The Domain Industry's News Source Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:36:11 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5027#comment-440078 [...] few months ago I wrote about Toys ‘R’ Us forwarding its newly purchased ($5.1M) domain name Toys.com to [...]

[...] few months ago I wrote about Toys ‘R’ Us forwarding its newly purchased ($5.1M) domain name Toys.com to [...]

]]> By: Armchair SEOs Play with Toys.com | Domain Name News http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/07/will-toys-r-us-flub-51m-toyscom-purchase/comment-page-1/#comment-370836 Armchair SEOs Play with Toys.com | Domain Name News Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:04:31 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5027#comment-370836 [...] said “big mistake” . InternetRetailing suggested Toys ‘R’ Us should have spent a few dollars on SEO [...]

[...] said “big mistake” . InternetRetailing suggested Toys ‘R’ Us should have spent a few dollars on SEO [...]

]]> By: Andrew Allemann http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/07/will-toys-r-us-flub-51m-toyscom-purchase/comment-page-1/#comment-367457 Andrew Allemann Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:38:18 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5027#comment-367457 Eoin - yes, I'm suggesting they should have kept a separate site at Toys.com instead of doing the redirect. I believe they did a 301 redirect; they could have kept the search rankings by using a separate site. Incidentally, they are keeping eToys.com as a separate site and it still has its search rankings. Eoin – yes, I’m suggesting they should have kept a separate site at Toys.com instead of doing the redirect. I believe they did a 301 redirect; they could have kept the search rankings by using a separate site.

Incidentally, they are keeping eToys.com as a separate site and it still has its search rankings.

]]> By: Eoin http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/07/will-toys-r-us-flub-51m-toyscom-purchase/comment-page-1/#comment-367348 Eoin Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:45:56 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5027#comment-367348 Andrew, I can understand the case for creating a separate site on toys.com, but I don't understand your point about redirecting. Even if a 301 redirect would be put in place, their search engine rankings would drop for toys.com, as Google would say "toys.com is redirecting to another site, so only rank the other site". Andrew, I can understand the case for creating a separate site on toys.com, but I don’t understand your point about redirecting.

Even if a 301 redirect would be put in place, their search engine rankings would drop for toys.com, as Google would say “toys.com is redirecting to another site, so only rank the other site”.

]]> By: Domain Name Wire » News » Toys.com Loses Google Ranking - The Domain Industry's News Source http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/07/will-toys-r-us-flub-51m-toyscom-purchase/comment-page-1/#comment-362392 Domain Name Wire » News » Toys.com Loses Google Ranking - The Domain Industry's News Source Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:09:03 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5027#comment-362392 [...] I predicted a couple weeks ago, Toys.com has been de-indexed by Google. Now the value of Toys ‘R’ [...]

[...] I predicted a couple weeks ago, Toys.com has been de-indexed by Google. Now the value of Toys ‘R’ [...]

]]> By: The Importance Of Accurate Pricing, Part VII at Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/07/will-toys-r-us-flub-51m-toyscom-purchase/comment-page-1/#comment-356840 The Importance Of Accurate Pricing, Part VII at Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:22:27 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5027#comment-356840 [...] spend once, they are looking to spend for a while. And while it is nice to see one domain such as Toys.com sells for over 5 millions, Toys R Us, the buyer, is not going to stick around and buy any more domains for those prices. [...]

[...] spend once, they are looking to spend for a while. And while it is nice to see one domain such as Toys.com sells for over 5 millions, Toys R Us, the buyer, is not going to stick around and buy any more domains for those prices. [...]

]]> By: BF http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/07/will-toys-r-us-flub-51m-toyscom-purchase/comment-page-1/#comment-356201 BF Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:09:13 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5027#comment-356201 When checking the forwarding type on http://www.internetofficer.com/seo-tool/redirect-check/, I see: "301 Moved Permanently" That means they've updated their .httaccess file to 301. Like Andrew said, rankings from content will be gone, but at least they will be getting the PR juice from toys.com When checking the forwarding type on http://www.internetofficer.com/seo-tool/redirect-check/, I see: “301 Moved Permanently”

That means they’ve updated their .httaccess file to 301. Like Andrew said, rankings from content will be gone, but at least they will be getting the PR juice from toys.com

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