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I heard the "call" from newbies and not only newbies so I think we have to challenge the definition of Premium letters (for acronyms like 3 or 4 letters)
We had some surveys here and not only here and there are many things to discuss.
First off all, the mentioned Premium letters have been decided by 1 U.S. website which then many U.S. domainers referred to.
This website did not take into consideration other relevant info that found that LLLL.com starting in W or U were among the first 5 letters.
Then many languages do not have the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
For example in Italian there are only 21 letters. There are no: J-K-X-W-Y
Always in Italian V is a very well used letter. Italians would hate the J-K and X more than any other.
In German the letter Z is a great letter.
Chinese love the Q and X but they don`t have the V.
A recent Poll here found that the letter U is considered by a majority of NP member to be Premium.
More info about the letter U:
- it`s one of the 5 vowels.
- according to this survey:
http://www.mcgees.org/fourletterdomains.html
the letter U has been the 4th preferred letter as starting letter:
Registration rate for domains beginning with a certain letter:
Most popular:
a: 72.7%
w: 70.4% (also here you can that the W was second!)
t: 68.0%
u: 66.4%
i: 66.3%
- and according to these statistics :
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=914452
the letter U in English is used more than letters like M , C and F and is right in the middle of the list (same in the italian language).
If we analise the stats regarding French and German , then the U is used even more.
I suppose that who wrote originally the 3 char price guide has done this little mistake and since that all domainers followed that mistake. Why do we need to follow something that is incorrect?
As you can see, it`s totally difficult to establish only what was considered reliable several years ago when internet users were mainly from the USA.
So please, in the interest of all of us , post your 4 lists so at the end , we`ll be able to have our say based on our community, the NamePros Domainers
I will start so that everybody can understand what I mean... it `s simple but sometimes my English is not totally clear
I really think we need to split the bad ones in 2 semi categories: Low quality and really the worst ones where I`m listing 2 but you can put as many as you like in each category as long as you put at least 1 letter in each category.
At the end, hopefully after a couple of hundreds of votes, we`ll have simply to get the results.
Ok, here is my vote:
Premium quality: A-B-C-D-E-F-G-I-L-M-N-O-P-R-S-T-U-W
Medium quality: H-V-Y
Low quality: J-K-Z
Worst ones: Q-X
We had some surveys here and not only here and there are many things to discuss.
First off all, the mentioned Premium letters have been decided by 1 U.S. website which then many U.S. domainers referred to.
This website did not take into consideration other relevant info that found that LLLL.com starting in W or U were among the first 5 letters.
Then many languages do not have the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
For example in Italian there are only 21 letters. There are no: J-K-X-W-Y
Always in Italian V is a very well used letter. Italians would hate the J-K and X more than any other.
In German the letter Z is a great letter.
Chinese love the Q and X but they don`t have the V.
A recent Poll here found that the letter U is considered by a majority of NP member to be Premium.
More info about the letter U:
- it`s one of the 5 vowels.
- according to this survey:
http://www.mcgees.org/fourletterdomains.html
the letter U has been the 4th preferred letter as starting letter:
Registration rate for domains beginning with a certain letter:
Most popular:
a: 72.7%
w: 70.4% (also here you can that the W was second!)
t: 68.0%
u: 66.4%
i: 66.3%
- and according to these statistics :
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=914452
the letter U in English is used more than letters like M , C and F and is right in the middle of the list (same in the italian language).
If we analise the stats regarding French and German , then the U is used even more.
I suppose that who wrote originally the 3 char price guide has done this little mistake and since that all domainers followed that mistake. Why do we need to follow something that is incorrect?
As you can see, it`s totally difficult to establish only what was considered reliable several years ago when internet users were mainly from the USA.
So please, in the interest of all of us , post your 4 lists so at the end , we`ll be able to have our say based on our community, the NamePros Domainers
I will start so that everybody can understand what I mean... it `s simple but sometimes my English is not totally clear
I really think we need to split the bad ones in 2 semi categories: Low quality and really the worst ones where I`m listing 2 but you can put as many as you like in each category as long as you put at least 1 letter in each category.
At the end, hopefully after a couple of hundreds of votes, we`ll have simply to get the results.
Ok, here is my vote:
Premium quality: A-B-C-D-E-F-G-I-L-M-N-O-P-R-S-T-U-W
Medium quality: H-V-Y
Low quality: J-K-Z
Worst ones: Q-X
