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If you buy a domain from a squatter, you encourage domain squatting. Domains are not that important as most browsers send the url to a search engine. So just re
by z3t4 10y ago
If you buy a domain from a squatter, you encourage domain squatting. Domains are not that important as most browsers send the url to a search engine. So just register brand-name.com instead of brandname.com. Or pick another TLD.
- joelrunyon 10y agoMOZ would disagree with you https://moz.com/community/q/hyphens-in-domain-name https://moz.com/community/q/hyphens-in-domain-name edit: here's a better article actually on it - https://moz.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-domain-name-whiteboard-friday https://moz.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-domain-name-whiteboard-...
- flashman 10y agoIn 2009 I registered a hyphenless version of a Scientology domain name, and scored tens of thousands of visitors, who I rickrolled. I would never, ever recommend settling for a hyphenated domain name.
- Mattasher 10y agoThis reads like: If you buy good real estate from someone who has a parking lot, you are encouraging people to buy good real estate. Better to buy a swamp an hour out of town and build your business there.
- z3t4 10y agoMore like someone occupying lots of parking spots outside the mall, then charging many times the price for you to park there. Or take up many seats in public transportation, then charge people extra to sit, or hold seats until their friends come aboard.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoBuys up deeds from people who missed paying their mortgage by a day, evicts the owners, offers to sell it to them - or anyone - at triple the price.
- csallen 10y agoMore like renting an apartment after someone neglected to pay their rent, and then continued to not pay day-after-day for the next 75 days. And afterwards, creating a fair bidding process to allow interested parties an actual chance to get that apartment for themselves without having to own sophisticated technology to be the first person there.
- trg2 10y agoThis is bad advice.