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Introduction

In domain terms, number dash number dot coms, like 6-7.com, are collectively referred to as N-N.coms. They have a kind of uniqueness and cool-factor that appeals to computer people with math backgrounds (like myself), web designers, domainers and companies.

There are 100 in total, ranging from 0-0.com to 9-9.com, and all were registered years ago. In addition, some can receive a steady flow of traffic; The intrinsic traffic volume will depend largely upon the popularity of the numeric combination.

The aforementioned and other factors have combined to increase their value over the years. If you're able to find an owner willing to part with one, you can expect prices to begin at $1000 US (if you're lucky) and go much higher, depending on quality.

Although desirable, not a lot of uses have been found for N-N.coms as of yet. If you visit some at random, you'll soon discover that very few have been developed. The majority exist as parked pages or are used to redirect traffic to other sites. In fact, most spend their lives as parking pages before being sold on to the next owner.

As a programmer with an interest in design, I'm hoping to go against the parking trend and actually develop this one. I'm just not quite sure which direction I'll be taking it in, so for the time being, this place-setter will have to suffice while I have a think about it. :)

Notes

You'll have to forgive the lackluster page appearance, but I've virtually given up trying to make web pages look acceptable in all browsers. It's simply not possible. Besides, these pages are merely place-setters until I can come up with something more permanent.

I have to say, there is nothing more deflating than producing a text-based web page in Safari, only to fire it up in IExplorer on Windows and see its poorly-conceived, text-rendering engine completely trash it.

The bottom line is, you'll never get a standard text-based, web page to look good through Windows IExplorer until they update their text rendering engine - period. I hear they'll be using Direct Write for IE9. About time. I hope it's an improvement.

Anyway, if you're using Windows, this page is best viewed through a Safari Browser with the Quartz Engine running. On a Mac, it shouldn't matter. Under all circumstances, high pixel density (ppi) is preferable. Text-based webpages simply don't look right on any other setup.

I've pieced this web space together from scatch pretty quickly. Over time, I'll endeavour to improve things.