Grrilla said:
I mean, does anyone really believe what they are being told in television ads, anymore?
A recent MACS poll showed that 67.3% of people surveyed would believe anything provided it was supported by irrelevant made up statistscs.
Grrilla said:
Calculations such as, "46656 - 17576 - 1000 = 28080 possible 3 character (which contain a mix of letters and numbers).", may be statistical, but do these calcs really enter into the area of statistical analysis, where the real manipulation occurs?
There's no disputing the numbers but there's plenty of room for discussing their interpretation and presentation. Some believe that the limited number of possible 3 chars coupled with the fact that they are all taken shows that they have some inherent value. I believe it shows that a bunch of speculators are hoarding crap names because they are believers in the first theory.
Grrilla said:
Anyways, prima, exchanges, like the one that we have been having, have the effect of compelling me to do my homework, to think more deeply, and to, hopefully, expand my horizons, so, for that, I am appreciative, and I offer you my Tx.
I couldn't agree more. A thread with a healthy debate benefits everyone more than a thread of 50 regfee appraisals.
Grrilla said:
All of my mixed 3char names signify a meaning or have an interesting attribute or hook.
I'd say these are good names that happen to be 3 char. There certainly are good ones out there. 1x1.us is nice. There are plenty of 3 chars I'd love to have. 4x4.com, b2b.com, p2p.com, mp3.com.
I was also inspired to do my homework. To get a quick indicator of what 3 chars are being used for I compared the 74024 name servers listed for 3 chars in the .com zone file against a list of known name related services: name-services, sedoparking, smartbuy, afternic, fabulous, this-domain-for-sale.com, pool, ultsearch, etc. Some people might object to putting Ultimate Search in this category, so I'll make the offer right now to make a special cybersquatter category for their 202 3 char .coms.
The results were almost a perfect 60/40 split. 60% of 3char .coms are parked at some domain-ish site, 40% are “unknown” Granted there are plenty of smaller parking services I missed, people who use their own DNS or HTML redirects, etc. Still I was expecting a wider gap.
I'll have to amend my estimate to 80% of all 3 chars .coms being owned by speculators