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Originally Posted by Wizzo
Also, I'm willing to bet with all that Google has invested in non dot coms they will at certain point start giving them precedence over the dot coms and when that happens I bet the dot exidius will begin.  |
Don't see that happening. Think content is king and if ya do see other extensions ranking over a .com it's due to the content/seo being stronger.
Some cheap extensions have been pushed into users accounts that didn't even ask for them so actual end user usage numbers are a fairy tale. Some cheap extensions have also become a spammers dream so unlikely they would be favored when filled with spam/traps.
.Com will be king for many years to come and the extension where type in traffic still falls. A few new extensions will catch on with the majority failing. Registrars can still be profitable on the ones that don't do great based on increased costs so the domainer is the one who gets fucked from internal pipe dream hype.
ICM's whole marketing strategy has been fear based not advantage based as there is no advantage other than protecting someone else from owning it at an inflated cost. Money being made on selling the hype, not so much on actual usage.
