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gailita
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#1 · Posted: 8 Apr 2008 20:33
Does it matter if a website address ends in .org, .net etc? I know .com is very popular. The domain i wanted to register was already taken so i chose the .net instead.
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happywife
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#2 · Posted: 8 Apr 2008 20:52
.com is the most recognized and most popular as you mentioned. People tend to automatically 'think' .com at the end of a site name, but in the grand scheme of things, if you build a good quality site, .net is fine.
I know a lot of people that have .net that do very well, so don't let it worry you. 
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getagrip
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#3 · Posted: 8 Apr 2008 23:19
Get a .net if you can't get a .com, and get a .org if you can't get a .net
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aplina
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#4 · Posted: 9 Apr 2008 02:43
it is okay. since people search usings key words or long phrases. you may also want to include the bookmark in your site .so your customers will always come back to your site
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gailita
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#5 · Posted: 9 Apr 2008 10:05
Thanks guys for your help
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pcwork
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#6 · Posted: 9 Apr 2008 20:24
If you are going to spend a lot of money advertising , get a .com , you will lose some traffic for a .net
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onlinebusiness
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#7 · Posted: 5 May 2008 04:45
.com commercial business domain
.net commercial network
.org nonprofit organizations
.edu educational institution
.gov government agency
.mil military
.biz small business
.info informational site
Additional domain name extentions include : biz, bz, info, tv, name, etc. Currently, most domain registrars offer cheap domain registration of .biz and .info domains.
If your website or business caters to the local community, such as a pizza delivery business or recruitment agency or the like, then it makes sense to get a country-specific domain. You actually benefit from having such a local domain because the people in your country know that they're dealing with a local entity, which is what they want. After all, if they stay in (say) the United Kingdom, they're not likely to want to try to order pizza from pizzaparlour.com, which suggests a US or an international site. You'll have better luck calling it pizzaparlour.co.uk, ie, with a UK domain.
Otherwise its recommended to use the ".com" extensions or there is a great chance of visitors ending up at the competitors site.
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ashleycameron
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#8 · Posted: 9 May 2008 13:07
Yes, You are right....
we can use .net as domain name...
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Casper
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#9 · Posted: 13 May 2008 22:49 · Edited by: Casper
I thought I'd ask this question instead of setting up a new thread but I was wanting a little bit of help in relation too sub domain, If I had a web address called
http://www.abc.net.au & I wanted too have a sub domain would the address become:
http://www.abc.net.au/news
I know that the first one is a domain but I was wanting too know if the second address would be a sub domain.
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Vishal P. Rao
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#10 · Posted: 14 May 2008 00:22
No, you cannot call that a sub-domain. Sub-domain would be http://news.abc.net.au
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plugandplay
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#11 · Posted: 23 May 2008 16:24
You should try to get a .com if possible as they are more recognisable and respected by the searchers, but as you said they are getting harder and harder to find, so you will need to get others too.
Whatever you do end up getting, test it out and see if you are getting the traffic you should.
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herwindz
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#12 · Posted: 12 Jun 2008 06:59
if the .com domain you want is not available, go find nearest niche .com domain. If this also not available then you go for .net.
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proson
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#13 · Posted: 29 Jun 2008 09:35
any domains get traffic, plugandplay it just depends how you market your website and that's it! But to answer galita questions,
yes .com is more favorable and has more commercial value if in the later days you want to sell your website, but if you solely want to set up your own business if a .com is not available .net is fine.
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