About Premium names

[coldgarb]

Actually 2 questions here

1.Do all experts agree what makes a name a "premium name"
is it number google results?
is it the number of searches per day?
is it number of characters in the name?

2.Are premium names in .cc,.ws,.sc etc worth more than reg fee even if undeveloped??

 

[onewordonly]

To me a premium name means a generic .com or .net which most of us will never own. But there are premium LLLL.com's for example, premium .info's etc as well.

 

[dgridley]

You ideally want a low number of Google results: 140,000,000 results (for example) means ALOT of competition for the number 1 ranking...

 

[accent]

Premium has become a advertising puff word. A seller is likely to call anything he is selling "premium". In that sense it has almost no meaning.

As above some people reserve it to mean the most valuable domains - but there is no specific definition there.

In short domains (5 or less letters) "premium letters" are:
abcdefghilmnoprst
some domainers want to add to that list, most often u and w.

Premium letters are more valuable in a short domain because they are used more often and therefore a domain containing them is more likely to sell to an end user.

 

[Giode]

You ideally want a low number of Google results: 140,000,000 results (for example) means ALOT of competition for the number 1 ranking...

On the other hand, you could perceive higher Google results with higher popularity of the term. The beauty of a generic domain is the way it gets indexed in search engines once it has been developed.

Here are some examples:

"fishing" 191,000,000 Google results--Ranked #1
"Garden" 714,000,000 Google results--Ranked #1
"Furniture" 322,000,000 Google results--Ranked #1
"Dollar" 218,000,000 Google results--Ranked #1
"Diet" 205,000,000 Google results--Ranked #1
"Homes" 356,000,000 Google results--Ranked #1

The list goes on and on...

As long as a generic domain is developed, it tends to do exceptionally well in search engines. This is a glimpse of one of the most often forgot benifits of owning generic domains. It's not just about type-in traffic, like some say.

 

[coldgarb]

Premium has become a advertising puff word. A seller is likely to call anything he is selling "premium". In that sense it has almost no meaning.

This is exactly why I put up this question.
There seems to be a wide disagreement on what constitutes a premium word.

So atleast we agree that the name has to be a generic name.All other aspects are debatable I guess.

but are premium words like love,dating worthless in .cc,.la etc ?

 

[smashfactory]

Premium: of exceptional quality or greater value than others of its kind; superior: of higher price or cost

premium has nothing to do with length, and there are premiums in every extension, based on that extension. a premium .cc will not garner what a premium .com will- but, porn.cc is premium as compared to other .cc's.