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<time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-01-30T11:15:56+00:00">January 30, 2022</time></span> </div> <img width="1080" height="1080" src="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-study-hero-square.jpg" class="attachment-medium-large size-medium-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-study-hero-square.jpg 1080w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-study-hero-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-study-hero-square-600x600.jpg 600w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-study-hero-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-study-hero-square-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-study-hero-square-800x800.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" /> <div class="article-body"> <p>How important is it to have a .com domain name?</p> <p>Is it really that much better than .co, .net, .io or any other popular top-level domain?</p> <p>We ran an experiment with 1,500 people to find out.</p> <p>Here are our findings.</p> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Key finding: which domain extension is best in 2022?</span></h2> <ul> <li>.com domains are over <strong>33% more memorable</strong> than URLs with other top-level domains.</li> <li><strong>.com is the #1 most trusted TLD</strong>, with .co in a close second place.</li> <li>When people try to remember a URL, they’re <strong>3.8 times more likely to assume it ends in .com</strong> than anything else.</li> </ul> <p>In short, our study shows that .com outperforms all other domain extension options. But read on for more details — and to see how 7 other TLDs performed in our test.</p> <p>You might be surprised.</p> <p>You can also <strong><a href="https://www.getdrip.com/forms/95826132/submissions/new" data-drip-show-form="95826132">click here</a></strong> to get a PDF version of the full results, including a few bonus demographic-specific takeaways that aren’t in this article.</p> <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Contents</span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="#1-trust-rankings"><strong>Trust rankings</strong></a></li> <li><a href="#2-memorability-scores"><strong>Memorability scores</strong></a></li> <li><strong><a href="#3-misremembered-domain-extensions">Mis-remembrance rate</a></strong></li> <li><a href="#4-conclusion"><strong>Which domain extension is best?</strong></a></li> <li><strong><a href="#5-methodology">Study method</a></strong></li> </ul> <h2 id="1-trust-rankings"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">How much do people trust .com vs .org, .co and other domain extensions?</span></h2> <p>A domain people trust is more likely to get clicked on, linked to and shared.</p> <p>Making it easier to build a brand with.</p> <p>Here are the perceived trustworthiness scores of the 8 top-level domains we tested, on a scale of 1 – 5:</p> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-907" src="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-trust-ratings.jpg" alt="Domain extensions perceived trustworthiness" width="950" height="733" srcset="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-trust-ratings.jpg 950w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-trust-ratings-600x463.jpg 600w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-trust-ratings-768x593.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /></p> <p>As you can see, .com comes out on top with a trust score of 3.5.</p> <p>But it doesn’t win by a huge amount: the .co TLD comes in right behind it with a 3.4. Followed by .org and .us, each with a 3.3.</p> <p>Bringing up the rear is .biz with a 2.9 trust rating: 17% lower than .com’s. (And .io doesn’t do much better than that.)</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Key takeaway:</b></span><b> .com is the #1 most trusted domain extension, with .co in a close second place.</b></p> <h2 id="2-memorability-scores"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">How memorable are different domain extensions?</span></h2> <p>An important factor for any URL is how easy it is to remember.</p> <p>The question we wanted to answer is, are people more likely to remember URLs with some TLDs over others?</p> <p>As you can see, yes they are:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-908" src="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-memorability-rankings.jpg" alt="Domain extensions memorability rankings" width="950" height="653" srcset="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-memorability-rankings.jpg 950w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-memorability-rankings-600x412.jpg 600w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-memorability-rankings-768x528.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /></p> <p>The .com domain extension comes out on top here again, with a 44% memorability score.</p> <p>That means<strong> people correctly remembered the .com URL 44% of the time.</strong></p> <p>Second place goes to .co again, but this time it’s a wider gap: .co earned a 33% memorability score. So it’s a quarter less memorable than .com. Quite significant.</p> <p>What about comparing .com to two of its oldest competitors, .net and .org? You can see it’s not even close: .net gets a 25% and .org gets a 32%.</p> <p>Interestingly, .biz has a memorability score of 31%. Which is actually better than .us, .io, .net, and especially .blog (which is the least memorable, at 24%).</p> <p>I was surprised to see .net perform so much worse on this test than .biz.</p> <p>However, it makes sense considering that <strong>mental categorization</strong> is a major part of how <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060413/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">memory</a> works.</p> <p>My theory is that people put the .net TLD in the same mental category as .com: they’re both general common TLDs that are often used for commercial sites.</p> <p>However, since .com is the most dominant TLD in that category, .net often gets mis-remembered as .com. (This theory is supported by the next test result, which you’ll see in a minute.)</p> <p>On the other hand, .biz may not fit into the same mental category as .net and .com.</p> <p>Think about it:</p> <p>If you see example.com, example.net, and example.biz, doesn’t the .biz version jump out at you a little? (Even if it’s in a bad way.)</p> <p>That may be why .biz domains are more memorable — despite being less trustworthy — than .net ones.</p> <p>Just to see all the data we have so far in the same place, here are the memorability results again alongside the trust ratings we saw before.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-909" src="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-and-memorability.jpg" alt="TLD trust ratings and memorability" width="950" height="1025" srcset="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-and-memorability.jpg 950w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-and-memorability-556x600.jpg 556w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-and-memorability-768x829.jpg 768w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-and-memorability-927x1000.jpg 927w" sizes="(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /></p> <p>So far .com is winning this race, with .co in second place overall and .org in third.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key takeaway:</strong></span><strong> .com URLs are over 33% more memorable than URLs with other TLDs.</strong></p> <h2 id="3-misremembered-domain-extensions"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">When people remember the top-level domain <em>incorrectly</em>, which TLD do they remember instead?</span></h2> <p>This last factor is an interesting one:</p> <p>When people remember the URL <strong>almost</strong> correctly — when they remember the brand name but put the wrong domain extension at the end — which domain extension do they say?</p> <p>This helps us see how much of a bias people have in favor of each TLD.</p> <p>For example, if the correct URL was <em>mattressrankings dot </em><em><strong>net</strong></em> but they misremembered it as <em>mattressrankings dot </em><em><strong>com</strong></em> instead, that would count as a “point” for the .com TLD.</p> <p>The results of this test show an even bigger difference between .com vs other domains.</p> <p>Here’s the data:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-910" src="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-times-used-instead-of-actual.jpg" alt="Domain extensions times used instead of actual - bias toward .com" width="950" height="773" srcset="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-times-used-instead-of-actual.jpg 950w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-times-used-instead-of-actual-600x488.jpg 600w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-extensions-times-used-instead-of-actual-768x625.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /></p> <p>First place again goes to .com, by far.</p> <p>Out of all the wrong-but-almost-right answers, 57 of them said .com instead of the correct TLD. That’s 3.8 times more often than the next highest, .org.</p> <p>When people aren’t sure which TLD a website uses, they’re much more likely to guess it’s .com than anything else.</p> <p>In other words, .com domains are still thought of as the default.</p> <p>The distant second place goes to .org, which people guessed only 15 times: 26% as often as they guessed .com.</p> <p>Not shown on the chart above is the .co.uk domain suffix, which received two guesses. But it wasn’t a subject of this study (maybe I’ll do another study to cover more country code top-level domains/ccTLDs).</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key takeaway:</strong></span><strong> People are 3.8 times more likely to assume a URL ends in .com than in anything else.</strong></p> <h2 id="4-conclusion"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Conclusion: Rankings and comparison of all 8 domain extensions, plus expert opinions</span></h2> <p>Here are all three ratings for the list of domain extensions in a single chart:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-917" src="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-memorability-and-times-used-instead-of-actual.jpg" alt="TLD trust ratings, memorability and times used instead of actual" width="950" height="1252" srcset="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-memorability-and-times-used-instead-of-actual.jpg 950w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-memorability-and-times-used-instead-of-actual-455x600.jpg 455w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-memorability-and-times-used-instead-of-actual-768x1012.jpg 768w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/TLD-trust-ratings-memorability-and-times-used-instead-of-actual-759x1000.jpg 759w" sizes="(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /></p> <p>Bottom line:</p> <p>Are you considering .com vs .org vs .net? If so, according to this data, .com has a sizable edge.</p> <p>A closer contender in most regards would be .co, which is also one of the most trusted domain extensions as you can see above.</p> <p>But .com still seems to be the best domain extension:</p> <ul> <li>.com URLs are over <strong>33% more memorable</strong> than URLs with other top-level domains.</li> <li><strong>.com is the #1 most trusted TLD</strong>, with .co in a close second place.</li> <li>When people try to remember a URL, they’re <strong>3.8 times more likely to assume it ends in .com</strong> than anything else.</li> </ul> <p>Of course, all of this comes at a price.</p> <p>Registering a .com domain name is often much more expensive than registering a domain with another TLD:</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-905 size-full aligncenter" src="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-registration-pricing-for-different-domain-extensions.png?_t=1558434488" alt="Domain registration prices for different domain extensions" width="921" height="454" srcset="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-registration-pricing-for-different-domain-extensions.png 921w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-registration-pricing-for-different-domain-extensions-600x296.png 600w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Domain-registration-pricing-for-different-domain-extensions-768x379.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px" /></p> <p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Is it really worth paying thousands more for the .com than for the .org, .net, or .co domain extension?</span></p> <p>That depends.</p> <p>As this study shows, .com domains do come with significant benefits. If you’re running an online business and can afford to buy the .com, it’s probably worth it.</p> <p>But as Cyrus Shepard points out below, that doesn’t mean .com is always the best choice.</p> <p>It depends on the organization as well as the <a href="https://growthbadger.com/resources/content-marketing-examples/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">types of content</a> that will be on the site.</p> <p>For example, non-profits aren’t required to use the .org TLD. But doing so has become such a common practice that wikipedia.com, savethechildren.com, and charitywater.com all look pretty strange compared to their .org alternatives.</p> <p>Let’s see what else Cyrus and a few other experts have to say about these findings.</p> <p><strong>Cyrus Shepard</strong>, Founder of <a href="https://zyppy.com/">Zyppy.com</a>:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>“Wow, terrific study. A few things jump out at me.</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>1. Obviously, this reinforces .com as the standard choice of domain extensions. As the old saying went, ‘Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM’ (computers). Similarly, buying the .com if you can get it, is typically going to be your best bet. (unless, of course, a visible brand is using one of the other extensions)</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>2. It’s hilarious to me that people trust .co – a country code top-level domain for Colombia – more than they do .org – a generic top-level domain used by Wikipedia, non-profits, and other orgs.</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>3. I’d stay away from .biz domains at all cost. Not only does this survey show a low trust, I’ve seen several other studies over the years that show folks tend to associate this extension with spam.</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>4. Finally, despite the dominant trust and memorability of .com domains, I believe it’s still fair to use the extension that best works for you. Most of the time, that’s going to be the .com. Many sites—Wikipedia being the obvious example—use .org and other extensions with little actual downside. Of course, if you’re a smaller player, or there are other businesses with similar domain names in your space, it’s always going to be best to go with the .com, the reasons for which are made obvious by this survey.”</em></p> <p><strong>Glen Allsopp</strong>, Founder of <a href="https://gaps.com/">Gaps</a> and Detailed</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>“I had to double check the .biz numbers with Kyle as I just couldn’t believe them upfront. Nine people, who weren’t originally shown a .biz domain, thought that’s what they might have seen when asked later on? That’s really surprising.</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>He reminded me that only 9 of 1,500 people acted in this way but I was still shocked.</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>I’m really happy to see .co domains ranking highly as I naturally trust them more as well. I can’t logically tell you why (close to .com? the new thing for makers?) but it’s nice to see I’m not alone.”</em></p> <p><strong>Britney Muller</strong>, Founder of <a href="http://prydemarketing.com/">Pryde Marketing</a> and Senior SEO Scientist at Moz</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>“It’s always been industry standard to secure a .com instead of another TLD due to it being so commonly used. The thought process being; people might forget your URL, or go to the .com site if you use a less common TLD. However, we’ve never had any research backing this theory up, UNTIL NOW!</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>The fact that 57 people used .com instead of the actual TLD is proof of this concept. What surprised me most is that individuals found both .com and .co to be more trustworthy than .org, (which has historically been thought of as being perceived slightly more credible). I’m curious if the equivalent .org and .us perception of trust has anything to do with 19.4% of testers living in Asia and 9% in Europe where .us might be more readily used or hold more weight?</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>Incredible work, Kyle! We need more studies done like this in our space!”</em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">[NOTE: Britney’s theory is correct: people in the USA rate .org slightly higher than .us (3.27 vs 3.23), while it’s the opposite for people outside the USA (3.42 vs 3.54). -Kyle]</p> <p><strong>Tim Soulo</strong>, CMO & Product Advisor at <a href="https://ahrefs.com/">Ahrefs</a></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em>“I’m quite surprised with the ‘trust rating’ results. I thought that ‘.com’ would outperform others by a much larger margin.”</em></p> <h2 id="5-methodology"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Methodology: Who we studied and how</span></h2> <p>We conducted this research using a tricky survey structure with three major parts:</p> <p><strong>Part 1: Perceived trustworthiness.</strong> We asked how trustworthy people would expect a site to be based purely on its URL, using the made-up brand “mattressrankings.__” as the domain, with the blank filled in randomly with either .com, .net, .org, or one of the five other domain extensions I mentioned above. (We did <em>not</em> specifically draw people’s attention to the domain extensions.)</p> <p><strong>Part 2: Palate cleanser.</strong> The second part of the survey consisted of several unrelated questions designed to distract people and find out their demographics.</p> <p><strong>Part 3: Memorability.</strong> Now that they’d been distracted for a little while, in the last part of the survey we asked people to write the exact URL they saw at the beginning. (They were not able to go back to the original question to see it again.)</p> <p>Here were the demographics of the 1,500 people surveyed:</p> <div id="attachment_906" style="width: 960px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-906" class="wp-image-906 size-full" src="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Respondent-locations-and-ages-TLD-study.jpg?_t=1558434549" alt="Respondent locations and ages" width="950" height="1317" srcset="https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Respondent-locations-and-ages-TLD-study.jpg 950w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Respondent-locations-and-ages-TLD-study-433x600.jpg 433w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Respondent-locations-and-ages-TLD-study-768x1065.jpg 768w, https://growthbadger.com/wp-content/uploads/Respondent-locations-and-ages-TLD-study-721x1000.jpg 721w" sizes="(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px" /><p id="caption-attachment-906" class="wp-caption-text">(In retrospect, we should have used different age brackets since so many people ended up in the 26 – 40 range.)</p></div> <hr /> <p> </p> <p>What did you think of this experiment? Did the results surprise you?</p> <p>Leave a comment below to let me know.</p> <p>And if you want to grow your business this year, check out my guide to how to build a high-value <a href="https://growthbadger.com/content-marketing-funnel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">content marketing funnel.</a></p> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </article>   <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5b34d96acf046818"></script>  <section class="full-width no-padding-bottom" id="comments"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-md-12 col-lg-10 offset-lg-1 ">  <h2> 90 thoughts on “<span>Domain Extensions: .com vs .org, .net, .io & 4 Other TLDs (Study)</span>” </h2>  <ul> <li id="comment-859" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-859" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ddc79dd9a73d808115059c4bb9482189?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ddc79dd9a73d808115059c4bb9482189?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://growwithless.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Benjamin Houy</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-859"><time datetime="2019-05-21T12:41:08+00:00">May 21, 2019 at 12:41 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I’m surprised biz only did 17% lower than com. I can’t imagine a trustworthy site using biz as a domain name. In fact, I usually never even click on links if I see the url leads to a website in .biz.</p> <p>I almost bought a .co recently but a few things stopped me:</p> <p>– I was worried people would confuse it with .com.<br /> – Lots of mobile keywords have a .com or .org button but not .co.<br /> – The EU soon won’t allow UK citizens to keep their eu domains after brexit. What if Colombia decides to change rules and only allow Colombian citizens to buy .co domains.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-859' data-commentid="859" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-859" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Benjamin Houy" aria-label='Reply to Benjamin Houy'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-860" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-860" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-860"><time datetime="2019-05-21T12:57:02+00:00">May 21, 2019 at 12:57 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Great points, Benjamin! And I agree about .biz.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-860' data-commentid="860" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-860" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-863" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-863" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d80c3bcf173193d372e7a03881d2817c?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d80c3bcf173193d372e7a03881d2817c?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://tldinvestors.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Raymond Hackney</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-863"><time datetime="2019-05-22T00:18:40+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 12:18 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thank you Kyle for a great article job well done, gave you a shout out here <a href="https://tldinvestors.com/2019/05/is-com-still-the-number-1-extension.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://tldinvestors.com/2019/05/is-com-still-the-number-1-extension.html</a></p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-863' data-commentid="863" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-863" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Raymond Hackney" aria-label='Reply to Raymond Hackney'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-868" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-868" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-868"><time datetime="2019-05-22T05:23:30+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 5:23 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks, Raymond!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-868' data-commentid="868" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-868" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-866" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-866" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dfedef3a685587fe5555f38c4409b1eb?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dfedef3a685587fe5555f38c4409b1eb?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-schultz-10092323/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Jon Schultz</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-866"><time datetime="2019-05-22T03:54:42+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 3:54 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I personally would rank .co the lowest as, as Benjamin said, it’s too easily confused with .com. And the most important factor here may be avoiding lost emails. If your email is <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99f4f0f2fcd9fdf6f4f8f0f7b7faf6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="234e4a484663474c4e424a4d0d404c">[email protected]</span></a>, do you want people writing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b5652505e7b5f54565a525515585456"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="86ebefede3c6e2e9ebe7efe8a8e5e9eb">[email protected]</span></a> by mistake? It happens a lot. That’s one of the main reasons a business will pay four or five figures for a dotcom domain when all the other extensions are available.</p> <p>Plus, let’s say you’re a car company and choose a brandable name like Americar. If you have Americar.com, you can simply refer to your company as “Americar,” i.e. to the press, and you’ll know that people will probably look for you at Americar.com. But if you only have Americar.us, then you either have to refer to the company as “Americar.us” or else say “Americar” and have people going to the .com where they might find a competitor or just get a negative impression when they don’t find you there.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-866' data-commentid="866" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-866" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jon Schultz" aria-label='Reply to Jon Schultz'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-867" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-867" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-867"><time datetime="2019-05-22T05:22:15+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 5:22 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Those are both excellent points, Jon. I’ve also heard anecdotally that some people encounter deliverability issues when sending email from alternative TLDs like .io. So they may not only be missing out on receiving emails, but effectively sending them as well. </p> <p>Thanks for the comment!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-867' data-commentid="867" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-867" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-871" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-871" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2a4be99a4c1163a6620add19ebed88b?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2a4be99a4c1163a6620add19ebed88b?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.websales.co.in" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Bhavesh Desai</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-871"><time datetime="2019-05-22T05:43:00+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 5:43 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Insightful.<br /> As rightly pointed by Cyrus, need to check spam score for TLD like .biz, .info etc.<br /> Also, CCTLD can have a higher trust factor. Need to have detailed domain strategy for enterprise clients as they have a multi-country operation. For small client or company focusing on one single market .com is preferable or CCTLD.<br /> Besides trust survey, it will be interesting to see how Google treats each domain. I have rarely found.biz, .info in the top positions.<br /> Thanks,<br /> Bhavesh</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-871' data-commentid="871" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-871" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Bhavesh Desai" aria-label='Reply to Bhavesh Desai'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-872" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-872" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-872"><time datetime="2019-05-22T08:30:26+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 8:30 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks for the comment, Bhavesh. Google has said that, aside from geo-specific ccTLDs, all TLDs are treated equally (and some ccTLDs, like .co, are treated as a generic “gTLD”).</p> <p>However, since much of what Google uses to rank sites boils down to *user* behavior, there is a good argument to be made that TLD choice has a strong indirect impact on SEO. A site that’s perceived as trustworthy is naturally more likely to attract links, for example.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-872' data-commentid="872" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-872" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-876" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-876" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9d9760a814e0c104288c91992fd8a557?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9d9760a814e0c104288c91992fd8a557?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.attercopia.co.uk" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Steve Harvey-Franklin</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-876"><time datetime="2019-05-22T11:24:06+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 11:24 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Interesting.</p> <p>Notong the locations of the participants, it would be interesting to see for example how trust was with their obvious local country TLD versus everything else especially .com</p> <p>whilst the .com is fairly ubiquitous<br /> I would think that the TLDs .de .co.uk, .fr , .it .in would be highly trusted and highly relevant in each of their own locations?</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-876' data-commentid="876" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-876" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Steve Harvey-Franklin" aria-label='Reply to Steve Harvey-Franklin'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-879" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-879" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-879"><time datetime="2019-05-22T16:23:04+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 4:23 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Steve, I deliberately avoided most country-code TLDs for this study but I plan to run another study in the future to cover more of them. I would guess that in their own countries, many perform in line with or ahead of .com.</p> <p>Interestingly, .us was the opposite: people outside the US actually trust it more than people inside the US.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-879' data-commentid="879" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-879" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-877" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-877" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/99aba0acbaf3091ad275bfca276e7b58?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/99aba0acbaf3091ad275bfca276e7b58?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Laurence Tympanick</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-877"><time datetime="2019-05-22T14:13:46+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 2:13 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Who doesn’t just find a web site these days by Googling a name they know and picking the correct selection from Google?</p> <p>I thought actual urls & thus domain names were basically irrelevant.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-877' data-commentid="877" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-877" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Laurence Tympanick" aria-label='Reply to Laurence Tympanick'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-880" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-880" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-880"><time datetime="2019-05-22T16:30:21+00:00">May 22, 2019 at 4:30 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I don’t have any data on that but it’s something I’d like to test somehow in the future.</p> <p>That said, even if we were to assume that 100% of people simply Google the business name, there are still other factors that are influenced by the TLD. For example, editors of authoritative sites may be less likely to link to .biz domains (I know I would be). </p> <p>Some people are also confused by newer or less-common domain extensions; for example, if a less technically savvy person hears the URL “portland.events” on a podcast or on the radio, will they even understand that it’s a URL? And if they then Google “portland events”, if a competitor (maybe the holder of portlandevents.com) ranks #1, aren’t they most likely going to click through to that site instead of the one that ran the ad?</p> <p>Finally, when I shared this study on reddit several people commented that they’ve had email issues with their domains that use TLDs other than .com. They believe they are missing important emails because people are sending them to the wrong domain (sending them to .com instead of .net for example), and in some cases people are also having deliverability issues when they go to send emails from their .io domain. (I’m not an expert on email deliverability so I can’t speak to that second point, but the first point makes logical sense.)</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-880' data-commentid="880" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-880" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-887" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-887" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6051504604ea6c7ab9fe957f5c3e1d47?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6051504604ea6c7ab9fe957f5c3e1d47?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://pasionprepagos.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Santiago</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-887"><time datetime="2019-05-23T14:17:04+00:00">May 23, 2019 at 2:17 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very interesting. Our website is in facted based in Colombia but we still went for .com instead of .co because, as many others</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-887' data-commentid="887" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-887" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Santiago" aria-label='Reply to Santiago'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-888" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-888" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-888"><time datetime="2019-05-23T14:57:25+00:00">May 23, 2019 at 2:57 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Probably a smart choice!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-888' data-commentid="888" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-888" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-890" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-890" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1296cc1b295be79ad03cfe7690b0907?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1296cc1b295be79ad03cfe7690b0907?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://scalemath.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Alex</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-890"><time datetime="2019-05-23T16:03:45+00:00">May 23, 2019 at 4:03 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Nice work with this case study – great work! 😅</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-890' data-commentid="890" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-890" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Alex" aria-label='Reply to Alex'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-896" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-896" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-896"><time datetime="2019-05-24T01:28:15+00:00">May 24, 2019 at 1:28 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks, Alex!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-896' data-commentid="896" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-896" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-893" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-893" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bb440e94cadeb86bd0c4a670567c0fd3?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bb440e94cadeb86bd0c4a670567c0fd3?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.dnand.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Lars</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-893"><time datetime="2019-05-23T19:12:47+00:00">May 23, 2019 at 7:12 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>This I find highly interesting.. I did some parallel work back in 2011 for my masters thesis.. Being a Danish national I naturally focused on our local situation.</p> <p>You can read my results here:<br /> <a href="https://diablo.cbs.dk/bitstream/handle/10417/3053/lars_miguel_sandborg_lima.pdf?sequence=1" rel="nofollow ugc">https://diablo.cbs.dk/bitstream/handle/10417/3053/lars_miguel_sandborg_lima.pdf?sequence=1</a></p> <p>I think the results of this type of survey very much depends on the nationality of your respondents.. I actually formed the hypothesis that there is a correlation between the degree of trust you have in your local government and the degree of trust you will have in your local ccTLD. Using Hofstedes cultural dimensions theory; you can look at the national trust level of the country and to a reasonable degree foresee if the locals prefer .com or their local ccTLD. </p> <p>Even so; in Denmark where we very much prefer .DK .com came in very close to .dk. 2.7 for DKK compared to 2.4 for .com, on a scale of 1-5 of trust, 5 being a very large degree of trust.</p> <p>This research was done before any of the ngTLDs hit the fray. But I would suspect that results for these in most western countries are lower than both .com and their local ccTLD.</p> <p>Good work. Keep at it.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-893' data-commentid="893" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-893" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Lars" aria-label='Reply to Lars'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-897" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-897" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-897"><time datetime="2019-05-24T01:41:19+00:00">May 24, 2019 at 1:41 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very interesting, Lars! I suspected that people in many countries would trust their ccTLDs as much as (or more than) .com but did not test it this time. That’s great info and I love your angle of tying it in with trust of the government — makes a lot of sense. </p> <p>Interestingly, one thing I did find is that people outside the US actually trust .us more than people inside the US. My theory as to why was that non-Americans may think .us is an official governmental TLD while Americans know .gov serves that purpose — and because .us is just not very commonly used. But maybe Americans’ distrust in their government is a factor as well! </p> <p>Thanks for the interesting comment.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-897' data-commentid="897" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-897" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-900" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-900" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/62220668f0554005586aac21716f7e6c?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/62220668f0554005586aac21716f7e6c?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Paul Metcalfe</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-900"><time datetime="2019-05-24T07:07:07+00:00">May 24, 2019 at 7:07 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Interesting experiment. </p> <p>A factor not taken into account is who the people are and what they do. </p> <p>For example if you did this with people familiar with the tech industry then a .io is a very normal domain and would likely score much higher. </p> <p>Important to know your audience and what’s normal for them before choosing (like your .org examples).</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-900' data-commentid="900" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-900" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Paul Metcalfe" aria-label='Reply to Paul Metcalfe'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-901" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-901" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-901"><time datetime="2019-05-24T08:25:45+00:00">May 24, 2019 at 8:25 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Great point, Paul. Next time I run a study like this I’ll have to try to segment respondents by industry (or at least by interests). Perfect opportunity for improvement. Thanks for the suggestion!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-901' data-commentid="901" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-901" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-1009" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-1009" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5f33893ba54586fecad9eb0db57a34fd?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5f33893ba54586fecad9eb0db57a34fd?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Susan Parnaby</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-1009"><time datetime="2019-06-06T20:38:40+00:00">June 6, 2019 at 8:38 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>It can be interesting when you add in the idea of language and local culture. In an area like Wales where they are strongly encouraging the use of Welsh as a 1st language, not just a 2nd language, there are a number of sites that use .cymru for a Welsh speaking site rather than .wales </p> <p>If you want to please the politicians then you have one site in English and another in Welsh and you can tell which is which from the tld.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1009' data-commentid="1009" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-1009" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Susan Parnaby" aria-label='Reply to Susan Parnaby'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-1016" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-1016" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-1016"><time datetime="2019-06-07T08:20:00+00:00">June 7, 2019 at 8:20 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very interesting, Susan — I didn’t realize Wales had two geographic TLDs.</p> <p>In the future I’d like to run a more in-depth study to cover more geo-specific TLDs. I’ll have to keep this in mind when I do.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1016' data-commentid="1016" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-1016" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-1127" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-1127" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72b3ea76102e25eade3737e7d64f6d2e?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72b3ea76102e25eade3737e7d64f6d2e?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://playtienda.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Jose Caceres</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-1127"><time datetime="2019-06-20T16:25:14+00:00">June 20, 2019 at 4:25 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Un .com tiene muchas ventajas entre ellas:</p> <p>1. Fácil de recordar<br /> 2. Mas valor<br /> 3. Asegura tu marca</p> <p>Deje que sus visitantes te encuentran con facilidad con una extensión fácil de recordar.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1127' data-commentid="1127" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-1127" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jose Caceres" aria-label='Reply to Jose Caceres'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-1130" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-1130" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-1130"><time datetime="2019-06-21T06:36:04+00:00">June 21, 2019 at 6:36 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>De acuerdo, Jose. ¡Gracias!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1130' data-commentid="1130" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-1130" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-3080" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-3080" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/957e484ae778baa647d9d35c181c8a6f?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/957e484ae778baa647d9d35c181c8a6f?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">ryan</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-3080"><time datetime="2019-11-29T22:53:46+00:00">November 29, 2019 at 10:53 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>co is the worst id rather use .construction that’s a real one too. xyz and biz use to be free so they are junk. net and org those just say I’m settling because I wasn’t original enough to get com first. but something like io is modern, lot cooler then net.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-3080' data-commentid="3080" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-3080" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to ryan" aria-label='Reply to ryan'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-3132" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-3132" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-3132"><time datetime="2019-12-02T17:56:40+00:00">December 2, 2019 at 5:56 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks for the comment, Ryan.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-3132' data-commentid="3132" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-3132" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-3462" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-3462" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c3026faad8900f54e4288da6e3bc2d62?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c3026faad8900f54e4288da6e3bc2d62?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://garrettschultz.me" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Garrett</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-3462"><time datetime="2019-12-23T14:50:25+00:00">December 23, 2019 at 2:50 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hey Kyle, so quick question. Is it possible for a (.me) domain to get as much organic traffic as a (.com) domain? What would be your opinion on that?</p> <p>For my personal domain, I bought it 4 years ago and I’m just now starting to use it. Anyway, when I bought it, the .com extension was taken for my name but it wasn’t being used for anything, so I had to purchase the .me extention instead.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-3462' data-commentid="3462" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-3462" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Garrett" aria-label='Reply to Garrett'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-3466" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-3466" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-3466"><time datetime="2019-12-23T20:52:48+00:00">December 23, 2019 at 8:52 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hey Garrett,</p> <p>Google has stated that different domain extensions don’t have any direct impact on SEO, except in country-specific cases (ccTLDs) where they may be used for geotargeting — and even then, many ccTLDs are treated as generic TLDs. (.me and .co are two examples of this: they are technically ccTLDs but treated as generic.)</p> <p>However, as my study shows, different TLDs do change people’s behaviors in ways that certainly may impact the amount of organic traffic you’ll get. For example, it’s likely that .com domains get higher CTRs. They probably also earn more links due to their higher trust factor. (Although .me wasn’t part of the study, I would guess that it performs worse than .com in those areas.)</p> <p>So all other things being equal, yes I’m sure you could squeeze more organic traffic out of a .com domain than a .me one.</p> <p>But that doesn’t mean it’s make-or-break. In most cases it’s probably closer to a 10% difference than a 2x difference. </p> <p>However, if someone else is already dominating the SERPs for your name, you may have some difficulty ahead regardless of the TLD you’re going to use. In that case, depending on your goals you may want to create a separate brand name and use that instead (hopefully using the .com domain for it). </p> <p>I wrote about my process for naming brands and websites here – <a href="https://growthbadger.com/blog-names/" rel="ugc">https://growthbadger.com/blog-names/</a></p> <p>Good luck and let me know how it goes!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-3466' data-commentid="3466" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-3466" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-3587" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-3587" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo avatar-default' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.mykisan.net" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Rebekah Payne</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-3587"><time datetime="2019-12-29T17:03:11+00:00">December 29, 2019 at 5:03 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very helpful information, thanks for doing this.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-3587' data-commentid="3587" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-3587" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Rebekah Payne" aria-label='Reply to Rebekah Payne'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-3649" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-3649" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-3649"><time datetime="2020-01-02T10:49:51+00:00">January 2, 2020 at 10:49 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You’re welcome, Rebekah!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-3649' data-commentid="3649" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-3649" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-6851" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-6851" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fab8d6fd2fe1dea762f059da529b1bec?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fab8d6fd2fe1dea762f059da529b1bec?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://techidology.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">John</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-6851"><time datetime="2020-05-13T08:37:21+00:00">May 13, 2020 at 8:37 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks for sharing this information. Which TLD is best for SEO? Is TLD affect in SEO?</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-6851' data-commentid="6851" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-6851" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to John" aria-label='Reply to John'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-6957" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-6957" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-6957"><time datetime="2020-05-15T16:11:36+00:00">May 15, 2020 at 4:11 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Glad you enjoyed it, John. The standard answer is that aside from country-code considerations, TLDs don’t directly affect SEO at all. </p> <p>But SEO is affected by humans, and humans are affected by TLDs. So I think it’s reasonable to say that a .com domain will generally end up ranking better than the same domain would with a different TLD.</p> <p>.edu and .gov would most likely be two big exceptions though. And for non-profits, .org might be as well.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-6957' data-commentid="6957" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-6957" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-7361" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-7361" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f8aa6ca78da52cfd7a5b9a81cc970ab1?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f8aa6ca78da52cfd7a5b9a81cc970ab1?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.EstateName.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Mr Dee</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-7361"><time datetime="2020-05-28T00:53:19+00:00">May 28, 2020 at 12:53 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very informative & educative. Thanks for this and God bless you.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-7361' data-commentid="7361" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-7361" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Mr Dee" aria-label='Reply to Mr Dee'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-8732" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-8732" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-8732"><time datetime="2020-07-28T06:10:10+00:00">July 28, 2020 at 6:10 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Great, I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-8732' data-commentid="8732" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-8732" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-8428" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-8428" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/911f5505789675b476faf1d8b6ae429c?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/911f5505789675b476faf1d8b6ae429c?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Sole</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-8428"><time datetime="2020-07-10T23:35:45+00:00">July 10, 2020 at 11:35 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Interesting content on this page, I hope to continue participating and learning from all of you.</p> <p>interesantes comentarios los de esta pagina, espero seguir participanto y aprendiendo de todos ustedes.</p> <p>Saludos</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-8428' data-commentid="8428" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-8428" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Sole" aria-label='Reply to Sole'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-8721" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-8721" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-8721"><time datetime="2020-07-28T06:02:13+00:00">July 28, 2020 at 6:02 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Gracias, Sole. I’m glad you enjoyed it.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-8721' data-commentid="8721" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-8721" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-8669" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-8669" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bf64f45827c169cb1daf049d9b52a4d4?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bf64f45827c169cb1daf049d9b52a4d4?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.kisanhelp.online" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Rohit Kumar</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-8669"><time datetime="2020-07-26T08:42:30+00:00">July 26, 2020 at 8:42 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>thank you for sharing this important information about URLs.<br /> great study</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-8669' data-commentid="8669" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-8669" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Rohit Kumar" aria-label='Reply to Rohit Kumar'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-8715" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-8715" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-8715"><time datetime="2020-07-28T05:54:47+00:00">July 28, 2020 at 5:54 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Glad you found it interesting, Rohit.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-8715' data-commentid="8715" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-8715" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-9964" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-9964" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3c37202a051a9921a867c4497b7b48c2?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3c37202a051a9921a867c4497b7b48c2?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://packingl.ist" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Jo</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-9964"><time datetime="2020-09-01T17:44:51+00:00">September 1, 2020 at 5:44 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Kyle – really fascinating study and one that I’ve been looking for for a while. Although .com comes out best, it doesn’t seem to win by as much as I would have guessed (apart from memorability, which for an online publisher doesn’t really matter than much).<br /> Like others, I look forward to seeing the country-specific tld study when you have time to do it.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-9964' data-commentid="9964" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-9964" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jo" aria-label='Reply to Jo'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-9965" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-9965" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-9965"><time datetime="2020-09-01T19:02:59+00:00">September 1, 2020 at 7:02 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Jo, thanks for saying so. I expected the .com to make a bigger difference, too. But it still seems like a big enough difference to try for the .com when possible.</p> <p>I’ve also seen other comments from folks using alternate TLDs who believe they miss emails because of it. (Since people may send emails to the .com domain rather than double-checking what the correct TLD is.)</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-9965' data-commentid="9965" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-9965" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-10673" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-10673" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cc025858016a084a4b97536c43a36fd?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cc025858016a084a4b97536c43a36fd?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://thesmartadda.in" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Bharat Rajput</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-10673"><time datetime="2020-09-25T10:20:24+00:00">September 25, 2020 at 10:20 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks, Mr. Kyle Byers for sharing this ultimate information. It helps everyone to choose the best top-level domain.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-10673' data-commentid="10673" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-10673" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Bharat Rajput" aria-label='Reply to Bharat Rajput'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-10738" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-10738" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-10738"><time datetime="2020-09-28T16:49:30+00:00">September 28, 2020 at 4:49 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Happy to help, Bharat.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-10738' data-commentid="10738" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-10738" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-11299" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-11299" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f7981a4df2ccf45d1aa51331bac753c?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f7981a4df2ccf45d1aa51331bac753c?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Jay C.</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-11299"><time datetime="2020-10-22T21:07:09+00:00">October 22, 2020 at 9:07 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>What would you do if .com was not available in the desired domain name but was available with a dash? For example mydomain .com is taken but my-domain .com is available. Would you use the dash in order to get the .com name or go for another TDL like .org, .net, etc?</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-11299' data-commentid="11299" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-11299" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jay C." aria-label='Reply to Jay C.'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-12298" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-12298" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-12298"><time datetime="2020-11-23T08:01:13+00:00">November 23, 2020 at 8:01 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Jay, it’s a balance for sure. Personally I would look for a different name that has the .com available without a dash. If you already have a business and can’t choose a different name, then I’d probably go with a different TLD rather than using a dash.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-12298' data-commentid="12298" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-12298" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-11961" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-11961" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1553983ea10723cba11f6f48bef2716e?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1553983ea10723cba11f6f48bef2716e?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.imcrinox.com/web-development-company-in-bangalore.html" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Nagarjuna Reddy</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-11961"><time datetime="2020-11-13T06:30:47+00:00">November 13, 2020 at 6:30 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>For most of my blogs I use .com extension. Most of the people who are searching on internet thinks .com extension is the most standard domain extension.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-11961' data-commentid="11961" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-11961" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Nagarjuna Reddy" aria-label='Reply to Nagarjuna Reddy'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-12295" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-12295" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-12295"><time datetime="2020-11-23T07:56:31+00:00">November 23, 2020 at 7:56 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Nagarjuna, I agree. For better or worse, people think of .com as the default.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-12295' data-commentid="12295" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-12295" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-14473" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-14473" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/556c179787769b0ef9408aef16878244?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/556c179787769b0ef9408aef16878244?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Bearcat Sandor</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-14473"><time datetime="2021-01-27T18:10:20+00:00">January 27, 2021 at 6:10 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>A solution to part of this problem is forwarding. I own felinesoulstudio.com and felinesoul.studio. The .studio just forwards all traffic to the .com, as though it were an alias. I use the .studio on business cards because it looks trendy, and direct people to the .com or the .studio depending on my audience.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-14473' data-commentid="14473" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-14473" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Bearcat Sandor" aria-label='Reply to Bearcat Sandor'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-17753" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-17753" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17753"><time datetime="2021-09-20T08:28:13+00:00">September 20, 2021 at 8:28 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>That’s a nice solution, as long as you own both domains.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17753' data-commentid="17753" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17753" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-14861" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-14861" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/897d57b6e1d02777529f764cbe2fcca5?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/897d57b6e1d02777529f764cbe2fcca5?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://aperfectreview.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Kartik Prajapati</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-14861"><time datetime="2021-02-26T07:43:03+00:00">February 26, 2021 at 7:43 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Kyle,</p> <p>I just wanted to ask one question.</p> <p>Actually, I am thinking of starting a micro-niche website focusing on Indian audience.</p> <p>Is .in domain perfect for this or .com will be good?</p> <p>And, is the keyword should be there in the domain name or not?</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-14861' data-commentid="14861" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-14861" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kartik Prajapati" aria-label='Reply to Kartik Prajapati'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-14863" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-14863" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-14863"><time datetime="2021-02-26T10:42:23+00:00">February 26, 2021 at 10:42 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Kartik, </p> <p>Good question. We didn’t study the .in TLD specifically, but as far as I know it’s commonly used in India. If so, no problem using it — as long as you’ll only be targeting an Indian audience. If you think you might want to expand internationally in the future, a .com domain would be better.</p> <p>Regarding whether to include a keyword in your domain name: there’s nothing wrong with it necessarily, but it can be hard to do without seeming spammy. I talk more about this in my <a href="https://growthbadger.com/blog-names/">post</a> about blog and brand names – especially <a href="https://growthbadger.com/blog-names/#chapter-2">part 3</a>. The overall process laid out in that post can help you choose a great domain name even if you’re not planning on blogging.</p> <p>Good luck and let me know how it goes!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-14863' data-commentid="14863" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-14863" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-14882" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-14882" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6c93e81876c0c5bae8184f1ba5157ea8?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6c93e81876c0c5bae8184f1ba5157ea8?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://urea.co" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Arafat</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-14882"><time datetime="2021-02-28T04:37:43+00:00">February 28, 2021 at 4:37 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I think we commenting here are domainers so we may underestimate dotco.</p> <p>But the real survey was on normal buyers who often dont know what domain is. So whatever they say are the most important.<br /> Dot co rocks too.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-14882' data-commentid="14882" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-14882" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Arafat" aria-label='Reply to Arafat'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-15768" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-15768" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-15768"><time datetime="2021-05-20T10:20:35+00:00">May 20, 2021 at 10:20 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I agree. I think developers, founders, marketers and other tech-savvy people are less likely to care. But for the average person, it makes a big difference. Thanks for the comment, Arafat.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-15768' data-commentid="15768" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-15768" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-15341" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-15341" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a56f8f3cf4af2ef730b39b174a8c0f69?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a56f8f3cf4af2ef730b39b174a8c0f69?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://itsaust.in" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Austin walker</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-15341"><time datetime="2021-04-18T16:14:52+00:00">April 18, 2021 at 4:14 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>The .com domain is good but it has it’s cons. It’s like completely saturated. Several million names are already booked and u can’t simply find like, <a href="http://www.austin.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.austin.com</a><br /> So, I believe it’s better to have <a href="http://www.austin.org" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.austin.org</a> or any other TLD would work fine (except .biz and .xyz LOL since I receive a lot of spam mails from them)<br /> ,Rather than having some confusing name with .com, for example <a href="http://www.austinaaa.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.austinaaa.com</a> or <a href="http://www.austinwlkr.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.austinwlkr.com</a></p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-15341' data-commentid="15341" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-15341" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Austin walker" aria-label='Reply to Austin walker'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-15763" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-15763" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-15763"><time datetime="2021-05-20T10:15:35+00:00">May 20, 2021 at 10:15 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>There are tradeoffs for sure. But one problem with grabbing an alternate TLD for your domain is that it’s going to be hard to beat the original .com on Google for that keyword. </p> <p>So if the .com is taken then a longer brand name will often serve you better anyway. Which opens up more .com options.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-15763' data-commentid="15763" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-15763" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-15976" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-15976" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cb7e580016967388003cdc16219afada?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cb7e580016967388003cdc16219afada?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://upyojana.net/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Urmila</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-15976"><time datetime="2021-06-06T13:32:36+00:00">June 6, 2021 at 1:32 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very helpful information, thanks for writing this article.<br /> Thank you</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-15976' data-commentid="15976" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-15976" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Urmila" aria-label='Reply to Urmila'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-16039" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-16039" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-16039"><time datetime="2021-06-09T09:19:16+00:00">June 9, 2021 at 9:19 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Glad to hear it. Thanks for the comment.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-16039' data-commentid="16039" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-16039" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-16182" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-16182" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/df1ef0f3dfbd1a133878c664900f5e98?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/df1ef0f3dfbd1a133878c664900f5e98?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://1fid.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Ashfak</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-16182"><time datetime="2021-06-17T16:02:31+00:00">June 17, 2021 at 4:02 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>This is what I exactly need.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-16182' data-commentid="16182" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-16182" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Ashfak" aria-label='Reply to Ashfak'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-16188" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-16188" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-16188"><time datetime="2021-06-17T16:55:48+00:00">June 17, 2021 at 4:55 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Happy to hear it.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-16188' data-commentid="16188" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-16188" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-16594" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-16594" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6281fccb4c57a6fa863d70b41ef2909e?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6281fccb4c57a6fa863d70b41ef2909e?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://bietduoc.net" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">bietduoc</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-16594"><time datetime="2021-07-08T04:06:09+00:00">July 8, 2021 at 4:06 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>For me, .com is number 1 and .net is number 2</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-16594' data-commentid="16594" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-16594" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to bietduoc" aria-label='Reply to bietduoc'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-17277" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article 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data-belowelement="div-comment-17277" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Srweb" aria-label='Reply to Srweb'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-17463" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor even depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-17463" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17463"><time datetime="2021-08-27T16:37:15+00:00">August 27, 2021 at 4:37 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Absolutely. No problem.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17463' data-commentid="17463" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17463" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-17343" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-17343" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63e972e3d24cac9e9897cc9715765b67?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/63e972e3d24cac9e9897cc9715765b67?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.mauryajihelp.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">ATUL MAURYA</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17343"><time datetime="2021-08-21T02:20:29+00:00">August 21, 2021 at 2:20 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very helpful information on TLDs, thank you Kyle.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17343' data-commentid="17343" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17343" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to ATUL MAURYA" aria-label='Reply to ATUL MAURYA'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-17464" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor even depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-17464" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17464"><time datetime="2021-08-27T16:38:17+00:00">August 27, 2021 at 4:38 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You’re welcome, Atul. I’m glad you found it useful.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17464' data-commentid="17464" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17464" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-17586" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-17586" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e6be8ccb0304d946fed3e7834f044eca?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e6be8ccb0304d946fed3e7834f044eca?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">carlb</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17586"><time datetime="2021-09-06T11:57:58+00:00">September 6, 2021 at 11:57 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>So how does .info stack up against other extensions, such as .biz?</p> <p>I know the .info brand has historically been weakened by years of ill-advised promotions where the first year was $1 or so, jumping to the normal price on renewal. That got the domains abused for a lot of spam from folks who had no intention of keeping them for the full year, let alone permanently, but .biz is based on a rather ugly colloquialism which doesn’t look very businesslike at all.</p> <p>I’d expect .info to be weaker than .com or .net but am surprised to see it not listed at all.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17586' data-commentid="17586" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17586" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to carlb" aria-label='Reply to carlb'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-17588" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor even depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-17588" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17588"><time datetime="2021-09-06T13:37:56+00:00">September 6, 2021 at 1:37 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Carl, good question. The .info TLD wasn’t included this time but I plan to include it in a future analysis.</p> <p>I agree that it will probably rank somewhere around .biz.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17588' data-commentid="17588" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17588" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-17697" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-17697" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1d05a083849b14f6a6c741d35a0792c?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1d05a083849b14f6a6c741d35a0792c?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://sonarappliances.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Sonarappliances</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17697"><time datetime="2021-09-14T09:26:56+00:00">September 14, 2021 at 9:26 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>It is very good to know about difference and use of .org and .com. We are also .com!!!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17697' data-commentid="17697" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17697" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Sonarappliances" aria-label='Reply to Sonarappliances'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-17752" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor even depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-17752" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17752"><time datetime="2021-09-20T08:26:37+00:00">September 20, 2021 at 8:26 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Good choice 🙂</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17752' data-commentid="17752" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17752" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-17738" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-17738" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5c4dba43717af4e188f55d054d5d86c0?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5c4dba43717af4e188f55d054d5d86c0?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://pmyupdate.com/ganna-parchi-calendar/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">John Dsouza</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17738"><time datetime="2021-09-18T17:03:42+00:00">September 18, 2021 at 5:03 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very helpful information thanks for sharing 🙂</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17738' data-commentid="17738" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17738" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to John Dsouza" aria-label='Reply to John Dsouza'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-17751" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor even depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-17751" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17751"><time datetime="2021-09-20T08:25:53+00:00">September 20, 2021 at 8:25 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You’re welcome, John. Glad you liked it.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17751' data-commentid="17751" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17751" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-17760" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-17760" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e482f786b9098ca2bd23a4204871b72b?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e482f786b9098ca2bd23a4204871b72b?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.mcezone.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Mcezone</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17760"><time datetime="2021-09-21T16:36:49+00:00">September 21, 2021 at 4:36 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very helpful article about TLDs. Thanks for Information.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17760' data-commentid="17760" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17760" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Mcezone" aria-label='Reply to Mcezone'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-17786" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor even depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-17786" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17786"><time datetime="2021-09-23T06:27:55+00:00">September 23, 2021 at 6:27 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I’m glad you found it helpful.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17786' data-commentid="17786" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17786" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-17881" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-17881" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1b91e3ba088314fa8b3d857af10c032f?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1b91e3ba088314fa8b3d857af10c032f?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://t.me/s/bietduoc" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">telegram</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17881"><time datetime="2021-09-29T04:31:28+00:00">September 29, 2021 at 4:31 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Domain .co is an interesting choice</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17881' data-commentid="17881" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17881" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to telegram" aria-label='Reply to telegram'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-17918" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor even depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-17918" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-17918"><time datetime="2021-09-30T07:44:10+00:00">September 30, 2021 at 7:44 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Agreed. When the .com is too expensive, the .co is a decent alternative.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-17918' data-commentid="17918" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-17918" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-18034" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-18034" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0787a6914d6613f4fb3331c0004f057d?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0787a6914d6613f4fb3331c0004f057d?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.imdb.com/user/ur131136678" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Imdb</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18034"><time datetime="2021-10-07T09:13:07+00:00">October 7, 2021 at 9:13 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I am a fan of the .io domain. Almost like IOT (Internet of Think)</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18034' data-commentid="18034" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18034" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Imdb" aria-label='Reply to Imdb'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-18077" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-18077" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a6548c1784967beec6b7b9a6ddff36f1?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a6548c1784967beec6b7b9a6ddff36f1?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://beermovies.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">David</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18077"><time datetime="2021-10-10T05:29:46+00:00">October 10, 2021 at 5:29 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Very helpful article . Thanks for Information Keep it up</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18077' data-commentid="18077" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18077" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to David" aria-label='Reply to David'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-18101" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-18101" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18101"><time datetime="2021-10-11T06:30:24+00:00">October 11, 2021 at 6:30 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>No problem, David. Glad you liked it.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18101' data-commentid="18101" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18101" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-18135" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-18135" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo avatar-default' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Phong Van</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18135"><time datetime="2021-10-14T03:36:11+00:00">October 14, 2021 at 3:36 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Almost all websites are .com. For example, Facebook.com, Google.com, Tiktok.com…</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18135' data-commentid="18135" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18135" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Phong Van" aria-label='Reply to Phong Van'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-18331" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-18331" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18331"><time datetime="2021-10-22T15:35:22+00:00">October 22, 2021 at 3:35 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Phong, .com is the most trusted TLD and it’s used by most of the major international websites, for sure. But there are hundreds of millions of sites that use other domain extensions. Including some very big ones like Wikipedia.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18331' data-commentid="18331" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18331" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-18444" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-18444" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cbb065fcc983331ae10c73346da01ab6?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cbb065fcc983331ae10c73346da01ab6?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://girishjha.org/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Girish jha</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18444"><time datetime="2021-10-27T05:04:06+00:00">October 27, 2021 at 5:04 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>nice to know difference about these extensions. thanks for sharing info</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18444' data-commentid="18444" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18444" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Girish jha" aria-label='Reply to Girish jha'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-18953" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-18953" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18953"><time datetime="2021-11-11T10:48:52+00:00">November 11, 2021 at 10:48 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Glad you liked it, Girish.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18953' data-commentid="18953" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18953" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-18890" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-18890" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f942f047f235046cb52eb2740681adb7?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f942f047f235046cb52eb2740681adb7?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Jess Rohloff</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18890"><time datetime="2021-11-09T22:37:20+00:00">November 9, 2021 at 10:37 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>This is great intel, Kyle! I’ve been wondering about deliverability as it relates to using different TLDs, but it’s hard to find information on this. (Deliverability in general is ridiculously complex, which I was unaware of until recently.)</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18890' data-commentid="18890" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18890" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jess Rohloff" aria-label='Reply to Jess Rohloff'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-18904" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-18904" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-18904"><time datetime="2021-11-10T10:21:39+00:00">November 10, 2021 at 10:21 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I’m glad you liked it, Jess. And interesting question about deliverability. I’d be curious to know about that too.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-18904' data-commentid="18904" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-18904" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-19391" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-19391" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b64ddab389a0dcdd2dd32a72d2158db5?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b64ddab389a0dcdd2dd32a72d2158db5?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://socialwatch.in/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Chandan Sanwal</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-19391"><time datetime="2021-12-03T07:45:26+00:00">December 3, 2021 at 7:45 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Great insights Kyle,<br /> I was looking for the comparison between .io, .shop & .store as we’re building an eCommerce brand coz all top TLDs are not availble. And still above 3 are also listed as premium, so we’re going with .store TLD.<br /> What’s your take on this kyle?</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-19391' data-commentid="19391" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-19391" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Chandan Sanwal" aria-label='Reply to Chandan Sanwal'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-19786" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-19786" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Kyle Byers</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-19786"><time datetime="2021-12-27T14:24:40+00:00">December 27, 2021 at 2:24 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Chandan,</p> <p>One good reason to avoid minor TLDs is that if all the major TLDs are taken, it probably means the brand name you’re considering will be very competitive as a keyword. Is it worth having a short brand name if your site will never rank in the top 3 when people search for it?</p> <p>That’s just one of several factors to consider.</p> <p>Other things to ask yourself:<br /> – Who is your target audience? If they’re very tech-savvy, then a minor TLD will probably be fine. But the average person still doesn’t see “example.store” as a URL.</p> <p>– What do you expect to be your main traffic source? Some sources display and rely on the URL more than others. (Plus the SEO consideration I mentioned above.)</p> <p>– Are there any alternative brand name ideas that might allow you to grab a .com instead? I wrote a very detailed process for coming up with and testing brand names you can check out here – <a href="https://growthbadger.com/blog-names/" rel="ugc">https://growthbadger.com/blog-names/</a> (it’s not just for blogs).</p> <p>Overall, whether you use a .com or not probably isn’t going to make or break your business. But it does have an advantage over other TLDs.</p> <p>Good luck!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-19786' data-commentid="19786" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-19786" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Kyle Byers" aria-label='Reply to Kyle Byers'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-19607" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-19607" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/39b1d861738520c128f05168430f0afa?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/39b1d861738520c128f05168430f0afa?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://4csupremelawint.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Ajay</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-19607"><time datetime="2021-12-18T10:08:23+00:00">December 18, 2021 at 10:08 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Its amazing to know difference between these website extensions, I eager and love to know about new info and stuff</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-19607' data-commentid="19607" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-19607" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Ajay" aria-label='Reply to Ajay'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-19724" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-19724" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/89407f88af4e19107c0b1e507f5aa099?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/89407f88af4e19107c0b1e507f5aa099?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://houseofscholars.net/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Husna</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-19724"><time datetime="2021-12-24T10:15:26+00:00">December 24, 2021 at 10:15 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Amazing Blog. Rightly explained the importance and need of right domain name. Domain Name is something every website should choose wisely, irrespective of the industry. This blog gave clarity on many things , will surely help in choosing the correct one next time. Thanks for sharing Kyle.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-19724' data-commentid="19724" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-19724" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Husna" aria-label='Reply to Husna'>Reply</a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-20099" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-20099" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fbbc7f2d236da79abe26b1dc43fb172b?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fbbc7f2d236da79abe26b1dc43fb172b?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-32 photo' height='32' width='32' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="https://schoolofmakeup.in/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">suzan</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/#comment-20099"><time datetime="2022-01-15T09:10:13+00:00">January 15, 2022 at 9:10 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Love to know about this new stuff, thanks for sharing this information with us .</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-20099' data-commentid="20099" data-postid="902" data-belowelement="div-comment-20099" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to suzan" aria-label='Reply to suzan'>Reply</a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-20143" class="comment byuser comment-author-kyle bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-20143" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=32&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1e51f656f582d50ba4643714aed40314?s=64&d=mm&r=g 2x' 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