Bill Gates - Talking About Domains

[actnow]

Yeah but which domains exactly? You got some highly desired ones and then
there are some lemons. :-D

I think all of mine are lemons or prunes. See what happens when you pick
all of the low hanging fruit. :-D

(Nothing like resurrecting a year and half old thread.)

 

[Dr. Domaining]

Thank you for posting the article.

It was also Bill Gates who realized this famous comment:
"Domains have and will continue to go up in value faster than any other commodity ever known to man."

(not that this thread really needed to be revived though)

 

[Steen]

It was also Bill Gates who realized this famous comment:
"Domains have and will continue to go up in value faster than any other commodity ever known to man."

(not that this thread really needed to be revived though)

I thought that was Rick Schwartz?

 

[stuff]

he owns billgates.com, i don't know about the other one

billgates.com
Bill dosen`t own it.
Or what do You mean?

 

[MediaHound]

I thought that was Rick Schwartz?

I'll ask Rick where he heard it first and maybe post back here. Anyhow this is the link Steen is talking about:
http://www.erealestate.com/virtual/king.htm

OK wait a minute - I'm totally wrong - Rick is telling me he made the comment.
Scratch everything I said about that!

Google results are tainted
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...odity+ever+known+to+man."++gates+&btnG=Search

 

[URLCollection]

This has to be some kind of a record - To revive a thread after 17 months!!! Still a good read - Maybe we should post it again every couple of years?

I think this maybe what Bill was hoping for with Internet Explorer (before the Justice Dept. chased them around for so many years) -

"Today if you type "yellowcab.com" into a browser, it takes you to the pages of a taxi company in the Los Angeles area. But the Web is becoming more personalized, and it's only a matter of time before typing "Yellow Cab" will take you to the pages of the Yellow Cab company nearest you or that you've previously used"

Just have the browser pull all searches and potentially remove the search engines from the equation? Maybe that is why they took so long to bring MSN up to speed as they were waiting to see how this worked out? Steve

 

[VisualDigits]

It really was an interesting read for me, thank you for reviving the thread.

 

[actnow]

Google results are tainted
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...odity+ever+known+to+man."++gates+&btnG=Search

MediaHound,

Google results are tainted?

Google gives Bill Gates complete credit for the statement.

I assume Bill Gates saw the quote somewhere and decided to use
it for his own.

 

[mole]

The Google link shows very dubious sources using that quote, to sell domain names.

But that's not the issue, things change over time - new extensions get released and grow root, search engines and not type-ins, become the single best way to navigate and find things on the web.

Old quotes don't die, they just look stupid k:

 

[David G]

....search engines and not type-ins, become the single best way to navigate and find things on the web.

Why do you think search engines are better than type-ins when type-ins are free ongoing direct traffic, there is no SEO work involved, and you are not at the mercy of a search engine, who could lower your rank or worse yet drop you from the index at any time.

 

[mole]

Why do you think search engines are better than type-ins when type-ins are free ongoing direct traffic, there is no SEO work involved, and you are not at the mercy of a search engine, who could lower your rank or worse yet drop you from the index at any time.

Please clarify? Are you talking from a squat-on-domain perspective or from the end users point of view?

People don't surf the net to look at how nice your name is, people look for real content. The moment more people realise that the 2 must coexist, the better things get.

 

[Steen]

Why do you think search engines are better than type-ins when type-ins are free ongoing direct traffic, there is no SEO work involved, and you are not at the mercy of a search engine, who could lower your rank or worse yet drop you from the index at any time.

SE traffic can be easier to monitize than domain type ins.
It's free to acquire.

There are obviously pros and cons to both sources of traffic, but if I were to advise someone looking to work for themself on the internet, I would recommend they work hard at SEO tactics than invest in domain names.

Both are excellent ventures.

 

[diverge]

This has to be some kind of a record - To revive a thread after 17 months!!

Not all that surprising, really. The "Similar Threads" box at the bottom of every thread shows results without respect to time. For instance, a thread I was just reading has a thread from 2002, just begging to be read and replied to.