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I'm wondering if anyone has the same tactics as me when it comes to domain auctions...
I'll be scrolling domain name auctions and I will see a name I like the look of. I will remember it and I'll only glance at the end time and the price and swiftly carry on scrolling.
I avoid clicking the domain (to see the details) if I can and I under no circumstances would I 'favourite' or '' a domain.
I just don't want to give the algorithms that these platforms may use any cause to believe that a domain is going to be popular, because I believe that they will promote it to others more as a result - thus turning my time and effort into their own gain and use it against me.
Surely they'll use the information about how many clicks, how many favourites, maybe even a heat map of when someone stops scrolling over a particular set of domains or where their cursor goes in order to weed out the good names from the bad ones.
Am I alone in this or am I just being a conspiracy theorist by believing that the backorder services or auction/drop websites will use any signals that they can get their hands on in order to get more eyes on the good names?
The same goes for any website that provides a service like domain 'drop date calculators'. I assume that they are using the information for their own personal gain.
I'll be scrolling domain name auctions and I will see a name I like the look of. I will remember it and I'll only glance at the end time and the price and swiftly carry on scrolling.
I avoid clicking the domain (to see the details) if I can and I under no circumstances would I 'favourite' or '' a domain.
I just don't want to give the algorithms that these platforms may use any cause to believe that a domain is going to be popular, because I believe that they will promote it to others more as a result - thus turning my time and effort into their own gain and use it against me.
Surely they'll use the information about how many clicks, how many favourites, maybe even a heat map of when someone stops scrolling over a particular set of domains or where their cursor goes in order to weed out the good names from the bad ones.
Am I alone in this or am I just being a conspiracy theorist by believing that the backorder services or auction/drop websites will use any signals that they can get their hands on in order to get more eyes on the good names?
The same goes for any website that provides a service like domain 'drop date calculators'. I assume that they are using the information for their own personal gain.
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