They do not worry about typos??

their legal department worry about typos by sending out c & d's - but thats not on the same page as consciously closing down a tld they already own to keep their .com shiny.

Originally posted by safesys
their legal department worry about typos by sending out c & d's - but thats not on the same page as consciously closing down a tld they already own to keep their .com shiny.

I thought I heard, where possible, companies reged typos of their domains and forwarded them into their primary domain? Is this not true?

I thought I heard, where possible, companies reged typos of their domains and forwarded them into their primary domain? Is this not true?

they're advised to by anyone with a clue, but with all the red tape the only typos most seem to get are the ones they get from c & d's and udrp.

Originally posted by safesys
but with all the red tape

Ok, so in the general sense I'd accept your analysis.

But in specific cases I'm pretty sure companies, espicialy those which primarily live on the internet, are far more savy about these issues. So perhaps that's the difference, that I'm primarily just looking at companies with far more to lose via internet screwups.

But in specific cases I'm pretty sure companies, espicialy those which primarily live on the internet, are far more savy about these issues. So perhaps that's the difference, that I'm primarily just looking at companies with far more to lose via internet screwups.

and yet you think they'd turn off a tld to guide people to the .com instead of just getting every eyeball in any tld they own? c'mon

Originally posted by safesys
and yet you think they'd turn off a tld to guide people to the .com instead of just getting every eyeball in any tld they own? c'mon

I've seen to many stop forwarding their .INFO's into their .COM's, and I'm just not buying this occured due to incompetence (= your view).

Perhaps there is another answer? An answer involving concious thought versus being brain dead.

If you don't think corps are incompetent in volume when it comes to domains, you've not been looking at drop/expiry lists over the past few years

Originally posted by safesys
If you don't think corps are incompetent in volume when it comes to domains, you've not been looking at drop/expiry lists over the past few years

Well, at least not the CNO lists.


For completeness: I'm seeing these names get renewed, very few dropping. But I suppose this could just be autorenewals and so long as their account is in good standanding these renewals would go on forever .....

I've analyzed .info data for two more dates. If someone has the number of google indexed pages for .com as of those dates, we can see how the .com ratios compare. (Google has been trying to expand its index faster than growth in the internet as a whole, so the .com ratio isn't necessarily stable over time).

Even though the following calculations are limited to .info, they may be of some interest:

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As of 04-18-2003 there were over 2,800,000 .info google indexed pages

As of 4/15/2003 there were 1,078,555 .registered info domains

Ratio: 2.596 indexed pages per .info domain
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As of 02-01-2004 here were 5,240,000 .info google indexed pages

As of that same date there were an estimated 1,094,637 registered .info domains. Estimate: (1,104,141 +1,085,133) / 2 = 1,094,637

Ratio: 4.787 indexed pages per .info domain

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Combining this data with the earlier post, we can see an upward trend in the ratio of google indexed pages per .info domain:

4.604 as of January 2005
4.787 as of Februrary 2004
2.596 as of April 2003
0.985 as of August 2002

Quite likely, the ratio was above 4.787 as of September 2004, when the free .info promotion began, but we can't confirm that speculation without some google index data for .info from around that date.

It's neck and neck,but .Org has regained 3rd position over .info!

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/

Originally posted by futurismo
It's neck and neck,but .Org has regained 3rd position over .info!

http://www.whois.sc/internet-statistics/

And without giving away hundreds of thousands free...