Let's get a discussion going on NBC and geo.com owners

[jeffoverman]

Hi

Been waiting for someone to post this but I guess I will be that person

Will NBC geo.com kill geo.com owners? Nbcchicago.com vs Chicago.com as an example.

The media companies are so far behind there times and I will be quit shocked they will be able to play catch up.

However that being said, NBC has very deep pockets and the geo owners will have a tough time to compete due to credit lines harder to get I feel.

As a whole It will be interesting to see how NBC does this. They obviously do not the generic geo.com name values. If they did they would have been a buyer unless the geo owners are greedy and laugh at NBC.

I also think traffic will spill over from nbcchicago.com to Chicago.com

Let's have a worthy discussion on this and I threw couple things out for post discussion. Please feel free to explain your thoughts, other topics of interest.

J

 

[duceman]

GE (NBC;s parent company) could more than afford to buy the top 150 *city*.com's if they wanted. I'm sure that they don't want to water down their brand so they would rather spend ad dollars on their own branding.

As for what it may or may not do to geo holders, I think it will have 0 effect.

my 2c

 

[lenah]

It will have zero impact. People who type in chicago.com will still type in chicago.com vs nbcchicago.com or visitchicago.com. Most of the traffic on chicago.com is tourism-related anyway and nbcchicago.com is tailored more for local residents.