Dot com or dot net, which is the best domain name to settle for?
When seeking domain names most people get confused over whether
to settle for a dot com address or a dot net one. More so in
recent times when dot net addresses have risen in popularity and
usage on the net.
There are a few important facts that one needs to realize before
they opt for a dot net address. Quite often when people need to
commit the address of a website to memory, they will not
remember the dot net and the first place they will check is the
given address with a dot com ending. Many times when they do not
find it there, they will hardly ever think of using dot net to
repeat the search. That is a lost visitor and maybe even
potential client.
What is even more worrying is that there is increasing evidence
to suggest that an increasing number of people end up at a
website after hearing about it either from a friend or
acquaintance, or by seeing an advertisement on Television or
hearing about it on radio or reading something about the site.
When committing the website address to memory very few will
distinctly remember the dot net address if that is the domain
name that you have chosen.
Having said that, let us also appreciate the fact it is becoming
increasingly difficult for anybody to land a decent dot com
address. After years of use, there is hardly any short catchy
name that you can think of that will not have been already taken
up. Do not even mention search-engine key word friendly domain
names which will be virtually impossible to get. This is the
reason why folks often settle for a dot net address. Others do
not even bother to start their search with dot com domains. This
is a big mistake despite the unavailability of good dot com
domains, which we have already acknowledged.
Exhaustive efforts should be made to try and secure a dot com
domain before you give up and move to dot net. For example you
can try and search for abandoned domain names. In fact by making
an effort to be really creative and not hurrying the process, it
is quite possible to secure a reasonably good dot com domain.
You can be sure that it will be well worth the extra effort and
time you put into it. More so when you begin to seek traffic. Of
course if you just cannot get a dot com domain, a dot net one is
a good second choice.