how often do you actually visit a .org domain?
 

i may have come into recent possession of some names but i am just wondering how often do you actually visit a .org domain?

i BARELY ever visit them.

Hardly ever if ever.

sometimes, the worth is more into either the traffic that already exists on it or the word being a generic word or in the last case very brandable :2 cents:

If I do, it's usually because I'm checking out some non-profit.

Pretty much only through links.. I can't remember the last time I typed in a .org domain.

what are some of the major auction sites?

i forget where loan.com etc. was sold at. i want to check out price ranges.

l visit a .org about 2 times a year

Sedo.com reports some high profile sales frequently. If you want the link to a domainforum where you can sell it or at least get some more into the art of selling domains let me know.

robert/at/pradaboy/dot/nl
ICQ 181191

archive.org

every day

I never really notice. If I search for something on yahoo or google, I click on the results that look most relevant, I hardly ever notice the domain name, much less the extension.

Ive must of visited about a couple in about 6 years

Lots of times because I own several of them. But what does it matter if you're getting SE traffic? I mean as long as they click through the link, the domain name might as well be fdsfd6sbfdsiee33h3hfe.org

rarely :batman

Rarely. >10 times a year?

Daily... slashdot.org

slashdot.org
alternet.org
my-annoying-seo-domains.org

well it shouldnt matter, but for branding reasons it does for me.

Can you elaborate on the internal branding debate in which you are engaged?

i cant get into details on mine specifically considering i am still in limbo with the deal but:

if my company name is "skull inc" and the only .com domain avail is "theskull.com" and i could obtain "skull.org" i would rather spend the extra $ for "skull.org".

rarely..

I visit slashdot.org regularly, and aadl.org (my local library's site) irregularly. Their extension doesn't matter to me. I'm sure I visit quite a few from google links, but I'm not paying enough attention to the domains to remember them. It would be unusual for me to type in a .org I didn't know, unless I was trying to guess the domain of a specific organization...I wouldn't just try a generic .org name. I do have some generic .orgs, the best of which gets a couple dozen uniques per day, but most are quite marginal.

Tough call, either way you'd lose traffic to people thinking it's skull.com. I'd consider buying skull.org, and register both theskull.com and theskull.org, then establish "theskull.org" as the primary site, so people mis-remembering it will be more apt to misremember it as "theskull.com" or "skull.org," which would redirect back to theskull.org.

hehe my example was actually pretty terrible, its very hard to explain without actually saying the name.

but i understand what you are saying. :winkwink:

never or barely

www.pussy.org :)

only throuhg links

yepper that is def one of the main ones, also the best tgp design on the planet. :winkwink:

slashdot.org

it's the only .org domain I could even think of

Their graphics guy is a genius :winkwink:

craigslist.org
kcsm.org

I just visited this one:

http://www.freecycle.org/

I frequent a lot of tech and unix sites that are .org

and my bot visits .org blogs all the time :P

Werddd...

Don't you guys read slashdot?

as far as i know, i never have.

there's only one .org domain worths visiting:

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<tatclass> YOU ALL SUCK DICK
<tatclass> er.
<tatclass> hi.
<andy\code> A common typo.
<tatclass> the keys are like right next to each other.


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<anamexis> oh man
<anamexis> I was opening a coke, right
--> Beefpile ([email protected]) has joined #themacmind
<anamexis> and it exploded
<anamexis> ALMOST all over my keyboard
<anamexis> but I got it away just in time
<-- Beefpile has quit (sick fuckers)
<anamexis> :<

etc.
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Can you guess what site I'm talking about? ;)

I do and I know that a couple of surfers do too .......

btw who owns pussy.org? does he post here?

Back in 2001?

only one i visit is gag.org

only .org I know :)

I cant think of any I visit

I stumble upon them pretty rarely. There's none I visit on a regular basis.

Only if I already know of it. I wouldn't type in a .org that I didn't know.

wikipedia.org
slashdot.org

they're the only ones i *regularly* visit.