Understanding The Internet
Is the .Com Overrated?
When it comes to domain name extensions, most people are familiar
with .com. Because of this the average webmaster is scrambling to
get the perfect .com domain name. Some may even forego registering a
potential goldmine of a domain name in favor of getting a less
popular .com. Yet, there are dozens of other domain names available,
some of which have gained popularity despite not being a .com. How
can a webmaster determine if their site is going to be in such a
league without the traditional .com? This article will explain how.
First, a webmaster needs to evaluate the purpose of their website.
If their website is designed to simply direct people to an affiliate
page, then it won't really matter what extension it has, since they
are only going to visit it once anyway. However, if a website is
designed for repeat visits, people may not care about the site not
having a .com. Sites that contain updated information, games and
message boards tend to be the type of sites that get repeat
visitors.
Secondly, webmasters need to consider the memorable nature of their
domain name. If a webmaster is able to create a witty domain name
hack, such as del.icio.us, and their content is good, it may not
matter that they don't have a .com. A good site that can allow a
webmaster to register unconventional domain name extensions is
New.net. This site offers extensions such as .love and .free. By
looking at these extensions, webmasters can start pondering ideas
for their own domain name hacks. If they need help, they can always
type the word or letters used in the extension in a keyword analyzer
or search engine.
Thirdly, webmasters need to determine whether or not a domain name
with an unconventional extension will rank higher in search engines
than a domain name with a traditional one. In fact, consider the
above-mentioned example of del.icio.us. Honestly, how many people
are typing such a domain name in their browser? While it is
certainly memorable, all of the periods associated with it are
annoying. Yet, the site still has a high search engine ranking,
which is probably how it's getting its traffic.
Surfers visit it from the search engine, bookmark it and never again
have to be associated with its unique URL. This is the type of
success a webmaster wants to emulate. Indeed, if a domain name is
keyword-rich and memorable, webmasters need to definitely go for
whatever extension is available for it.
Of course, this is not to say that a person must be limited to just
domain name. If they want to still use .coms after using other
extensions they can. In fact, the more domain names that point to a
site, the more likely a search engine bot will index it higher. So,
ultimately, with this strategy, webmasters will have two domain
names they can work with. They can use the one with the
unconventional domain name in search engine marketing in hopes of
getting indexed high, while the other one can be used in printed
media, where people are more likely to be concerned with the type of
URL they are entering in their browser.
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