IDN Cherry popped

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I have no idea if I did well with this or not and would appreciate brutally honest feedback.

I registered:

陸家嘴.com
xn--45rz1kk91d.com

Lujiazui - is an important financial district in Pudong, Shanghai. In 2005 the State Council reaffirmed the positioning of the 31.78 km2 Lujiazui area, as the only finance and trade zone among the 185 state-level development zones on the mainland China.

All feedback is appreciated.

Thanks.

[touchring]

You got the traditional chinese version which is not used in China.

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Originally Posted by touchring

You got the traditional chinese version which is not used in China.

Thanks for your reply. Generally speaking, is the traditional chinese IDN's worthless? I noticed that all the other extentions were taken on this (in the traditional version) except .com (.cn, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .us)

Out of curiousity, what is the traditional chinese used for? Why would someone reg traditional chinese?

I appreciate as much info on this as I am learning and do not want to make the same mistake twice.

Anyone else have opinions on this? Thanks!

[DNWizardX9]

chinese traditional is used in hong kong and taiwan

[bwhhisc]

[QUOTE=Onward;1105100]I have no idea if I did well with this or not and would appreciate brutally honest feedback.

You have some decent looking websites with this "title", it may be worth keeping for a year for $7 or $8 and see if you get some traffic, or other interest in the name. If you registered at dynadot, they have a few days grace period where you can get a credit to your account if you choose.

Many generic words are good in Traditional...you just have to check the Taiwanese ovt, and also check out google pages etc. Don't forget to put "quotation" marks around your term to get correct reading and relevant terms.

Also, usually when the "simplified" version of a word is taken, the "traditional" is blocked and cant be registered, and vice versa.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by DNWizardX9

chinese traditional is used in hong kong and taiwan

Chinese Traditional would also appear to be just as valid for Search Ranking as Simplified, even on Google.cn or Baidu.com.

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Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

Chinese Traditional would also appear to be just as valid for Search Ranking as Simplified, even on Google.cn or Baidu.com.

Thanks for the info...I appreciate being able to learn here from the people who have been doing this for some time. I put the name I bought 陸家嘴.com (intraditional format obviously) into Baidu.com and there are over 3 million returns. Almost 500,000 on google.

So if IDN's take off do you all think this one was a good grab...I am getting encouraged by what I am seeing on the search engines...

Again I appreciate your insight. Thanks.

[zenmarketing]

When you search in Traditional Chinese on Baidu, it automatically converts it to Simplified, and returns results based on that. (Look carefully at the first character before and after you search on Baidu.)

[Wot]

Trad is not just HK and Taiwan, a lot of use in southern China, Singapore , Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand etc.

Check also on hk overture and Google.com.hk - that said it is a SC term in general.

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Originally Posted by Wot

that said it is a SC term in general.

Question: What is a 'sc' term? I am unfamiliar.

[DNWizardX9]

sc = simplified chinese