.org or .net performs better?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by jen@youngadmins, May 26, 2010.

  1. #1
    I HAVE TO buy a domain. but unfortuntealy .com is taken.

    So 2 options that i have is mydomain.net and mydomain.org. Which one do you think will perform better generally. Because everything i'd do would be exactly the same despite of its .net or .org.

    What do you suggest i shall go with?
     
    jen@youngadmins, May 26, 2010 IP
  2. Ibn Juferi

    Ibn Juferi Prominent Member

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    In my personal experience .org seems to perform a lot better than .net
     
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  3. bettaone

    bettaone Active Member

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    Can you put a hyphen between the words ore add an extra word to get the .com . I prefer .com because it is more commercially viable of all the extensions.
     
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  4. selectsplat

    selectsplat Well-Known Member

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    They are both the same, in regards to SEO, so the main consideration would be which one gives your visitors a better impression.

    .org's indicate an organization, and are usually of the non-profit variety.

    In my experience, .net's are difficult to remember that they are .net's and not .com's. Almost every .net that i can think of I usually end up typing the domain with a .com first, seeing that it's the wrong site, then going to the.net.

    If a site has a .org, I think there's a much better chance that I will see and remember that it's .org and not a .com.


     
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  5. lifeplayer

    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    .org and .net are are same in SEO, you can choose either of them
     
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  6. LBP

    LBP Guest

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    They are all the same, no special treatment between those types of TLD.. Its all up to you how you will make them perform better than the other by doing SEO
     
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  7. sikatangpinoy

    sikatangpinoy Peon

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    but don't buy the same name with different TLD in this example : www . domain . com and www . domain . org when you got a direct visitors some of it will type accidentally the domain with . com since . com is the most popular you can extract the same reason why wikipedia . org buy also the wikepedia . com
     
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  8. phpwnes

    phpwnes Peon

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    as long as you stay away from .info .us and so on you should be ok to me personally i prefer .org
     
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  9. Web Dev

    Web Dev Peon

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    I think .org sound more powerful in all terms...

    But see if you can get that .com domain using hyphen or an Action Verb

    Try this trick, www.buy-your-domain-keywords.com to see if it is available..

    Note that by putting an action verb in front, such as buy, you're targeting potential buyers




     
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    gillcrist2 Peon

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    i think .net is better then .org
     
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  11. potharry

    potharry Greenhorn

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    It's better .com .) Org is for non-profit organizations Well the only choice is to take .net.)))
     
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  12. mamanabila

    mamanabila Greenhorn

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    i aggre with u
     
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  13. biztrendz

    biztrendz Member

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    #13

    If you are going to keep things "exactly the same", than I don't think there should be any issue with .net or .org.

    Yes, for search engines like Google, .org extension has a good reputation but such domains usually represents non-profit organizations.
     
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  14. newby

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    I think .org is a little more attractive then .net.
    No telling what it will be in a few years though.
     
    newby, May 26, 2010 IP
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    Go with the .net domain. .com has only advantage - People can remember it easily and looks more impressive.
     
    hem1234, May 26, 2010 IP