What to use .com or .org?

by joecool1972

Posted: 16 years ago 15 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hi all,

I just wanted a bit of feedback.

Firstly is there any legal stipulation around who can use the .org addresses in there domains. I say that because I believe there must be stipulation for a .gov address or similar addresses.

Or can anyone buy a .org address.

I also wanted to get some feed back on what people think of .org - to me it sounds more like a web address I can trust from an organization - but maybe that's just me.

I am in the process of putting a new ebook together and I am thinking about having one of my domains where I will personally promote it a .org address. I would also buy the .com address and have it forwarded to the .org address (if I am allowed to buy a .org)

Hopefully I have made myself clear.

Firstly, I wanted to know if any old person can get a .org address.

Secondly, what is everyone's impression of .org addresses in general?

Any feedback in general would be great - don't leave me hanging?

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richard-pc

16 years ago

hi, I don't think there are any restrictions buying .org.

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I suspect the entrepreneur behind this (Jonathan Jay) only took .org because .com was gone, and I know he has already achieve 10,000+ signups within just 3-4 months, so it clearly works (if the offer is strong enough, and your marketing is prolific).

That said, I'm sure he would have gone with .com if it was available.

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Steven Wagenheim

16 years ago

Most of your common consumers almost assume that dot com is part of
the name of the site. So in that respect, dot com is really all you need.

As far as getting a dot org address, there are no restrictions, but quite
honestly, unless your site, product, service, whatever, lends itself to a
dot org extension (such as a church site) then I wouldn't bother with it.

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joecool1972

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim

thanks for throwing a spanner in the works Steven. Now I am rethinking it. Anyway, I might get both extensions anyway since it will be a while before I want to use it (about 2 months) and I will have done more research by then. Thanks again for the input.

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joecool1972 16 years ago

Thanks for that Richard. I will check out that resource. I am still unsure as to which ones says the most authority. My gut tells me it is .org as I said if I get .org I will still get the .com as both are still available and I also always get the hyphened versions aswell. This is for a non internet marketing niche so I think joe public will treat .org as though it has more authority.

But I have no experience of the .org or .com debate here and I am sure a study of this more have been done somewhere.
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richard-pc 16 years ago

Joe - John Reese says to always go with .com. No hyphens, no numbers and as simple and rememberable as possible.

For example, a friend of mine has a site called MALSA - I always get this url wrong and I'm sure if I told 10 people about it, very few would remember it too.

If his site was www.bathmartialarts.com I'm sure it would be more rememberable, and repeatable.
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JeffersonB 16 years ago

I would go for a .org if i had very very high content.

.org instantly will make someone think the website is official i think, when i think of a .org i think of a education, govenment website or something similar.

High content websites will work well, however i don't think a standard sales page kind of thing will convert as well.
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- sparrow 16 years ago
  
  the rankings lately are showing .org sites are getting ranked higher lately from the testing being done
  
  I guess Google is thinking if you have a .org site you must have better content
  
  many of the sites I see being ranked don't live up to a .org expectation and linking is not responsible for #1 ranking
  
  the latest site I studied was #1 with 3 links with a .org extension the second site had a .com with 1800 links plus and similar in content, then the #3 site .org and about 700 links
  
  I am seeing this trend more and more, not sure why but could be a minor shift in the algo of Google, it might change later once this gets exploited too much
  
  I also have seen some big named marketers shifting to .org lately quietly to maintain their rankings
  
  my cut is if both are available grab them both and test them out yourself if you can
  
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  JasonKing 16 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by sparrow
  
  the rankings lately are showing .org sites are getting ranked higher lately from the testing being done
  
  My tests show no difference.
  
  I have found, however, that occasionally .org will have a higher response than .com in the health niche.
  
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  joecool1972 16 years ago
  
  Thanks fellow warriors. You have helped me come to a decision. I am going to go with the .com.
  
  I do think that as was mentioned earlier that .org may symbolise education etc in someone’s mind and I also agree that if I had a .org address that I should probably have a lot of content. This is going to be just a one page sales site and I think .com will fit better.
  
  Richard, as regards to hyphens, I actually prefer hyphens if my domain name is three words or longer. I always buy the non-hypened version and have it forwarded to the hyphened version anyway. But I think hyphens on longer domain names are much easier to read.
  
  Sometimes I find myself staring at domain names for about 10 seconds trying to figure out what the jumble of words are. With hyphened domain names, I don't have that problem.
  
  I would rather people didn't tax their brains trying to work out my domain name and instead used it for assessing my sales copy and deciding whether to buy my product; however, in the short domain names examples you gave, then yes I think non-hyphened is a good way to go.
  
  That said I had to stare at the www.bathmartialarts.com for a about 2 seconds to figure it out (thats about 1.9 seconds to long in my book). I think Hyphens would work better.
  
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Ephrils 16 years ago

First, no legal restrictions are attached to a .org.

I think .com is much more recognizable and will always be the first thing people try when looking for a web address. It also tends to make the site look a lot cleaner in it's URL unless you're talking abut real organizations like the Better Business Bureau or something.

I have a website on the .org address but always wished I could have gotten the .com instead. Whenever possible I now get the .com address.
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- zeurois 16 years ago
  
  org sounds to me more like a free service or something non-profit.
  
  So I'd suggest .com
  
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Amy Bass 16 years ago

Honestly, .ORG is my favorite extension for my niche blogs. I usually put a lot of high quality original content and have seen great results with it.
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jayden.fellze 15 years ago

There are scores of instances where .org sites ar doing remarkably well.

It all depends on the content on your pages.

For the success of a website or blog, it is the content that matters, and not .com or .org ! If a site has good and useful content it would automatically rise in the ranking and popularity.
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educationist09 15 years ago

I dont think so that their are any restrictions on buying .org or .com for your doamin name. But it serves better for your own business if you buy domain name according to it. Customers will believe your business to be an organisation if you put it as abc.org. they will think it as a commerce site if you put it as .com. Buying an apt domain name proves good and beneficial for you and your company, nobody else.
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Mike McBride 15 years ago

Nothing against the last poster personally, but I just wish that before people post to a thread they would:

1) look at the date of the OP;
2) actually read the thread, not just the OP;
3) determine if the OP has been adequately answered;
4) refrain from posting to that old thread unless they have a new question in regard to it, or have new, more pertinent information to add.

Digging up old threads, without anything new to add to them, just moves newer, more timely threads out of view faster.
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Jesus Perez 15 years ago

I use .org and .com exclusively. Both rank very high. In some cases, I've been able to beat .com's with my .orgs. In other cases, I've gone straight to the Google top 10.

Don't ignore the .orgs. They are very well respected and ranked in Google.
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