.INFO - do they get any type-ins?

[Maccke]

I know that German are probobly the biggest or second biggest market for .INFO domains. But what about the type-in ratio, does it get close to any other gTLD (such as .com or .net or .org) or ccTLD (.de)???
(Of course, I understand that it's hard to generalize, and all business are different!)

I've got a few "ok" .info domains and feel that the type-ins are a lot lower then "not so good" .com's. What are your guys experience with the german market? Is there any big difference to the English market?

I've got the name kameror.info [Swedish: kameras / cameras] do you think it would be a cool domain to develop, or rather taking digitalkameror.net [digitalkameras.net]? I really feel that "kameror" would be more fun to develop, and a better long-term project since I think that all terms like "digital" will dissapear in the future when it becomes really common.

Anyway, .info are almost never used in Sweden - it just make me think it's more interesting to do it. (hmm, .net is also dead in sweden).

Would be very happy for any input

 

[selfman]

hi maccke,

some german keywords get good traffic with .info, but international there is no big traffic for .infos.
I think in sweden you will get more traffic with a .nu.

btw., where are you located in sweden?

best regards
selfman

 

[pyro]

well I got some good .info german keyworddomains with XXXXX OVT, but none of them receives really high typein-ratio - probably a few a day. Nevertheless .info are rather popular in German market, even though with almost every keyterm .de and .com are more popular. I personally would rate the .info on german market about the same as a .net, but then there are lotsa people who see the .net and even the .org being of more value than the .info on german market....

best regards, pyro

 

[DeTep]

As far as the .info is concerned I would say that .info should be positioned hierarchically after .net and .org - but that is just my personal point of view.
I have to admit that I got to know some domain resellers who are utterly successful in selling .info in particular with german keywords.

However, in my opinion it is not worthy to spend a lot of money in order to buy a nice keyword with the extension .info
I believe if a german domainbuyer is ready to spend a appropriate amount of money he would rather prefer to buy .de or .com

In fact, some boarders here even compare .net and .info and put them on the same level. I think it really doesn't make sense to compare these two extensions.

Still this discussion is never ending, and everybody of us have different opinions concerning this specific topic.

cordially,
DeTep

 

[MadMac]

.infos currently (still) have the bad aftertaste of being free giveaways from last months promotions. And it's still ongoing at least till tomorrow @ netbeat.de. I've registered a couple more, but there are almost no good names available anymore, so there's no good relation between search effort and results and I'll let the rest of the freebies go .

My personal top list is still the old CNOIB, but .info is taking over .org in Germany. Probably not in the english domain space and definitely it will not get close to .net at all. Still a lot of development to come, at least the .infos got the foot in the door. Something we can't say about .biz. But as always...time will tell.

Cheers,
Mac

P.S. was ist denn "cordially"? ....noch nie gesehen...

 

[DeTep]

.infos currently (still) have the bad aftertaste of being free giveaways from last months promotions. And it's still ongoing at least till tomorrow @ netbeat.de. I've registered a couple more, but there are almost no good names available anymore, so there's no good relation between search effort and results and I'll let the rest of the freebies go .

My personal top list is still the old CNOIB, but .info is taking over .org in Germany. Probably not in the english domain space and definitely it will not get close to .net at all. Still a lot of development to come, at least the .infos got the foot in the door. Something we can't say about .biz. But as always...time will tell.

Cheers,
Mac

P.S. was ist denn "cordially"? ....noch nie gesehen...

cordially, bedeutet soviel wie herzlichst oder so - in den USA werden oft die Briefe damit unterschrieben.

 

[Maccke]

hi maccke,

some german keywords get good traffic with .info, but international there is no big traffic for .infos.
I think in sweden you will get more traffic with a .nu.

btw., where are you located in sweden?

best regards
selfman

Yeah, I think it's natural that some german words get pretty much traffic, since it's a pretty big population I really dislike .NU and recently sold of the last ones I had. For Sweden, .SE is the shit IMO - but of course a .com is nice also, not the least for SEO. .NU is decreasing I guess.. cos they made some funny decisions. Well, I think the .INFO suits sweden also - good domain for information purposes.

I'm living in the very south part, 30 minutes from Copenhagen.

 

[Maccke]

I agree with you there, maybe with the exception that .info could be a good (or even better) extention then .org for a few german keywords

I'd never want to pay a lot for a .info actually, not yet But since I catched a few nice for free, I'd like to develop them.

In german, what would you guys have chosen: kameras.info or digitalkameras.net ? (camera.info or digitalkamera.net ?)

Actually, the move by the .info registrars to give them away for free was probobly a very good move in the long run. This will make sure that there is a lot of interest them, and a lot that expire (and re-catched). In 2-3 years time, I think the .info can have potential to beat the .org..

As far as the .info is concerned I would say that .info should be positioned hierarchically after .net and .org - but that is just my personal point of view. I have to admit that I got to know some domain resellers who are utterly successful in selling .info in particular with german keywords.

However, in my opinion it is not worthy to spend a lot of money in order to buy a nice keyword with the extension .info
I believe if a german domainbuyer is ready to spend a appropriate amount of money he would rather prefer to buy .de or .com

In fact, some boarders here even compare .net and .info and put them on the same level. I think it really doesn't make sense to compare these two extensions.

Still this discussion is never ending, and everybody of us have different opinions concerning this specific topic.

cordially,
DeTep