question Why Do Some People Space o u t Their Domain Extention?

Ategy.com said:

OK .. I've already got half a dozen probable reasons why some people space-out their domain from it's extension here in the forums. I know it's likely to avoid being searchable .. but just curious as to the actual real reason why?

Just to be clear ... I mean stuff like this:

domain (dot) com
domain . com

Instead of just: domain.com


Thanks

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One of the reasons is that they don't want Google to show/catch up their domanname on namepros (and the price it once was sold or bought), so the spaces avoid this from happening

It's to prevent it from showing up in search engines.

Ategy.com said:

domain (dot) com
domain . com

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Your examples will not prevent it from showing up in search engines, but this will (Space in-between each letter):

• d o m a i n . c o m

(Unless someone searches for "d o m a i n" with spaces, it won't show up for searches of "Domain.com" or "domain".)

This will prevent it from showing up in search engines when the exact domain is searched:

• domain . c o m

(Will not show up when "domain.com" is searched.)


Hope that helps,

Yeah .. I'm actually looking to start selling domains .. so I don't really care about them being searchable (on the odd minute chance it drives a buyer to me .. lol) .. was just curious as to the reason why people wouldn't want their domains searchable .. the pricing thing @Domainstore mentioned was one of the ones I thought of .. but I was wondering if there were other reasons I didn't know about that would make me consider start doing it myself, because I've seen it done a few times when there was no mention of price .. but I'm guessing it's simply because sellers (NP members) don't want their buyers to come here via a search of the domain, then to find other possible domain choices.

My reason..I buy a domain here for $10.00 at a auction..sure dont want a future potential buyer finding out that price through a search. Especially when I trying to get way more..

In addition, depending on which forum you are reading it on, new members often can't post links before they hit a certain number of posts...so they may try those methods to get around the forum rules.

Ategy.com said:

OK .. I've already got half a dozen probable reasons why some people space-out their domain from it's extension here in the forums. I know it's likely to avoid being searchable .. but just curious as to the actual real reason why?

Just to be clear ... I mean stuff like this:

domain (dot) com
domain . com

Instead of just: domain.com


Thanks

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