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    Question with OR without THE??

    how are all
    i just have many pretty names i want to reg, but first i wanna know if it is good enough to have the describe chars. (THE) in the word or not??
    i mean if i'll reg WORLD.com will it get me good price if i register (THEworld.com)??
    do (the) have big affect on the name or not??

    share many ideas please
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    Quote Originally Posted by Muhammad Mustafa View Post
    how are all
    i just have many pretty names i want to reg, but first i wanna know if it is good enough to have the describe chars. (THE) in the word or not??
    i mean if i'll reg WORLD.com will it get me good price if i register (THEworld.com)??
    do (the) have big affect on the name or not??

    share many ideas please
    'the' would hurt it , yes, in 99% of cases.
    as a newbie i would suggest upgrading to platinum & the spend a few weeks reading this forum daily, including sales threads & learn as much as possible.
    then consider a couple of registations. then get them appraised for free here.
    (don't ever pay for appraisals as it is pretty much a scam)
    don't be afraid to ask. someone will always help on this forum, normally in minutes!
    all the best
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    Re: with OR without THE??

    Quote Originally Posted by Muhammad Mustafa View Post
    how are all
    i just have many pretty names i want to reg, but first i wanna know if it is good enough to have the describe chars. (THE) in the word or not??
    i mean if i'll reg WORLD.com will it get me good price if i register (THEworld.com)??
    do (the) have big affect on the name or not??

    share many ideas please

    Hi... arnt you the dude that just sold Marketiva.mobi on sedo last night for $95,000 USD?

    what was that all about?

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    Re: with OR without THE??

    rule of thumb..

    never use THE

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    Re: with OR without THE??

    THE.com

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    Re: with OR without THE??

    PREDATOR, thanks a lot for your help
    mjnels, yes its me
    Rockefeller, thx for help
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    Re: with OR without THE??

    Never prefix with 'the' if you can. I scan dropping domains daily and always bypass MOST stuff beginning with 'the'.

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    Re: with OR without THE??

    aZooZa, thanks for advice
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    Re: with OR without THE??

    Quote Originally Posted by mjnels View Post
    Hi... arnt you the dude that just sold Marketiva.mobi on sedo last night for $95,000 USD?

    what was that all about?
    what is that b$$ody Marketiva?

    i have many thedomains, nobody likes them :(

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angelx666 View Post
    what is that b$$ody Marketiva?

    i have many thedomains, nobody likes them :(
    google it
    Pred

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    Re: with OR without THE??

    Congrats on the great recent sale by the OP.
    I've allways assumed the big search engines ignore 'the' keyword as a 'common word', so best to use ANY other related keywords other than 'common words', to make up your domain name.

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