Everyone use .com or .Co and .Net still decent domain extensions?
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coffeeandpeace
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You need to lookup how different TLD works. Read more about ccTLDs and gTLDs. You need to lookup if the ccTLD you look for is country-restricted or not 
tothemoonoff
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See if name of site can be coordinated with domain? For example word "jutsu". Site, where there is division of word in half: first half is the name of site, second half is domain. Or do you already have that idea?)
You can buy site already with domain. Usually do so in my country.
You can buy site already with domain. Usually do so in my country.
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I believe myself & a few other members had this discussion on another thread. .com and .net are both TLDs I’d start new projects using and be happy to promote with.
I have used .co when it was the only TLD available, but to me it feels less than or like it’s missing something. (The letter M most likely).
If I were you, I’d go with the .net. That’s just my personal preference outside of .com
I have used .co when it was the only TLD available, but to me it feels less than or like it’s missing something. (The letter M most likely).
If I were you, I’d go with the .net. That’s just my personal preference outside of .com
SEOWhizKid
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I have a client right now killing it with a .co on Google.com, and all internationally too.
SlimProxies
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I would go either with .net or with .io
Ketywaft
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Yes, just go with .net, but later you can get the .com if it is still available in the future.
515hosting
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From an SEO perspective, Google (and other search engines) really don't have a preference on the TLD.
All things considered otherwise equal, a .co or .net is not going to have less ability to rank than a .com. I suppose there are situations (as has already been mentioned) where country code level domains could affect whether they're displayed in a particular geographical area, but in general the TLD itself isn't really a ranking factor.
However, it is important to consider how the domain plays into user retention.
If visitors to your site tend to be typically through organic search and your primarily targeting new organic users versus returning visitors, I'd go with a domain name that's most applicable and choose an affordable, but reasonable TLD.
If instead, you aim to have generate most of your visitors through direct URL input or want people to return to the site frequently, I'd go with a more common TLD like .com with a relatively easy name to type in (no dashes).
The reason is pretty simple.
I have an ecommerce store where I sell novelty tshirts, for example, and most of my customers find me through search and I'm typically right at the top of the page. So they're finding me naturally through search with intent and that's half the battle and than I lock in a one time sale and that's that. There really isn't some gigantic need for them to remember my domain name because I'm not selling them the same t-shirt over and over again, they just want the one time product or the one time piece of information they searched for. In these situations, your page titles and descriptions are going to be the primary factor.
But I also have a web hosting and design business, and while people find me through search also, there's also this huge need to be able to mention a domain name on a business card, through conversation, or in a radio ad and suddenly the name and the TLD becomes extremely important. If you start adding dashes or go with anything other than .com, you're getting away from what people find is natural and if your competitor as the same name at .com as you have at .co, you could very well be driving traffic to them through those methods.
All things considered otherwise equal, a .co or .net is not going to have less ability to rank than a .com. I suppose there are situations (as has already been mentioned) where country code level domains could affect whether they're displayed in a particular geographical area, but in general the TLD itself isn't really a ranking factor.
However, it is important to consider how the domain plays into user retention.
If visitors to your site tend to be typically through organic search and your primarily targeting new organic users versus returning visitors, I'd go with a domain name that's most applicable and choose an affordable, but reasonable TLD.
If instead, you aim to have generate most of your visitors through direct URL input or want people to return to the site frequently, I'd go with a more common TLD like .com with a relatively easy name to type in (no dashes).
The reason is pretty simple.
I have an ecommerce store where I sell novelty tshirts, for example, and most of my customers find me through search and I'm typically right at the top of the page. So they're finding me naturally through search with intent and that's half the battle and than I lock in a one time sale and that's that. There really isn't some gigantic need for them to remember my domain name because I'm not selling them the same t-shirt over and over again, they just want the one time product or the one time piece of information they searched for. In these situations, your page titles and descriptions are going to be the primary factor.
But I also have a web hosting and design business, and while people find me through search also, there's also this huge need to be able to mention a domain name on a business card, through conversation, or in a radio ad and suddenly the name and the TLD becomes extremely important. If you start adding dashes or go with anything other than .com, you're getting away from what people find is natural and if your competitor as the same name at .com as you have at .co, you could very well be driving traffic to them through those methods.
xReminisce
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I would go for .net
I no longer touch the .co with a 10 foot pole, simply since it looks & feels unrefined, unfinished and unprofessional.
SEO wise, it wont matter if you pick a .com .net or .co or anything else !
I feel the exact same way, In the past, I did use quite a few .co as I burnt the .com versions completely hehe and they work just as good, ranked #1 etc but it just felt kinda meh
brandname.co ? feels pretty damn off to me
Johnpeterburs
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IMO, top-level domain is always preferred with .com but these days high intentions for tech-based apps are concentrated with .io and .ai.
But consideration for .co or .net, the preferences will be on .co by IT professionals across the world.
But consideration for .co or .net, the preferences will be on .co by IT professionals across the world.
rafark
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- Jan 15, 2013
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I’d keep looking at .com names but that’s just me. If you’re in the tech industry you can try looking at .io domains.
