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.net or .org for a forum?
06-15-2006, 03:32 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7 Location: NY  | .net or .org for a forum? Hello I have these two domains satelliteradiotalk.net and satelliteradiotalk.org that I will try to develop into a forum. So my question is which domain, .net or . org is better to go with. I plan to have the other one foward to the better name. Thanks  | ||||
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06-15-2006, 03:36 AM
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Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 165 Location: Canada | I prefer .net But truly if it is not .com or a regional niche it doesn't matter too much as a general consensus. It actually works in your favour that the .com is parked since if people mistakingly go there they will instantly know that it must be .net or .org | ||||
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06-15-2006, 03:39 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA   | Well, .net is better than .org...but .com is better than both. You don't have the .com though, so that's obviously not an option. I would go with the .net...Really, .com is supposed to be for commercial sites, .net for technical sites (?), and .org for non-profit organizations (?)...but nobody pays attention to that these days.
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06-15-2006, 03:44 AM
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Title: Still Alive
Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,085 Location: Michigan, USA Recent Blog: New SWTOR Dev Article and Blog 
| I would go with .net, I think those are better than .org. But definitely have the .org redirect to your page.
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06-15-2006, 05:41 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA | Well, I would just have to warn you...that if you buy the .biz and don't own .com, .net, and .org, you're going to lose a lot of traffic to them...There's nothing wrong with using .biz, I agree that it is kind of catchy...but if you're going to use it, I would recommend owning the .com, .net, and .org also so that you can forward them to you. But...let's not get too far off topic, this thread is about .net and .org, not biz 
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06-15-2006, 05:45 AM
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Title: Just keeping it real
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kent, WA 
| I agree buy the .net not the .org, I know I am late to the game, but just my .02 worth | ||||
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06-15-2006, 05:46 AM
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Title: Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA |
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