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Originally Posted by crockett
nothing has ever even made a dent in the .com TLD status as top dog.
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Two words: Critical Mass
The point is once .com became the standard that was it.
Now, as you said .org and .net have their place.
But if you take a .net and build a site on it, approximately 15% of your traffic in the long haul will be lost to people who forget your extension - because when they do, by default they will always assume its .com
In China .cn
In India .in (in time will replace .co.in)
In UK .uk (in time will replace .co.uk)
But wherever your locality is, it is essential to have the dot com FIRST. In the above three, people always go for dot com first and country code extension second.
If you dont have the .com you're building your house on shaky foundations. And when the thing comes tumbling down, there's a shack up the street full of labourers who are waiting for the job youre gonna hand them. They'll also be happy to empty your pockets.
And thats why you always build on dot com - if not dont, someone else is eating your lunch.