.tv .TV overtaking other extensions.

MillersCrossing said:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=.tv,+.org,&ctab=0&geo=US&geor=all&date=all&sort=0

I think when .tv can come close in numbers to .org we will have reached lift off...right now there is alot of catching up still to do.......see the above graph

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We already have "Lift Off". When .tv "comes close" to .org, we will have "The Eagle Has Landed".

http://www.google.com/trends?q=.tv,+.info&ctab=0&geo=US&geor=all&date=all&sort=0

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gr8 news !!

MicroGuy said:

There is evidence that this transition has already started. Go to MYSPACE.TV and browse the site, then go to MYSPACETV.COM and browse the site.

Also, notice the logo on the right with the apparent TV extension?

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I don't see what you're talking about. I don't see MySpace.tv anywhere on the site. Please clarify.

dcmike77 said:

I don't see what you're talking about. I don't see MySpace.tv anywhere on the site. Please clarify.

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These are my observations:

1. Myspace is using MYSPACE.TV to direct visitors to the Myspace Television website.

2. They are using a method that does not re-route visitors to another domain even after lengthy navigation of the website.

3. The site administrators have placed a graphic in the upper right-hand portion of the home page that contains the text "MYSPACETV" with the "TV" portion in smaller letters. At first glance, this could be mistaken for a TLD extension.

This "may" be indicative of a strategy to slowly transition to the full adoption of MYSPACE.TV for their Television website.

Hope this helps.........

MicroGuy said:

This "may" be indicative of a strategy to slowly transition to the full adoption of MYSPACE.TV for their Television website.

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Very nice observations! Hope you are right, would be a great way to get many (young) people getting used to the .tv extension

Hope you are right MicroGuy.

I noticed myspace.tv is a url where as myspacetv.com redirects to videos.myspace.com although both bring up the same site,so you may be on to something.

Lets hope so

Thanks guys!

I like to think that most of us participating in this forum are about 5 to 10 years ahead of the pack. It's not a question of "If", it's a matter of "When".

Good luck to you all!

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Yes and no. We don't need myspace. Rooting for demand media, channel.tv

Would rather see facebook.tv then that dump over hyped myspace.

As you can see I dislike myspace.

Very encouraging numbers here. I knew this would happen as well as other domainers. If go daddy ever drops there price again there will be a huge land rush for .tv again.

i have been going thru the google pages. looking at the tv sites- some of them are really cool- i saw dork.tv- love that name

Mike

Its a lost cause. I did a dedicated thread a few days back on my views and frank was a good part of this even though most of the readers missed my main point which was that frank should do his own ppc network and dump the parking companies. I also said he needs to be in the .tv field if he were to do this his own social graph and ppc channels

Anyways. My thoughts were on 7 mile and everyone concentrated on .tv view points.

I admit frank is missing out, everyone views this I think but its a lost cause. Frank has his 340000 names, does great, I respect him and probably best in the industry.

We don't need frank to be a supporter of .tv. We are headed in high growth without Frank. Frank is dot com, dot net.

Point being. We have so many people in .tv that are bigger then frank or get the brandable side of .tv. No this is not an insult against frank but the bottom line is this. We have demand media, national.tv rolling out soon, social networks will follow and corporations. Between all of this I would pick any of these groups ahead of frank.

i still think frank needs .tv and if he were to hire aron wall, form his ppc network he will do some .tv stuff.

We can't twist his arm. Its a lost cause. A guy here even offered frank a free .tv name, cayman name and frank said no.

I think frank has a few .tv names in his portfolio that are either hidden away or private. Is this a fact? Probably not, would it shock me if he does. No. He just won't say anything.

Do what you wish mike but all of this was done 2 weeks back or so and the rookie landed on 7 mile.

Just my 2 cents worth. I don't want to be back on 7 mile. I got my 2 second glory and frank commented on this and info I said. He just didn't comment on the ppc network theory of mine and people here concentrated .tv extension.

As a few namepro hitters said in my thread. We have our own view points, I have mine, you have yours and etc. Frank has his and that works for him. He is in his own league. Is he missing the boat? Sure he is. But life goes on. I would rather see the facebook.com explode into the .tv and crush this over hype myspace junk company. Yes I said that. Would I want my space in .tv and be good for us? Yes it would. Just favor face book

I would like to point out it's refreshing to visit Namepros and view a reasonable discussion thread about .TV, and other extensions for that matter. Some forum(s) become corrupted with rabid anti-sentiment toward anything non dotcom. There are, of course, nasty little reasons for that.

Quite honestly, Namepros is one of the most open-minded, constructive forums for all levels of domaining.

I couldn't agree more. Namepros is great.

However, the namepros mobi mentors are rude, mobi domainers know everything and being a newer person they surly don't like new people or thoughts on branding.

Besides that, yes you are right. The .tv forum is very polite, nice, treat people the way would want to be treated.

Enjoy namepros. If you hit mobi forum, go in there with thick stomach.

namewaiter said:

and trends don't lie...

http://www.google.com/trends?q=.tv,+.biz,+.name,+.mobi,+.info

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Great news for .tv, thanks for the link. Out of interest, check out the trend for .com.br, it's also quite dramatic.

MicroGuy said:

If one searches Google for indexed sites with a particular TLD, it is apparent that .TV is catching up, and fast.

Today's "site:.(tld)" search yielded these results:

.biz = 21 million sites
.tv = 18 million sites
.cc = 8 million sites
.mobi = 4 million sites
.name = 2.3 million sites

A few months ago, .tv was lagging behind by a wide margin. Now it looks like the total number of .tv sites will pass .biz very soon.

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Since the time of my first post, .TV has taken the lead!

.tv = 23.2 million sites
.biz = 20.4 million sites
.cc = 8.97 million sites
.mobi = 4.3 million sites
.name = 2.75 million sites

creature said:

Great news for .tv, thanks for the link. Out of interest, check out the trend for .com.br, it's also quite dramatic.

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IMHO I don´t think that trend shows a direct comparision between extesnions, I hope it would 100% (with Mexico in the top places).

What it shows is a trend of extension growing BUT only the people that use google for navigation instead of the address bar appears there.

It could be a parameter... but not 100% for extension growing... :imho:

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Great news!!!

So I hope see .tv above .org for october 2008... but renewals will have their impact on reaching this goal, certainly...

MicroGuy said:

Since the time of my first post, .TV has taken the lead!

.tv = 23.2 million sites
.biz = 20.4 million sites
.cc = 8.97 million sites
.mobi = 4.3 million sites
.name = 2.75 million sites

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Great news!
Thank you for the update.

jeffoverman said:

However, the namepros mobi mentors are rude, mobi domainers know everything and being a newer person they surly don't like new people or thoughts on branding.

Besides that, yes you are right. The .tv forum is very polite, nice, treat people the way would want to be treated.

Enjoy namepros. If you hit mobi forum, go in there with thick stomach.

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The .mobi extension has taken a lot of heat lately. Frank has clearly stated it's a worthless extension (as proven with the iphone full-browser capability)and I think the folks over in the .mobi section are tired of hearing about it. I can't blame them for being disgruntleled, but be careful when heading over there.

jeffoverman said:

I admit frank is missing out, everyone views this I think but its a lost cause. Frank has his 340000 names, does great, I respect him and probably best in the industry.

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Hey Jeff, thanks for your feedback and I completely agree. The problem with Frank is that he has all these unbelieveable .coms, but it's caused him to become disconnected with today's speculators and investors. He has trouble identifying "what's next" because he doesn't need to worry about it.

Nice thoughts overall Jeff.
-Mike

MicroGuy said:

If one searches Google for indexed sites with a particular TLD, it is apparent that .TV is catching up, and fast.

Today's "site:.(tld)" search yielded these results:

.biz = 21 million sites
.tv = 18 million sites
.cc = 8 million sites
.mobi = 4 million sites
.name = 2.3 million sites

A few months ago, .tv was lagging behind by a wide margin. Now it looks like the total number of .tv sites will pass .biz very soon.

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I'm rooting for .TV as much as any of you, but I'd just like to point out that the statistics you've got there are NOT for the number of developed sites for each TLD. There are fewer than 700,000 registered .mobi names to begin with, so there's no way that there could be 4 million indexed sites. Are there even 23 million (to quote your most recent number) registered .TV names?

When I enter site:.(mobi), actually typing in the parentheses, I get 483,000, which sounds much closer to what one would expect, although still most likely too high at this point. When I do the same with site:.(tv), I get 2,020,000. So I would see that as also most likely being at least more realistic.

When I take OFF the parentheses, I get 752,000 for .mobi, which is still impossible, and 11,500,000 for .tv, which I would also venture to say is impossible, despite its growing popularity.

So I'm fairly certain your numbers are way off. At best, those numbers may approximate the number of indexed pages, not sites.

dagersh said:

So I'm fairly certain your numbers are way off. At best, those numbers may approximate the number of indexed pages, not sites.

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You are right they are pages and NOT sites.