Which Indian .ext is the most popular? Answers here!

[ekal]

Want to know which domain extension is the most popular in India?

I just did a series of Google searches and the results surprised me. We have a runaway winner. The format of the search was site:gen.in

Two big shocks here:

1) .in is 20 times more popular than .co.in! Thats so surprising I'm going to have to find another way to double-check those numbers
2) .net.in is being beaten by .gen.in

in: 30,500,000
co.in: 1,300,00
org.in: 882,000
gen.in: 51,000
net.in: 38,400
ind.in: 16,500
firm.in: 4,500

Remember - this is testing end-user usage, not the mindshare amoung Indian internet users.

Other interesting stats:
.com: 13,640,000,000
.org: 4,380,000,000
.co.uk: 1,990,000,000
.net: 1,290,000,000
.us: 195,000,000
.info: 162,000,000
.name: 2,940,000

Interesting here:
1) .net seems to be a loser here also.
2) .info and .us are still a LONG, LONG way back in terms of usage.

 

[Charley]

.in is good too , but in a casual way..

It will take a WHILE to catch up with co.in .......

 

[Binfus]

Whenever I see returns such as these at Google, I wonder how well they truly represent the development & usage of an extension, versus just the number of names registered with a page indexed. In other words, if more domain speculators have grabbed .IN's over .Co.in's, and most are parked with an indexed page.... the results could be interpreted differently, yes?

The difference is in several millions which can't be explained solely on the basis of speculative (.in) regs and related parked pages.

 

[-db-]

Very INteresting.... :gl:

 

[tipsfromthetop]

Very INteresting.... :gl:

:hehe:

your a funny chap bud

 

[DreamWeb]

[... nothing special ]

 

[Charley]

your a funny chap bud

You have a nice site also

 

[ekal]

Maybe there is no single statistic that can give an accuarate picture of an extensions popularity.

Perhaps a number could be calculated from:
1) no. of registrations 40%
2) end-user usage 40%
3) no. of big / heavily advertised sites using the extension as way to measure mindshare 20%

 

[Zilla]

"I" feel .in is better than .co.in due to .in have broad meaning/usage like, "IN = internet"
"In = cool" "IN = in of in/out", so its user will not only limited in India.

people in India will think .co.in better due to they not aware there is an .in, most big india site using .co.in, most people only know .co.in

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

Either one!

To me, the definate better one, is the one that will sell!!! I don't care if it's a .in, or a .co.in... just give me the money!!! :sold:


Frank

 

[-db-]

To me, the definate better one, is the one that will sell!!! I don't care if it's a .in, or a .co.in... juts me me the money!!! :sold:

Ha!

Amen to that.

 

[Michelle]

To me, the definate better one, is the one that will sell!!! I don't care if it's a .in, or a .co.in... juts me me the money!!! :sold:


Frank

Best quote this week :imho:

 

[Charley]

people in India will think .co.in better due to they not aware there is an .in, most big india site using .co.in, most people only know .co.in

Exactly ! Well SAID ! As I pointed out.

 

[deu12000]

Personally .in is my choice. Of course this is a personal opinion. I understand .co.in has it's follower's as well as .co.uk (which might even be bigger than .co.in), but they make me feel like I'm paying for sub-domains. That's just the way I feel, of course I'm in the US and have a different opinion on foreign domains. I love .in and .eu but don't like .co.in and .co.uk which are proven valuable domain extensions.

 

[tk]

many big companies do have .in domains... eg airtel.in , ebay.in etc.

I prefer .in v/s co.in as its short and easy to type. But we have seen co.in sell for good prices too.