discuss .link & .pics Showcases & Discussion; API Data

[Cool.Ventures]

My Reg list for sale or trade. :
Bloggers.link (Google got Blogger.link !)
Resale.link
Outdoors.link, Recreation.link, Wellness.link
ClickThis.link, DeepWeb.link, eCloud.link, Folio.link, HowTo.link
BuyDomains.link, SiteDesign.link, TLD.link
GoGreen.link, Recycle.link, Conserve.link
Ecology.link, Greenup.link, Greenest.link, GreenLiving.link
EcoFriendly.link, TreeHugger.link, Environmentalist.link
Sustainability.link, FairTrade.link
ClimateChange.link, Renewables.link, OffGrid.link, GreenBuilding.link

wed.pics
space.pics

Reserved / not for sale:
Reciprocal.link (for use and type-in traffic)
Weakest.link (reserved for type-in traffic)
BuyNames.link (for use)
MyBio.link (for use)
MoreInfo.link (for use)
OnSale.link (for use)

Registrars with the fastest API / prices for .link:
Hexonet.net (approx. $9) (17 / 43)
101domain.com (approx. $10, cheaper bulk discount) (14 / 40)
enom.com (most expensive pre-reg) (4 / 16)

Registrars that totally failed or did poorly:
Gandi.net (approx. $11) (3 / 35)
OnlyDomains.com / Instra.com (same api) (0 / 32)
Name.com (0 / 34)
Sibernames.com (1 / 35)
UnitedDomains.com (0 / 13)
Netim.com (1 / 11)
101domains.com (plural) (0 / 20)

What do you think? What did you reg?
I had a whole lot more I pre-regged, but Unireg. pulled them out from under me for their massive reserved list of over 1,000.

 

[Ms Domainer]

Whatevs, as they say these days...

Do you really think Google's legal team is going to care about this mickey mouse forum? lol Please, I beg you... send them the link to this forum.

I can see how blogger.com or 1-800-blogger can be trademarked and protected, but not just "blogger" all by itself, no, not anymore than "runner" can be trademarked and protected form every use.

I regged blogger.link before Google did; they convinced unireg to get it before GA. I regged bloggers.link, so I think bloger.link is a good sister domain.

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Unlike Apple, website, etc, "Blogger" is a made-up, branded word (based on the word "blog"), specifically created for the Blogger platform.

Now are you going to be regging typos of Verizon?

But, no, I'm not going to forward anything to anyone. I'm not out to make anyone's life more difficult, just warning you of a potential pitfall.

I figure Google will find you. They may decide to do nothing about it, but then again they might hand you your head on a platter, given that they have deeper pockets than you.

You just don't know.

:hehe: :wave:



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[Jasonn]

how often do you see domains sell that end in link?...basically never.

 

[Cool.Ventures]

Send a link? It's not like Google is a search engine or anything and crawls the web. You're already on page 1

https://www.google.com/search?q=blo...="bloger.link"&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official



Passing on a .com for a .link, great strategy.



You love it too, it's why in your short time here, you're on your 4th different domain for your main site. .com ---> .eco --------> .ventures ------> and now back with the winner .com again. I saw some hope in your recent posts, then saw 30 .link regs and trying to grab some shine off yet another company's work and brand/trademark. But good luck nonetheless.

Originally it was EcoWhale.com, but people didn't know how to spell "whale" so I had to change it. Cool.Ventures is nice, but people aren't adapted to other extensions yet, so I'm using what I have in the meantime until I make a better strategy. I don't like .com. It's what I'm stuck with until I make a feasible change again later on.

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Unlike Apple, website, etc, "Blogger" is a made-up, branded word (based on the word "blog"), specifically created for the Blogger platform.

Now are you going to be regging typos of Verizon?

But, no, I'm not going to forward anything to anyone. I'm not out to make anyone's life more difficult, just warning you of a potential pitfall.

I figure Google will find you. They may decide to do nothing about it, but then again they might hand you your head on a platter, given that they have deeper pockets than you.

You just don't know.

:hehe: :wave:



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That's not fair to compare blogger to verizon. Verizon is obviously made up and is strictly a trademark. Blogger is a someone who blogs and is intended to be a dictionary word as such.

But really, telling Google on me will do me a favor, not hurt me.

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Blogger is a dictionary word first and a un-enforceable trademark secondly:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blogger

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NOTICE: I am the official trademark holder for Bloggers, Bloggers.Link, Bloger and Bloger.Link:
http://www.bloggers.link

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how often do you see domains sell that end in link?...basically never.

How often do you use "com" as a meaning for anything? Basically never. Far less than you would use "link" for something.

 

[Jasonn]

How often do you use "com" as a meaning for anything? Basically never. Far less than you would use "link" for something.

no one uses link for anything besides hyperlinks, which is extremely limited in scope. .com just means the internet. its just how it is. unless you have a time machine and can convince the creators of it to change domains to be seperated by a dot...though that would result basically in one word domains not existing.

 

[Jasonn]

.net means the Internet. .com is the abbreviation for commercial. Far from every Internet website is commercial.

• .link is not restricted to commercialization (.com), networks (.net), organizations (.org) or countries (.us). It is appropriate for anything!
• .link signifies that it's an internet address. For example, .photography doesn't and needs the cumbersome "www" prefix.
• .link looks better in text, for example, "here is MyResume.link" is far more appealing and memorable than: "Here is the link to my resume: janstewert.dweebly.com/resume.html". When in text, people are more likely to click on <something.link" than other domains.
• link is catchy and meaningful: It's much better to be a "link" (a.k.a. connection) than a "web", "online", etc. All the good .web, etc. domains are already pre-registered and likely will have high early access (landrush) fees. .web is good, but .Link is best. You can get a .link cheap today!
• .link is broad and suitable for ANY keyword as opposed to almost all other extensions. This means that .link is far more likely to become mainstream and achieve mass appeal than the other extension choices in the long run. This is attractive to both domainers and end users.
• If you need to use more than one domains, then the universal nature of .link is best. For example, I use green.link for my business and bio.link for my personal sites. This is less confusing for me and my visitors than mysite.green and mysite.bio being used simultaneously.
• * In the future, as links become ubiquitous in objects, you will be able to touch links everywhere! and instantly access them on your mobile device or computer. With Google Glass, you will be able to activate links by eye movements.
• Dotless keywording: "AustraliaExploration.link" sounds better than "Australia Dot Exploration".
• Registration and renewal fees are much less than most of the other extension choices.
• There are no restrictions for the use of .Link.
• .Link is short and one syllable as opposed to .online, .exploration, etc. which is critical for mobile devices and marketing.
• Link is universal and an internationally understood word.
• There are no other domain extensions to confuse with "link" as opposed to .onl / .online, and .web / .website / .site, etc.
• All the letters in "link" are conveniently on the right side of the keyboard which is especially great for mobile devices.
• Contrary to popular belief, there are no search engine advantages to keywords in the domain name, so australia.exploration will not result in better search results for "australian exploration" than just exploration.link.
• The world's 10th most popular website is LinkedIn. Link TV's slogan is "Connecting You to the World".
• In summary, there are many advantages of exploration.link over www.australia.exploration or australiaexplorationonline.com for example because that's how those look side by side when properly marketed.

i don't know about you but i never say 'go to this link' i say 'go to this site' or go to blaglbha.com/net/org/ca/tvetc

in the consumer conscious .com means internet. it doesn't matter what it really means anymore. (and btw .net means network..)

for these new gtlds unless you are using it like a phrase/word i see little value in them. like up.link or hyper.link (can't really think of any phrases for .link) etc work but just putting any word in front of it defeats the only thing that makes the new gtlds any good.

 

[DnEbook]

voucher.link and vouchers.link

Are you in the U.s …. coupons is a better term i think ?

 

[Cool.Ventures]

Over 20K .link registrations first day!

The .link nay sayers are toast. Poof! Disproved!

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i don't know about you but i never say 'go to this link' i say 'go to this site' or go to blaglbha.com/net/org/ca/tvetc

in the consumer conscious .com means internet. it doesn't matter what it really means anymore. (and btw .net means network..)

for these new gtlds unless you are using it like a phrase/word i see little value in them. like up.link or hyper.link (can't really think of any phrases for .link) etc work but just putting any word in front of it defeats the only thing that makes the new gtlds any good.

Yeah, I agree with a lot of what you mean. But don't forget, putting popularity aside, "com" is not logically any better than "link". To make you eat your own words... you don't ever tell someone to go to your "com"; however telling someone to go to your link sounds much more appropriate. Also in continuation of eating your own words... nothing makes any sense in front of com except Intercom.

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If you don't like .link... then get off of this post and go to a .com worshiping post.

 

[JB Lions]

Over 20K .link registrations first day!

The .link nay sayers are toast. Poof! Disproved!

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Yeah, I agree with a lot of what you mean. But don't forget, putting popularity aside, "com" is not logically any better than "link". To make you eat your own words... you don't ever tell someone to go to your "com"; however telling someone to go to your link sounds much more appropriate. Also in continuation of eating your own words... nothing makes any sense in front of com except Intercom.

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If you don't like .link... then get off of this post and go to a .com worshiping post.

You notice the word discussion in the title? So that can be pro and con. And your post doesn't make much sense. Go to your link? Do you tell people to go to your link or your site? What kind of site are you supposed to make on a .link? A site with links? Or is this just a forwarder type extension. Forward to real site. Until you put your site up on a .link instead of the .com you're using, you're a .com fan too.

 

[equity78]

As an fyi, Link is a little different for Uniregistry than the other extensions. They are holding back more and are selling some as premium. Some premium names entered the root, so that number is higher than it would be, Frank explained this on Twitter.

I did write a post about this on DotWhatever, I would paste but it is basically Tweet embeds, so you can read if you like.

http://dotwhatever.com/north-sound-domains-frank-schilling-explains-twitter/

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Full disclosure, Frank is an advertiser, I work with him, but I don't get .link and told him that and he was cool, different opinions, he sees something with the extension and put his money up, personally I just think there are better extensions. I do like .pics for top premium keywords, but so many were on collision list.

I regged one, because Dog and Cat were taken and Puppy has the same search volume with pics, 4400 exact so I figured I would take that one. The hysterical part was I checked the whois after I regged it, and then I see Frank owns puppypics.com. thought that was a bit funny.

 

[bmugford]

If you don't like .link... then get off of this post and go to a .com worshiping post.

Sorry, but this thread is not just open to .link fanboys.
It is an open discussion between all viewpoints.

Brad

 

[equity78]

That's correct Brad, it if had just been a showcase thread then no, but it was posted as discussion too, so everyone can comment from either side of the aisle.

 

[Cool.Ventures]

You notice the word discussion in the title? So that can be pro and con. And your post doesn't make much sense. Go to your link? Do you tell people to go to your link or your site? What kind of site are you supposed to make on a .link? A site with links? Or is this just a forwarder type extension. Forward to real site. Until you put your site up on a .link instead of the .com you're using, you're a .com fan too.

You don't tell people to go to your com, so don't criticize link the same way or your a hypocrite in that case.

I am in the middle of .com and new.gtld Both have pros and cons. I like .com because you don't have to explain to anyone there's another extension. They will automatically go to .com. I hate .com in that "com" is pointless and it's most extraordinarily difficult to get a practical prefix name.

I like new.gtld because it can be most meaningful and you can get what you want. I hate new.gtld because end users will, for a while yet, go to the .com version. That's why I'm using .com for now until I find a strategy to use a new.gtld in a way they are unlikely to type in a .com variation out of habit.

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Sorry, but this thread is not just open to .link fanboys.
It is an open discussion between all viewpoints.

Brad

Right, that's fine, but many intentions are too malicious, to troll and wreak havoc with fallacious reasoning and unwillingness to communicate in a civil, coherent manner. That has no benefit for the forum.

 

[jmcc]

Over 20K .link registrations first day!

The .link nay sayers are toast. Poof! Disproved!

Nope.

The .LINK counts show this hoster leading the pack. Care to guess who owns it?

INTERNETTRAFFIC.COM : 18272

Rest: 1778.

Total for .LINK: 20,050

Regards...jmcc

 

[Kate]

Over 20K .link registrations first day!

The .link nay sayers are toast. Poof! Disproved!

.tk has got millions of regs and we know how successful it is, just saying.

 

[RU]

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sorry deleted

 

[mtomich]

Truthfully the entire process with most of these new gtlds is disgusting.

Between name collisions, significant backroom deals prior to launches and stacks of registry reserved domains it makes me wonder why I preorder any of them.

By the time average Joe domainer gets a chance he is left with table scraps at best. I did think some of the new gtlds stood a chance, but it is beginning to seem like a person starting a new business is going to have similar limited options in these new spaces as he/she would have in the dotcom. Ugh.

Rambling aside, I picked up old.pics yesterday and will eventually run with development.

 

[BreezerTNL]

When I have to give an opinion... I can't call the .link extension a success... Of the 20.000 registrations at the first day, about 16.500 are registered by North Sound Names, amoung them are also all reserved .link domainnames too. So only 3.500 are taken by the people like you and me...

 

[JB Lions]

Nope.

The .LINK counts show this hoster leading the pack. Care to guess who owns it?

INTERNETTRAFFIC.COM : 18272

Rest: 1778.

Total for .LINK: 20,050

Regards...jmcc

Some interesting reading on the blogs today about this:

Somebody asked Frank about it, he said:

"they are the company that has done a deal for our premium names"

https://twitter.com/Frank_Schilling/statuses/456139505150722048

When you read it just as it is, it seems like some other company he's not associated with in any manner, one he just did a deal with but then

"I asked Frank is he owns this company but have not heard back yet"
http://onlinedomain.com/2014/04/16/...main-name-registrations-link-is-at-20000-but/

"I took a random sampling and found them all registered to North Sound Names, a company based on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, which is where Schilling lives."
http://domainincite.com/16481-new-g...ampaign=Feed:+DomainIncite+(DomainIncite.com)

"North Sound Names, a Grand Cayman company, is running premium sales for Uniregistry."
http://domainnamewire.com/2014/04/16/uniregistry-activates-thousands-of-reserved-domains-per-tld/

And the sexy and tattoo numbers jumped as well because of this.

"The winner gets pink.link"

https://www.namepros.com/4633642-post8.html

I guess this means nobody won the contest, pink.link, since everybody guessed over.

 

[quality]

Are you in the U.s …. coupons is a better term i think ?

Cheers I agree but the coupons and coupon were reserved more useful for a UK site thanks I still think they were a good ind for $10 each

 

[forge]

Some interesting reading on the blogs today about this:

Somebody asked Frank about it, he said:

"they are the company that has done a deal for our premium names."

Keep it sleazy, Cayman Islands!

Honestly, this is all a disgrace.