Never to the dark side Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 .co.uk is british and .com is USA A story told to me back in the late 1990's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red7 Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 So 'We Buy Any Car' is actually American? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonsRed Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Because they purchased .com and we purchased .co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 There's literally no difference other than one was purchased before the other. If either company had any sense, the first one to register their domain would've registered both .com & .co.uk and claimed both themselves. Obviously, neither club did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 And .com stands for commercial. .net stands for network .org stands for non-profit organisations. My understanding was that when the internet became what it is today, the idea was that depending what type of business you were, would dictate what your suffix would be. Countries and individuals wanted their own domain as well. It could be as simple as Brum got in first with .com and we were second but settled for .co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 And Bradford City really missed the boat - bradfordcityfc.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcnick Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 It always slightly annoys me that if you type in BCFC on Google that Birmingham City not only get the top slot but about 17 of the links in the top 20 search results. Not sure if that is a result of Birmingham having the dot com or just a better SEO team at their Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 I'm pretty sure I remember Scott Davidson telling me he purchased the domain name way before most people were aware of 'the information superhighway' was little more than a geeks paradise. So when it came to City getting a website, he was already the owner of the premium BCFC domain, leaving your Brums and Bradford's of this world having to find alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Imagine if the blue few had had someone who was tech savvy back then and had the nous to register One Team In Bristol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Aberdeen did ok with AFC.co.uk There were a few astute people who bought domain names hoping that they could then sell them on to the business concerned. A few succeeded in making some money, whilst some businesses looked elsewhere to different countries like the island of Tivoli (I think) who had registered .tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcshorey Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 .com domains are generally way more expensive than .co.uk too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 NTTDS.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, bcfcnick said: It always slightly annoys me that if you type in BCFC on Google that Birmingham City not only get the top slot but about 17 of the links in the top 20 search results. Not sure if that is a result of Birmingham having the dot com or just a better SEO team at their Club. Yep I get that all the time too, really annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, bcfcnick said: It always slightly annoys me that if you type in BCFC on Google that Birmingham City not only get the top slot but about 17 of the links in the top 20 search results. Not sure if that is a result of Birmingham having the dot com or just a better SEO team at their Club. Google is basically an algorithm so Birmingham get top slot because more people searching BCFC are looking for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraham Romanovich Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Just asking for a friend... Does anyone know how many times you can legally sell a homing pigeon on eBay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: I'm pretty sure I remember Scott Davidson telling me he purchased the domain name way before most people were aware of 'the information superhighway' was little more than a geeks paradise. So when it came to City getting a website, he was already the owner of the premium BCFC domain, leaving your Brums and Bradford's of this world having to find alternatives. Correct (Clik) registered most of the domains for the club way back then. We used to own a lot of TLD for bcfc like info, biz etc and even cbbc.co.uk for well into mid 2000s before someone bought it off us for 5 figure fee and the BBC then got nominet involved when they were using it for incorrect redirects to a toy site and they got it for nothing in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Note as well that no doubt the club also owns many other URLs that it holds dormant. For example I would expect the club to own bristolcity.co.uk - however a who.is search tells us that it is owned by focusdigital.co.uk. A trip to their website shows they are a URL warehousing company (.com and .net are similarly owned). Essentially they buy up cheap URLs that they think someone will want down the line and then offer to sell them. Suspect they quote quite a lot to the club for that URL. Guess the club and their lawyers see the threat of it being sold on elsewhere or used maliciously to be minimal enough to just let the warehouser hold it. 16 minutes ago, Norn Iron said: Aberdeen did ok with AFC.co.uk There were a few astute people who bought domain names hoping that they could then sell them on to the business concerned. A few succeeded in making some money, whilst some businesses looked elsewhere to different countries like the island of Tivoli (I think) who had registered .tv When the new top level domain names came in a few years back I thought we might see a rash of .football websites come up - but .co.uk and .com are so ingrained and ubiquitous (and short) that those new domains don't seem to have caught on. bristolcity.football is currently available for $21.99 if anyone fancies it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince1994 Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, Abraham Romanovich said: Just asking for a friend... Does anyone know how many times you can legally sell a homing pigeon on eBay? I'll swap for this boomerang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciudad Bristol Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, BCFC Richard said: Google is basically an algorithm so Birmingham get top slot because more people searching BCFC are looking for them. Wait til we get in the Prem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 What about Brechin City? I worry about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 36 minutes ago, TomF said: Correct (Clik) registered most of the domains for the club way back then. We used to own a lot of TLD for bcfc like info, biz etc and even cbbc.co.uk for well into mid 2000s before someone bought it off us for 5 figure fee and the BBC then got nominet involved when they were using it for incorrect redirects to a toy site and they got it for nothing in the end That sort of confirms what I heard. Bristol City got several "bcfc" addresses and sold them off when others came a-begging. We kept the co.uk for ourselves. I don't know why. Perhaps we thought it more appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: That sort of confirms what I heard. Bristol City got several "bcfc" addresses and sold them off when others came a-begging. We kept the co.uk for ourselves. I don't know why. Perhaps we thought it more appropriate. Yep ScottD and GeoffA were very wise to the tech boom early 1990s and registered a lot of domains. Lots before even nominet was a thing which later on proved to be a pain in the arse tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: I'm pretty sure I remember Scott Davidson telling me he purchased the domain name way before most people were aware of 'the information superhighway' was little more than a geeks paradise. So when it came to City getting a website, he was already the owner of the premium BCFC domain, leaving your Brums and Bradford's of this world having to find alternatives. When I worked at Lloyds we purchased things like www.ow.co.uk, with a plan to market new products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Norn Iron said: Aberdeen did ok with AFC.co.uk There were a few astute people who bought domain names hoping that they could then sell them on to the business concerned. A few succeeded in making some money, whilst some businesses looked elsewhere to different countries like the island of Tivoli (I think) who had registered .tv The guy who registered ebuy got sidestepped by eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 I remember that baa.com was a sheep fan site (no jokes) until BAA claimed it was their intellectual property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 hours ago, bcfcnick said: It always slightly annoys me that if you type in BCFC on Google that Birmingham City not only get the top slot but about 17 of the links in the top 20 search results. Not sure if that is a result of Birmingham having the dot com or just a better SEO team at their Club. .com is usually favoured over all other domains in algorithms but there are many work arounds... 2 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: I'm pretty sure I remember Scott Davidson telling me he purchased the domain name way before most people were aware of 'the information superhighway' was little more than a geeks paradise. So when it came to City getting a website, he was already the owner of the premium BCFC domain, leaving your Brums and Bradford's of this world having to find alternatives. Nothing tops a .com 2 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: Note as well that no doubt the club also owns many other URLs that it holds dormant. Always best to own a whole bunch and simply set up redirects to the hosted site. City should be doing this as a matter of course. There are a bundle of other work arounds that can defy Google algorithms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 4 hours ago, TomF said: Yep ScottD and GeoffA were very wise to the tech boom early 1990s and registered a lot of domains. Lots before even nominet was a thing which later on proved to be a pain in the arse tbh. Don’t tell Robbored. There’s only 1 official site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, Harry said: Don’t tell Robbored. There’s only 1 official site. Haha well technically the net centre pre dated the clubs official site for a while didn’t it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, TomF said: Haha well technically the net centre pre dated the clubs official site for a while didn’t it Jeez. What was the last signing announced on that one? Tony Thorpe? This must be really messing with old Robbo’s head now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 5 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: Note as well that no doubt the club also owns many other URLs that it holds dormant. For example I would expect the club to own bristolcity.co.uk - however a who.is search tells us that it is owned by focusdigital.co.uk. A trip to their website shows they are a URL warehousing company (.com and .net are similarly owned). Essentially they buy up cheap URLs that they think someone will want down the line and then offer to sell them. Suspect they quote quite a lot to the club for that URL. Guess the club and their lawyers see the threat of it being sold on elsewhere or used maliciously to be minimal enough to just let the warehouser hold it. When the new top level domain names came in a few years back I thought we might see a rash of .football websites come up - but .co.uk and .com are so ingrained and ubiquitous (and short) that those new domains don't seem to have caught on. bristolcity.football is currently available for $21.99 if anyone fancies it. So, in theory, you could buy bristolrovers.co.uk cheaply and just populate it with a picture of a tumbledown shed in a ploughed field? No, silly me, that would be an upgrade. 5 hours ago, Norn Iron said: Aberdeen did ok with AFC.co.uk There were a few astute people who bought domain names hoping that they could then sell them on to the business concerned. A few succeeded in making some money, whilst some businesses looked elsewhere to different countries like the island of Tivoli (I think) who had registered .tv Tuvalu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.