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> So why not just register a .com Because the name you wish to register is not available as .com domain. > Nobody is going to remember or type in such a domai
by jamchris 10y ago
> So why not just register a .com
Because the name you wish to register is not available as .com domain.
> Nobody is going to remember or type in such a domain
I don't think this is true, I live in Europe and we have tons of country tlds, people use and remember them.
Also is chris.blog really so much longer to type then chris.com or a lot harder to remember? I don't agree.
At first it might feel strange to type something else then .com but as I said in europe we have country tlds and it works well.
- pc86 10y ago> Also is chris.blog really so much longer to type then chris.com or a lot harder to remember? I don't agree. It depends on the audience. If you have a non-technical audience or you are e-commerce a .com is basically a necessity still.
- Symbiote 10y agoAlso in Europe, but I've seen adverts using .travel domains (which are a bit older than most), like egypt.travel and ecuador.travel. City domains, like sadiq.london. Admittedly, I can't remember any publicity of the weirder ones, like .lol or .xyz.
- eonw 10y agoI may be wrong and just speaking from experience, but Americans were really trapped in the .com/net/org for a long time. I think, because that's all we were exposed to... I didn't realize the depth and usage of CCTLDs until I moved to Europe, and saw them everywhere. When I gave my mom my first work email she added a .com after the .at at the end, and wondered why it never got to me.