discuss Why Dot-Best new tld may in fact be one of the "best"

[namemarket]

There seems to not be a lot of good potential keywords in front of .best These are my thoughts on that subject.

I believe one of the main perceived and quite possibly valid benefits of dot-best is keyword(s) do not necessarily need to be in front of "best" but can work without the best word in the name by being instead in the extension and which can replace the 'best' word by only being in the URL with extension.

For example, BestDomainName.com can be replaced with DomainName.Best and the search engines may rank it well or possibly even the same ranking, assuming the name is listed in the search index. A good example of that is as Cyril said 'Madeira Best' search results being the same or similar to 'Best Madeira' etc.

So the idea is BestKeyword.com or whatever can be replaced with Keyword.Best URL resulting in a shorter URL with search engines potentially giving value to the term by also using the reverse word order in the search index results. So in that random example the extension replaces a need to put the Best word in front of the dot.

I know it all sounds confusing but I have reasons to suspect this is actually correct and may be valid thinking and in fact I now personally like dot-best a lot and believe it's an excellent new extension, probably the "best" overall potential of any of the new tlds and certainly a good buy with the $1.98 promo, IMO.

 

[wurdd]

Yes there is.

 

[offthehandle]

Yes there is.

my Sarcasm. it's sorta habitual.

 

[wurdd]

Really?

 

[johnnie018]

It is a very low quality tld, best should always be at the front, not the end.

Only one sale ever recorded on namebio ($150).

 

[briguy]

Probably the only reason, I would use that extension is if my last name was "Best". I would register it with my first name..

No, I am not recommending/suggesting registering first names in that extension..

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_(surname)

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Regardless of the extension, .com included, I don't like to own a domain that has an adjective after a noun. For this reason I have been unable to come up with a grammatically correct sequence. I'm interested to know if anyone has been able to come up with a proper string.

better.than.best

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Regardless of the extension, .com included, I don't like to own a domain that has an adjective after a noun. For this reason I have been unable to come up with a grammatically correct sequence. I'm interested to know if anyone has been able to come up with a proper string.

Perhaps you did not mean that best was only an adjective? but I would point out that according to the dictionary best can be an adjective, noun, adverb or an informal verb. As such it allows quite a few structures, even though I agree that the adjective is the most common.

Re your query "has anyone come up with proper strings", here are a few of mine that I (at least ) regard as proper (most of these use it as a noun)

• achieve.best
• touch.best
• timeless.best
• plans.best
• guaranteed.best
• naturally.best
• create.best

I agree that if spoken in English create the best, for example, is better than create best, but a Google search shows how common they are as exactly this. For example even if you use quotations to get only that expression the term exactly "guaranteed best" has over 2 million search results and "achieve best" about 1.4 million. "Plans best" sounds less proper to me, although even that exact phrase has over 12 million results. I know of course the words by themselves are much more popular (about 2 billion results for just the combo plans best without requiring exact phrase).

I hope I have convinced you that the phrases are proper (and many others since it can be four different parts of speech). Anticipating the criticism that they would not be good phrases for branding a business on, for the most part, I agree. I plan to price them at a level where they are reasonable to procure for a specific domain phrase marketing campaign. I mean I have other hopes for them (e.g. I like achieve.best for a coach or life coach) and have thought about multiple possible end users for each, and actually have one I am considering for development myself not in the above list.

As I said before, not urging anyone to invest in them, and I view the extension as on the riskier side of domain investing (although at the promotion price level not much risk in year one). I see great words at good prices in the current promotion and like that there are plans for a social media side to go along with the extension.

Bob

 

[frank-germany]

Perhaps you did not mean that best was only an adjective? but I would point out that according to the dictionary best can be an adjective, noun, adverb or an informal verb. As such it allows quite a few structures, even though I agree that the adjective is the most common.

Re your query "has anyone come up with proper strings", here are a few of mine that I (at least ) regard as proper (most of these use it as a noun)

• achieve.best
• touch.best
• timeless.best
• plans.best
• guaranteed.best
• naturally.best
• create.best

I agree that if spoken in English create the best, for example, is better than create best, but a Google search shows how common they are as exactly this. For example even if you use quotations to get only that expression the term exactly "guaranteed best" has over 2 million search results and "achieve best" about 1.4 million. "Plans best" sounds less proper to me, although even that exact phrase has over 12 million results. I know of course the words by themselves are much more popular (about 2 billion results for just the combo plans best without requiring exact phrase).

I hope I have convinced you that the phrases are proper (and many others since it can be four different parts of speech). Anticipating the criticism that they would not be good phrases for branding a business on, for the most part, I agree. I plan to price them at a level where they are reasonable to procure for a specific domain phrase marketing campaign. I mean I have other hopes for them (e.g. I like achieve.best for a coach or life coach) and have thought about multiple possible end users for each, and actually have one I am considering for development myself not in the above list.

As I said before, not urging anyone to invest in them, and I view the extension as on the riskier side of domain investing (although at the promotion price level not much risk in year one). I see great words at good prices in the current promotion and like that there are plans for a social media side to go along with the extension.

Bob

sorry Bob,
thats incorrect

the term is not part of a 2 word phrase
but the 2 words appear anywhere on the result page

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Hi @frank-germany no I don't mean using the words in [ ], I mean using the words in " ".
"searching a phrase in quotes will yield only pages with the same words in the same order as what’s in the quotes" (from sources such as this)

 

[frank-germany]

Hi @frank-germany no I don't mean using the words in [ ], I mean using the words in " ".
"searching a phrase in quotes will yield only pages with the same words in the same order as what’s in the quotes" (from sources such as this)

I tested both
same results for me

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Maybe Google is different in Canada and Germany?

When I Google search on for example [achieve best] I get 739 million results. I believe any that have achieve and best anywhere and in either order.

When I Google search on "achieve best" (double quotes and space between words) I get 1.35 million results. I did not check them all (yet) but the first few certainly are documents that do indeed have the word achieve followed by best, the top few even in the title.

Bob

 

[frank-germany]

Maybe Google is different in Canada and Germany?

When I Google search on for example [achieve best] I get 739 million results. I believe any that have achieve and best anywhere and in either order.

When I Google search on "achieve best" (double quotes and space between words) I get 1.35 million results. I did not check them all (yet) but the first few certainly are documents that do indeed have the word achieve followed by best, the top few even in the title.

Bob

sorry
I am wrong

you are right

 

[JB Lions]

Maybe Google is different in Canada and Germany?

When I Google search on for example [achieve best] I get 739 million results. I believe any that have achieve and best anywhere and in either order.

When I Google search on "achieve best" (double quotes and space between words) I get 1.35 million results. I did not check them all (yet) but the first few certainly are documents that do indeed have the word achieve followed by best, the top few even in the title.

Bob

Best isn't the end word tho. And 2 of yours is available for hand reg in .com:

plansbest.com
timelessbest.com

 

[Bob Hawkes]

sorry
I am wrong

you are right

It will quite likely be the only time in my domain career so could we officially designate today as "Bob Hawkes was right" day?

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Best isn't the end word tho. And 2 of yours is available for hand reg in .com:

plansbest.com
timelessbest.com

Could you explain what you mean by best is not the end word? Sorry being confused here.

Thanks for checking, and before I registered them, I did note that, but it seems to me (I realize not everyone agrees and totally respect and accept that) that as domain phrases tacking on a .com, .net, .xyz, .online makes it not an elegant phrase to me.

Bob

 

[Internet.Domains]

• achieve.best
• touch.best
• timeless.best
• plans.best
• guaranteed.best
• naturally.best
• create.best

Understood. Although, those examples still seem broken to me and I don't believe end users will be jumping at those with so many other options available. However, I do sincerely wish you the BEST of luck with them.

 

[JB Lions]

Could you explain what you mean by best is not the end word? Sorry being confused here.

Thanks for checking, and before I registered them, I did note that, but it seems to me (I realize not everyone agrees and totally respect and accept that) that as domain phrases tacking on a .com, .net, .xyz, .online makes it not an elegant phrase to me.

Bob

For example, achieve best. achieve best practices, achieve best results etc. And most of those terms/phrases aren't even money phrases. It's why you see no ads for "achieve best"

vs.
book.club
insurance.agency
reading.app
etc.

 

[johnnie018]

Could you explain what you mean by best is not the end word? Sorry being confused here.

Thanks for checking, and before I registered them, I did note that, but it seems to me (I realize not everyone agrees and totally respect and accept that) that as domain phrases tacking on a .com, .net, .xyz, .online makes it not an elegant phrase to me.

Bob

It is pointless registering names in new tlds that aren't even taken in .com.

The name is "not elegant" because the terms make no sense together, plans.best, plansbest.com, both make no sense at all.

Step back from the keyboard a get a little fresh air perhaps?

 

[NameLlama]

Hey, .best is selling domains for million dollars
Meanwhile, Friend.best, possible the best word in the extension, is selling for $1500

But it's cheaper here
Weird

Friends.best actually better though

 

[Bob Hawkes]

For example, achieve best. achieve best practices, achieve best results etc. And most of those terms/phrases aren't even money phrases. It's why you see no ads for "achieve best"

Ah I see what you mean. On the other hand, by leaving it open something like "achieve.best" could mean personal best in athletics, best practice in business or medicine, achieve best financial results for an investment planner, or many other things. I sort of view it as analogous to when Apple earlier this year used their brand TLD for their "experience.Apple" - in a way it was not clear what exactly Apple meant, but I think the branding folks, or at least some of them, found elegance in the phrase.

Anyway, I agree that actual use of domain name phrases is in its infancy, and may never take off. I liked them and they are mine for now.

Thank you very much for your helpful perspective and taking the time to respond.

Bob

 

[johnnie018]

For example, achieve best. achieve best practices, achieve best results etc. And most of those terms/phrases aren't even money phrases. It's why you see no ads for "achieve best"

vs.
book.club
insurance.agency
reading.app
etc.

Good post, this thread has gotten pretty weird where people seem to think it is good idea to reg names with the keywords around the wrong way.

So much for spanning the dot. Will be sore heads at renewal time "wtf was I thinking".

 

[johnnie018]

On the other hand, by leaving it open something like "achieve.best" could mean personal best in athletics, best practice in business or medicine, achieve best financial results for an investment planner, or many other things.

It doesn't mean anything, it is chinglish at best.

 

[namemarket]

Could you explain what you mean by best is not the end word? Sorry being confused here. Thanks for checking, and before I registered them, I did note that, but it seems to me (I realize not everyone agrees and totally respect and accept that) that as domain phrases tacking on a .com, .net, .xyz, .online makes it not an elegant phrase to me. Bob

I'm not sure if I am understanding this issue but a possible example where the .Best name may bring superior traffic and search engine returns is searching for "bestcancerdoctor.com" vs "bestcancerdoctor" but without typing-in the dot-com and also assuming the dot-best URL is indexed in the search engine..

Another advantage is there's likely to be far more people searching for that term without bothering to add an extension.

 

[Henry Y]

.Best is hard to use in businesses as it may easily lead to false/misleading advertising that may be illegal. It is hard for a business owner to prove that his companies or his product is the best. So we should be careful when investing in .best domains. I think .best can be well used for review websites.

 

[branding]

Drop.best
Forget.best