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Last post: 2 years, 1 month ago | Thread started: Apr 14, 11, 9:54 a.m.

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• jayoh

  what do you think of them?

  I ask because there's a .com I really wanted and of course it's gone. The .net is available but to me, it seems so 1995...

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• doesnotexist

  to me it just means it's not a commerce site. i use a .net

  • <– ItalianStallion

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 9:55 a.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  .co available?

  • I would think that's less recognized, no?– jayoh1/3

    Be on the forefront– ETM2/3

    Not on MediaTemple's $5 deal it ain't :)
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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 9:56 a.m. – Permalink

• raf

  What's the status of the .com—is it used or parked?

  • slightly used– jayoh

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 10:04 a.m. – Permalink

• dMullins

  Nothing wrong with .co and it's easier to type.

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 10:12 a.m. – Permalink

• duhsign

  yeah I though they ran out of .nets in 95?

  • No.
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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 10:13 a.m. – Permalink

• raf

  .co?

  Some people say attaching your business to a domain that stays vulnerable to caprices of Colombian government is crazy.

  On the other hand, it's the US government that has a recent history of seizing domains, so there.

  At the same time, I only heard of one .ly seized by Libyan government, for hosting porn links (against clear registry rules).

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 10:18 a.m. – Permalink

• spot13

  depends who has the .com. if a competitor than pick something else but otherwise, .net is fine. Just keep in mind 20-30% of people typing your domain will type .com by mistake.

  • This. Find another name with .com.– 404NotFound

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 11:09 a.m. – Permalink

• eieio

  I never understood why everyone ignores them. it makes more sense than .com for a lot of web based companies and individuals. .com is over saturated and the only way to get people to get their heads out of it is to start pushing .net more. I think in 5 years .net will be the new standard.

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 11:23 a.m. – Permalink

• vaxorcist

  whatever...

  I once worked for an agency whose domain was ___.net, and the same ___.com was completely different, we often had confused clients, and since clients thought we were supposded to be "the internet wizards" .... this situation made us look rather stupid...

  • so then you should educate them. you are interNET wizards.– eieio1/2

    I told them on the first day.. they said they couldn't reprint business cards... I left fairly soon... they went broke later....– vaxorcist2/2

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 11:26 a.m. – Permalink

• tgqt

  You should have the .com, .net and .org

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 12:43 p.m. – Permalink

• abettertomorrow

  I think it depends on what the name itself is. If its really good and unique (like a one word URL) then .net might be worth using.

  If it is not that unique or a few words, then I would try to find a variation on it and get the .com for that.

  .co seemed like it might have potential when they were launching it but I have not seen a single site use it since.

  

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  Dog-earApr 14, 11, 12:50 p.m. – Permalink