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Hello All,
I recently put up the name poolcued.com up for appraisal. I respect the opinion of the appraisers, however I must admit I was a little surprised at the negative feedback that the name recieved.
Firstly, the name is short, "speaks" well, easily typed in - and the two words are connected.
I went to Google and typed in the word "pool"
On their first page, the word appeared twice as the first word of a title. (once for a trade mag and once for a game download)
The second page had not one site beginning with the word "pool".
The third page had one.
I then typed in "pool games".
The first page had the word "pool" as a first word only twice from ten titles.
The second page was exactly the same.
Why?
Although my search wasn't extensive, I saw no obvious unofficial site for pool game enthusiasts
I saw no site for players and fans of the real game.
And no "all things pool" type of site.
In the domain world, I'm aware that gambling site names seem to be in vogue.
However, even though I have no figures, I do know that the game of pool, (in all of its forms) remains ever popular.
Now, working on the "punch in keywords" method, it would seem that there is a gap to be filled there. I would like to know why the name poolcued.com hasn't the potential to fill that gap?
Am I missing something?
Your comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou,
charbar.
I recently put up the name poolcued.com up for appraisal. I respect the opinion of the appraisers, however I must admit I was a little surprised at the negative feedback that the name recieved.
Firstly, the name is short, "speaks" well, easily typed in - and the two words are connected.
I went to Google and typed in the word "pool"
On their first page, the word appeared twice as the first word of a title. (once for a trade mag and once for a game download)
The second page had not one site beginning with the word "pool".
The third page had one.
I then typed in "pool games".
The first page had the word "pool" as a first word only twice from ten titles.
The second page was exactly the same.
Why?
Although my search wasn't extensive, I saw no obvious unofficial site for pool game enthusiasts
I saw no site for players and fans of the real game.
And no "all things pool" type of site.
In the domain world, I'm aware that gambling site names seem to be in vogue.
However, even though I have no figures, I do know that the game of pool, (in all of its forms) remains ever popular.
Now, working on the "punch in keywords" method, it would seem that there is a gap to be filled there. I would like to know why the name poolcued.com hasn't the potential to fill that gap?
Am I missing something?
Your comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou,
charbar.