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.biz domains

Has anyone tried to market a .biz domain

         

Stricko

12:56 am on May 10, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hi All,

Has any one tried to market a second level .biz domain?

Want to know if they are just as effective as .com domains or if they really are treated as "second" level.

toolman

1:04 am on May 10, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I cant see how they would be treated any different...except they just have an "air" about them. Sounds cheap to me...like a "mega master affiliate mall" or something.

Stricko

1:15 am on May 10, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Thanks Toolman,

Have you ever just stubbled across a .biz domain in your regular searches......I haven't so I thought I'd ask the question.

If so: any examples???

toolman

2:20 am on May 10, 2002 (gmt 0)

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No, I haven't really. We were talking about that the other day...nobody seems to be using them. In fact, I can't remember seeing the first one yet.

Stricko

4:41 am on May 10, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Great......I'll have a challenge then if my client insists on using it!

Thanks ;)

martinibuster

5:59 am on May 10, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Aren't there some cgi email resolution issues, where most programs aren't configured to validate .biz email domains?

Also, the only .biz's I've seen we're a couple frontpage 4.0 template jobs.

Hunter

6:56 am on May 22, 2002 (gmt 0)

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There are .biz sites out there folks :

.biz on Google [google.com]

danec

6:09 pm on May 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

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The problem with .biz as far as I see it, is that the Google toolbar doesn't show pagerank for them!

Hunter

5:26 am on May 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Wow danec, it looks like your right, good find! Anyone have the skinny on this?

Hunter

3:30 am on May 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Ok, just thought I would try one more time. Anyone have the skinny on this?

toolman

3:42 am on May 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Look again...they fixed it.

Hunter

4:26 am on May 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I'm still not seeing any Toolman :(

toolman

4:55 am on May 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Oh yeah...you gotta update the toolbar

Hunter

5:10 am on May 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I'm using Version 1.1.54 and I'm still gettin a bunch of nutton :)

toolman

5:15 am on May 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Try the newest version 1.56

Hunter

6:00 am on May 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Ah yes, I had to uninstall the previous version before the latest version would even download...the .biz have seen the PR light. Good deal toolman, thanks.

dauction

1:14 am on Jun 28, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Check my profile.. I am .Biz up and running..well it's started anyways...

I wasnt to thrilled at first but I like them now..

Should be in google next round...

any suggestions to help me get the best ranking under keyword "posters"

I usually get first page rankings on all my sites (google) but usually for sites with much less competition..this may be a lot more difficult..
all help appreciated..

probably need to switch threads though..

thanks much !

Jigit

8:12 am on Jul 4, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I have a .biz domain and it works fine. It has a PR6. The great thing about it is that it has more domain variations available. I do not use .biz domain for e-mail and therefore cannot say if .biz has problems with different e-mail programs.

Regards