.com? .org? .something else....?

Get the .com/net/org in that order, and use something that is easy to remember. Don't even bother with the other extensions IMO.

I would say .com and only .com.

Its much better to come up with a new name that has the .com available than it is to try and brand a site with .net or .org.

.com/.net/.org are most trusted by internet users. Country specific domains make sense when you target a specific country. In some rare cases it looks cool when the domain ending belongs to a phrase, like "find.me" for a search engine for persons etc.

.com and only .com - even if you have to slightly modify the domain name

As others have said, get .com and only other tld's where it makes sense i.e for ecommerce, choose your country's specific tld.

To get your .com if its taken, add a prefix or secondly, a suffix.

Hey,

Basic explanation, if you want to make SEO on your homepage, then go for .com .net or .org, as Google's algorithm sees these pages as a Best Practice, meaning that Google choose to rank these sites better than other domains.

If you won't use SEO on your homepage, i would say go for what ever you like or what your budget reach for..

Hello, definitely go with .com, all the SEO gurus recommend it,
it's supposed to have the most SEO value, around4 times more than .net or .org.

.com or .net the only time you should be using .org is if you are the government or an organization.

I always vote for a .com if you can find one with a good, easy to remember name that matches your niche.

A common myth that actually gives .org more trust among the masses. One of my first successful sites was a .org. Most people were surprised to find I wasn't a government entity. I wanted the domain and was too new to know any better.

Now I would say .com only.

.com, if you want to rank well. But it really depends...if you want just a website per se, not bothering SEO, than any other extension will be ok too.

Easy answer... .com. I use .net's when I can't get a .com for anything resembling what I want the domain to be. I use .org's only when I'm having a site built for a non-profit client. Although there are other reasons to use them.

Go for .com if you can get it. It is easier for people to remember if it is .com.
My next choice is either .net or .org.

.com represents the word "commercial," and is the most widely used extension in the world.
so you should try to go with that.

According to me .com is the best but if you want to target local clients then i think local domains like .co.uk , .co.in, etc. are also a very good choice.

.com is the best for blog. Alternative is .net

According to me, .com extension is better for you as your business type.

Wow! Thanks everyone for posting your thoughts, all of which seem to marry up with each other. I've had a bit of off-thread advice, too, and it's all beginning to make a lot more sense than it did before. Definitely going to go with the .com for business purposes

Cheers folks!

Just go with .com. As far as i know .com is the great extension for domain.

Roll with ".com". Remember, YOU and your marketing make the site successful.

Not a pretty page with a catchy name... and bad marketing.

It depends largely upon your intentions.



I bet you a quality steak dinner... That if you market ANY domain correctly, the URL wouldn't matter much. (within reason).

That being said, at the end of the day... .com's are superior.

(It's quite possible that perception will change as generations pass and advance, but for this second .coms have the most authority for a business).

Just my two cents.

Always go with a .com. It is without a doubt the #1 choice. The only other extensions I would even consider are .net and .org.

It's common sense that .com is the best extension. But some of the popular keyword don't have .com extension. So you have to choose in order for .net or . Info. Or other popular extension. If no, u have to start re-name your domain keyword. Add in the, -, and *s. Hope this help!

.COM is KING! Sorry for the caps but had to make a point. Think about it. Look at this scenario. Let's say you go with .net. You setup up your site. It looks sharp. Money starts coming in. Then guess what? The person who owns the .com sees all the money you're making. And decides to make a very similar site. I don't care what any one says. The owner of the .com will be siphoning your traffic. You will just be creating more traffic for them and for free.

Why? Because no matter what - it is ingrained in the American psyche (and many other parts of the world) to defer to the .com when they are looking for a site.

For example, I tell a friend I found this great site called Awesomewidgets. What do you think my friend will type in as a url to find the site? I will bet 100 to 1 it will be Awesomewidgets.com. Then if not found on to .net followed by .org (if they even get that far).

If this is something you are serious about and has lots of potential. I would most definitely get the .com, .net and .org. It's cheap and will save you from others trying to mooch off your success. And trust me, if you don't get the .net or .org now. If your site becomes big. And you will later want the .net and .org. You will pay through the nose.

One last thing, when it comes to domain names. I'm going to probably state the obvious. But it goes without saying. .Com is king. The shorter the better. No hyphens or numbers (if you could avoid it). And always try to get something that makes sense. Because if not then you will have to spend a lot of money and time to brand that domain name. Get something that infers or implies what you are offering. A lot of people make this mistake. Thinking that they could get a crazy domain because it's available like ZarJah.com (which is available btw). And make it an online storage site. What do you think people (more importantly potential customers) will associate with online storage; ZarJah.com or something like DropBox or Box. Put yourself in the mindset of your potential customers. How do you think they will try to associate and find your site? Now is it possible that a non descriptive domain work? Sure. But you better pray you have a killer site and it goes viral. And there are many examples such as Twitter, Tumblr, Etsy, etc. If a site like Twitter didn't have a killer app that became main stream. It would not have existed. Remember, if I told you only 10 years ago, yeah I use Twitter. Tweet me. You would have told me to go f* myself. Best of luck.

Absolutely .com if you can get it, but then geo-local (.ca, .co.uk) can also trump .com if your content is sufficient, and you're going for real targeted traffic for certain campaign(s).

Try to get short URLs, and there is a rumour (don't know if it's true!) that Google also penalizes many dashes (-) in a domain name, separating words.

Hope that helps!

I personally go for .com only, - that`s what i hear from every guru. Some of them also recommend .net and .org. but for a business website i would go for the .com.
If the domain you want is already taken, try to add something like: ...tips,...guide,...training.. I am sure you can think of a lot more.
Cheers

Hmm.
Some people say not to get other extensions ( CC domains.. )

I personally get the .com's for my domain ( with some spelling mistakes ) I then get the CC domains for lets say the UK ( .co.uk ) and the have separate domains for each..

If they are from the UK.. Then i redirect to the UK site, If not, then the .com site.

From what I have read, Google like you to use the CC domains where possible for local services.

So if you sell to a single country, the country domain will perform better than the non country domain.

You would also get more targetted traffic rather than a bunch of useless traffic.