.com vs .biz vs .net ?

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  1. #1
    How about follow topic work more for shopping web site?
    Please share that your recommend to make my new site domain.
     
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  2. MoneyMoose

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    .com is the best for return visitors because it is easily remembered. Other than that, it really doesn't matter.
     
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    #3
    .com is the best like money moose said, but .net and .org is good too..
    Find an example joomla site..

    If you have a chance to choose, then just choose .com (if you develop any general site), but if it don't, you can choose .net..

    And if you are building any network site, you better use .net.
    If you build an organization site, you can use .org,, business with .biz
     
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    always use .com

    always.
     
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    #5
    .com always!!
     
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    .com is best as very much more established that all the rest. People talk about the dot com craze, dot com companies, etc but never about dot net or dot org craze, right ?
     
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    Jaguar.X.05 Banned

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    #7
    Users trust .com
     
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    #8
    I would go for a .com first, but as so many of these are bought up and parked waiting for a buyer, I would then go for a .net if your .com name is not available.

    I've never seen the need to buy a .biz domain name...
     
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  9. casualmusic

    casualmusic Active Member

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    .com definitely.
     
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    chipmunk Well-Known Member

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    #10
    Mixsp...

    I have said this many times...
    My personal & professional belief is that .com shall always rule.

    Reason: We are conditioned to type in .com as an extension.
    When is the last time you typed in .net, .biz, .info etc ???

    Now if you don't care about long term branding and have other items on your agenda for the name ...any other extension will do.

    -=Chipmunk=-
     
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  11. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    #11
    Go for .biz for business website
     
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    #12
    Unless its a premium domain .com is the best choice for sure.
     
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    #13
    The most well known is .com. However we have a .us and it's been ranked #1 for over a year in it's category.
     
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    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    If .com is still available, go for it. Otherwise choose either .net or .biz.
     
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    #15
    .com is always the best. .biz sites always seem like there low budget or scams.
     
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    #16
    No, please don't.

    .biz is useless - name me a popular website with a .biz domain?

    Most people just automatically add .com to the end of a domain name, so if your website is AcmeInc.biz a whole bunch of people will type in AcmeInc.com by mistake.
     
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  17. Kyle101

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    Usually, .org's are for non profit websites. Like American Cancer Society, etc. .com's are used for everything. Businesses, fan sites, help sites, etc. .Net's are usually used for more network sites (I'm guessing it'd be ideal for IRC and chat websites). And I can't really say for what .biz's are used for because more businesses use .com
     
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    True. Most of the time, giant company will take them all for branding purposes and then seperate the company division later.

    Example: The big G
    Google.com will take care of almost everything up to date.
    Google.net : http://web.archive.org/web/19990508142819/http://www.google.net/.
    Google.org : The philanthropic arm of the company.
     
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    #19
    In all technicality an extension is just a period followed by two or three letters. However, like Kyle said, there is generally a convention as to how they're used. The common user really doesn't think about this.

    However, when it comes to the consumer, it's always a safe bet to use .net or .com. Most people follow convention due to the popularity of the phrases that surround .com when you're referring to business. Besides, like a few people have mentioned, a ton of people tend to recall .com before any other common extension.
     
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    #20
    that is a childish comment.
     
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