Originally Posted by sziberee

I prefer an "exotic" , antarctic domain like .gs, use numbers if you want to create a brand like 538 , the radio station.

Such exotic domain name extensions are not for everyone. For some of them you need to be a county representative to be able to register them.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

No it isn't.

Alexa "statistics" are based on the relatively few "Alexa Toolbar" users and then extrapolated to show what is supposed to be all Internet users.

yes but for example a site rank some thing like 1000 can't be with no visitors at all. It must be popular. though you may be right that it can be exaggerating if for example the website user himself is using alexa and opening the website very often.

It's probably fine if your target audience is newbie webmasters and "marketers" from Southern Asia and you take the "numbers" with more than a pinch of salt. As those two demographics are the majority of Alexa toolbar users.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

It's probably fine if your target audience is newbie webmasters and "marketers" from Southern Asia and you take the "numbers" with more than a pinch of salt. As those two demographics are the majority of Alexa toolbar users.

alexa is an English website and owned by amazon if I'm correct. Shouldn't it normally have visitors mainly from USA and other English speaking countries? Why an English website will have majority of visitors from Southern Asia? I didn't notice that at all in alexa analytics.

alexa is an English website and owned by amazon if I'm correct.

Correct.

Shouldn't it normally have visitors mainly from USA and other English speaking countries?

And it probably does.

Why an English website will have majority of visitors from Southern Asia?

No reason at all BUT that is NOT what I posted.

As those two demographics are the majority of Alexa toolbar users.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Correct.

And it probably does.

No reason at all BUT that is NOT what I posted.

You meant the majority installing alexa toolbar are from Southern Asia right?
If majority of visitors to Alexa are from USA why the majority of alexa toolbar users will be from Southern Asia?

Originally Posted by nayes84

You meant the majority installing alexa toolbar are from Southern Asia right?

Correct.

Originally Posted by nayes84

If majority of visitors to Alexa are from USA why the majority of alexa toolbar users will be from Southern Asia?

I don't get the correlation you are trying to draw.

Well According to me alphabets is more better but, if domain name is like this "car4hire" then its k", It works.

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I wouldn't assume that numbers make much if any difference.

Originally Posted by Member8237

I wouldn't assume that numbers make much if any difference.

They do. If you are telling someone about web site like cars4hire you need to draw an attention on the "4".
That is important for remembering them.

Originally Posted by francis84

I think numbers in domains can be helpful in some other way like shortening some word like 4 instead of "for" or 2 instead of "to". But, its not a factor to gain high traffic. If those websites with number in their domain have high traffic, I think it is just a coincidence.

I agree with that. Up 2 u like whether u take it.

Nope, numbers usually decrease the value of the domains. I wouldn't use them.