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There's nothing wrong with using the .net version of your choice. You'll get some slack from internet old timers who will quote to you how the .net extension wa
by WheelsAtLarge 5y ago
There's nothing wrong with using the .net version of your choice. You'll get some slack from internet old timers who will quote to you how the .net extension was originally created to identify areas of the internet that dealt with the networking functions of the internet. That was the past, now its use is open to what ever you want. From the start .com has been the extension that ID's the commercial part of the internet so it's the most popular extension. WWW and .com are the 2 parts of a web address that are burnt into people's minds so that's why it's so popular.
If I couldn't get a .com I would probably aim for something other than .net maybe, .io or .co. But that's me.
I will also tell you that if I don't remember the other than .com extension, I will try .net or .org. So, .net is not a bad choice, if that's all you can get. That also speaks to a problem. If your site becomes very popular then people will use the .com or .org to troll you or to take advantage of the traffic your .net generates. For years whitehouse.com was a porn site. The owners were taking advantage of the traffic the .gov version generated. That went on for a long time, I don't know why it took so long to change it. I wonder how many kids got trapped in that situation?