This is too good to be true..

ThreeD · 04-27-2010, 02:37 PM

By accident I ended up in the ".TV sightings" thread today and found a post I made about two months ago.

Originally Posted by ThreeD

Here are about 11 million hits to choose from

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/dot-tv/653350-this-is-too-good-to-true.html

Google

That was on the 22nd of february, 2010. It was a link to google with all .tv domains that were indexed back then, roughly 11 million .tv sites.

I couldn't resist another look at the same url today and what came up on my monitor almost knocked me off my chair. Two months ago google had indexed 11.2 million TV websites.

Take a wild guess at how many .tv domains google has indexed now

You probably won't believe me if I tell you, but I'll go ahead and do so anyways. 28 million!!!

So basically, in two months time - another 17 million .tv's have been added to the stack. I don't know if this is a direct result of the .tv hype we've seen in the last month or so, but it sure is a great step in the right direction.

Now if that isn't good news, I don't know what is

If you have any question about the google search syntax, look it up here!

iamkali · 04-27-2010, 03:22 PM

Oh wow, awesome post!
That is definitely a step in the right direction!

I can't wait to see what comes in the next few months.

Mike

freedom30 · 04-27-2010, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by iamkali

Oh wow, awesome post!
That is definitely a step in the right direction!

I can't wait to see what comes in the next few months.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350

Mike

Excelsior!

benzdorf · 04-27-2010, 04:16 PM

Thats real good...

after all therez three thingz certain in life " Death, Tax's and Google "

defaultuser · 04-27-2010, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by ThreeD

28 million!!!

It's 31,100,000 for me.... google's servers are working overtime. (Because of course all regular time is given to dot COMs)

iamkali · 04-27-2010, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by freedom30

Excelsior!

I like your thinkin!

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350

Mike

Jeff · 04-27-2010, 05:20 PM

Not necessarily a good 'stat' ... do you believe that these results are all actual, relevant, properly developed ".TV websites" (versus parked and simple porn type landing pages / domain names (and a shedload of other junk)?

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350

If the #'s/results are accurate, I would say that 27,992,017+ are of the worthless variety, with the simple luck of being indexed at the time of search IMHO.

Too good to be true!

Just my two sense,
Jeff

b2b · 04-27-2010, 05:28 PM

I have 47.300.000, try site:tv

claudedauman · 04-27-2010, 08:59 PM

Thank you ThreeD. Great post - Reps added.

I was at a trade show, over the weekend, and saw a film crew filming for a .TV website (hashbar TV).
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350

Given the massive scope of the price changes on 19 March and the beautiful clean lines of the TV extension (kinda kidding), not to mention the international recognition of the TV abbreviation, I am not surprised that popularity is picking up. Here are some of my contributions:

Connect.tv
CancunHotels.tv
AttorneySearch.tv
BusinessAttorney.tv
InternetBanking.tv
Religious.tv
Bakeware.tv
DogCare.tv
Vinyl.tv
GpsDevices.tv
PClaptops.tv
shredders.tv
surgical.tv

Best,

Claude

ViReal · 04-27-2010, 09:26 PM

Interesting, thanks for the thread.

garptrader · 04-28-2010, 04:39 AM

While there are high-profile sales of generic .COM domains, most .COM development is on brandable .COM domains. Those of you who develop I'm sure have seen the sort of domains that other webmasters seeking link exchanges are using - really *&^%$#! .COM domains which only a newbie would register. Imagine the backlinking effort necessary to rank those ugly ducklings! But generic .COM prices are so exorbitant that most languish undeveloped. .Net & .TV domains generally don't generate significant parking earnings so portfolio holders have to be more realistic about their resale value. Yes, .COM has greater acceptance, but given the cost of domain acquisition, IMO over time we will see among generic domains probably a more rapid pace of .Net & .TV development than .COM (brandable .COM development will continue to blossom of course). I have more .COM domains in my portfolio than .TV but have no plans to develop any of them at the moment. In the next six weeks I hope to have my twelfth developed .TV site (also have several contracted sites).

the dot stop · 04-28-2010, 04:59 AM

ThreeD,

Very interesting observations.
and I like the Google syntax link you provided.
You learn something new everyday!
Repped.

thanks for sharing.
Vito.

ThreeD · 10-17-2010, 06:11 AM

I noticed this thread is 173 days old and I think it's time to look back and see how far we've come since February 2010.

I did a new search on google for indexed .TV sites today using the regular site:*.TV or site:.TV command in the google search box.

I have to say I'm rather stunned and amazed by the numbers google returned.

Let's take a look back -
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350

In February 2010: 11.2 million .TV sites were indexed by google.
By late April 2010: 28 million .TV sites were indexed by google.
By mid October 2010: What do you think? How many .TV sites were indexed today?

Here is a breakdown of the numbers:

February 2010: 11.2 Million .TV sites were indexed.
April 2010: 28 million .TV sites were indexed - a 250% increase since February 2010.
October 2010: A whopping 76.8 million .TV sites are now indexed by google. That's a massive 274.3% increase since late April 2010.

Now, I don't know about you all, but I think a total increase of 524.3% indexed .TV sites in a timeframe of 8 months is a pretty impressive increase. What do you all think?

Lets hope this trend continues

freedom30 · 10-17-2010, 06:35 AM

...wouldn't allow me to rep you for this factoid so I'll just give you a public "thank ye kindly" for the most interesting and relevant information on the growth of the extension!

ixex · 10-17-2010, 07:17 AM

Looking good with a volume increase as this ..in general with any business growth.

the dot stop · 10-17-2010, 07:56 AM

Hey ThreeD,

Its pretty cool to wake up today seeing some hard facts supporting the strength and power of this freight train rollin -
More developed .TV sites recognized from the powers that be of "Google"!

I love these facts because this completely shuts up the TV Anti-Fans who like to refer any positive Dot TV News, as "hype" and "cheerleading".

Those Braindead Morons can argue no longer as TV quickly arises to the top of the heap of the most important fact we have all been hoping and slowly working for - MORE DEVELOPED .TV Sites!

Well, I took your research one step further. I took about 12 tld's and searched for their number of Google search results. I am hoping to update these as time goes by, (every coupla months). My search results puts Dot TV at #5 today (Oct. 17 2010) above .info, .de, etc.

site:*.com
4,280,000,000

site:*.org
334,000,000

site:*.net
211,000,000

site:*.co.uk
198,000,000

site:*.tv
46,300,000

site:*.info
33,700,000

site:*.in
28,600,000

site:*.de
23,200,000

site:*.us
12,600,000

site:*.eu
9,990,000

site:*.co
280,000

site:*.me
267,000

Interestingly enough, .org is #2.
I would have guessed net would have been #2, and org would have been #3.
and one more very intriguing observation - .co.uk seems to be HOT on the heels of .net

Cool thread ThreeD,
Keep it goin!
Vito

PS - and Go Bears!

***mwzd*** · 10-17-2010, 07:57 AM

# of results is not equal to number of sites.

More pages indexed is good, means there is higher adoption by actual users.

Does this have a direct implication on value of .tv domains, aside from the obvious higher usage > higher value cycle, i really doubt it.

freedom30 · 10-17-2010, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by mwzd

# of results is not equal to number of sites.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350

More pages indexed is good, means there is higher adoption by actual users.

Does this have a direct implication on value of .tv domains, aside from the obvious higher usage > higher value cycle, i really doubt it.

...I like it, nonetheless...

Big mo' is better than little mo' any day of the week, and right now the extension is expriencing big mo'!

ixex · 10-17-2010, 09:33 AM

Post by dotstop
"Interestingly enough, .org is #2.
I would have guessed net would have been #2, and org would have been #3.
and one more very intriguing observation - .co.uk seems to be HOT on the heels of .net"

That's what I would have thought also regarding .org and .net.

garptrader · 10-17-2010, 10:00 AM

Domain tools internet statistics currently shows registrations by TLD

COM 90.4 million
NET 13.4 million
ORG 8.8 million
Info 7.1 million

I suspect this other tool is counting the same domain multiple times. Sometimes when I search for certain keyword phrases to see where my sites rank, I notice they are indexed multiple times for different pages of the same site.

eyedomainous · 10-17-2010, 10:38 AM

Let's not get too blinded by the extension. After all, .TV is a product of the web's political framework.

.TV gets its brand power, its market, from the real product... that marvelous invention called the TV!

If you understand that the fact .TV actually stands for Tuvalu makes little difference in the market place. Then you should understand that the extension itself is not THE market, or the story.

The story here is the rapid rise of "TV branding" in domain names.

That's THE Market! .TV is a big part of that market.

But as the leading professionals in the TV domain trade... I think some objective market perspective is a good thing (even in a .tv forum):
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350

site:* tv.com 120,000,000

freedom30 · 10-17-2010, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by eyedomainous

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350
....TV gets its brand power, its market, from the real product... that marvelous invention called the TV!...

That is true...and the screw is indeed turning now since the middle of March and shows no signs of slowing down.

It is in fact a cost-effective alternative for endusers compared to the gouging and highway robbery that similar .com names has been giving them in terms of overblown prices that kept them from buying those names.

Good opportunity now to sell the name for a price endusers can afford and relate to...TV!

Branding by proxy...what a concept!

I still like it, and apparently many more are liking it as well...

virtuali · 10-17-2010, 01:33 PM

I dont want to rain on anybodys parade here.. but you cant hold "much" stock in those numbers google is providing. There are MANY factors which will skew those numbers in both + and - directions. For example, users in America will get a different number than those in Australia etc etc.

I am sure the numbers are going up, which is a positive sign. But dont get too excited as you will probably see a drop when google does an update. All search indexes change very frequently on both + and - trends.

speedaccu · 10-17-2010, 06:05 PM

What should I say......OK, Hurray!!!.TV is on right track.

Thanks ThreeD

snoop · 10-17-2010, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by mwzd

# of results is not equal to number of sites.

More pages indexed is good, means there is higher adoption by actual users.

Does this have a direct implication on value of .tv domains, aside from the obvious higher usage > higher value cycle, i really doubt it.

Is most likely means the Google index has grown. People come out with these stats for every new or alt extension out there as though is a sign of growth. Unless it is compared to the total index size it means nothing, it is people trying to convince themselves with very poor statistics.

04-27-2010, 03:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
iamkali NamePros Regular Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: That.TV Posts: 417	Oh wow, awesome post! That is definitely a step in the right direction! I can't wait to see what comes in the next few months. Mike __________________ MichaelConner.tv Approved.tv \| Lmfao.tv \| Mammals.tv \| Televiseur.tv \| That.tv \| Throttle.tv

04-27-2010, 04:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
benzdorf The Future Is Now ! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: South Florida & Stuttgart Posts: 620	Thats real good... after all therez three thingz certain in life " Death, Tax's and Google " __________________ That's my story and im sticke'n to it ! ollotv.com the LiL brother of ollo.tv the search engine that findz dotTVz

04-27-2010, 05:20 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jeff Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Winter Break© Posts: 29,508	Not necessarily a good 'stat' ... do you believe that these results are all actual, relevant, properly developed ".TV websites" (versus parked and simple porn type landing pages / domain names (and a shedload of other junk)? ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350 If the #'s/results are accurate, I would say that 27,992,017+ are of the worthless variety, with the simple luck of being indexed at the time of search IMHO. Too good to be true! Just my two sense, Jeff __________________ Be cool. Be polite. Be professional.™ Last edited by Jeff; 04-27-2010 at 05:37 PM. Reason: Spelling.

04-27-2010, 08:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
claudedauman NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 475	Thank you ThreeD. Great post - Reps added. I was at a trade show, over the weekend, and saw a film crew filming for a .TV website (hashbar TV). ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350 Given the massive scope of the price changes on 19 March and the beautiful clean lines of the TV extension (kinda kidding), not to mention the international recognition of the TV abbreviation, I am not surprised that popularity is picking up. Here are some of my contributions: Connect.tv CancunHotels.tv AttorneySearch.tv BusinessAttorney.tv InternetBanking.tv Religious.tv Bakeware.tv DogCare.tv Vinyl.tv GpsDevices.tv PClaptops.tv shredders.tv surgical.tv Best, Claude __________________ Claude - My Blog: Domains90210.com - Follow me at http://twitter.com/Domains90210 -- http://Professor.info is the smart place to buy domain names. See my well priced domain portfolio at http://domains90210.com/?page_id=50

04-27-2010, 09:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
ViReal NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 133	Interesting, thanks for the thread. __________________ ViReal Studios, my Video Production Company ViReal.tv Domains I'm Developing.. SeasideOregon.com,Repair.tv,Longboard.tv,SurvivalBros.com,Splifted.com

04-27-2010, 05:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
b2b Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,633	I have 47.300.000, try site:tv

04-28-2010, 04:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
garptrader NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 857	While there are high-profile sales of generic .COM domains, most .COM development is on brandable .COM domains. Those of you who develop I'm sure have seen the sort of domains that other webmasters seeking link exchanges are using - really *&^%$#! .COM domains which only a newbie would register. Imagine the backlinking effort necessary to rank those ugly ducklings! But generic .COM prices are so exorbitant that most languish undeveloped. .Net & .TV domains generally don't generate significant parking earnings so portfolio holders have to be more realistic about their resale value. Yes, .COM has greater acceptance, but given the cost of domain acquisition, IMO over time we will see among generic domains probably a more rapid pace of .Net & .TV development than .COM (brandable .COM development will continue to blossom of course). I have more .COM domains in my portfolio than .TV but have no plans to develop any of them at the moment. In the next six weeks I hope to have my twelfth developed .TV site (also have several contracted sites). __________________ http://www.genericdomains.net/ http://www.dominericos.com/ http://www.premiumdomains.tv/

04-28-2010, 04:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
the dot stop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: DomainSales.TV Posts: 3,585 Follow @thedotstop	ThreeD, Very interesting observations. and I like the Google syntax link you provided. You learn something new everyday! Repped. thanks for sharing. Vito. __________________ DomainSales.tv ANALYZE.TV

10-17-2010, 06:11 AM	THREAD STARTER #13 (permalink)
ThreeD Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Online Posts: 2,325	I noticed this thread is 173 days old and I think it's time to look back and see how far we've come since February 2010. I did a new search on google for indexed .TV sites today using the regular site:.TV or site:.TV command in the google search box. I have to say I'm rather stunned and amazed by the numbers google returned. Let's take a look back - ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350 In February 2010: 11.2 million .TV sites were indexed by google. By late April 2010: 28 million .TV sites were indexed by google. By mid October 2010: What do you think? How many .TV sites were indexed today? Here is a breakdown of the numbers: February 2010: 11.2 Million .TV sites were indexed. April 2010: 28 million .TV sites were indexed - a 250%* increase since February 2010. October 2010: A whopping 76.8 million .TV sites are now indexed by google. That's a massive 274.3% increase since late April 2010. Now, I don't know about you all, but I think a total increase of 524.3% indexed .TV sites in a timeframe of 8 months is a pretty impressive increase. What do you all think? Lets hope this trend continues __________________ ► * Losers make excuses - winners make it happen * Last edited by ThreeD; 10-17-2010 at 07:31 AM.

10-17-2010, 06:35 AM	#14 (permalink)
freedom30 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,437	...wouldn't allow me to rep you for this factoid so I'll just give you a public "thank ye kindly" for the most interesting and relevant information on the growth of the extension! __________________ .TV - go ahead...turn it on! DomainSales.TV

10-17-2010, 07:17 AM	#15 (permalink)
ixex NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Global Posts: 326	Looking good with a volume increase as this ..in general with any business growth.

10-17-2010, 07:56 AM	#16 (permalink)
the dot stop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: DomainSales.TV Posts: 3,585 Follow @thedotstop	Hey ThreeD, Its pretty cool to wake up today seeing some hard facts supporting the strength and power of this freight train rollin - More developed .TV sites recognized from the powers that be of "Google"! I love these facts because this completely shuts up the TV Anti-Fans who like to refer any positive Dot TV News, as "hype" and "cheerleading". Those Braindead Morons can argue no longer as TV quickly arises to the top of the heap of the most important fact we have all been hoping and slowly working for - MORE DEVELOPED .TV Sites! Well, I took your research one step further. I took about 12 tld's and searched for their number of Google search results. I am hoping to update these as time goes by, (every coupla months). My search results puts Dot TV at #5 today (Oct. 17 2010) above .info, .de, etc. site:.com 4,280,000,000 site:.org 334,000,000 site:.net 211,000,000 site:.co.uk 198,000,000 site:.tv 46,300,000 site:.info 33,700,000 site:.in 28,600,000 site:.de 23,200,000 site:.us 12,600,000 site:.eu 9,990,000 site:.co 280,000 site:.me 267,000 Interestingly enough, .org is #2. I would have guessed net would have been #2, and org would have been #3. and one more very intriguing observation - .co.uk seems to be HOT on the heels of .net Cool thread ThreeD, Keep it goin! Vito PS - and Go Bears! __________________ DomainSales.tv ANALYZE.TV

10-17-2010, 07:57 AM	#17 (permalink)
*mwzd* Extension Agnostic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,918 Follow @mwzd	# of results is not equal to number of sites. More pages indexed is good, means there is higher adoption by actual users. Does this have a direct implication on value of .tv domains, aside from the obvious higher usage > higher value cycle, i really doubt it. __________________ Premium Domains for Sale \| Domain Broker \| Domain Consultant \| Domain Blog WebSite Development \| MiniSites

10-17-2010, 09:33 AM	#19 (permalink)
ixex NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Global Posts: 326	Post by dotstop "Interestingly enough, .org is #2. I would have guessed net would have been #2, and org would have been #3. and one more very intriguing observation - .co.uk seems to be HOT on the heels of .net" That's what I would have thought also regarding .org and .net.

10-17-2010, 10:00 AM	#20 (permalink)
garptrader NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 857	Domain tools internet statistics currently shows registrations by TLD COM 90.4 million NET 13.4 million ORG 8.8 million Info 7.1 million I suspect this other tool is counting the same domain multiple times. Sometimes when I search for certain keyword phrases to see where my sites rank, I notice they are indexed multiple times for different pages of the same site. __________________ http://www.genericdomains.net/ http://www.dominericos.com/ http://www.premiumdomains.tv/

10-17-2010, 10:38 AM	#21 (permalink)
eyedomainous NamePros Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 965	Let's not get too blinded by the extension. After all, .TV is a product of the web's political framework. .TV gets its brand power, its market, from the real product... that marvelous invention called the TV! If you understand that the fact .TV actually stands for Tuvalu makes little difference in the market place. Then you should understand that the extension itself is not THE market, or the story. The story here is the rapid rise of "TV branding" in domain names. That's THE Market! .TV is a big part of that market. But as the leading professionals in the TV domain trade... I think some objective market perspective is a good thing (even in a .tv forum): ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=653350 *site: tv.com 120,000,000**

10-17-2010, 01:33 PM	#23 (permalink)
virtuali NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 404	I dont want to rain on anybodys parade here.. but you cant hold "much" stock in those numbers google is providing. There are MANY factors which will skew those numbers in both + and - directions. For example, users in America will get a different number than those in Australia etc etc. I am sure the numbers are going up, which is a positive sign. But dont get too excited as you will probably see a drop when google does an update. All search indexes change very frequently on both + and - trends.

10-17-2010, 06:05 PM	#24 (permalink)
speedaccu NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Wonder Land Posts: 294 Follow @TVDomainNames	What should I say......OK, Hurray!!!.TV is on right track. Thanks ThreeD

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