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Old 08-25-2009, 09:14 PM
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Default Re: Examples of endusers buying .IN domains

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Originally Posted by 888 View Post
Not to forget, Google also uses .co.in, and so does Yahoo!
They are pre 2005 companies. .IN became available in from Feb 15 2005. Any company before that used the .co.in

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I've always believed that once all the hype dust settles, the real players with the real traffic will stick with the .co.in extension names.
I suggest you look around at the reality and not get taken in by what you 'hear'.

Here's some recommended reading:
Zipf's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basically, shorter is better, .co.in will always be second fiddle to .in - just compare the llls registered between the two and you'll understand the situation perfectly.
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