50+ businesses dumped their .com for a new top level domain - Or did they ?

[Kate]

Hello,

A while ago I stumbled on that page:
Why these 50+ businesses dumped their .com for a new top level domain

It features 50+ end users who switched from a GTLD (not always from .com).
I thought it would be nice to visit them since it's been well over a year, and find out how they are doing now.

At first I though about automating the test but I would miss some details, so I decided to check the domains manually. I visited the old URL and the new.
This is a cursory look but hopefully it is accurate.

Then for each domain I assigned a score among 3 possibilities:

• green (all good): the new domain is still in operation
  
• orange (good with warnings): the new domain is still in operation but implementation is partial
  
• red (fail): they ditched the new domain, or rolled back

Here is the chart below. Sorry for pasting an image and not text.
I think the results are rather positive. Most end users seem to be sticking to their new homes. But there have been rollbacks too.
Even Barclays still indulges in a bit of .co.uk nostalgia

Enjoy

 

[168]

Kate,

Your link goes here: blog.europeandomaincentre.com/best-new-tld/

These 87 sites dropped their .com for a smarter new TLD (New data)

JULY 6, 2015 CHRISTOPHER HOFMAN LAURSEN

out of the 50 sites numbered 26% do not resolve.
out of the 118 sites mentioned 13 do not resolve.
(Many of the numbered sites also give additional examples)
I checked every site for active business activity-design
Not all examples say what they switched from but most were either .com, .org, or country code
The most popular switch was from country code to city code.
Cheers