Hello this is my first post, so bear with me, not even sure this is the best forum area, but I didnt find a better one... My partner and I can't get the .com of our business name; it is parked and we are going to wait till our federal Tm is approved. In the meantime we were going to buy either the .org and/or the .net version. Which would be better for our business? This is a travel related site specializing in hunting and fishing trips. Thanks.
You wont be able to take the domain away if you can't prove "first in use" before they registered the domain. Buy both, domains are cheap.
Thanks for the TM lesson, Ive practiced in that field for quite a long time. I'll ask question this way, would either .net or .org get more type in traffic?
In terms of traffic I would go with the .org. It looks more professional and "expensive". Either one will rank equally as well in the search engines.
that's kinda what I was thinking; Im not really interested in trying to corner the market on all the TLD suffixes. Just one for now.
Seems you needed a lesson. Here is another: you should find another domain with dot com. Both dot net and dot org are jokes and I wouldn't even bother.
Hi, It is nice to have a .com domain for business purpose but I would like to mention that domain suffix would not affect your SEO jobs. But, having keywords in your domain name would be helpful for ranking purpose. all the best,
The thing is, their is another competitor who is already spending alot of money in other media, e.g. radio on this very name. He is basically advertising our own mark for us; although he is making a bit more money as he has more product in the pipeline, has franchisees, etc. It seems we basically should pick up on this form of advertising as already people are asking my partner about the new ads, which arent his/ours of course , but people think they are. It seems to me a dot net or dot org should be able to pick up some of this type of type in traffic, generated by radio ads, yes? As already mentioned the other party (i.e. the third party) with the .com has parked the name, is doing nothing with it, and is not returning calls to either our side or the guy with tons of money. I guess we might as well add another term e.g. OUR NAME + "group".com or something like that to produce a similar sounding .com. What sort of traffic might this get? From looking at the google key words tool it seems when you add a word like that the traffic drops off considerably.
I think your problem is you like to hear your self talk or type or whatever it is you do here. If you really felt this way, you could have saved yourself the trouble of posting twice and simply mentioned it the first time yes?
How is that a problem? lol Don't take it personal dude, roll with the punches. Ultimately it's all business and that's what I'm about.
Nothing wrong with a .net or .org for a business website. If most of your visitors come from organic traffic then either will do just as well for you as a .com. My personal preference between the 2 is a .org.. whatever that's worth. Kind regards.
If .com is taken, why not go for .co instead ? .net is for networks, does your website will have something to do with networking connections ? .org is for non-profit organizations, does your website have something to do with charity and good will ? As far as I know, .com & .co both stand for commercial.
it is not a charity. Not sure about the network question, it would have links to other sites but is not based on social networking so I am not sure what networking means in htis context. Hesistant about .co no one seems to know about them or show much interest; I thought these were popular in U.K. we are USA based.
All domains are SEO friendly... and any extensions will do. The question really comes down to image.... and simply... ease of use. Remember not all end users are computer savvy. For most, the internet doesn't go beyond a dot com domain. As many who have previously suggested, you are would do best to get a dot com domain. If Google went with a net or org extension, it would have had to be branded as "Google.net" or "Google.org" and not simply just Google. Actually, we all instinctively research a company online by name by plugging a .com extension. If you have an unlimited budget... sure go for it. If you're on a limited budget where every dollar must be spent wisely, then time to rethink strategy!
thanks for all the replies! I dont see much pt. to getting both, it seems one should be able to get most of the traffic that is indeed interested in what we do. There's no rule that a .org has to be a charity huh? does the term "net" have any significance? Still unsure what term means in this context.
I was thinking the other guy who has spent all the money on ads did not grab the .net and .org because he already has a site up and running and did not want to dilute the traffic. I guess but of course it helps to preclude the competition, but then again there's always a similar name out there.
thanks for your comment. On the other hand, it does have to do with fish/wildlife so the .org might be more relevant as there are a number of .org sites that have to do with conservation and parks and such...