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wickedDUDE

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Has anyone else tried registering a .sucks domain?

I thought we would find out on 06/21 if the registrars were successful in getting the domain or not.

Also: Any thoughts on this extension? It seems like a very marketable domain in my opinion, but I am wondering if Google puts any prioritization on .com, .net. and .org, over the countless other extensions?
 


What a shitty extension. Defamation lawyers are the only ones that will truly profit from this one.

What the fuck is up with ICANN? I'm thinking it's a strategy to make loads of money since they know everyone and their grandmother will want to register theirname.sucks for safety.
 
I don't see how this could possibly go wrong...

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Lift-off in 3... 2... 1...​
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But in all seriousness, It's not really Google that prioritizes the TLDs, rather the individuals that create links to domains. I as a webmaster would probably link to '.com' websites rather then '.info' websites. Since Google uses links as a major determining factor in ranking - we see more '.com' ranking in the SERPs then '.info's.

I actually did a query earlier this morning about the tlds of sites ranking in the top 30 SERPs and it goes in this order from greatest to least:

1) .com
2) .org
3) .co.uk
4) .com.au
5) .net
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10) .edu
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22) .info
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24) .us​

I see more country specific TLDs ranking then specialized TLDs. I would suggest getting a '.co' or '.io' versus one of these specialized '.ninja' TLDs - it's about the people linking to them, cause in the end that's what Google bases their algo on. Are you going to link to a '.sucks' website versus a '.com' website when writing content and you need to link to some authority for reference?​
 
That tld could be useful for a social media viral campaign, especially if the intent is to get people riled up:

feminism.sucks
islam.sucks
christianity.sucks
homelandsecurity.sucks
jennajameson.sucks

But search value?

sucks.sucks
 
avatar33 said:
What a shitty extension. Defamation lawyers are the only ones that will truly profit from this one.

What the fuck is up with ICANN? I'm thinking it's a strategy to make loads of money since they know everyone and their grandmother will want to register theirname.sucks for safety.
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Not certain if it worked, but they were charging $2,500 a pop to trademark holders. Of course they strategically priced the names to cost less than a UDRP.
 
Fatbat said:
Wouldn't that be more to do with the fact that specialty TLD are almost all brand new and mostly undeveloped?
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Yeah definitely, in the future if people really start linking to these specialized TLDs then it will go the other way. I'm not saying the '.com' is better then a '.ninja' - or Google is giving a priority to one or another, it's the people like you and me that determine the linkjuice and what we are most likely to link to, hence why '.com's rules the SERPs.

As more and more users get used to '.randomshit', it will definitely "increase" the SERP exposure, but '.info' and '.us' have been around for an extremely long time and they are at #22 and #24 respectively in terms of SERP coverage within the top 30 - meaning less webmasters are linking to them, therefore those TLDs collectively are not ranking as high as their collective '.com' and '.org' TLD counterparts.

Maybe a big brand with a '.info' is going to put '.info's on the map - but not even '.net' has been able to crack the top 3, so the likelihood '.randomshit' surpassing anything well established - collectively, is extremely slim in my opinion.

The people that create links are the ones that have the power of influencing which TLDs are dominating the SERPs - I can't state one instance I've linked to a single '.ninja' for example, but I know I've probably linked to thousands of '.com's. I personally tend not to trust '.info' sites or these TLDs just cause I don't see a lot of great sites or brands on there - so that also influences my likeliness in the future to link to those extensions. If I start seeing more '.info' sites, then maybe I might start linking to them - it's definitely a catch 22.​
 
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