"But .in, like other prepositions - .me / .to / .be can mean whatever you want it to, geo targeting is really a non-issue if you know what you're doing."
Magic puja?
Is there one? I thought domain investment was a complex science with a heavy linguistic viability influence.
I don't think .in is global and I have some solid ones. I've probably spent more on a single .in aftermarket purchase than 99% of the members here, if not EVERY member here.
If you don't think it's global, you're missing a bet. And which one did you get? hosting or domains?
As far as outside.in, that's an anecdote. Anecdote is not evidence, no more than bit.ly 'proves anything. about the .ly tld. That one keyword (outside) represents the single most intuitive 'domain hack' in the .in tld and means absolutely nothing to other .in domains or the future trajectory of the .in space. Whenever people need to reference heavily isolated anecdotes to support a much larger position, that's usually a pretty good sign that they don't have the facts or logic on their side.
Outside.in uses .in as a preposition, did you get that point? Now try this with your domain - hosting.in/USA or hosting.in/Germany or even hosting.in/Cloud and you'll begin to see what I'm trying to show there. I agree that one domain does not an extension make, here are some more references:
.IN Developed .IN / .CO.IN Showcase - NamePros.com &
Site Rank You can choose to ignore what you see, or you can open your eyes an absorb everyone's experience and then evaluate it for your own requirements, your call.
The reason no one can do this is because the facts just aren't there.
Did you see the links to Google language search in my previous post? You can see the facts, just can't seem to digest them too well.
I'm hugely pro .in and pro India, but this particular theoretical tangent is just ridiculous. It would be like suggesting the .us TLD is international in scope because it spells the word "us". Theory? Fine. Reality? Absolutely not.
That's because you're thinking of the past, not of the future. Kids going online after 2013 will be familiar with .word extensions, unlike our generation, which has been .com trained.
There are two types of domainers- be they active with .in, .com or .anything. There are those who listen to the pseudo-wisdom of other domainers and fail, or those who recognize (and listen to) the realistic needs of business and succeed.
I've always said the left side of the dot is more important than the right, believe it or not. [
The Extension Agnostic | mwzd.com ] And if you're going to get a crappy keyword, even having the .com at the end won't help you.
Just as they would associate any cctld they are not familiar with, with its vanity use (vanity cctld).
And you're saying .in has value for its vanity use?
Yes, I'm saying it does. As also usage for subdirectory/subdomain hacking. GamesForGirls.com didn't go for $500k on because it looks pretty, there is a linguistic logic to it, as there is to all branding and .in just works a LOT better than .tw or .co.uk for international usage.
The END USERS know very well that .in means India and these are the guys you want to be concerned about, not the rest of the world.
Why would I give a flying four about the rest of the world?
Actually, as of today the rest of the world has more money invested in .IN than Indians. Plus you can be sure the people spending $x,xxx or more on .in domains are mostly NOT based in India. Chew on that for a bit.