FiftyStates.mobi

cyberken13 · 02-16-2007, 09:21 AM

I have registered FiftyStates.mobi with the intention of creating a resource site for all fifty states. To tie in with this idea and to help drive traffic I have also registered 49 of the 50 Stateof***.mobi names which have a combined OVT of over 500k with endless google results. This idea is not new but I felt it would be a great fit with the .mobi infrastructure. Subpage categories are endless with this idea. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

dag · 02-16-2007, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyberken13

I have registered FiftyStates.mobi with the intention of creating a resource site for all fifty states. To tie in with this idea and to help drive traffic I have also registered 49 of the 50 Stateof***.mobi names which have a combined OVT of over 500k with endless google results. This idea is not new but I felt it would be a great fit with the .mobi infrastructure. Subpage categories are endless with this idea. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

If you plan to develop the whole thing, sounds like a great idea!

mirrorcube · 02-16-2007, 09:31 AM

What state are you missing?

cyberken13 · 02-16-2007, 09:32 AM

New York

dag · 02-16-2007, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyberken13

New York

Well, if you're willing to buy it on the aftermarket, it's registered by an NPer: Think. Maybe you could PM him and see what you can work out...

think · 02-16-2007, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dagersh

Well, if you're willing to buy it on the aftermarket, it's registered by an NPer: Think. Maybe you could PM him and see what you can work out...

I was hoping to go back and register more. Apparently someone else had the same idea.

cyberken13: feel free to PM me if you are interested in buying or trading for the domain. I feel bad breaking up a perfect set.........

think · 02-18-2007, 10:09 AM

Congratulations on completing your set

A very nice set considering ALL state mobis are reserved..

nrmillions · 02-18-2007, 10:23 AM

Do you also own 50states.mobi to complete the set too? I think 50states.mobi would be better than fiftystates.mobi.

cyberken13 · 02-18-2007, 11:36 AM

Thanks again to Think for selling me stateofnewyork.mobi which completes the set. I did look for 50states.mobi when I started this but it was already taken. I agree that it would make a great fit, though I really like LLLL combinations better than LLNN.

FiftyStates.mobi will be the staging point with all fifty state names redirecting to it. It will take some time to build out but it will be well worth it. The prospects of subpages, content, ads are great.

ofclean · 02-18-2007, 11:39 AM

Killer regfees though...

Good luck!

cyberken13 · 02-18-2007, 12:29 PM

True,

One months worth of contextual ad sales would more than cover it though.

mjnels · 02-18-2007, 01:23 PM

for a second i thought someone had my idea... this is close.. i didnt think of StateOf**** domains..

just out of curiosity, is the OP the one that made me an offer on Sedo a few days ago for NewYorkState.mobi?

cyberken13 · 02-18-2007, 01:31 PM

Hi mjnels,

I am the one who made you the offer. I'm just waiting for your response

. How have you envisioned your idea for the states?

mjnels · 02-18-2007, 01:37 PM

no ideas, just thought they are nice and go with my some of my .us domains

newyorkstate is one of the better ones i'd think, so i dont know.. but i just did a clean sweep on the rest of the states a minute ago..

cyberken13 · 02-18-2007, 05:15 PM

Were you able to acquire the full set? I would surmise that you won't be selling newyorkstate.mobi now

...

mjnels · 02-18-2007, 05:22 PM

no im missing like 10 at least.. californiastate was taken a few days ago by someone else and most the others were taken months before, i dont know really, i have mixed feelings about selling that one..

cyberken13 · 02-18-2007, 05:34 PM

If you decide to sell it just drop me a line. Now that you've picked up most of them, do you have intensions to development?

mjnels · 02-18-2007, 05:48 PM

i dont have the intent to develop but we'll see what happens..

cyberken13 · 02-18-2007, 06:05 PM

Update ....

I started thinking about nrmillions' comment on "50states" and I went back and looked at the combinations. Turns out 50state (singular) shows up on OVT with almost 25k results, a much nicer fit than fiftystates which has no OVT. Google results are not bad on both names. So I picked up 50state.mobi.

The question now is which is more brandable?...

1. FiftyStates.mobi
or
2. 50State.mobi

What do you all think?

Thanks.

nrmillions · 02-18-2007, 06:38 PM

the high OVT score for 50state was most likely really for 50states since ovt does not distinguish between the singular and plural. I think its good that you picked up 50state.mobi though. Now you just need to buy fiftystate.mobi and then get 50states.mobi off of whoever owns it (I dont own it incase people are wondering) and then you can just direct 50state.mobi, fiftystate.mobi and fiftystates.mobi all toward 50states.mobi.

cyberken13 · 02-18-2007, 08:27 PM

Usually I would agree with that train of thought. But in this case, for me, the name FiftyStates is simply the place for the state names to migrate. It really could be any name. The traffic will remain the same unless that name in itself draws traffic too.

This is the hard part because I agree that OVT is very picky with its results. Though I have found in certain cases it will distinguish between plural/singular (usually when you use quotes). In this case I believe the OVT stats are true yet the results saught were for the plural but using the singular phrase. What !? I know that sounds confusing but check the Google results for both singular/plural and you'll see what I mean. Different ways to get to the same result and what I find interesting is that it appears most word combo domain names use "state".

So, in the end I'll just stick with what I have otherwise I'd be buying every combo I could think of .

02-16-2007, 09:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	FiftyStates.mobi I have registered FiftyStates.mobi with the intention of creating a resource site for all fifty states. To tie in with this idea and to help drive traffic I have also registered 49 of the 50 Stateof***.mobi names which have a combined OVT of over 500k with endless google results. This idea is not new but I felt it would be a great fit with the .mobi infrastructure. Subpage categories are endless with this idea. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks

02-18-2007, 11:39 AM	#10 (permalink)
ofclean NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 801 0.00 NP$ (Donate)	Killer regfees though... Good luck! __________________ Trade me your numeric domains!

02-16-2007, 09:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
mirrorcube NamePros Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 361 51.00 NP$ (Donate)	What state are you missing?

02-16-2007, 09:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	New York

02-18-2007, 10:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
think NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 432 499.00 NP$ (Donate)	Congratulations on completing your set A very nice set considering ALL state mobis are reserved..

02-18-2007, 10:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
nrmillions Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,750 4.00 NP$ (Donate)	Do you also own 50states.mobi to complete the set too? I think 50states.mobi would be better than fiftystates.mobi.

02-18-2007, 11:36 AM	#9 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	Thanks again to Think for selling me stateofnewyork.mobi which completes the set. I did look for 50states.mobi when I started this but it was already taken. I agree that it would make a great fit, though I really like LLLL combinations better than LLNN. FiftyStates.mobi will be the staging point with all fifty state names redirecting to it. It will take some time to build out but it will be well worth it. The prospects of subpages, content, ads are great.

02-18-2007, 12:29 PM	#11 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	True, One months worth of contextual ad sales would more than cover it though.

02-18-2007, 01:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
mjnels Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 2,096 357.00 NP$ (Donate)	for a second i thought someone had my idea... this is close.. i didnt think of StateOf**** domains.. just out of curiosity, is the OP the one that made me an offer on Sedo a few days ago for NewYorkState.mobi?

02-18-2007, 01:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	Hi mjnels, I am the one who made you the offer. I'm just waiting for your response . How have you envisioned your idea for the states?

02-18-2007, 01:37 PM	#14 (permalink)
mjnels Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 2,096 357.00 NP$ (Donate)	no ideas, just thought they are nice and go with my some of my .us domains newyorkstate is one of the better ones i'd think, so i dont know.. but i just did a clean sweep on the rest of the states a minute ago..

02-18-2007, 05:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	Were you able to acquire the full set? I would surmise that you won't be selling newyorkstate.mobi now ...

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02-18-2007, 05:22 PM	#16 (permalink)
mjnels Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 2,096 357.00 NP$ (Donate)	no im missing like 10 at least.. californiastate was taken a few days ago by someone else and most the others were taken months before, i dont know really, i have mixed feelings about selling that one..

02-18-2007, 05:34 PM	#17 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	If you decide to sell it just drop me a line. Now that you've picked up most of them, do you have intensions to development?

02-18-2007, 05:48 PM	#18 (permalink)
mjnels Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 2,096 357.00 NP$ (Donate)	i dont have the intent to develop but we'll see what happens..

02-18-2007, 06:05 PM	#19 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	Update .... I started thinking about nrmillions' comment on "50states" and I went back and looked at the combinations. Turns out 50state (singular) shows up on OVT with almost 25k results, a much nicer fit than fiftystates which has no OVT. Google results are not bad on both names. So I picked up 50state.mobi. The question now is which is more brandable?... 1. FiftyStates.mobi or 2. 50State.mobi What do you all think? Thanks.

02-18-2007, 06:38 PM	#20 (permalink)
nrmillions Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,750 4.00 NP$ (Donate)	the high OVT score for 50state was most likely really for 50states since ovt does not distinguish between the singular and plural. I think its good that you picked up 50state.mobi though. Now you just need to buy fiftystate.mobi and then get 50states.mobi off of whoever owns it (I dont own it incase people are wondering) and then you can just direct 50state.mobi, fiftystate.mobi and fiftystates.mobi all toward 50states.mobi.

02-18-2007, 08:27 PM	#21 (permalink)
cyberken13 NamePros Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 137 53.00 NP$ (Donate)	Usually I would agree with that train of thought. But in this case, for me, the name FiftyStates is simply the place for the state names to migrate. It really could be any name. The traffic will remain the same unless that name in itself draws traffic too. This is the hard part because I agree that OVT is very picky with its results. Though I have found in certain cases it will distinguish between plural/singular (usually when you use quotes). In this case I believe the OVT stats are true yet the results saught were for the plural but using the singular phrase. What !? I know that sounds confusing but check the Google results for both singular/plural and you'll see what I mean. Different ways to get to the same result and what I find interesting is that it appears most word combo domain names use "state". So, in the end I'll just stick with what I have otherwise I'd be buying every combo I could think of .