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Re:NameCheap Overtakes Go Daddy In Google by rhizome on Friday April 20, 2012 @01:59PM (#3869018)
With GoDaddy listed furthest to the left, which is the #1 spot in L-R languages..
Re:NameCheap Overtakes Go Daddy In Google by jorgem on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:39PM (#3869197)
True. But, I have other statistics to shed light on this:

Plenty of people get domain ideas from my site, but then don't click on my BUY link. I can determine this because I see multiple domains get registered on the same day as I list them by the same person -- highly unlikely otherwise.

So based on approx 20,000 listings that have been registered, around 40% of those registrations go to Goddady. But for the vast majority of those registration, I didn't get a referral. Or even a click.

So, people use Godaddy a lot more than any other registrar. And I put it on the left. Based on usage pattern mentioned above, I don't think it's because it's on the left.

Trust me, the site is truly just a hobby. :) Except that every once in a while, I make a bunch of money when I buy a domain myself that the site finds, and resell it.

I get to see the daily listings before anyone else, so ... I do feel a little bit bad about that, though.