Choosing a domain name for your new dedicated server website can be a big challenge to any webmaster. For one, choosing the actual name itself is hard, because you want to pick something that is short and concise, suits your website’s message and purpose, and one that is easy to remember and not easy to misspell!
But after you’ve chosen the appropriate name, you’ll need to decide on the extension: i.e. should you go with a .com, .net, .biz, .ca, or any of the other extensions out there?
This is an easy decision for most webmasters, as .com and .net are the most popular Western choices. If you are in the UK, you’ll probably want .co.uk, whereas if you’re in Mexico you’d likely choose .com.mx if not .com.
But if the 1st choice is already taken, your secondary extension should depend more on what your business is about than anything else.
For example, if you are running an educational or nonprofit organization, you’d be more likely to take a .org than someone who is running an adult website. Here are a couple tips about each of the popular extensions:
.com – the most popular and most common choice. Alternatives for other countries include .co.uk and .com.mx.
.net – the 2nd most popular and common choice, though less professional than .com. A good choice for business and personal websites.
.org – mainly used for organizations and nonprofits but commonly used as an alternative for .com or .net when those choices are not available.
.info/.biz/.name – slightly unpopular choices for less professional websites. These are alright if you really want to keep the domain name of your choice but it isn’t available in .com or .net, but .info, .biz, and .name do not read professional like the others.
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