Should I bother with anything other than .com? Obviously, there are instances where obtaining a different TLD is fine (ie rare words). But what do you guys think about TLD such as .info or .us?
I don't think only the .com worth buying. It only can say that .com have less risks investment than any others. Now have some new domains ,such as .me I think it will be worth in later. Individuals can express themselves freely on the internet space. Use the domain with .me for your own Web site, blog, photo album, or anything else to share with your family and friends all over the world. .me will be more and more popular in later.
Well if you want to run a successful business online, .com is recommeded because lets say you go to buymyproduct.com you might think about buying/doing something but if you go to buymyproduct.net/buymyproduct.org you probably will back off. My point is .com makes the website very professional and you don't have to buy other TLDs its upto you as long as your website looks good in .com its fine.
I think it also depends where you live. I am Canadian. The .ca names do well for me because Canada is very high with the use of computers. But I have to agree that .com is the best all round.
.com is the most valuable and pretty much the only one that gets type in traffic... .net is a good 2nd place if you're looking to do an affiliate store. Country codes are good if you want to go local.
.com is an international focus. Lets say you have a product and build a site on .in. People assume its focusing to india only. and if you buy any other TLD like org, info users make this sense, its not .com so cheap. So smal business not country spesific .com is a must, but if country region is your concern then having a country level domain is a good thought.
Depends on what you're using it for. .com for sure if you want to run your business from there. Any cheap one though if you're flipping sites.
.COM domain names are really very popular ones over there. I think that good names are already taken and ccTLD domain names becomes more popular and popular.
I've had some success using .info, .net, and .org, but deep down I think .com is the smartest way to go. (Sadly, I don't always follow my own advice.) People remember website names (ie. espn, cnn, reuters, etc), but I think almost everyone assumes most websites end in a certain domain at the end. Either .com, .co.uk, .ca, .de, etc. depending on what country you live in.
Unless something really unexpected happens to the internet, the .com tld will stay on top for a very long time if not forever. You don’t have to look very far and you will see this, just look at an advert on a billboard from let’s just say British Airways, Deutsche Bank, Coca-Cola, Dell, Goldman Sachs, Audi, BMW and many many others. These companies are spending millions every year promoting their .com domain. I try and stick to a .com when I can. However sometimes there is no point sticking a .com for example if you are offering services in the UK to your local area then it really isn’t necessary to have the .com. On the other hand if you are looking to become a successful domain investor I would suggest sticking to the .com in most cases.
I have some .info, .net, and .org domains but .com is priority when looking for domain names and definitely the best choice out there.
.com names gives you more brand value, as they are well known by basic internet users even. But as all the .com good names are grabbed everyday, we have to look for other extentions. other than .com's .org , .net are good to look out.
Only use a specific tld if you are trying to get a restricted audience. For example, I have a site for machinery that I want to sell only in India - so I have a .in domain which was easier to get as well as specifies my country-specificity upfront. If you had a 'free' or user-centric community or NGO then you might select .org, that will give a community feel for your website. But if you are not getting the .com domain you want, it might be a good idea to look further in a creative way. For example del.icio.us which is really the icio.us name. In the same vein, one can have check.in for the hotel business, spam.md for anti-spam or secret.sc for a proxy.