Human nature is stereotypic. If there is something about the Internet, the first thing that comes to the minds of most people is "dot com"!
I will give an example. There used to be two companies: rent.com and rent.net
Every time rent.net advertised their services on radio or on buses, etc a large number of visitors would visit rent.com. And rent.com is still in business today where as rent.net disappeared long ago during the dot com bubble burst.
So what does it mean? If you are running a business website, always prefer a .com. However, if your website is going to be primarily an information website, you can go for anything. Search engines do not differentiate between the site endings.
BTW, .info is the cheapest. You can get .info domain for $1.21 ($0.99 + $0.22 ICANN tax) at Godaddy and even cheaper @ $0.88 at tierra.net
I personally prefer .info domains because it perfectly matches the motive of my sites.
Last edited by ncaditya; 06-19-2007 at 09:27 AM.
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