Thanks cjcjcj for being willing to share your experience & knowledge
Gazzip KNOWS that I admire and respect him. He knows that my comments are made with that in mind. I am not discrespecting him in any way. He's top 5 on my buddy list.
Gazzip did think/assume you were mocking my reply.
For the most part, the "end user" populous has sloppy search habits and with propoer SEO, it doesn't matter if they search with or without quotes if you are on the top of the list.
Agreed โ but it takes a lot more than a keyword domain to get to the top of the list.
The great divide between those that buy end-user domains to develop versus domainers that buy domains for PPC Rev is becoming more and more clear.
They are two different avenues of domaining IMO
EVERY major city in the world uses the words "telephone" and "phone directory" after it eventually. Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world. It is inevitable that it too will have a phone book that will be filled with recurring advertising that generates truckloads of cash each and every year. There already IS a small and local Dubai Telephone service and of course, there is Etisalat as well, the UAE major TeleCommunications company that is basically the AT&T of the US that is buidling offices in Dubai AS WE SPEAK.
Not to mention the fact the new and upcoming buisnesses currently building an infrastructure in Dubai to compete with Etisalat will almost certainly call themselves Dubai Telephone or Dubai Phone Service or Dubai Communications or some varient thereof. Having this domain gives them a great and valuable leg up against the big boys there.
Most Telephone companies tend to go by a brand name that is short and easy for people to remember.
Let's ponder... what does say the local New York Phone book generate in ad sales every year? I read somewhere on line that the NY Phone Book generates 134 Million Dollars in Revenue EVERY YEAR. ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR MILLION!!!!
I take it you mean the hard copy ? - New York and the surrounding areas have a very large population with many businesses paying extra to get noticed, I don't remember offhand but I would image it is a very very thick book !!!
New Your Phone Directory (four words) generates 209 Million hits on Google without quotes and the top companies are magically at the top of the list.... Hmmm... how can THAT be?
They are older well established developed domains with a massive amount of incoming links โ Not one of them have the word telephone in the domain either - strange
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Att.com - Online Since: April 25th, 1986
PageRank: 9/10
Alexa Rank: 2,887
Incoming Google Links: 13,900
Incoming Yahoo Links: 181,000
Incoming MSN Links: 133,352
Incoming Alexa Links: 2,106
Overall Incoming Links: 330,358
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yellowpages.com โ Online Since: April 5th, 1996
PageRank: 7/10
Alexa Rank: 886
Incoming Google Links: 6,840
Incoming Yahoo Links: 0
Incoming MSN Links: 60,338
Incoming Alexa Links: 1,451
Overall Incoming Links: 68,629
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whitepages.com - Online Since: April 8th, 1996
PageRank: 8/10
Alexa Rank: 361
Incoming Google Links: 23,300
Incoming Yahoo Links: 214,000
Incoming MSN Links: 46,431
Incoming Alexa Links: 514
Overall Incoming Links: 284,245
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Addresses.com โ Online Since: May 5th, 1996
PageRank: 7/10
Alexa Rank: 6,002
Incoming Google Links: 33,300
Incoming Yahoo Links: 0
Incoming MSN Links: 9,884
Incoming Alexa Links: 830
Overall Incoming Links: 44,014
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www.newyorkphonedirectory.com - Parking page
www.newyorktelephonedirectory.com โ Parked at GoDaddy
www.bostonphonebook.com - parked
www.bostontelephonebook.com - Parked
www.londonphonebook.com - Parked
Now this could be because endusers are not interested in buying them, the owner does not want to sell or is asking too much for them ?
I still think yours could do very well with advertising eventually if developed, maybe you will get a great offer for them - who knows ?
JMO as always
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