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> Usually .com domains were used by commercial entities I must disagree. Even in the early days, even though that was the intended use of the .com TLD, it has
by executesorder66 3y ago
> Usually .com domains were used by commercial entities
I must disagree. Even in the early days, even though that was the intended use of the .com TLD, it has always actually been used as the default TLD instead of the .net TLD.
I really hate it, but whenever I see a .com I have never, and will never assume it has some sort of commercial angle.
- Chabsff 3y agoThe head-scratcher is more like: If it's a non-profit, they (and I) would have expected a .org, which, unlike .net, has been used consistently over the years. But I get your point in general.
- lionkor 3y ago.com has awesome recognition and seo, in my experience always ranking before the same .org, .net, .io, ...
- master-lincoln 3y agoas is often the case, marketing has helped to make the web a worse experience
- linsomniac 3y ago>Even in the early days I'd go so far as to say "especially in the early days". When I got my first domain in ~'92, it was just a personal domain, and they wouldn't let me get a .net because I wasn't an ISP, or a .org because I wasn't a non-profit. And .edu was right out.