Again I would like to ask sdsinc, hawkeye, iain123, bmugford and other naysayers if they have been stung by extension mania before (probably something you don't want to admit). Are you only here to warn us and help us protect our capital or if there is some other reason for posting in this forum. I have freely admitted that I am a n00b and I would like to understand these motivations.
I have been labeled some nasty things by a yay-sayer.
If any of the dot co "nay-sayers" are to be labelled as nay-sayers, then it would have to apply to the ridiculous statements; unrealistic appraisals; and uneducated "investment" advice of Emjohn. He is of the idea that anything regged in dot co will work and automatically have $xxx to $xx,xxx in value.
3 years ago I bought my first domain-it was a dot com. I used to, and still, buy financial keywords, and those I would develop-and earn ad revenue. When dot co came along-I could've regged financial keywords I could never get in com. But I didn't. It didn't make sense from a profit perspective. I rather chose the shortest, pronounceable, brandable, (keywords with 70 000 exact global monthly searches). Why? Just because I like financial domains, doesn't mean it will work well. What I like doesn't matter. I rather took what could sell.
But Emjohn doesn't get that. He appraises everything-from mediocre to crap names $xxx to $x,xxx on average.... also $xx,xxx on many occasions in the past. It's ridiculous. And yes, beside Emjohn, their are other pro-dot-co guys and girls here... but they do not put forward stupid arguments all the time-except when they agree with his uneducated statements. We are adults. And the more we try to have a debate, the more he rubbishes us with his crap. He talks about stocks and financial instruments as if he ever traded in them. Emjohn uses terms incorrectly-malapropism is his thing. :lol:
Now the other yay-sayers are with Emjohn-I ask: WHY? I don't mind if he argues his case well, with cited facts-but he doesn't. Then the "nay-sayers" who come, are really only nay-sayers to the B-S he is dumping here in this thread.
(Note: there are many so-called "nay-sayers" who ACTUALLY own dot co's.)
So there has to be a distinction. His arguments are rather SPECIOUS!!
Seriously, nay-sayer or yay-sayer-I think we all know that Emjohn is rubbishing this thread with his childish behavior.
This extension will not last if there are extreme fanboys. Why? Coz they tend over-exaggerate the value of names. Then when someone (a newbie) comes to this thread thinking they going to read some opinions, and reg some names, they see that he valued CRAP.co as $x,xxx. Meanwhile it's obvious that the name is worth mid $xx for the most or even reg fee. Then these newbies who read his B-S, reg a whole looooad of new names in dot co-also crap names-because they saw the valuation of the other crap names from our dear expert Emjohn. Then these newbies agree with him. And they are fighting for the extension. Why? Because he values any names in DOT CO being worth $xxx to $xx,xxx-check his posts. He doesn't care if it's a keyword-rather he argues it "could work if developed". Value in a name cannot be determined like this.
I believe the yay-sayers could have presented a great argument why dot co will, or will not thrive... but never did because they left that task in the hands of Emjohn-who only wishes and thinks his ideas are new, revolutionary and business-like. That's not the reality. But by posting rubbish here-yay-sayers have achieved nothing. And by supporting Emjohn's ridiculous arguments makes matters worse!
If I was a fanboy, I would kinda be embarrassed to have Emjohn as the leader.
He does not even know what good keywords are and what what makes a keyword good. He says that it doesn't matter. He says it's old-fashioned.
Then he encouraged some here to reg particular kinds of names (relatively unknown keywords) in dot co... Names which were available in dot com! _\|/_ When other members (aka "nay-sayers") pointed this out-he just dished out some more rubbish. Just shows this guys ability to determine value.
Nubiano :wave:
