.us What's Hot in 2006 - And What's Not. ...Useful in getting good domains, methinks.

[user-7256]

High-profile brands, products, and celebrities make it hot for 2006.

Some are common sense. Some aren't.

WINNERS (getting popular)
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1. Google
2. Oprah Winfrey
3. eBay
4. Las Vegas
5. iPod
6. Amazon.com
7. Yahoo!
8. ABC
9. DVR
10. New York City


LOSERS (what's NOT popular)
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1. Britney Spears
2. United Airlines
3. Howard Stern
4. Hummer
5. The Apprentice (movie?)
6. Survivor (TV show)
7. Blockbuster Video
8. Sidekick
9. Clear Channel
10. Donald Trump



...enjoy. Get those good domains! :D

-Matt

 

[DNWizardX9]

most of them are trademark issues.

 

[Jordyn]

LOL Nice list, but I kinda doubt any good names even kinda related to any of those are still available. If any are let me know!:p

But Jeff is probably right, the only ones on the "good" list that probably wouldnt have any TM issues are Oprah, Vegas, and NYC (though Im sure y'all couldve gotten that far by yourselves).

 

[dongan]

hope none of them are avilable to register and definitely TM issues.

 

[gettinpaid]

ha, funny to see Blockbuster Video on "Bad" list. I had totally forgotten there WAS a Blockbuster Video. I can believe they held on this long.....

 

[mole]

Here's my contribution :D

WINNERS (getting popular)
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1. .BIZ
2. .INFO
3. .US
4. .EU
5. .XXX
6. .ASIA
7. Geotargeting
8. PPA
9. Developing names into real and useful websites
10. Windows Live

LOSERS (what's NOT popular)
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1. .COM
2. PPC Click Fraud
3. Huge portfolios full of turkey stuffing
4. PPC seaweed farms
5. Paying 20x earnings for auction names
6. Auction 'I must win' ego trips
7. Hilly Billy '.COM only' attitudes
8. Curious type-ins that actually generate very poor quality traffic
9. Pump and dump tactics used rampantly today to sell names
10. Artificially inflated .COM prices for tax credits, money laundering or market valuation tricks.

 

[user-7256]

You think .COM is not popular, eh?

Lol, number 6 I agree with though :D

 

[DOMiNIC]

You think .COM is not popular, eh?

Lol, number 6 I agree with though :D

Yep, me thinks Asia and especially China is where we can expect to see the action this year.

Think about it, all those tens of thousands of Chinese Manufacturers and Exporters who don't have a Western Brand Name, many of whom rely on Alibaba and Made-In-China etc. to promote their goods.

Any one of them could be a potential buyer for Your Domain.

Can you think of any Chinese Company with a well known Brand Name?

Here is an interesting article.

http://www.namedevelopment.com/blog/archives/2005/10/product_name_ch_1.html

 

[mrfike]

LOSERS (what's NOT popular)
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4. PPC seaweed farms

Okay, I give, I'm the idiot here, what are PPC Seaweed Farms?

 

[barefoottech]

Can you think of any Chinese Company with a well known Brand Name?

Yes ,ONWA Electronics (PRC)
ACER, BENQ, MicroChip (ROC)

 

[mole]

Okay, I give, I'm the idiot here, what are PPC Seaweed Farms?

PPC seaweed farms are the millions of .COM parking pages that choke up the Internet pipe with spam links.