For "domain search"
Try http://www.domainspotter.com/ - it's fun/funny.
- Erik
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From: "Domain Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Patrick Corliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 4:12 AM
Subject: RE: Low-Cost-Domain-Names.com - "smart" browsers
> Certainly SOME Search Engines will give good results where the domain name
> contains multiple words - Of course, the site neds to be "active" and been
> indexed by the search robots for it to be found - with good meta keywords
> and text in the home page as well it should get a very high rating.
>
> However, purely as a single name for a site - I wouldn't rate it that
> highly - but in combination with other names (Yes, you can point multiple
> domain names at a single website) names like this one have a place in a
> website's marketing campaign.
>
> Len Thomson
> L.A. Consulting Ltd
> Auckland
> New Zealand
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Patrick Corliss
> Sent: Friday, 29 September 2000 18:07
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Low-Cost-Domain-Names.com - "smart" browsers
>
>
> Martyn Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > if you find a mug willing to pay $ 2,500 for low-cost-domain-names.com
> > please let me know as i'd split the profit with you on
>
> Hi Martyn & List
>
> Although I was able to come up with other alternatives very quickly,
that's
> because the longer the string, the easier it is. Pure mathematics - a
> 30-character string with 27 possibilities for each character (alpha &
> hyphen) is a real big number.
>
> So on that basis the name's not worth much.
>
> But not all of those possibilities make sense in English "cost-low" is not
> so good as "low-cost" for example. That also cuts out about 99% of the
> random strings.
>
> More interestingly is the effect of a "smart browser". From my own
> programming experience I'd suggest that low-cost-domain-names.com might
> resolve (I suppose you can say that) better that lowcost-domainnames .com.
>
> Anybody known anything about how "smart browsers" work? This definitely
> affects the resale value of domain names. Think from a sales viewpoint.
> Would the user type generic words into the subject-line of their browser?
> Does the browser recognise spaces or hyphens? How does it resolve?
>
> Any information would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Patrick Corliss
>
>
