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.com or .org?

by Superior Content Creation
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If I am set on using a certain keyword sequence, but it is taken, should I just go for mydomainname.org, or does it make a big difference to be .com? Advice for a newbie...
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  • Profile picture of the author cncbuss
    I would go with tried, tested and true dotcom. My upline has told me to use this for my upcoming website. Can't give you the reason, just what I've been instructed to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author bryan77
    You should use your keyword in your domain name. In my experience Google does rank .com higher than other domain extensions and in the business niche a .com sounds more professional and is easier for customers to remember. Usually it will be the first guess if they do not know the extension.
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    • Profile picture of the author jmidas
      I would do .com. As said above, it is tried and true. It is what people expect of a website (right or wrong). Also, on a less important note: if you not a non profit, you may tick off a visitor if you use .org.
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  • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
    Cool--I guess that answers that question. lol Thanks guys. What about using a format like my-domain.com then? I think I could probably find one of my main keywords if I did that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Biggy Fat
    What everyone else said - .com is the way to go.
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    • Profile picture of the author AtticusBaker
      If you have a choice between them, there is no choice. Dot COM all the way!
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  • Profile picture of the author Superior Content Creation
    Great! Thanks everyone.
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  • Profile picture of the author MIB Mastermind
    You should always go for the .com version of a domain, if the .com version of the domain you want is taken scrap it and look for another domain don't bother with the .org or .info versions especially for your main sites and blogs.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steadyon
    Sometimes in highly competitive niches you can't always go with .com

    Better ".net" or ".org" or ".co.uk" etc. than nothing.

    I wouldn't mind owning weightloss.org for example!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author imburne
    I had a .org once and it did not work well. I think in certain cases it would though, and work stellar at that. I have very few domains right now because of the thought I put into each of them.
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  • Profile picture of the author kevin1mil
    I will always go for .com if taken i will try add some extra words, like now, fast..etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author sainshea
    .com is much easier to remember. I would always go for a .com rather than a .org
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  • Profile picture of the author 4webmaster
    Dot com is king but many other tlds are available, dot org in not that popular for website except or organization.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan6
    .org is commonly known alongside charitable type organisations. I would go for .net after .com!
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    • Profile picture of the author reynald2790
      You could try both to see which is really fits on your niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author ryansjones
    Just out of curiosity, what do you think of the ".ws" extension. All of my websites have either a ".com" or ".net" extension, but some web hosting companies (particularly Global Domains International) offer domain names that have a ".ws" extension.
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  • Profile picture of the author MeTellYou
    dot com is the way to go. In fact I would not get anything else... ever.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Atkins
    .com are always better than any other TLD and the reason is simple. .coms are much more popular and people tend to type .com on their browser not .org
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  • Profile picture of the author articlemaster
    .com goes for commercial and .org goes for organisation....so i will definitely go for .com
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  • Profile picture of the author Bakai
    If the .com is taken then other extensions will be better than none if it is a really good keyword domain. for example I just recently bought a .ws domain for a one word keyword that gets over 1 million searches a month and not one adword ad... yet.

    I have domains ranked well for . net, and .org so far. .com is the best but the others can be worked into being.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aaron Elliott
    Shouldnt .org be a non-profit organisation? I know you can use them if you want, but I always think of .org as a non profit org. If you had a Affiliate site with .org, maybe it might not perform as well with SEO.

    That s just my thoughts...
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  • Profile picture of the author Bakai
    There's no rule or law that says .org should be non profit and that misconception can work for your advantage.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sid_who
    There is no alternative to .com if you are in search of organic traffic and want a decent place in Google rankings !
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  • Profile picture of the author Steadyon
    .com .net .org .crap .brill .rubbish

    It makes very little difference to how a page or site can be made to rank.

    The main downside is what people/visitors perceive.

    For example they may find you on google when surfing and your site is called:

    "thisisagoodname.crap"

    but when they try to find you again they may type in

    "thisisagoodname.com"


    However I stress again, that it is far better to have a keyword rich .net or .org and get some good rankings for it than not bother just because the .com has been taken.

    I have sold one or two very valuable .org domain names that didn't even have a website built for them, for very nice $$$$'s.

    In an ideal world .com is best. However, last time I left my warm office and peeked outside, I didn't see an ideal world unfortunately. Maybe tomorrow...
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  • Profile picture of the author jameshax
    damn! I just registered 3 .org's last week..
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  • Profile picture of the author bannor32
    If you want people to remember and spread your website by word of mouth then .com is essential. If you are targeting search engine traffic only then it doesn't really matter what the extension is.
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  • Profile picture of the author MacFreddie
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    Originally Posted by dru-man View Post

    If I am set on using a certain keyword sequence, but it is taken, should I just go for mydomainname.org, or does it make a big difference to be .com? Advice for a newbie...

    If the .com is not available I move on. Find another name. I always buy the .com 1st, and then I buy every TLD that's left. I then do a 301 from all the rest to my .com

    If you buy the .org and then have tremendous success then you will lose traffic to the person who owns the .com

    I'm not gonna help someone else reap my profits.
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  • Profile picture of the author RichardLegg
    Depends on HOW you want to promote.

    If it's 'word of mouth', print or other offline media then definitely use .com because people will type that extension by default.

    However, if you're using SEO (where people only have to click and not type in anything) going with .org can be a great idea.

    As someone who's actually tested this with different domain extensions, I've seen .org's rank just as well (and sometimes better) than the exact same keyword rich domain with a .com extension with all other seo factors being equal.

    Just because someone else here may say they'd *personally* prefer a .net or .info, it doesn't mean that Google will...

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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    ohhh....do NOT underestimate the power of .org <---
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  • Profile picture of the author cankit
    Lots are people having dotcom, because i think its famous so i go for dotcom...
    but .org is also good but it mainly depends on the content you provide in the website...
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    • Profile picture of the author Chambara
      From my recent experience, it seems that it takes longer for a new site with .org to get indexed on Google than one with .com. However, once the .org gets indexed, it performs as well as .com.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Copy Nazi
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    Originally Posted by dru-man View Post

    If I am set on using a certain keyword sequence, but it is taken, should I just go for mydomainname.org, or does it make a big difference to be .com? Advice for a newbie...
    Dude, this isn't well-known but it works for SEO - if you find the .com you want is taken, just add one of these - "the", "for", "with", "and", "by", "a", "an", "in", "of", "on", "are", "be", "if", "into", "which" to the .com. They're called "Stop words" and Google ignores them in domain names. But don't take my word for it. Read this - Domain Names Internet Marketing Blog
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