Comments on: The .Org Traffic Spillover Effect Boosts .Com Domains

By: LS Morgan

LS Morgan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:22:29 +0000

I disagree when you say unlimited TLDs will increase .com spillover… If anything, vanity/corporate TLDs- and the concomitant marketing that will surely come when some big businesses start to use and promote them- may be the catalyst that actually breaks the ‘dot com instinct’ in the public’s mind.

As things stand, the public is conditioned to pay close attention to the keyword/keystring, then in too many cases, just presume it’s on a .com (because usually, it is…)

When unlimited TLDs start coming out and we see diet.coke and laptops.ibm, well, I think we should at least be OPEN to the possibility of a decreasing ‘.com instinct’ and a potentially shifting paradigm as it pertains to how TLDs are viewed (over time, of course. It won’t happen overnight)

By: domain guy

domain guy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:27:06 +0000

this is a big deal i own all extensions .com,.net,.org..info and .us with a keyword.they are all directed to the .com website.however a billion dollar company came in with a design element and got it registered on the principal register.leaving the keyword to be disclaimed on the principal register.now i get a lot of traffic from the .org keyword.this is not my traffic and is useless to me.i filed an answer with the uspo and the ttab allowed the mark to proceed to register.so here is a billion dollar company that uses my keyword and i get a good percentage of their traffic.
this is a real problem for this company, their lost traffic is worth a substancial amount of money.i am also tempeted to put up a .sucks site on the .org suffix thereby hurting this billior dollar company and hurting their credibility in the marketplace. this harvard graduate has failed in his schooling and their “lost traffic” is costing this company a substancial amount of money…..

By: Steve M

Steve M — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:05:21 +0000

Back in 2007, the NY Times did an article on financial websites, including GetRichSlowly.org.

Problem (for them) was that when initially posted to the web (don’t know if mistake appeared in the paper version), they put in my Get Rich Slowly.com site by mistake.

For the next 3 days, my traffic was more than 5x what I usually receive. Even though they fixed the mistake the next day.

Which just confirmed for me again the value of golden .coms.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:27 +0000

Great points.

By: everything.tv

everything.tv — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:53:49 +0000

I agree Free excellent analysis, I thank God I got an education and when someone says go check out my site keyword.org I put in the .org. I realize there is no cure for stupid but you don’t want stupid customers anyway. Build a business and stop dreaming about being Frank Schilling and a lot of people would be a lot better off IMO.

By: Unasi

Unasi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:35:46 +0000

“I think the new TLDs will simply make everyone aware that what comes after the dot really, really matters.”

Haha you are so naive

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:01:26 +0000

I agree. I think the new TLDs will simply make everyone aware that what comes after the dot really, really matters. With dozens of new extensions, just typing keyword + .com and hoping for the best is a waste of time.