Hi Keith, --- Keith Teare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Elliot Noss suggested I begin a thread on the discuss list regarding > RealNames. Before I do, let me disclose that I am the founder of the
I'm trying to think of scenarios where a Realnames Keyword would be useful, especially compared to alternatives such as using a Pay-per-click search engine, or just a regular domain name. For the "Basic Keywords", is there any form of price protection in the future? e.g. suppose I own the Basic Keyword for "Kirikos" (my surname), which gets very few searches. 3 years from now, I become President of the United States or something, and the number of searches increases a million-fold. Would I still be paying $49/yr? As a better example, suppose the people who invented the "Segway" people mover or Microsoft for their XBOX bought a Realnames keyword for their brands before announcing the new products. Would they be paying $49/yr every year, or is it usage based in the future? If it becomes usage based, then it's not clear to me how the registrant benefits, since they could have made the choice of buying a better domain name, and marketing that (and presumably no one else could buy that keyword later, as it becomes a "premium" keyword). In other words, is one penalized by one's own success, if creating a new brand that becomes popular? Presumably for words which always remain "Basic Keywords" due to limited usage, their cost per visitor turns out to be high, as there are a low number of searches for that $50 fee? Wouldn't they have been better off driving their traffic using a Pay-per-click search engine such as Overture instead? Sincerely, George Kirikos http://www.kirikos.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
