Which looks better .org or .net

synergyxtr

12 years ago

it depends on what the site is about. the .net looks like a tech company while the .org looks like a foundation.

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gearmonkey 12 years ago

Originally Posted by synergyxtr

it depends on what the site is about. the .net looks like a tech company while the .org looks like a foundation.

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TBInternetMarketing 12 years ago

I would usually go for .net, but for no real reason other than that I like the way it looks. Ranking wise, I don't think it makes any difference.
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Michael Ten

12 years ago

.Net, unless you are ACTUALLY running or working with/for a non-profit company and the site is about that.

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Brad Kast

12 years ago

For some reason, when I think of .ORG, I think of an organization. Not like a company but like planned parenthood, goodwill, or the actors guild. May just be me but I'd go with .NET

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UMS

12 years ago

As others have mentioned, it depends on what type of site you will be creating.

If it is a business/service type of site, I'd go with the .net. If it's an informational site, eg: health advice, then I'd go for the .org

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by rusty1027

I'm just wondering which looks better.

It doesn't matter which looks better to us. We're internet marketers, some of whom will instinctively prefer ".net", of the two - so your answers here are possibly going to be biased that way.

What matters is what your customers want, which depends primarily on the traffic demographics and secondarily on the niche and type of site you're putting on it.

Knowing nothing more than that, I can offer only the observation that if it were for myself, I'd want to use the .info, and redirect both the .org and the .net to it, because my customers prefer that (I asked them, and that was what they told me, collectively - together with their reasons).

But if the .info also isn't available, I'd almost certainly use the .org and redirect the .net to it.

All that said, I'd be very reluctant indeed to build a business on a domain-name of which the .com version already belongs to someone else, because I expect that in the long run some of my work would end up benefitting the owner of the .com at my own expense.

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rusty1027

12 years ago

Good point Alexa! Your post actually helped me make up my mind. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

It doesn't matter which looks better to us. We're internet marketers, some of whom will instinctively prefer ".net", of the two - so your answers here are possibly going to be biased that way.

What matters is what your customers want, which depends primarily on the traffic demographics and secondarily on the niche and type of site you're putting on it.

Knowing nothing more than that, I can offer only the observation that if it were for myself, I'd want to use the .info, and redirect both the .org and the .net to it, because my customers prefer that (I asked them, and that was what they told me, collectively - together with their reasons).

But if the .info also isn't available, I'd almost certainly use the .org and redirect the .net to it.

All that said, I'd be very reluctant indeed to build a business on a domain-name of which the .com version already belongs to someone else, because I expect that in the long run some of my work would end up benefitting the owner of the .com at my own expense.

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paulgl

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

It doesn't matter which looks better to us. We're internet marketers, some of whom will instinctively prefer ".net", of the two - so your answers here are possibly going to be biased that way.

What matters is what your customers want, which depends primarily on the traffic demographics and secondarily on the niche and type of site you're putting on it.

Which is why the New York Subway system, the MTA, chose a dot info.
As in "information"(?)

Paul

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harvez16

12 years ago

I see a lot of health related niche sites, tend to go with .org so depending on your niche I guess.

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donaldbond

12 years ago

Do you think I should use the .ORG or the .NET tld as the primary domain? SEO wise, I realize it doesn't make a difference, so I don't need that advice. I'm just wondering which looks better.

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JohnSmithP 12 years ago

.net domain is better than .org domain
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seopratik

12 years ago

.net is better than .org if your site is about organization related then you can use .org domain

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paulgl 12 years ago

To all cargo-posters: Are you not reading a single reply?

Or you just type the first thing that pops into your heads?

So when many cargo-on with "Ohh...com....org..net is so much better..."

The result is a thread that just morphs into nonsense.

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ThatAblaze

12 years ago

I say find a new domain name in which .com is not taken.

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Francois du_Toit

12 years ago

Personally, in most cases, I would go with a .org before a .net but that is just my personal preference. You must do what feels right for you. It doesn't really matter what we think.

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rasel786

12 years ago

I think .net will be better for you.

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markowe 12 years ago

Originally Posted by rasel786

I think .net will be better for you.

Originally Posted by JohnSmithP

.net domain is better than .org domain

Originally Posted by Sunyakram

Dot net is batter then dot org

Sometimes I wonder why I toned down the time I spend on this forum, when I see informed, reasoned advice like this.
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jokee

12 years ago

think it's great .net .

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Laganda

12 years ago

I preffer .org first then .net.

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megawarrior

12 years ago

.org brings about the image of a non-profit organisation. For that reason I'd go with .net

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markowe

12 years ago

For the love of mercy, someone kill this thread.

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leewatson07

12 years ago

its all depend upon the what kind of site it is.gov sites are goverment sites.org sites are organizational sites, .edu are educational sites ,etc.

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tom45432

12 years ago

I will prefer both of these. You can choose any one for you new web site. Thanks

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swexpert12

Banned 12 years ago

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Daniel Ray 12 years ago

Originally Posted by swexpert12

but somebody here knows if .org or .net is it better for SEO results in google? which one google likes more?

they both get some sort of, so called 'bonus' in the Google serps rankings, but honestly if you're building a site that gets a good quality score, it's going to rank no matter what the tld is.
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onlinemarketer23

12 years ago

although the .net domain name usually was related with tech-themed sites.. currently they are widely spread on the internet users mind..if i asked me to pick one up.. i would choose the .net one.. as org ..it seems like a non-profit organization or things like that!! from the seo point of view, no matter what you take because they are top level domains whatsoever!!

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leandros21

12 years ago

org is for organisations and net for technology, but it doesnt matter whether you can use any of two.

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Daniel Ray 12 years ago

Originally Posted by leandros21

org is for organisations and net for technology, but it doesnt matter whether you can use any of two.

that's not really true. That 'was' kinda the idea when there were just 5 types of domain names, but it was never enforced at all.
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j642642

12 years ago

I really don't think it matters anymore. The vast majority of people connecting to your site will be people that just search into it. At that point it won't matter if it's .us, .net or .org. Then if they find it valuable and want to return they will just search it again or have their url automatically populate it.

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gearmonkey

12 years ago

My useless vote goes to .net =)

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hilarious89

12 years ago

It depends on your site's topic. if you are making a non profitable site .net goes better and if you are making the site for companies .org goes better.

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ownergolan

12 years ago

I preffer .org as alot of older / non computer-oriented folks think its really an organization.

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wackiin

12 years ago

been said alot but i also go with .org over a .net

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radivoj

12 years ago

well I would rather get net instead org...

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Cloud Strike

12 years ago

If you provide value the search engines will reward you no matter what the extension is. When your consumer is coming in from the search engines the only thing that matters is the top 10. However if I had to choose I would go with .net, its a personal choice only.

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