netPH said:
The problem with
Overture keyword selection tool is it doesn't accept keywords with pre-"www". Non else but just guesstimate at least a maximum of 1% of the domain with extension OVT number if any
OVT as you know, is the number of searches done in the yahoo network, during one month. If a domain.com has an ovt with ext 1000, it means that the word "domain.com" is being typed in the yahoo search 1000 times/month. Nobody would write "www.domain.com" in the search bar, so this is why the ovt keyword tool does not show any results.
About the WWWtypo Traffic:
Most www are caught just as a result of speculation, none really knows how much traffic it will bring. I have www typos of names with ovt 500 and I get 400 uniques/month, and www typos of names with ovt 20,000 and they get 40 uniques/month. In order for this to happen, there must be some rule to pre-determine why one domain will get traffic while another will not.
This is a "virgin" area in the domain research, noone as far as I know has engaged in trying to solve these traffic abnormalities problem.
I started researching this sector a few months ago and it is too early to make any conclusions, however, I have made some observations that could lead to conclusions in the future.
One thing that I observed, is that a key factor when choosing a www typo, is the first letter of the actual domain name. Some letters perform 20x better than other. Domains starting with letters too far away from the dot (.) tend to receive less traffic than other domain names starting with a letter near the "dot".
However, I have noticed a
paradox, that domains starting with the letter "L"(which is the closest one to the "dot)" do not receive much traffic.
I have made more observations, having to do with other variables, such as the second letter of the domain name or with the fact that a domain is a typo etc. I do not feel comfotable discussing this matter any further just yet, because this requires more research in order to be able to draw safe conclusions.
Petros
