Should You Buy .me Domains
Godaddy is selling .me domain just for $14.95 per year. It attracted me & I searched the net to find some interesting aspects that you should consider before buying one.
Thousands of .me domains have been sold like hot cakes in USA. But let me clarify that it is not a generic TLD but a ccTLD. It is assigned to the Republic of Montenegro. Seeing the prospect of this extension in English-speaking countries the authority in Montenegro started to market it as a generic namespace. You have to admit that they are quite successful in doing it.
Many quality .me sites bought in June & July have achieved pagerank & some of them have got good SERPs in US too. But there are thousands of others that haven’t even been properly configured yet. It is still too early to get into any decision. If you use quality content with local keywords & hosting with local ip you can achieve at least something in local ratings.
But the main thing is that .me domain is still a ccTLD & it is harder to achieve global targeting with it. Generally search engines tend to send more traffic from the country as the ccTLD rather than traffic from outside for a particular keyword. Even in WMT you will not find the option of geo-targeting as it is already assigned to Montenegro. WMT follows ICANN rules.
So if you are thinking of buying .me domain for long-term use as a personal site or a company site, it is just like a gamble. Montenegro is trying to make it generic TLD. If it happens in future you may have good SERPS as .com or other popular tlds. On the other hand, the hype may go down gradually making you think to switch to a popular generic TLD in a year or two.
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