*tv.COM or *.tv ? Which is best for type-in traffic and resale value?

[rickkumar]

*tv.COM or *.tv ? Which is best for type-in traffic and resale value?

 

[dgridley]

Most people outside the Net aren't aware the .tv ext exists.. however, "tv" is a keyword (much like "info") and would most likely be typed into a search if the ext fits the domain, such as episodes.tv or bigscreen.tv.

 

[hullswingerscom]

maybe this debate will go on for ever,i may even add this to my tombstone when i die
.tv.COM or *.tv ?

tv...the fact your asking this question says a lot.

i have some tv and tv.com names and the tv forum is a great place to learn about tv,
but i do think now tv.com wins hands down,but most have been regd now,

but hull city beat watford 2 0 so who cares

 

[michaeldotcom]

Most people outside the Net aren't aware the .tv ext exists..

Maybe not in SW Missouri, but I can tell you that here in he UK, .tv is used more and more often by major businesses.

Many big tv channels and many world famous sports teams have a .tv site as their main site. They're advertised on tv and billboares everyday, these .tv sites are used by average Internet users on a daily basis and more and more of them are definitely aware of this very meaningful extension.

i do think now tv.com wins hands down

That's very far from the truth.

Results in Google :
tv.com : 14 million
.tv : 65.3 million

And as .tv is the fastest growing extension at the moment, the gap will only keep increasing between tv.com and .tv in the years to come.

 

[StoneRoses]

Maybe not in SW Missouri, but I can tell you that here in he UK, .tv is used more and more often by major businesses.

Many big tv channels and many world famous sports teams have a .tv site as their main site. They're advertised on tv and billboares everyday, these .tv sites are used by average Internet users on a daily basis and more and more of them are definitely aware of this very meaningful extension.




That's very far from the truth.

Results in Google :
tv.com : 14 million
.tv : 65.3 million

And as .tv is the fastest growing extension at the moment, the gap will only keep increasing between tv.com and .tv in the years to come.

I concur with my fellow Englishman, all i see on TV is .co.uk and .TV sites,infact i am seeing more more .TV sites everyday, i have never seen a xxxtv.com site advertised, having said that i believe that if you own the .TV then tv.com is a nice defensive reg.

 

[Pred]

I concur with my fellow Englishman, all i see on TV is .co.uk and .TV sites,infact i am seeing more more .TV sites everyday, i have never seen a xxxtv.com site advertised, having said that i believe that if you own the .TV then tv.com is a nice defensive reg.

yup, same here in uk. agreed

 

[smashfactory]

you will see both being used- alot now- some use the tv.com, like hgtv.com and trutv.com- others use the straight tv- like tnt.tv and bio.tv- all 4 of which you see in the corners of your tv screen on their networks.
.tv's are popping up all over the place- we cant even keep up with them in the tv forum-

 

[jeffoverman]

I have a lot of .tv and a few tv.com names.

.tv is exploding and people realizing the future of the internet and the extension. Growing fast and .tv bolds well. Its mainly great for developments and not for a simple parked page. A lot of fun stuff is occuring for .tv.

I hope to have .tv sites up by year end.

 

[dgridley]

I'm talking more about the general public not knowing about .tv, not end users.

 

[michaeldotcom]

I'm talking more about the general public not knowing about .tv

Millions of average Internet users from the general public are already using very regularly .tv sites.

There are more and more highly successful .tv sites that are used everyday by the general public :
- sites from world famous soccer/football clubs like Manchester United or Liverpool FC (mu.tv, liverpoolfc.tv)
- sites from big tv channels here in the UK and elsewhere (five.tv, u.tv, gm.tv, bio.tv, etc.)
- sites from very well know car manufacturers (audi.tv, mercedes-benz.tv)
- sites from other very popular sports (NHL.tv, etc.)
- sites from big cities (boston.tv, montreal.tv, etc.)
- and many more

It wouldn't be accurate to say that the general public doesn't know about .tv, while millions of people from the general public use .tv sites on a daily basis.

And this market share is increasingly rapidly as more and more .tv sites are being promoted and used by the general public all over the world.

 

[dgridley]

In my mind, I think the "general public" doesn't even know much about the Net, let alone .tv. You can't go by what you see or hear online in regards to public knowledge. You need to talk to your neighbors and those who might not use the Net regularly. I can talk .com to alot of people, but you mention .tv and many still think you're talking .com.

It could be different amongst Europeans, bu I think you'd find the average Joe on the street might not be as saavy as you think.

Millions of average Internet users from the general public are already using very regularly .tv sites.

There are more and more highly successful .tv sites that are used everyday by the general public :
- sites from world famous soccer/football clubs like Manchester United or Liverpool FC (mu.tv, liverpoolfc.tv)
- sites from big tv channels here in the UK and elsewhere (five.tv, u.tv, gm.tv, bio.tv, etc.)
- sites from very well know car manufacturers (audi.tv, mercedes-benz.tv)
- sites from other very popular sports (NHL.tv, etc.)
- sites from big cities (boston.tv, montreal.tv, etc.)
- and many more

It wouldn't be accurate to say that the general public doesn't know about .tv, while millions of people from the general public use .tv sites on a daily basis.

And this market share is increasingly rapidly as more and more .tv sites are being promoted and used by the general public all over the world.

 

[michaeldotcom]

In my mind, I think the "general public" doesn't even know much about the Net

I'm sorry but I must admit that I've never been in Missouri and I wouldn't know how things are in that area.

However, I'm living in the UK and I'm travelling a lot all over Europe and talking regularly to people from all walks of life.

Average people in the UK and in Europe definitely know about the Internet and are using it a lot. Lots of small businesses and even plumbers, builders, etc. do have their own websites. Almost everybody I know is using the Internet very regularly to catch up on news, to book holidays, to do their shopping (groceries, appliances, clothes, etc), to look for info, to share their hobbies with other people, to listen to music, to watch videos, to rent/buy/sell properties, etc.

I'm very surprised that you say that in Missouri few people know much about the Net, because here it's definitely very mainstream and according to recent studies between 70 and 90% of people in European countries use the Net very regularly (depending on the country they live in).

 

[htmlindex]

Personally, I like both & I own a decent number of both.

For type-in traffic, probably the TV.com but it really depends on the name.

 

[recluse99]

TV sites,infact i am seeing more more .TV sites everyday, i have never seen a xxxtv.com site advertised, having said that i believe that if you own the .TV then tv.com is a nice defensive reg.

So far the only tv.com I've seen advertised on television is 57ontv(.)com , some lame get rich quick ad, and Iv'e seen alot more dot tv's lately, the latest was transcripts.tv , If the name fits the extension

 

[dgridley]

I'm not saying that few people know about the Net, just that proportionately fewer people are aware .tv exists. Try walking up to 10 people and asking if they've heard of the .tv domain extension.. unless they use the Net on a daily basis, I'm betting not many will have heard of it. By contrast there won't be many that will never have heard of .com.

I'm sorry but I must admit that I've never been in Missouri and I wouldn't know how things are in that area.

However, I'm living in the UK and I'm travelling a lot all over Europe and talking regularly to people from all walks of life.

Average people in the UK and in Europe definitely know about the Internet and are using it a lot. Lots of small businesses and even plumbers, builders, etc. do have their own websites. Almost everybody I know is using the Internet very regularly to catch up on news, to book holidays, to do their shopping (groceries, appliances, clothes, etc), to look for info, to share their hobbies with other people, to listen to music, to watch videos, to rent/buy/sell properties, etc.

I'm very surprised that you say that in Missouri few people know much about the Net, because here it's definitely very mainstream and according to recent studies between 70 and 90% of people in European countries use the Net very regularly (depending on the country they live in).

 

[smashfactory]

I'm not saying that few people know about the Net, just that proportionately fewer people are aware .tv exists. Try walking up to 10 people and asking if they've heard of the .tv domain extension.. unless they use the Net on a daily basis, I'm betting not many will have heard of it. By contrast there won't be many that will never have heard of .com.

your right- and your key sentence was "unless they are using the net on a regular basis"-

if they are not using the net on a regular basis, and only really know of .com- (they even say .biz? .info?)- then they really dont count, do they?

the people who are flooding video sites- these people are not those who dont frequent the net-

the mall of america is a wonderful place- but how many people have been there, and even heard of it? now, the people who live there, they know of it- the surrounding people- they know of it- but people in virginia may have never been there, and never care to go- doesnt mean they arent doing a booming business in their region.

just because lots of people never heard of .tv, or .cc, or whatever- doesnt gauge its success- thats not a fair or accurate headcount.

 

[dgridley]

People may be flooding the video sites, but again, we're not flooding youtube.tv, it's youtube.com. I'm betting more people have heard of the Mall of America than have .tv. And in my experience, even those I've directed to my site dav3.tv have asked if they need to put .com at the end.

your right- and your key sentence was "unless they are using the net on a regular basis"-

if they are not using the net on a regular basis, and only really know of .com- (they even say .biz? .info?)- then they really dont count, do they?

the people who are flooding video sites- these people are not those who dont frequent the net-
the mall of america is a wonderful place- but how many people have been there, and even heard of it? now, the people who live there, they know of it- the surrounding people- they know of it- but people in virginia may have never been there, and never care to go- doesnt mean they arent doing a booming business in their region.

just because lots of people never heard of .tv, or .cc, or whatever- doesnt gauge its success- thats not a fair or accurate headcount.

 

[smashfactory]

your right- it is youtube.com- they are number 1 in their field, no doubt. and once again, no one ever disputed .com is king- .com is a long time in the making, and no one is looking for an overthrow
but, the fact is, whether all the world knows it or not- someone knows it, because .tv is a solidly growing extension. i would never expect .tv or any new extension to have any sort of major mind blowing impact in such a short time compared to how long .com has been around.
i dont know where everybody lives- for those who say when they say .tv, everyone asks, you mean .com? i had a pta meeting 2 weeks ago with 98 parents- they had to email me a vote for a policy change- i announced to them to email their votes to my publicity.tv email- no one questioned the address, and everyone sent it to the correct email. so they didnt seem to have a problem understanding it.
there are more people using .tv now, than last year, and there will be more people using next year, than this year.
these things, like all good things, take time

 

[michaeldotcom]

And in my experience, even those I've directed to my site dav3.tv have asked if they need to put .com at the end.

I've never had a similar experience in my life. I didn't meet any average Internet user who was nearly as obsessed with putting .com everywhere as some domainers seem to be.

But I understand that things are probably different to some extent in Europe where average people are much much more used to having domain names with several different extensions. I mean every British Internet user would use .co.uk at least as much as .com, same with German users and .de, same with Spanish users and .es...

As European countries are much smaller than the US, people would tend to move more often from one country to another for business, for tourism, etc. Lots of people in London would go and spend a weekend in Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin, etc. Many of them would go on holidays or even buy second homes in Spain, France, Italy, etc.

All this means that many average European people use regularly .com sites, but also .co.uk, .de, .fr, .es, etc. They're used to seeing and using domains with several different extensions in their daily lives. They're definitely not thinking about .com all the time.

While it's true and obvious that there are more .com sites than .tv ones, I can't think that anyone here would have any problem with typing the URL of a .tv site which he/she saw advertised somewhere.

 

[dgridley]

I'd be surprised if they did as well, we're talking about domain professionals.. I was talking about the average Joe.

While it's true and obvious that there are more .com sites than .tv ones, I can't think that anyone here would have any problem with typing the URL of a .tv site which he/she saw advertised somewhere.