.TRAVEL breaks from .COM

[mole]

As the logical expansion of the domain name system and technology advancements continue to propel the Internet revolution, the travel industry – the largest industry in the world – is the first to make a unified effort to remove their products and services from the anonymity of the .com Web to institute its own identity through an industry-specific space on Internet”

http://www.hostingtech.com/?m=show&id=1074

 

[namewaiter]

umm... those numbers are not very impressive and i have yet to see or hear of one being used or advertised.

well actually there are a few out there, but the industry needs a ton to create the brand...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:.travel&btnG=Google+Search

 

[kjmz]

umm... those numbers are not very impressive and i have yet to see or hear of one being used or advertised.

well actually there are a few out there, but the industry needs a ton to create the brand...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:.travel&btnG=Google+Search

I agree, those are actually the first I've ever seen. It's a really long extension.

 

[mole]

It parses well with the search engines, and the registrar has the right industry connections, put two and two together, and what you are going to get is an authoritative name space that can benefit travellers looking for good and relevant content on the WWW.

What this serves is to reinforce in surfers that other extensions beyond .COM may actually be a better choice for certain content. .MOBI is expected to hit this year, mobile optimized sites is the panacea a lot of people are looking for today.

2006 will be a watershed year for new extensions.

 

[-db-]

umm... those numbers are not very impressive...

You have to keep in mind that .Travel is not open for just anybody (i.e. domain speculators) to register, so those numbers are a bit more impressive than they might seem at first glance.

All I want is Space.Travel

 

[mole]

You have to keep in mind that .Travel is not open for just anybody (i.e. domain speculators) to register

Good point, one obvious problem with domain speculation is that it lays the namespace bare of anything other than Sedo parking pages.

 

[-db-]

Mole, forgive me sir. This is off topic but it's funny...

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That's what the Google ad was showing when I came back into the thread. :o

I guess it detected your user name, and supplied a relevant content advertisement.

:lol:

 

[Untitled]

.travel actually sounds good! I like it

 

[madcap]

I think it's interesting that airlines can have .travel and .areo, but for the most part are still using the .coms they own.

 

[AdoptableDomains]

effort to remove their products and services from the anonymity of the .com Web

Okay, lets hear of just ONE past .com website that has DROPPED or REMOVED their .com name to move to .travel. Yes, many will register the .travel, but I think most will just park them on the .com or park their .com on the .travel. Either way, i wouldn't call that removing it from .com.

Most airlines have .com names, most also have one or more .aero, but don't use them as their main site.

 

[WealthStream]

.TRAVEL is a brilliant extension from an SEO point of view, as it adds the important keyword "travel" to a domain. From a branding perspective, however, it won't ever come close to the value of .COM.

 

[JAugusto]

Will this break the overvaluated .com price bubble?

 

[namewaiter]

Will this break the overvaluated .com price bubble?

umm .... no,,, .jobs, .travel, .aero, .info, .whatever all will continuously convolute the namespace and make .com stand out that much more - imho.

 

[2knew]

Would I rebrand one of my existing travel sites as .travel? nope.

I'd love to build one from scatch though...

 

[AdoptableDomains]

And .travel is already 3 letters longer than any dot com and two longer than .info before you add the second domain name. It's a nice niche domain for a secondary domain though.