I am about to create a personal site for a client, but naturally the domain name they are requesting is taken (with the .com extension). Before i suggest that they use the available .net extension, i was wandering are there any drawbacks to using a .net extension as opposed to a .com extension.
Not really, although most non-web-savvy people type in "blah.com" when looking for blah. I originally wanted the-engine.net, but I had to settle for .org myself.
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The sad part about domain names these days is that many are losing their meaning! A .com means its a company. A .net means it's a network. Similarly, a .org means it's an organization. Imagine if the .edu domain were unregulated? Jeeze...
The sad part about domain names these days is that many are losing their meaning! A .com means its a company. A .net means it's a network. Similarly, a .org means it's an organization. Imagine if the .edu domain were unregulated? Jeeze...
Yeah, I know. That's why I wanted .net - Because all my websites (and a few by other people) are hosted under it.
Plus, it sure would make filtering porno sites @ schools easier if they actually used the .xxx domain..
Administrator of The Engine Network http://www.the-engine.org
"We are drunk of borg. Resistance is floor-tile."
Well, first off start off with an appropriate TLD (Top Level Domain). Is this a personal website for him, the person? Then .name would probably be best. Is your client's website a company? Then .com is appropriate. Perhaps it's an organization, then .org. Take a look at the IANA's list of gTLDs:
Yes, it is. But that isn't a generic TLD, that's often combined with a ccTLD. Like the UK, often times you see domainname.co.uk That would be for a company as well. I was talking in terms of gTLD and not secondary ccTLD.
I had originally wanted compuker.com and waited about a month (at which the time it was available) then one day I decide i'll go get it and it turned out not to be available. I got compuker.net since it just sounded better. I relize that it means network...but if I were someone who hadn't used a computer before, and wanted to go to a compuker website, I would go to compuker.com then compuker.net and last compuker.org.
People always seem hesitant about this at first. But there are more than three TLD's, and people need to realize this. This would really only be a concern of mine depending on advertising. If you've a big company, and figure a lot of people will be trying yourname.com or yourname.org without seeing it first, then I'd try a .com or .org But if you'll be handing out say, buisness cards with the address, or trading links online, than it doesn't matter as much.
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