Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 12:38 pm  

SCR-SeaDiver wrote:

On another forum someone has hinted that this 'Red Devils' branding may alienate any potential new soccer supporters on the blue side from giving rugby league a go.Any thoughts ?

It's balls from people who know little of the Salford/Manchester dynamic. There are loads of Salford fans who support City, and vice-versa.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 12:41 pm  

Geordie wrote:

Would you not have thought a Super League marketing department would have realised that they needed to buy the domain names before they announced the name change.

At least league freak will give them back, I'm sure with Dr Kash he can also name his price

I think salfordreddevils is a poor choice of domain given the double d's. No pun intended.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 12:50 pm  

Chico wrote:

It's balls from people who know little of the Salford/Manchester dynamic. There are loads of Salford fans who support City, and vice-versa.

This. I was just playing devils advocate earlier.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 1:18 pm  

Chico wrote:

I think salfordreddevils is a poor choice of domain given the double d's. No pun intended.

The club must keep the reds.co.uk domain, it's short and easy to spell and appears highly ranked on page one of a google search. It would be an absolutely crazy decision to change it.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 1:25 pm  

Wheels wrote:

LeagueFreak has just bought the domain if you're interested...

It's heartening to know he such a supporter ...

all he's got to do is buy . com .org .net . etc etc + hypenated versions .

I think Salford already have ' theoriginalredevils '

If you google Red Devils you could get
Crawley FC
the Belgian National Football Team
the South Korean National Football Team
Belarus National Football Team
the Congo National Football Team
some army lads who like jumping out of planes
An Italian Army Acrobatics Team (Diavoli Rossi )
A French Rugby League Team
the list goes on .

If you Goolged ' Reds ' you get a Baseball Team, Basketball NFL sides etc

The timing of the statement from Koukash is perfect , a day after the Stretford clubs ' bus ride '
it's on 100 + news sites , the BBC site has over 20 comments. and the leading RL story ..

The ' City Reds ' Merchandise is dead , so he can only gain , He'll be brokering a deal with a new Kit sponsor.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 1:28 pm  

theredshed wrote:

The club must keep the reds.co.uk domain, it's short and easy to spell and appears highly ranked on page one of a google search. It would be an absolutely crazy decision to change it.

You could create a mirror on a seperate domain to achieve this under a new URL.

Alternatively you could use a http redirect from the reds.co.uk index page. If you want to get really smart you could do a http redirect on your DNS Server.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 1:39 pm  

SCR-SeaDiver wrote:

I can only congratulate Dr Koukash on the timing of this.
Just as we reach the nadir with 2 consecutive heavy defeats we now have the coaching staff installed,new branding, and the optimism of new signings to strengthen the squad.
Not only that,he has made the very important addition of making it known how he valued the top class support the players were given from the magnificent followers on Sunday.
This must have given a huge lift to everyone as we now aim for 2 consecutive wins for the first time in 2013.


On another forum someone has hinted that this 'Red Devils' branding may alienate any potential new soccer supporters on the blue side from giving rugby league a go.Any thoughts ?

SCR, there was only ever one Red Devils and that was/is Salford I must applaud Ming in this instance for reverting back to using the clubs previous nickname.
I can also see that it will assist and divert attention away from the dead duck which is the City of Salford Stadium company following yet another hand out from the council. The more he moves away from a connection with the council the better it will be in terms of public relations.
Incidentally for all those who have had City Red Tattoos I can supply some tipex .......in Blue.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 2:10 pm  

bandgeekmafia78 wrote:

You could create a mirror on a seperate domain to achieve this under a new URL.

Alternatively you could use a http redirect from the reds.co.uk index page. If you want to get really smart you could do a http redirect on your DNS Server.

What's the point? reds looks easier on the eye in the address bar rather than salfordreddevils. I've always thought the shorter a domain name for marketing purposes the better.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 2:12 pm  

middleman wrote:

If you google Red Devils you could get
Crawley FC
the Belgian National Football Team
the South Korean National Football Team
Belarus National Football Team
the Congo National Football Team
some army lads who like jumping out of planes
An Italian Army Acrobatics Team (Diavoli Rossi )
A French Rugby League Team
the list goes on...

It's a recurring nickname in Francophone countries.

Re: SALFORD RED DEVILS...... : Tue May 14, 2013 2:26 pm  

theredshed wrote:

What's the point? reds looks easier on the eye in the address bar rather than salfordreddevils. I've always thought the shorter a domain name for marketing purposes the better.

The point I was trying to make was that you could have the web data stored at reds.co.uk but host the mirror at salfordreddevils.co.uk to ensure that you stay high in Google search requests. But yes, I agree that reds.co.uk is much better.