question Why Do Some People Space o u t Their Domain Extention?

[Ategy]

OK .. I've already got half a dozen probable reasons why some people space-out their domain from it's extension here in the forums. I know it's likely to avoid being searchable .. but just curious as to the actual real reason why?

Just to be clear ... I mean stuff like this:

domain (dot) com
domain . com

Instead of just: domain.com


Thanks

 

[Eric Lyon]

It's to prevent it from showing up in search engines.

domain (dot) com
domain . com

Your examples will not prevent it from showing up in search engines, but this will (Space in-between each letter):

• d o m a i n . c o m

(Unless someone searches for "d o m a i n" with spaces, it won't show up for searches of "Domain.com" or "domain".)

This will prevent it from showing up in search engines when the exact domain is searched:

• domain . c o m

(Will not show up when "domain.com" is searched.)


Hope that helps,

 

[briguy]

My reason..I buy a domain here for $10.00 at a auction..sure dont want a future potential buyer finding out that price through a search. Especially when I trying to get way more..

 

[Domainstore]

OK .. I've already got half a dozen probable reasons why some people space-out their domain from it's extension here in the forums. I know it's likely to avoid being searchable .. but just curious as to the actual real reason why?

Just to be clear ... I mean stuff like this:

domain (dot) com
domain . com

Instead of just: domain.com


Thanks

One of the reasons is that they don't want Google to show/catch up their domanname on namepros (and the price it once was sold or bought), so the spaces avoid this from happening

 

[Ategy]

Yeah .. I'm actually looking to start selling domains .. so I don't really care about them being searchable (on the odd minute chance it drives a buyer to me .. lol) .. was just curious as to the reason why people wouldn't want their domains searchable .. the pricing thing @Domainstore mentioned was one of the ones I thought of .. but I was wondering if there were other reasons I didn't know about that would make me consider start doing it myself, because I've seen it done a few times when there was no mention of price .. but I'm guessing it's simply because sellers (NP members) don't want their buyers to come here via a search of the domain, then to find other possible domain choices.

 

[todaygold]

In addition, depending on which forum you are reading it on, new members often can't post links before they hit a certain number of posts...so they may try those methods to get around the forum rules.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

OK .. I've already got half a dozen probable reasons why some people space-out their domain from it's extension here in the forums. I know it's likely to avoid being searchable .. but just curious as to the actual real reason why?

Just to be clear ... I mean stuff like this:

domain (dot) com
domain . com

Instead of just: domain.com


Thanks

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[DnEbook]

What are the views on p|i|p|i|n|g ?

 

[nomen]

@Eric Lyon Does the <code> block get indexed? Asked from a senior mod but he wasn't 100% sure.