.com Best tld - Which is second "best"?

[Fleege]

Without considering the domain name itself which is the second "best" TLD after .com

If the dot com is taken - IYO which would be your second choice ( generally speaking) and why?

 

[Umer]

I'd go with .net if .com is already taken

 

[FedPrimeRate.com]

which would be your second choice ( generally speaking) and why?

I've been running a poll on this topic @ my domain blog for a while now. You can click here to view the current results.

AmCy

 

[Sabre]

.net is the 2nd best for sure =D

 

[jon]

.org.

 

[.net]

cctld (.de, .co.uk, .ca, etc. but NOT include .us)

:wave:

 

[Fleege]

Amcy you poll doesnt have .info which inmy opinion can be very powerful.

I havent heard anybody giving any reasons for their preferences. So i guess is mostly just personal preferences.

 

[-db-]

If you do a forum search for this topic, you will find a near endless supply of answers and opinions. It may sound cliché, but it really does depend on the situation, the location and the application. There is no longer a single answer to this question, as there was a few years ago. IMHO.

cctld (.de, .co.uk, .ca, etc. but NOT include .us)

:wave:

With all due respect I disagree, and the .US facts and sales data prove it.

 

[equity78]

It can only be personal preferences THERE is no Exact Scientific answer. Depends what are you using site for it is obvious ina country like Germany It is .de and .info not .net. For those involved in TV and Entertainment it is .tv. For those who are into b2b they Like .biz (MOLE)

.ca could not rank over .us IMO .ca name One meaningful .ca sale

 

[FedPrimeRate.com]

Amcy you poll doesnt have .info...

Thanks for pointing that out. :great: I've added .INFO as an option.

BTW: my vote is for .NET as it is generic, very well established and open to all.

AmCy

 

[faisj]

.net imho

 

[hape]

Depends where you want to use the domain
e.g. in Germany *.com is second best and *.de is first choice
How about Great Britain ?
For international purposes I actually do not really care about a second choice; if I cannot get *.com I would look for another *.com name

 

[barefoottech]

in Australia .com.au first .Com Second
.info in Rest of World is My preferred option
(I am biased 60+ .info's ,I get them cheap & like the Tld)

.net only if Internet Related (My main site is a .net & yes I have the .com)
.org Never Considered
.biz Maybe if Business related
.US yes if USA Focused website (My Main Domain Site is .US)
But I agree with Hape above, maybe second choice should be a different name
then not having a constant battle to get traffic from the .COM

 

[Michelle]

.co.uk :hehe:

 

[hape]

maybe second choice should be a different name
then not having a constant battle to get traffic from the .COM

Use *.com as main domain ( as also product name ) but have *.net, *.info, *.org and a few country domains as well but main reason is to block off others registering.
Use the *.org as name server domain and will eventually use as support forum for the open source section.
Think for this purpose *.org is fine

 

[Jimmy Changa]

I would have to say .net for pretty much everything. There are occasions where I would get the .info first though.

 

[worldstar]

.net

 

[Venolus]

.net in my opinion

 

[True_Snake]

I would say .NET. It is well established and somewhat general, as Amcy pointed out. It has a bigger scope and it's second, IMHO :gl: .


True_Snake

 

[Fleege]

I knew this was a loaded question and really all depending on the usage and plan and nature and field and and and... But this was still VERY helpful dialogue for me.

My favs are .net (since its so global and widely recognized/used even beyond net sites)

.info to me as an advertising pro makes it VERY click friendly. How bad-for -you can a dot info site be. Certainly not a parked site with 57 viagra-pop ups

My third really is .org - It's just very authority...(new word) I hope people wont abuse the two above. They should come up with .spam

For the domain challenge I asked this questions for its a domain in the health field so I think I will snatch .info, .org, .net, There's no .med is there?