Recently, I saw that SnapNames was increasing their minimum fee on deleted names from $59 to $69. I can understand this decision to keep up with NameJet.
Much to my surprise I logged on to SnapNames today and came across OrangeRoofing.com, a recently expired domain that was scheduled for a pre-release auction. Unlike the usual $119 for Register.com pre-release names, this domain had a minimum offer of $950!
A $950 expiring domain at SnapNames
And below is the Whois record.
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I came across a recent article at Domain Name Wire that cited a PCPro.co.uk article announcing that Google will rank .co as international domain if the content is globally targeted, as opposed to just ranking them for Colombia.
The article states:
While the .co domain is still assigned to Colombia at the moment, a Google spokesperson said that would soon change. “We will rank .co domains appropriately if the content is globally targeted. Webmasters will soon have the functionality to be able to specify this by using the geotargeting options in Google Webmaster Tools.”
I really don’t see this as a big deal nor an extra benefit to buying .co domains as international targeting is common. Here are a few other Google searches returning country code domains outside of the native country:
Now the real bonus would be if Google were to give .co domains the exact match bonus internationally as is done with .com, .net, and .org. I don’t see that happening anytime soon though.
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