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I got notification via Godaddy of the new tld suffixes, am sure most of us have seen similar or read about it:
.guru, .photgraphy, .tips, .solutions etc.
Here's a link to my

Is this a double post? Think your other one had a GoDaddy image of the top TLD's being used. Left a comment there. ^_~

no, I started a discussion as well, as I wanted to reach more people...I have a client who is asking this question and whilst I had my prejudices I was not completely clear.
Different people appear to hang out in different places and I wanted the best minds...

I have to agree, I don't type in domain names often. I'm Google search addicted. For the sites I want to keep up with, I subscribe to newsletters or feeds. I think the public is search dependent also and branding is less important for solo entrepreneurs than for big corporations.

When it comes to getting indexed by search engines, how do tld suffixes rank?

Now that new top-level domain suffixes are popping up, perhaps we can quickly grab those names we so badly wanted but which had been taken in "older" TLDs.

Ade

if a vanity url makes sense, but content is still what it always was..King

Thanks for reminding me about this ".whatever". Yes, i received a notice from GoDddy, too, about my other domain that's been idle for sometime now. I was thinking of selling it. It's a good name for organic products and it's a .com. But after reading the articles, I'm more inclined to renew it, so nobody takes my hard-earned domain.

Wow, you opened it up this morning.Love these discussions, learn so much. Thanks all.

I agree with Mark, it's basically a case of "We're running out of .coms, let's invent some more!" I can't remember the last time I typed an address in, I almost always use search. As long as you know the name of the business, e.g. ebay, hertz, microsoft etc. the search will pretty much always throw up the one you're looking for at or near the top.

Russell's link also gives a good insight but I believe that for the likes of most of us, just trying to earn a living from the internet, and the millions of other 'small' sites it won't make the slightest bit of difference unless you have a really memorable name which people will search for. However most people just search for what they are looking for, especially if they are looking to buy something, rather than search for a specific website.

A lot of people ask on WA "Should I use a .info or a .org" (actually I reckon .org is pretty good because a lot of people think they are "official" sites such as registered charities and government run sites - I used to, I never knew that just anybody could register a .org) but the truth is in the vast majority of cases nobody remembers your website name anyway, which is why it is so important to try to keep them onsite and get the sale the first time.

I believe that too many people worry about names and suffixes. The more there are, the less relevant they will become. People will just register a .tips or whatever if they can't get a .com .info or something similar for the name they want.

Mark has really give a good detailed run down, thanks for sharing

I'm sure I agree with what you think and what Mark expressed so eloquently! I see domain names diminishing in importance just a wee bit and content taking over as we search for the information we value!

Hi Andy.

I've seen a few of these emails from domain hosts - and on TV from 1and1 etc.

My take on it is, almost all "good" domain names are taken these days - so the domain companies are looking for ways of ensuring they increase their business. What better way than to add new TLDs (top level domains) - and some of them are expensive (on 1and1 .holiday is being sold for a "cut down price" of £29.99 exc VAT for one year!)

However, if they help to support your brand, then they could be good. My company name for example has "solutions" in its name - so I could use "solutions" as my TLD.

Also, ones like .photography I can see being useful, as they describe exactly what the person does - eg. WayneWallace.Photography

I think we'll see more and more of these as time goes by - eg. abc.IFixPipes - abc.LandscapeGardener - abc.PersonalEscort :) etc

Maybe it's just "our generation" - but I still think of .com and .co.uk as being the main TLDs, but I'll still register a couple I think could be useful for future marketing. I made the mistake 14 years ago of not registering a .com - just going for the .co.uk - now I'm being offered the .com for £30k... eh no thank you... but I'm still annoyed I didn't have the foresight to do it. Maybe it'll be the same with these new TLDs.

I think the "new generation" probably just google everything anyway (my boys do anyway) - rather than think too hard about domain names... just search and see what comes up in the results... so maybe domain names will become far less relevant, and this will turn into just a money making exercise for the domain hosters.

All the best, Mark

good information Mark. I agree with you in that our generation is so used to the .com and .net stuff. I wish we could find information on if these new tld's will be ranked as good as the .com. I would like to know.

I just found another very interesting article on this subject it is a good read: http://d5.de/new-top-level-domains-to-trump-com-in-google-search-results/

read this one, now onto the other one..LOL

now that is interesting and potentially important- are you going to start a new post/thread on it? You should claim credit- this article goes against the prevalent opinion on here for sure, and is therefore worthy of more debate IMO!

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new top level domains- any good?

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Search Engine Optimization
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I got notification via Godaddy of the new tld suffixes, am sure most of us have seen similar or read about it:
.guru, .photgraphy, .tips, .solutions etc.
Here's a link to my

Is this a double post? Think your other one had a GoDaddy image of the top TLD's being used. Left a comment there. ^_~

no, I started a discussion as well, as I wanted to reach more people...I have a client who is asking this question and whilst I had my prejudices I was not completely clear.
Different people appear to hang out in different places and I wanted the best minds...

I have to agree, I don't type in domain names often. I'm Google search addicted. For the sites I want to keep up with, I subscribe to newsletters or feeds. I think the public is search dependent also and branding is less important for solo entrepreneurs than for big corporations.

When it comes to getting indexed by search engines, how do tld suffixes rank?

Now that new top-level domain suffixes are popping up, perhaps we can quickly grab those names we so badly wanted but which had been taken in "older" TLDs.

Ade

if a vanity url makes sense, but content is still what it always was..King

Thanks for reminding me about this ".whatever". Yes, i received a notice from GoDddy, too, about my other domain that's been idle for sometime now. I was thinking of selling it. It's a good name for organic products and it's a .com. But after reading the articles, I'm more inclined to renew it, so nobody takes my hard-earned domain.

Wow, you opened it up this morning.Love these discussions, learn so much. Thanks all.

I agree with Mark, it's basically a case of "We're running out of .coms, let's invent some more!" I can't remember the last time I typed an address in, I almost always use search. As long as you know the name of the business, e.g. ebay, hertz, microsoft etc. the search will pretty much always throw up the one you're looking for at or near the top.

Russell's link also gives a good insight but I believe that for the likes of most of us, just trying to earn a living from the internet, and the millions of other 'small' sites it won't make the slightest bit of difference unless you have a really memorable name which people will search for. However most people just search for what they are looking for, especially if they are looking to buy something, rather than search for a specific website.

A lot of people ask on WA "Should I use a .info or a .org" (actually I reckon .org is pretty good because a lot of people think they are "official" sites such as registered charities and government run sites - I used to, I never knew that just anybody could register a .org) but the truth is in the vast majority of cases nobody remembers your website name anyway, which is why it is so important to try to keep them onsite and get the sale the first time.

I believe that too many people worry about names and suffixes. The more there are, the less relevant they will become. People will just register a .tips or whatever if they can't get a .com .info or something similar for the name they want.

Mark has really give a good detailed run down, thanks for sharing

I'm sure I agree with what you think and what Mark expressed so eloquently! I see domain names diminishing in importance just a wee bit and content taking over as we search for the information we value!

Hi Andy.

I've seen a few of these emails from domain hosts - and on TV from 1and1 etc.

My take on it is, almost all "good" domain names are taken these days - so the domain companies are looking for ways of ensuring they increase their business. What better way than to add new TLDs (top level domains) - and some of them are expensive (on 1and1 .holiday is being sold for a "cut down price" of £29.99 exc VAT for one year!)

However, if they help to support your brand, then they could be good. My company name for example has "solutions" in its name - so I could use "solutions" as my TLD.

Also, ones like .photography I can see being useful, as they describe exactly what the person does - eg. WayneWallace.Photography

I think we'll see more and more of these as time goes by - eg. abc.IFixPipes - abc.LandscapeGardener - abc.PersonalEscort :) etc

Maybe it's just "our generation" - but I still think of .com and .co.uk as being the main TLDs, but I'll still register a couple I think could be useful for future marketing. I made the mistake 14 years ago of not registering a .com - just going for the .co.uk - now I'm being offered the .com for £30k... eh no thank you... but I'm still annoyed I didn't have the foresight to do it. Maybe it'll be the same with these new TLDs.

I think the "new generation" probably just google everything anyway (my boys do anyway) - rather than think too hard about domain names... just search and see what comes up in the results... so maybe domain names will become far less relevant, and this will turn into just a money making exercise for the domain hosters.

All the best, Mark

good information Mark. I agree with you in that our generation is so used to the .com and .net stuff. I wish we could find information on if these new tld's will be ranked as good as the .com. I would like to know.

I just found another very interesting article on this subject it is a good read: http://d5.de/new-top-level-domains-to-trump-com-in-google-search-results/

read this one, now onto the other one..LOL

now that is interesting and potentially important- are you going to start a new post/thread on it? You should claim credit- this article goes against the prevalent opinion on here for sure, and is therefore worthy of more debate IMO!

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I am trying to activate my Headway Themes licence on my site here, and it can't connect to host- I have updated several times on my other sites on Go Daddy, without issue, so I

Hope it fixed now ? :)

yes, and I should not need assistance again on this site for some time, if ever (brave and foolish words?) ha ha

will watch to see how this plays out.

Glad you are getting it fixed....

I am not sure about all connections, and can only speak from what I have experienced. I was uncomfortable about giving my licence key over, but I figured go on trust. It would be good if WA could establish some protocols for this kind of situation.
~Tx for asking as it helps to flag it up, I guess..

to round things off, Tech Support acted promptly and effectively. Have faith that things will get sorted by them is my message.

Ok, guys, thanks for your comments and interest in my issue, I believe we are well on the way to getting it fixed.

In the case of any Themes which need an external validation key, WA does not allow them, as such.

In this case Tech Support have proposed that they get my licence key and they do it on my behalf....I have agreed to this.

Now, I know that we trust WA, however it does seem a little buttoned up, however I guess that they have their reasons...

Again, thanks for the input, Andy

Giving support your activation key seems wrong.

It does seem wring at the surface, but a technical support person would have access to the entire site details anyways, so I don't think it's that much different than entering it yourself

WA does prevent outgoing connections?

in process of resolving this via a support ticket, Terezia...I will keep you updated..the Theme I use is a drag and drop creation process, headwaythemes.com, and it requires a one off licence validation- I can't see this being an issue for WA, however, they need to create an exception for me, to do it on a one off- fingers crossed, best wishes, Andy

Please keep me up to date. I hope it all works out for you.

WA forum comes up trumps again. Woot woot!

See Thomas has answered your question which I am glad of since I have no knowledge in this area

I believe WA hosting prevents outgoing connections. I recommend submitting a support ticket to resolve the issue.

Bonzer mate! Will do- and thanks for this, saved me heaps of time..best wishes, Andy

Hi, Thomas. Does that mean that you can't use services like ManageWP or JetPack? I didn't try it yet but I wanted to use them.

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I am trying to activate my Headway Themes licence on my site here, and it can't connect to host- I have updated several times on my other sites on Go Daddy, without issue, so I

Hope it fixed now ? :)

yes, and I should not need assistance again on this site for some time, if ever (brave and foolish words?) ha ha

will watch to see how this plays out.

Glad you are getting it fixed....

I am not sure about all connections, and can only speak from what I have experienced. I was uncomfortable about giving my licence key over, but I figured go on trust. It would be good if WA could establish some protocols for this kind of situation.
~Tx for asking as it helps to flag it up, I guess..

to round things off, Tech Support acted promptly and effectively. Have faith that things will get sorted by them is my message.

Ok, guys, thanks for your comments and interest in my issue, I believe we are well on the way to getting it fixed.

In the case of any Themes which need an external validation key, WA does not allow them, as such.

In this case Tech Support have proposed that they get my licence key and they do it on my behalf....I have agreed to this.

Now, I know that we trust WA, however it does seem a little buttoned up, however I guess that they have their reasons...

Again, thanks for the input, Andy

Giving support your activation key seems wrong.

It does seem wring at the surface, but a technical support person would have access to the entire site details anyways, so I don't think it's that much different than entering it yourself

WA does prevent outgoing connections?

in process of resolving this via a support ticket, Terezia...I will keep you updated..the Theme I use is a drag and drop creation process, headwaythemes.com, and it requires a one off licence validation- I can't see this being an issue for WA, however, they need to create an exception for me, to do it on a one off- fingers crossed, best wishes, Andy

Please keep me up to date. I hope it all works out for you.

WA forum comes up trumps again. Woot woot!

See Thomas has answered your question which I am glad of since I have no knowledge in this area

I believe WA hosting prevents outgoing connections. I recommend submitting a support ticket to resolve the issue.

Bonzer mate! Will do- and thanks for this, saved me heaps of time..best wishes, Andy

Hi, Thomas. Does that mean that you can't use services like ManageWP or JetPack? I didn't try it yet but I wanted to use them.

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