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Old 10-15-2004, 07:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Angry Generic Domains

People need to get this into their heads: mysmellysockcollection.com is NOT a generic domain; 2plus2equals4.com is NOT a generic domain name; funnyphotosofcrabs.com is NOT a generic domain name!

software.com is generic, fast.com is generic, etc

Please learn what is generic and what isn't and please stop posting sales threads calling all of your domains generic when they aren't


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Old 10-16-2004, 02:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Generic Domains

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People need to get this into their heads: mysmellysockcollection.com is NOT a generic domain; 2plus2equals4.com is NOT a generic domain name; funnyphotosofcrabs.com is NOT a generic domain name!

software.com is generic, fast.com is generic, etc

Please learn what is generic and what isn't and please stop posting sales threads calling all of your domains generic when they aren't


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Old 10-16-2004, 02:48 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Generic Domains

Agreed. There are three types of domains:

1. Specific (i.e. windowsxp.com)
2. Generic (i.e. software.com)
3. Brandable (i.e. google.com, yahoo.com)

Actually there are a few more. Feel free to add.
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Old 10-16-2004, 03:38 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Generic Domains

4. Crappy (i.e. mypetfemalearmadilloseggs.com)

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Old 10-16-2004, 06:00 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Generic Domains

I believe most people think the term Generic refers to domains that are a descriptive term or something that can have many uses.

As such, I suppose it is descriptive of an entire group or class ;-)
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Re: Generic Domains

I also think some beleive anything but trademarks are generics,just for kicks we should post 10 names and ask people to rate which are generic and which arent I bet stats would be all over the board.
how about these
child support
health insurance
generic drugs
retirement
new york
europe vacation
camera phone
diabetes doctor
pay perclick search
quads

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Old 10-16-2004, 10:39 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Generic Domains

for example what is teensboard.com? generic with 2 words?
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Re: Generic Domains

in one for sale thread, the domain was bookobsession.com and the seller called it generic...that is one clear example of a domain that is not generic...
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Re: Generic Domains

Quote:
Originally Posted by GT Web
People need to get this into their heads: mysmellysockcollection.com is NOT a generic domain; 2plus2equals4.com is NOT a generic domain name; funnyphotosofcrabs.com is NOT a generic domain name!

software.com is generic, fast.com is generic, etc

Please learn what is generic and what isn't and please stop posting sales threads calling all of your domains generic when they aren't


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Re: Generic Domains

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for example what is teensboard.com? generic with 2 words?
Yes, that is generic because you know what it is - a forum for teenagers. Teensbored.com is not generic because you can only guess at what it could be/has been turned into.
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