Is There Something Inherently Wrong With Domains Containing 'info'?

[the_sponge]

Domains that contain 'info', not the extension, just the word....are they viewed as having little value?

EX: www.subjectofchoiceinfo.com

[ashii]

Don't think so.
A domain like {city}info.com or {city}info.info will have lot of value.

[jtara]

Yes, I think there IS something inherently wrong with them. I think they probably suffer from association with the TLD .info, and over-use of the word in parked/link farm domains.

The public eventually learns patterns in domain naming. The most obvious part is the TLD, and they pick up on that fast. I think most people think that .biz domains are associated with cheesy fly-by-night companies, for instance.

But I think they learn patterns in the main part of the domain as well.

To the extent that certain naming patterns are used for domain parking, link farms, etc. I think the public learns to recognize them.

It would be easy enough to do a survey. Give people randomized lists of, say, 10 domain names. Have users rank them in terms of expected usefulness.

[john5000]

instead of the word "info" you could use the word "guide". sounds more authoritative to me.

[john5000]

oh, and i agree with jtara... whenever i see domains with more than 2 words, separated by hyphens, and ending in info, well i get a little nervous. but a two-word domain with no hyphens, ending in info might be ok.