New TLDs: A top Online Marketing Opportunity (Den Haag)

#DomainingEurope RamónRautenstrauch·[email protected]:ng·@RamonRauten·es.linkedin.com/in/ramonrautenstrauch

NewTLD’s:AtopOnlineMarke:ngOpportunity

RamónRautenstrauch

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Aboutme

RAMÓNRAUTENSTRAUCH•  OnlineMarke:ngConsultant,InternetStrategist,SEOandProjectManager.

•  PassionateaboutInternetMarke:ng.•  Obsessedwithresults,leads,conversionsandimprovementthroughanalysis.

•  WordPressGeek.•  Ilovetolivehealthy,sustainableandecological.

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Mydailywork

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Onlinepublisherthatcreatesandmanageshigh

volumewebsites

LeadingSpanishMicrosoQDynamicspartner


OurporRolioofdevelopedsites

70%

20%

10%

.com Geo NewGTLDs

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NearlyallareEMDs(“ExactMatchDomain”)

10%

90%

.com NewGTLDs

Morethan50%areEMDs(“ExactMatchDomain”)

Un:lJanuary2016: Today:


DoweneedSEOin2016?

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DoweneedSEO?

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Clickprobabilityonthefirstelevenresults


DoweneedSEO?

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Clickprobabilityonthefirstresultbycountry


NewTLD’s:AtopOnlineMarke:ngOpportunity

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“Not-ComsSeeMajorBoostinAlexaTop1Million”

•  Therearenowmorethan9.900not-comwebaddressesintheAlexatop1million.– Thenumberofnot-comsintheAlexatop1million–alistofthemostpopularwebsitesbasedontraffic–increased30%betweenFebruaryandAprilof2016.

•  Thehighestrankednot-comintheAlexatop1millionisMabanque.Bnpparibas(Alexarankof3.138).

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Oneexampletostart:cerrajerosbcn24h.barcelona

•  Secondresultfor“locksmithsBarcelona”isa.barcelonadomainregisteredon6/april/2016:

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Thekeywordis:"CerrajerosBarcelona"("LocksmithsBarcelona")AccordingtoGoogleAdWords:3.600searches/month;highcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:16,62€


The“EMD”

TheEMDdomains(“ExactMatchDomain”)exactlymatchthekeywordapersonuseswhen

searchingforyourcontent.

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RankingofEMDs

•  Historicallythedomainswithkeywordshaverankedwellforthem.

•  OnSeptember27th2012Googlelaunchedthe:“Exact-MatchDomain(EMD)Update”

•  InUSA,Germany,UKandothercountriestheEMDshavesufferedunderthisupdateandsomenewerupdates.

•  InSpainevennow(over3yearsaQertheupdate)its:llhasnotbeencompletelyapplied.

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Findinga.comEMDisnearlyimpossible

Butthere’sanewopportunity:ThenewTLDs

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SomedataonnewgTLDs

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MostpopularnewgTLDs(on29/may/2016)

.xyz ð2.789.893

.top ð2.385.963

.wang(net) ð1.065.144

.win ð928.898

.club ð766.076

.site ð389.876

.bid ð360.749

.link ð333.982

.网址 (webaddress) ð330.183

.science ð310.995

.red ð307.585

.ren ð303.915

.online ð281.719

.party ð240.793

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MostdangerousnewGTLDs(3/sep/2015)

.review(100.00%)

.country(99.97%)

.kim(99.74%)

.cricket(99.57%)

.science(99.35%)

.work(98.20%)

.party(98.07%)

.gq(97.68%)

.link(96.98%)

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gTLDsthatthecompanyBlueCoatdetectedinSeptember2015tobeusedalmostexclusivelyforseunguphostsforspame-mailing,scams,shadyso?waredownloads,malwaredistribuAon,botnetoperaAonsand"phishing"aCacks,orothersuspiciouscontent.


HowdoesGoogle

treatnewgTLDs?

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HowdoesGoogletreatnewgTLDs?Officialques:onsandanswersfromGoogle(1/3)

QUESTION:HowdonewgTLDinfluencesearch?WillGooglechangealgorithmstoboosttheseTLD?ANSWER:Ingeneral,oursystemstreatnewgTLDasallothergTLDs,forexample,.comand.org.KeywordsintheextensionofaTLDdonothaveadvantagesordisadvantagesinsearch.

locksmiths.barcelona

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Associa:onofadomainwithageographicregion

DomainsnotassociatedwithageographicregionbyGoogle(GenericTopLevelDomains·gTLDs):.com,.edu,.org,.net,etc.Genericregionaltop-leveldomains:Althoughthesedomainsareassociatedwithageographicalregion,theyaretreatedasgenerictop-leveldomains:.euand.asia.DomainsthatGoogleassociateswithageographicregion(Googleautoma:calyassignsthemtoageographicregion/country):“GenericCountryCodeTopLevelDomains”(ccTLDs):.es,.de,.it,.pt,.uk,etc.GenericCountryCodeTopLevelDomains(ccTLDs):GoogletreatssomeccTLDs(suchas.tv,.me,etc.)asgTLDs,asusersandwebmastersfrequentlyseethesemoregenericthancountry-targeted:

.ad(Andorra),.as(AmericanSamoa),.bz(Belize),.cc(TerritorioaustralianodelasIslasCocos–Keeling),.cd(RepúblicaDemocrá:cadelCongo),.co(Colombia),.dj(Yibu:),.fm(EstadosFederadosdeMicronesia,ungrupodeislaslocalizadasenelOcéanoPacífico),.io(TerritorioBritánicoenelOcéanoÍndico),.la(Laos),.me(Montenegro),.ms(Montserrat),.nu(Niue),.sc(Seychelles),.sr(Surinam),.su(UnióndeRepúblicasSocialistasSovié:cas),.tv(islasTuvalu),.tk(archipiélagoneozelandésdeTokelau)y.ws(SamoaOccidental)

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QUESTION:¿HowarecityorregionalgTLDsmanaged(forexample.londonor.bayern)?ANSWER:AlthoughtheseTLDmayseemspecifictoaregion,wewilltreatthemasallothergTLDs.Inthisway,weremainconsistentwithhowwemanageregionalTLDlike.euand.asia.Theremaybesomeexcep:onstoappearinthefutureasweseehowtheyareusedinprac:ce.

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QUESTION:¿TLDslike.BRANDwillrankbe�erthanthe.com?ANSWER:No.TheseTLDwillbetreatedasallothergTLD.QUESTION:WillGooglehelpmySEOeffortswhenmovingfroma.comtoanewTLD?ANSWER:No.Thesedomainmigra:onswillbetreatedasanyotherdomainmigra:on.

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#DomainingEurope RamónRautenstrauch·[email protected]:ng·@RamonRauten·es.linkedin.com/in/ramonrautenstrauch 22

ShouldwefocusonnewgTLDs?


Thenewdomainsandtheuser

WEDON’TRECOMMENDTOUSE:•  Domainextensioninotherlanguagethanthedomainname:

AireAcondicionado.jetztorGafasOnline.directory•  Domainextensionnotrelatedtodomainname:HealthyFood.vote

WELOVETOUSE:

•  Geographicdomainextension:HealthyFood.Berlin•  Domainextensioninanotherlanguagebutthatthemayority

understands:Mascotas.Love•  Mul`languagedomainextension:No:cias.BioyMarke:ng.Online•  Domainnamewithextensionthathasameaning:

BestPetFood.shop

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Recommenda:onrelatedtonewdomains

IfwearegoingforanewdomainlikeBestPetFood.shopwealwaysrecommendto

registeralsoBestPetFoodShop.com.

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WhatwelookatwhenbuyingnewTLDdomains

•  Price.•  Easychangeofownership.•  Easychangeofregistra:ondata(owner+contacts).

•  WHOISPRIVACY.•  Noresidencyrequirements.!!!:Therearesomedomainextensionswithspecialrequirements(forexample:.organic)whichmaybecomplicatedtofulfillorseemarbitrary.

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DonewGTLDsrankinGoogle?

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Let’sreturntothebeginning:cerrajerosbcn24h.barcelona

•  Secondresultfor“locksmithsBarcelona”isa.barcelonadomainregisteredon6/april/2016:

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Thekeywordis:"CerrajerosBarcelona"("LocksmithsBarcelona")AccordingtoGoogleAdWords:3.600searches/month;highcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:16,62€


Someexperiments/examplesoftherankingofnewTLDs

TwoEMDwithdifferentextensionsSix.barcelonadomains

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EXAMPLE1:RankingsoftwoEMDswithdifferentextensions

.:enda(:enda=shop).online

Thekeywordis:CerrajerosMallorca(“LocksmithsMallorca”).

AccordingtoGoogleAdWords:720searches/month;mediumcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:0,97€

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CerrajerosMallorca(“LocksmithsMallorca”)

•  TwowebsitesonEMDdomainswithdifferentextensionscreatedon2/12/2015:

–  CerrajerosMallorca.`enda(:enda=shop)•  3.297wordsop:mizedforthemainkeyword:“CerrajerosMallorca”.•  Thetextcontainsrelatedkeywordsandvariantsofthemainkeyword.•  8op:mizedimages.•  2outgoinglinkstoauthoritywebsites.

–  CerrajerosMallorca.online•  1.629wordsop:mizedforthemainkeyword:“CerrajerosMallorca”.•  Thetextcontainsrelatedkeywordsandvariantsofthemainkeyword.•  5op:mizedimages.•  2outgoinglinkstoauthoritywebsites.

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•  Bothwebsitesareop:mizedwiththeTF*IDF(WDF*IDF)toolofOnpage.org–  WiththeTF*IDFformula,youcaniden:fyinwhichpropor:oncertainwords

withinapageofawebsiteareweightedcomparedtoallcompe:ngpagesonotherdomains.

–  ThisformulacanbeusedforOnPageop:miza:oninordertoincreaseawebsite’srelevanceinsearchengines.

–  TFisshortfor“TermFrequency”(alsocalledWDF=“WithinDocumentFrequency”)•  Referstothefrequencyofakeywordwithinasingledocument.

–  IDF=InverseDocumentFrequency•  TheIDFdeterminesatext’srelevancywithregardtoacertainkeywordcomparedto

othertexts/pages.–  TF*IDF

•  Themul:pliedformulasshowapage’srela:vetermevalua:oncomparedtoallpoten:allycompe:ngpagescontainingthesamekeyword.

•  Thereisno“perfectvalue”,butyoualwayshavetokeepunderthe“spam-line”

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•  Rankings27/05/2016:– Google:

•  .Tienda:15•  .Online:22

–  Bing:•  .Tienda:10•  .Online:16

– DuckDuckGo:•  .Tienda:5•  .Online:3

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EXAMPLE2:.barcelonaDomains

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•  alarmas.barcelona(“AlarmsBarcelona”):–  110searches/month;mediumcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:4,00€

•  antenista.barcelona(“AntennainstallersBarcelona”):–  140searches/month;mediumcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:1,82€

•  electricista.barcelona(“ElectriciansBarcelona”):–  480searches/month;highcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:3,71€

•  fontaneros.barcelona(“PlumbersBarcelona”):–  390searches/month;mediumcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:3,90€

•  lampistas.barcelona(“PlumbersBarcelona”):–  140searches/month;mediumcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:2,98€

•  cerrajeros.barcelona(“LocksmithsBarcelona”):–  3.600searches/month;highcompe::on;SuggestedPPCbid:16,62€


RankingsinGoogleofdomainswithcityextension.barcelona

•  6.barccelonawebsitescreatedon13/04/2016.

•  Theyhaveonepostwith7.000wordsincludingop:mizedimagesandsocialmediaaccounts.

•  Theoutgoinglinksgotoonlinenewspapers,Wikipedia,ChamberofCommerceandtheBarcelona'stownhall.

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•  alarmas.barcelona(“AlarmsBarcelona”)–  Keyword:alarmasbarcelona–  25/04/2016:Page6–  27/05/2016:Page4(Bing:3rdresult;DuckDuckGo:1stresult)

•  antenista.barcelona(“AntennainstallersBarcelona”)–  Keyword:antenistaenbarcelona–  25/04/2016:Page3–  27/05/2016:Page3(Bing:10thresult;DuckDuckGo:Page2)

•  electricista.barcelona(“ElectriciansBarcelona”)–  Keyword:electricistasbarcelona–  25/04/2016:Page6–  27/05/2016:Page6(Bing:7thresult;DuckDuckGo:n/a)

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•  fontaneros.barcelona(“PlumbersBarcelona”)–  Keyword:fontanerosbarcelona–  25/04/2016:Page5–  27/05/2016:Page3(Bing:5thresult;DuckDuckGo:2ndresult)

•  lampistas.barcelona(“PlumbersBarcelona”)–  Keyword:lampistasbarcelona–  25/04/2016:Page3–  27/05/2016:Page3(Bing:7thresult;DuckDuckGo:n/a)

•  cerrajeros.barcelona(“LocksmithsBarcelona”)–  Keyword:cerrajerosbarcelona–  25/04/2016:Notinfirst10pages.–  27/05/2016:Notinfirst10pages(Bing:Page2;

DuckDuckGo:Page2)

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ThetoolsweuseinourdailySEOworkflow

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ThenewGTLDsareanopportunitytoowngreatdomains.

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Somedatatofinish

“GenericCountryCodeTopLevelDomains”percompany:–  Germany:.deð7,5domainspercompany.–  Spain:.esð0,7domainspercompany.

“GenericCountryCodeTopLevelDomains”per100ci`zens:–  Holand:.nlð91domainseach100ci:zens–  Spain:.esð3domainseach100ci:zens

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Thankyou.

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@ramonrautenes.linkedin.com/in/ramonrautenstrauch


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