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Regional Marketing Opportunities with geoTLDs

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@larssteffen

?Top-Level DomainsTop-Level

@larssteffen

source: www3.ebu.ch

@larssteffen

domain history 1984Jon Postel & Joyce Reynolds – RFC 920, Domain Requirements

@larssteffen

.gov

.edu.com.mil.org

.arpa

@larssteffen

.com.de.eu

.berlin

verisign.comdenic.deeurid.eu

dot.berlin

1985198620052014

117M

115K

16M

4M

sources: numbers.eco.de, versign.com, denic.de, eurid.eu

@larssteffen

gTLDsccTLDs

new gTLDs

.com

.de

.xyz

generic top-level Domains

country code top-level domains

new generic top-level domains

22

258

628 +

source: numbers.eco.de

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geographic gTLDsgeneric gTLDs

brand gTLDs

.nyc

.club

.bmw

45

445

138

source: numbers.eco.de

@larssteffen

source: maps.google.com

@larssteffen

geoTLDs.hamburg

.berlin .cologne

.koeln .ruhr .saarland .nrw .bayern

@larssteffen

geoTLDs.hamburg

.berlin .cologne

.koeln .ruhr .saarland .nrw .bayern

Advantages?

@larssteffen

Branding | create short & snappy domain names for your business

@larssteffen

Example? | taxi.berlin

taxi-berlin.de

@larssteffen

SEO | compared to .de and .com,.berlin performs better on Berlin

local searches by 42%

source: searchmetrics.com

@larssteffen

Targeting | Create references to regions, sectors, customer groups

@larssteffen

Identity | domain names are important because they give an

identity to a business before the user even clicks on links

@larssteffen

Thanks for your attention!

@larssteffen

Fun fact | insurance.comis the most expensive domain name

ever purchased and sold for$35,600,000

in 2010

@larssteffen

Fun fact | insurance.comis the most expensive domain name

ever purchased and sold for$35,600,000

in 2010

so far...

@larssteffen

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