Alexa not Ranking .ME domains

soggyindo · 09-07-2008, 01:35 AM

"her"

Blitzpotz · 09-07-2008, 03:20 AM

Originally Posted by blogcrash

I'm really happy to know that espanol.me it's helpful for someone.
Maybe i'll think about the possibility to build a forum where people can help each other with the language

Your site IS helpful, the daily newsletters also are. But please leave-my-wife-to.me

An international language forum, a "living dictionary" is a great idea. YOU can do it! Will you?

whannel · 09-07-2008, 03:26 AM

anyone getting into the .pro tomorrow is it the relaunch? selling buyapro.com if anyone's interested - http://www.namepros.com/domains-for-...ro-dotcom.html

akcampbell · 09-07-2008, 04:53 AM

Wouldn't it defeat the object of the exercise if somebody developed a .pro domain site on a .com? I have thought about doing this with Total.pro.

blogcrash · 09-07-2008, 04:56 AM

Originally Posted by Blitzpotz

Your site IS helpful, the daily newsletters also are. But please leave-my-wife-to.me

An international language forum, a "living dictionary" is a great idea. YOU can do it! Will you?

Great idea, i really think i can do that

dotme$ · 09-07-2008, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by akcampbell

Wouldn't it defeat the object of the exercise if somebody developed a .pro domain site on a .com? I have thought about doing this with Total.pro.

If namepros.com, in your own words, sets the future course of dot pro, then what’s harm in having buyapro.com? You should not worry about defeating the object. How much further can anybody defeat an object which is already defeated and remains hopeless and helpless?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/503896-the-me-discussion-and-showcase.html

PS: buyapro.com is a good domain itself, which can be used to hire professionals.

akcampbell · 09-07-2008, 08:45 AM

Namepros.com and Sedo Pro demonstrate the inherent brandability of the letters Pro. People with offline businesses choose to use Pro as a suffix to stand out from the crowd.

Buyapro.com is catchy, I have Buyer.pro which sounds a bit similar but chops 2 letters off. I'm glad you bought up hiring professionals, I also own Hire.pro.

The choice between .com and any alternative extension comes down to whether you want a 3 word phrase .com like Buy A Pro or a single word generic like Buyer.pro or Hire.pro.

The situation wth .pro is far from hopeless. The registry and business model have always been a bit of a disaster but fees have been slashed and restrictions eased. I'm genuinely excited about the relaunch tomorrow, it's not going to be a .me or .asia bun fight with 100,000 registrations but it's the end of the beginning not the beginning of the end.

I'm open minded about .me, I would love to own one of the top .me domains being auctioned at the end of September, several of them are absolutely stunning, my favourite is Play.me, I think it will sell for $50,000-$100,000. I hand regged Play.pro in April 08.

.me domainers are overpaying for top keywords, it's out of proportion with the objective standing of the extension in the order of things. .me is a new extension and not slap you in the face commercial.

They are also regging too far through keyword lists, most .me signature domains on this thread don't have a snowball in hell's chance of being resold or standing out as developed sites. The credibility gap between .com and any alternative extension is colossal so you have to have words in the top 1,000 keywords, not the top 100,000.

Coopey · 09-07-2008, 10:49 AM

@hotdomains- you've been here a month, and all of your posts have been nearly identical, i.e. '.me is the next big thing' type posts.
Do you have any examples of domains you own?

PVFARKAS · 09-07-2008, 11:07 AM

geos in .me have a chance imo

akcampbell · 09-07-2008, 01:41 PM

Why do you say that? I can't see any notable .me geo keyword sales to back that up. Something like Poland.me doesn't make any sense. I can understand the logic of Poland.travel or Poland.info but not Poland.me.

The biggest weakness of .me is that it doesn't fit many keyword types. Dave.me, Hire.me, I get but blockbuster keywords like Debt.me, Casino.me, and Porn.me don't make any sense whatsoever.

If a keyword doesn't fit an extension you might as well buy it in any one of the new gTLD's ICANN is meant to be rubber stamping from 2009.

soggyindo · 09-07-2008, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by akcampbell

Why do you say that? I can't see any notable .me geo keyword sales to back that up. Something like Poland.me doesn't make any sense. I can understand the logic of Poland.travel or Poland.info but not Poland.me.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

The biggest weakness of .me is that it doesn't fit many keyword types. Dave.me, Hire.me, I get but blockbuster keywords like Debt.me, Casino.me, and Porn.me don't make any sense whatsoever.

If a keyword doesn't fit an extension you might as well buy it in any one of the new gTLD's ICANN is meant to be rubber stamping from 2009.

they rank pretty well from early reports. so casino.me has a good chance of ranking highly for searches for "casino" - hence great for development.

sdsinc · 09-08-2008, 04:21 AM

Given that there are more than 240 ccTLDs active, is there a Google employee over here that can explain how the newcomer .me is going to beat all these TLDs at SEO

Thanks for the assist™

hullswingerscom · 09-08-2008, 04:26 AM

beat all these TLDs at SEO....whos this?

soggyindo · 09-08-2008, 04:56 AM

Originally Posted by sdsinc

Given that there are more than 240 ccTLDs active, is there a Google employee over here that can explain how the newcomer .me is going to beat all these TLDs at SEO

Thanks for the assist™

i didn't say beat the other TLD's. it has just been noted that they *seem* to be doing well -perhaps even just as well as .coms, .nets and .orgs (better than .infos and .tv's).
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

we were also guestimating that .me is a "common word" in google results, perhaps therefore "disappearing" from search returns, hence - perhaps - why strong keyword .me domains were ranking well.

it might be another thread, but someone was also reporting hearing that *someone* at .me made a phone call and somehow did something to change .me's geotargeting at Goog's.

it's all absolute conjecture, but the basis of it is: they seem to be doing better in the US than you would expect for a new ccTLD from an relatively obscure, far away country...

akcampbell · 09-08-2008, 05:54 AM

Google's algorithms only look at the keyword so no extension has any SEO advantage over any other.

If a keyword gets searched for with its extension, it is feasible that a particular extension might rank higher for a phrase because the HTML title, headers, metatags, and text content coding are more likely to contain it.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

For example, people may search for "Rates info" in which case Rates.info might rank higher for that phrase than Rates.mobi but only because it's scattered in the HTML Google's bots look at, there should be no difference if somebody searches for just "Rates" or "Lowest Rates".

If you are trying to think up reasons why one alternative extension is any better than any other, SEO is not worth mentioning. If alternative extensions in general rank worse than .coms it's because .coms are older and .com developers are more likely to be professionals getting paid to get sites ranked.

soggyindo · 09-08-2008, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by akcampbell

Google's algorithms only look at the keyword so no extension has any SEO advantage over any other.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

If a keyword gets searched for with its extension, it is feasible that a particular extension might rank higher for a phrase because the HTML title, headers, metatags, and text content coding are more likely to contain it.

For example, people may search for "Rates info" in which case Rates.info might rank higher for that phrase than Rates.mobi but only because it's scattered in the HTML Google's bots look at, there should be no difference if somebody searches for just "Rates" or "Lowest Rates".

If you are trying to think up reasons why one alternative extension is any better than any other, SEO is not worth mentioning. If alternative extensions in general rank worse than .coms it's because .coms are older and .com developers are more likely to be professionals getting paid to get sites ranked.

we're talking ccTLD's versus gTLDs here. a .co.uk, .ws, .TV, .cc or .sc all rank worse than a .com in the US (less geographically relevant).

whannel · 09-08-2008, 07:09 AM

anyone know why a search for weburls would find my sooo.me site that i haven't submitted or linked to anywhere. it has an older version of my weburls.co.uk index.html on it in a free godaddy hosting account, would they submit it? search i use at msn default is loc:GB language:en results from uk checked, but this brings up my .me? - http://search.live.com/results.aspx?...form=QBRE&rf=1

sdsinc · 09-08-2008, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by soggyindo

it might be another thread, but someone was also reporting hearing that *someone* at .me made a phone call and somehow did something to change .me's geotargeting at Goog's.

If someone said it on the Internet it must be true

Originally Posted by soggyindo

it's all absolute conjecture, but the basis of it is: they seem to be doing better in the US than you would expect for a new ccTLD from an relatively obscure, far away country...

Since you mention the US, the vast majority of registered .me domains (71%) are within US hands. See the stats. Followed by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia. Interesting isn't it ?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896
Unsurprisingly 'me' is most popular in the English speaking nations but the rest of the world doesn't care much. This confirms my view that .me essentially is a toy for Americans but not poised to become a mainstream TLD.

soggyindo · 09-08-2008, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by sdsinc

Unsurprisingly 'me' is most popular in the English speaking nations but the rest of the world doesn't care much. This confirms my view that .me essentially is a toy for Americans but not poised to become a mainstream TLD.

if it's a toy for Americans - well that's a huge market right there IMHO
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

i'm treating it as a development opp. if enough other people do also, well then it might become an investment. which would just be a bonus, in my opinion.

sdsinc · 09-08-2008, 09:51 AM

Well I would be surprised (and disappointed) if .me becomes more popular than .us in America

Seabass · 09-08-2008, 12:47 PM

The money in .me is simply flipping them like beanie babies, or Olympic pins at the Olympics, when there are a lot of suckers walking around with a wad of cash in their hand because they are new to the scene and probably read an article from and misinformed or underinformed reporter about how HOT .me is right now. Catch that magical moment and you can make some cash, but outside the hysteria phase....... good luck with the PPC efforts or sales.

Also, based on current world events, .me..... Montenegro...... is kinda', sorta' close to the new Russian war machine.......

akcampbell · 09-08-2008, 01:59 PM

Montenegro declared independence in Jun 2006. That was around the time .mobi was taking landrush registrations. 55.5% on Montenegrin voters voted in favour of independence in May 06, scraping past the 55% support required. Is that a sound basis for a domain investment or business?

mindless · 09-08-2008, 02:51 PM

Just noticed that when i search for either one of my developed .me domains in Alexa that they state that it is an invalid URL.

http://climatechange.me
http://renewableenergy.me

Both do the same thing.

Anyone else have this problem?

soggyindo · 09-08-2008, 07:31 PM

agreed. but if you're making money out of an early good keyword, who's to mind if it beats .us or not?

i'm not too bad on extension sentimentality (well ok maybe .org!).

MJ · 09-08-2008, 10:17 PM

Hah. Well, at the moment my .me domains wouldn't even have the traffic to be listed on alexa.. That is very interesting though - I'll keep an eye out for that, thanks!

09-07-2008, 01:35 AM	#1826 (permalink)
soggyindo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ✰$479 sites✰ artistwebsite.org Posts: 1,285	"her" __________________ Get a top quality domain portfolio, blog, or developed website, from $479. Quote NAMEHUGGER11 for a NamePros only discount. Artist Website \| Contemporary Art Blogs.

09-07-2008, 04:53 AM	#1829 (permalink)
akcampbell .Pro Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,346	Wouldn't it defeat the object of the exercise if somebody developed a .pro domain site on a .com? I have thought about doing this with Total.pro. __________________ Total.pro August 2011 registry stats added 4 December 2011

09-07-2008, 08:45 AM	#1832 (permalink)
akcampbell .Pro Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,346	Namepros.com and Sedo Pro demonstrate the inherent brandability of the letters Pro. People with offline businesses choose to use Pro as a suffix to stand out from the crowd. Buyapro.com is catchy, I have Buyer.pro which sounds a bit similar but chops 2 letters off. I'm glad you bought up hiring professionals, I also own Hire.pro. The choice between .com and any alternative extension comes down to whether you want a 3 word phrase .com like Buy A Pro or a single word generic like Buyer.pro or Hire.pro. The situation wth .pro is far from hopeless. The registry and business model have always been a bit of a disaster but fees have been slashed and restrictions eased. I'm genuinely excited about the relaunch tomorrow, it's not going to be a .me or .asia bun fight with 100,000 registrations but it's the end of the beginning not the beginning of the end. I'm open minded about .me, I would love to own one of the top .me domains being auctioned at the end of September, several of them are absolutely stunning, my favourite is Play.me, I think it will sell for $50,000-$100,000. I hand regged Play.pro in April 08. .me domainers are overpaying for top keywords, it's out of proportion with the objective standing of the extension in the order of things. .me is a new extension and not slap you in the face commercial. They are also regging too far through keyword lists, most .me signature domains on this thread don't have a snowball in hell's chance of being resold or standing out as developed sites. The credibility gap between .com and any alternative extension is colossal so you have to have words in the top 1,000 keywords, not the top 100,000. __________________ Total.pro August 2011 registry stats added 4 December 2011

09-07-2008, 10:49 AM	#1833 (permalink)
Coopey Member of the Year Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London or Casnewydd Posts: 1,777	@hotdomains- you've been here a month, and all of your posts have been nearly identical, i.e. '.me is the next big thing' type posts. Do you have any examples of domains you own? __________________ For sale on NP: ISA.tv \| 5.gy I was formerly S~, but now I have a proper name. I kept the scone avatar to reassure you. Generate a random password (Want to buy the script/site? PM me)

09-07-2008, 01:41 PM	#1835 (permalink)
akcampbell .Pro Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,346	Why do you say that? I can't see any notable .me geo keyword sales to back that up. Something like Poland.me doesn't make any sense. I can understand the logic of Poland.travel or Poland.info but not Poland.me. The biggest weakness of .me is that it doesn't fit many keyword types. Dave.me, Hire.me, I get but blockbuster keywords like Debt.me, Casino.me, and Porn.me don't make any sense whatsoever. If a keyword doesn't fit an extension you might as well buy it in any one of the new gTLD's ICANN is meant to be rubber stamping from 2009. __________________ Total.pro August 2011 registry stats added 4 December 2011

09-07-2008, 03:26 AM	#1828 (permalink)
whannel Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 61	anyone getting into the .pro tomorrow is it the relaunch? selling buyapro.com if anyone's interested - http://www.namepros.com/domains-for-...ro-dotcom.html

09-07-2008, 11:07 AM	#1834 (permalink)
PVFARKAS Account Closed Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 848	geos in .me have a chance imo

09-08-2008, 04:21 AM	#1837 (permalink)
sdsinc Domains my Dominion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Web 1.0 Posts: 9,556	Given that there are more than 240 ccTLDs active, is there a Google employee over here that can explain how the newcomer .me is going to beat all these TLDs at SEO Thanks for the assist™ Last edited by sdsinc; 09-08-2008 at 04:21 AM. Reason: typo

09-08-2008, 04:26 AM	#1838 (permalink)
hullswingerscom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: yorkshire Posts: 2,363	beat all these TLDs at SEO....whos this? __________________ www.transport.tv

09-08-2008, 05:54 AM	#1840 (permalink)
akcampbell .Pro Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,346	Google's algorithms only look at the keyword so no extension has any SEO advantage over any other. If a keyword gets searched for with its extension, it is feasible that a particular extension might rank higher for a phrase because the HTML title, headers, metatags, and text content coding are more likely to contain it. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896 For example, people may search for "Rates info" in which case Rates.info might rank higher for that phrase than Rates.mobi but only because it's scattered in the HTML Google's bots look at, there should be no difference if somebody searches for just "Rates" or "Lowest Rates". If you are trying to think up reasons why one alternative extension is any better than any other, SEO is not worth mentioning. If alternative extensions in general rank worse than .coms it's because .coms are older and .com developers are more likely to be professionals getting paid to get sites ranked. __________________ Total.pro August 2011 registry stats added 4 December 2011

09-08-2008, 07:09 AM	#1842 (permalink)
whannel Account Closed Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 61	anyone know why a search for weburls would find my sooo.me site that i haven't submitted or linked to anywhere. it has an older version of my weburls.co.uk index.html on it in a free godaddy hosting account, would they submit it? search i use at msn default is loc:GB language:en results from uk checked, but this brings up my .me? - http://search.live.com/results.aspx?...form=QBRE&rf=1

09-08-2008, 09:51 AM	#1845 (permalink)
sdsinc Domains my Dominion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Web 1.0 Posts: 9,556	Well I would be surprised (and disappointed) if .me becomes more popular than .us in America

09-08-2008, 12:47 PM	#1846 (permalink)
Seabass Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,259	The money in .me is simply flipping them like beanie babies, or Olympic pins at the Olympics, when there are a lot of suckers walking around with a wad of cash in their hand because they are new to the scene and probably read an article from and misinformed or underinformed reporter about how HOT .me is right now. Catch that magical moment and you can make some cash, but outside the hysteria phase....... good luck with the PPC efforts or sales. Also, based on current world events, .me..... Montenegro...... is kinda', sorta' close to the new Russian war machine.......

09-08-2008, 01:59 PM	#1847 (permalink)
akcampbell .Pro Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,346	Montenegro declared independence in Jun 2006. That was around the time .mobi was taking landrush registrations. 55.5% on Montenegrin voters voted in favour of independence in May 06, scraping past the 55% support required. Is that a sound basis for a domain investment or business? __________________ Total.pro August 2011 registry stats added 4 December 2011

09-08-2008, 02:51 PM	#1848 (permalink)
mindless NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 466	Alexa not Ranking .ME domains Just noticed that when i search for either one of my developed .me domains in Alexa that they state that it is an invalid URL. http://climatechange.me http://renewableenergy.me Both do the same thing. Anyone else have this problem? __________________ Domain Business Development Blog

09-08-2008, 07:31 PM	#1849 (permalink)
soggyindo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ✰$479 sites✰ artistwebsite.org Posts: 1,285	agreed. but if you're making money out of an early good keyword, who's to mind if it beats .us or not? i'm not too bad on extension sentimentality (well ok maybe .org!). __________________ Get a top quality domain portfolio, blog, or developed website, from $479. Quote NAMEHUGGER11 for a NamePros only discount. Artist Website \| Contemporary Art Blogs.

09-08-2008, 10:17 PM	#1850 (permalink)
MJ Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 1,242	Hah. Well, at the moment my .me domains wouldn't even have the traffic to be listed on alexa.. That is very interesting though - I'll keep an eye out for that, thanks! __________________ Wii Sucks - Wii Fansite Tucson Dog Training San Angelo TX

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