Keyword + ccTLD OR non-Keyword + .com

[Zona]

Which would your rather have?

Keyword + ccTLD or non-Keyword + .com

For example would you rather have:

jobs.fr or jobsearch.com?

soccer.ru or playsoccer.com?

shop.nl or shopster.com?

 

[netfleet]

Keyword + CCTLD in most cases.

Depends on country code of course - population of country, language, internet penetration, internet growth, prosperity of country & most importantly strength of the cc-tld extension (is it dominant over .com locally).

Being from Australia I would take soccer.com.au or tennis.com.au over playsoccer.com, playtennis.com anyday.

Suspect most will disagree though....

 

[Zona]

What about non-traditionally English speaking countires?

wrestling.se OR gowrestling.com

 

[netfleet]

What about non-traditionally English speaking countires?

wrestling.se OR gowrestling.com

Now we're entering that grey area. I personally don't know anything about .se so couldn't comment. Language definitely counts against going for the ccTLD. Not sure about how well used .se is in Sweden either.

 

[theparamount]

The .com's... lower reg fee... people won't be confused. It looks better and finally... .ru are you serious?

 

[Zona]

Thought I would give this a bump and see if anyone else wanted to weigh in.

 

[nielsencl]

It depends on how the domain is going to be used. If the domain is an investment or for a web project, then I would find a .com, .net, .org, .info. .biz, or .us in that order. If I could not find anything there I might go with .ws, .cc, .cn, .bz, or .in. But I would probably try to find a .com varation before going to ccTLDs. It might be a 2, 3, or 4 word domain, and it might even have hyphens, but once you established your site, I think it's more important to have people not be confused by "non-standard" TLDs. This will get better as time goes on, but I think it's still a factor.

If the domain is purchased for parking, then the TLD is not a concern in my opinion. I can register a TLD and generate some income if the keyword is a good one.

 

[owntype]

Keyword + ccTLD

I thought you are talking something like my Keyword.tv
:lol:

Back to topic, I would prefer .com for a serious development and marketing. Or, if the targeting users/customers are mostly from the country of cctld, I would choose the keyword.cctld for sure.

 

[Jeff]

non-Keyword + .com, generally speaking (and especially if they're of the "jobsearch.com" quality / variety)! :tu: :imho:

Best of Luck.
-Jeff