Do you create websites based on current viral trends?

[Matthew]

That's kind of funny. I could create a conspiracy based just on that wherein they had the text written for deployment already and just needed to find/replace PANDEMIC_NAME.


To grab domains, it's a combination of scanning thousands of news articles to pick up on context and domain name registrar APIs to automatically register what is believed to be the name of value. However, this was pre-AI, so I'm sure people have updated their methodology since to be more effective at contextual references to grab the right name the first time.

I'm sure AI has/will make that practice infinitely faster. The problem will be the ease of use and how many have access to that methodology from the emerging tech. I think we'll see greater market flooding in all industries moving forward. There's a platform out that crawls through ecommerce sites to track real time price changes for competitors. My company is super excited about this. All I can think is that 1) if we have it, so do our competitors and 2) major competitors that have the resources and scalability will be able to use this to undercut smaller competitors. Prime example - Wal Mart gas. They are conveniently $.03 cheaper around here than all other competitors. I mean, this isn't new but the speed at which things can develop is alarming.

 

[frm]

The problem will be the ease of use and how many have access to that methodology from the emerging tech.

Not too many have the funding to pre-fund accounts at 10+ registrars in order to pound the 500+ registrars (resellers too) all at once to grab the name. However, there's always a "lottery ticket" (1 in a million) chance that someone using outdated methods could still grab it.

There's a platform out that crawls through ecommerce sites to track real time price changes for competitors.

I have something similar that I'm going to be implementing on XF using a commerce store (no forum, just XF as the core).

 

[Nomad]

All the forums I have created were/are based on the high traffic topics. I also use this strategy for blogs as well. However, not all blogs I have created are on popular topics, some of my blogs are based on the niches that I am very passionate about.

 

[Bawse]

I usually only create sites when I have an idea for one, and I think it has potential. I also prefer sites within a niche that I like, so it'll be a site that'd I often use.

 

[Cedric]

I once did that with Palworld Forums. I quickly dominated the internet (except for Reddit) while overtaking the official Palworld forums. But as I lost interest in the game, I couldn't be bothered to keep up, so I sold it and since then it's still growing slow but steady.

 

[Ravenfreak]

Nah I like to make websites on topics I'm interested in or think will make an impact. Trends tend to die down eventually, and all that traffic you've gained will slow. Especially if it's centered around one niche topic.