domain question

[anexsia]

Hi guys,

I have only ever bought .com domains but I recently took advantage of a free domain promo and a $0.99 promo for .info domains and picked up two .info domains I plan on developing into blogs. Basically, can .info domains be just as good as .com domains for adult blogs? Thanks

[pradaboy]

No, you should really stick to .com

[anexsia]

I just figured since one was free and the other was only 99cents, that it might be better then just using a subdomain?

[pradaboy]

I just figured since one was free and the other was only 99cents, that it might be better then just using a subdomain?

Well for various reasons .com is simply king. IMO the search engines still take the extension into consideration and when you get a repeat audience to your website they will almost all type-in whateveryoursiteiscalled.com so it's just best to always make sure you have the .com

[fpaul90]

But you can still use those sites for good PR if you develop them well. They may not bring good traffic, but they can be of good use other ways.

[LightscapeMedia]

I have Godaddy hosting and they make you use a container domain if you want to add additional domains under the same hosting account.

Me being the obsessive/compulsive person that I am, I like to have all of my stuff organized. So I use the .info domain as the container domain.

All of my .com's are subfolders on the same hosting account.

This is the only real use I have found for .info's for my own workflow. And I do find them rather useful for this purpose.

Disclaimer: I just woke up and have no idea if any of this makes any sense.

[HandballJim]

I would stick with .com even if you need to add words, .99 cents is a cheap investment and a .info will work with a blog. But when it is time to renew godaddy will charge you full price for the .info domain. So for the same price a .net or .org is 2nd and 3rd to the .com.

Search engine results don't seem rank .info and .me very well, but I have seen .us coming up more in results.