ESPN a Domainer too?

[seven]

I know ESPN uses bcsfootball.com (owned under Disney) but now they're promoting their ESPNBoston.com and other geos even though they forward to a sub URL.

I think the GEO is a bad move. You start doing that and pretty soon you've got 50-100 domains with visitors expecting ESPNeverything.com when you could have just as easily gone with the slash.

For awhile they were marketing their slash.

ESPN.com/lions, ESPN.com/volleyball, etc.

I just noticed that cybersquatters are already out in full force.

ESPNTexas.com, ESPNSanANtonio and ESPNCalifornia.com all registered. This is another problem.

Not a good idea to try to make your mark cover large spectrums.

 

[CrazyTech]

I saw this today with the city sites. I don't personally feel that it's the best idea, but I suppose time will tell. I can see both pros and cons.

 

[nicedomains]

Ya, talk about giving squatters some stuff to feed on. I saw the commercial last night and had the same thoughts. Sad that they would lauch ESPNBoston without even taking a few of the best ones that they would have potentially used.