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Are we now at a stage that .com is no longer considers more 'trustworthy' than say .xyz ? I'm not so sure, which is why many people still hanker after the .com

Are we now at a stage that .com is no longer considers more 'trustworthy' than say .xyz ? I'm not so sure, which is why many people still hanker after the .com in the first instance. That said, as a non-US person I'm not personally on-board with .com-for-everything, but I understand that Joe Public in the USA thinks differently.

dspillett 6y ago
> Are we now at a stage that .com is no longer considers more 'trustworthy' than say .xyz? Generally, I'm not sure. But I (and I think the majority of the people I know) were beyond that stage a long time ago or never cared/understood to start with. As you mention, not being in the US might bias my opinions and the opinions I'm exposed to on the matter, so YMMV. I'm not sure if it confers any SEO advantage, but I don't particularly care about that (the things I have hosted are only useful to people who already know about them, so SEO isn't a concern). > trustworthy That might be the wrong concept for the discussion though. Another key factor is whether somthine.com is more memorable or guessable than something.co.uk, something.site, something.link, ...
langitbiru 6y ago
Replit moved to dotcom. https://blog.repl.it/dotcom https://blog.repl.it/dotcom I think, as a start, any domain is fine but when you have gone big, you should acquire dotcom.