.us compared to other extensions

[Glamorama]

In what position would .us
be? And what is the .us potential
compared to other extensions
within the internet structure of today?

I know com is by far the greatest
then maybe .net, but thereafter?

It´s not very often one see .info
.ws etc. .us is more common I think.

Your thoughts please.

 

[dkny]

IMO they go in this order
.com
.net
.info
.biz
.eu - soon
.us

the reason .eu comes before .us is because US uses gTLD more than ccTLD, but European use ccTLD more. So .us market share is alread taken by gTLD.

 

[Instinkt]

Originally posted by dkny
IMO they go in this order
.com
.net
.info
.biz
.eu - soon
.us

the reason .eu comes before .us is because US uses gTLD more than ccTLD, but European use ccTLD more. So .us market share is alread taken by gTLD.

I thought .de and .co.uk were more popular?

 

[dkny]

Originally posted by Instinkt

I thought .de and .co.uk were more popular?

sorry, i didn't take that into acct.

 

[StockDoctor]

I think the reduction in registration requirements to 1 year will help the .us market, as will the press when the kids.us ext is released.

Also, when applying typically american or political names to the ccTLD you can attain a higher value than .biz, .info and .net in my opinion. Example: RepublicanParty.us

 

[cxz]

If there were no factors other than genericity it would be like this

info
biz
com
net
org

or info could be the 3rd..

 

[David G]

Here is my (totally subjective) ranking which accounts for present plus future anticipated value, and excludes the many Country Codes (except .US):

com
us
org
info
net
biz

 

[izopod]

Here is my preference list:

1) com - Typein's/Marketability
2) biz - Future potential as a "business domain"
3) us - Dot us is widely used in the US right now. The "us" ending is a bon-us" for logical names, like "www.buy.us"
4) info - The "info" is a natural word; good for travel names, etc
5) org - I like when "org's" are actually used by "organizations"
6) net - The 15 years as a ugly step-child to dot com has really hurt the "brandability" of this TLD.


In the end, if you are a developer, you don't really need to worry about the ending. Just what's in between that matters!!! IF Yahoo.com sucked from a navigational-content standpoint, they would be out of business by year's end--with or without the "com" ending.


izopod

 

[GiantDomains]

.com is king, and the rest of the TLDs are all second (some extensions fit certain names better than others)

 

[izopod]

Originally posted by doberry
(some extensions fit certain names better than others)

What he said...

izopod

 

[Lord Baltimore]

In the US it's clearly:

1. com
2. org
3. net

My advice to all is to not buy any domain for a US market that is not one of those three.

 

[Darkfire001]

So will the .US be going to One Year registratoin periods in the future? And if so how soon? I have aroud 30 that are on my reg list but dont want to spend double for the same thing basically.

 

[Duke]

.US is already a one year registration (at least until the end of this year. After that they may go back to 2, but I doubt it).

 

[options]

.us has many nice names still available.
E.g. :
http://dnforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8302

 

[alldig]

.com
.net
.org

all other extensions are inferior

 

[mole]

Originally posted by alldig
.com
.net
.org

all other extensions are inferior

Oh really, hahahaahahahhaa

I have rojeoozhjcflerhohwefhewfewfr.com, $50.000 to the first person who PM's me

 

[Nic]

Originally posted by dkny
IMO they go in this order
.com
.net
.info
.biz
.eu - soon
.us

the reason .eu comes before .us is because US uses gTLD more than ccTLD, but European use ccTLD more. So .us market share is alread taken by gTLD.

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH DKNY except he might have forgot the .org, just after .net

 

[domainduck]

I think it's

com
info
us
net
biz
org



quack

 

[bidawinner]

Posters.Biz is king then..

.com
.US
.Info
.net
.org

I dont know anymore....it really is becoming more and more subjective of what your business or organization is and what product or service..some extensions are better in .US others in .com and yet others in .org.

 

[Duke]

I would agree with that. With the new extensions it is possible to match a root word with an extension that makes more sense with that word. It will take a few years before we see how values shake out, but I like the way things are shaping up. Everyone has their personal preferences. For me they are:

com
net
org
info
us
biz (though if you can get me show.biz I'll bump this WAY up!)