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Originally Posted by trevor

I know I've read that companies in India use .co.in more than they use .in. That is what I meant when I said the general opinion was that .co.in is preferred over .in by those in India.

Older companies, who are unlikely to buy a domain.

Originally Posted by trevor

From what I've read people seemed to agree that although more .ins are registered than .co.ins;

Shouldn't this statistic tell you something?

Originally Posted by trevor

.co.ins are used more often in advertising, etc, in India.

This is actually news to me. And I've been in advertising since 1988.

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I even read someone who was from India say that he thought most Indians weren't even aware of .in.

Must be in his circle Indian business is looking mostly at .in

Originally Posted by trevor

I can also tell you from my own experience in researching registered .ins and .co.ins, that there are many Indian companies, businesses and individuals that own .co.in and have .co.in sites but have not registered the .in. They obviously don't seem to care about getting the .in version of their .co.in. I have seen the reverse but no where near as often. I realize this is anecdotal evidence but while searching for Indian domains to register, I've looked at countless domains and whois records.

Care to give me 10 examples?

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I should also mention that the .co.ins I have parked are viewed and clicked MUCH MORE than the .ins- even when I have the same domain in both extensions. That would seem to indicate something to me.

It depends on the .co.ins you have I think, but parking is not going to get you end user sales imho.

Originally Posted by trevor

Having said all that, I tend to agree that .in will eventually be preferred in India more than .co.in.

What I've been saying all along.

Originally Posted by trevor

However, I don't think .in is going to be preferred and valued higher than .co.in as much as some think.

Originally Posted by trevor

If .com and .net were released at the same time, .com most likely would not be valued more than .net. Honestly, I'd say .net would be where .com is now. If I didn't know anything about the internet and was given a choice of buying example.com or example.net, I would go with .net because, afterall, it is called the interNET and that extension would seem to make more sense than the ambiguous .com

Originally Posted by trevor

If we look where we are now, .co.in seems to have a greater presence in marketing in India and is more familiar to Indian people.

I live in India and get faced by the ground realities everyday.

However, you're welcome to draw whatever conclusions you want, since you seem to be hell bent on drawing the wrong ones Even your 'facts' seem misplaced. I really don't want to discuss this any further.

I wish you the best with your .co.ins

Cheers!

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