> if your company is called Vortex Systems, you may want Vortex.to or > Vortex.cc or Vortex.ws etc. as opposted to TheVortexSystems.com. Or > perhaps both redirect to one site. Mostly, I agree. The TLD is meaningless. It just opens up a larger namespace. However, I can't think of any reason why, if you registed vortex.cc, you'd want to register vortex.ws. Once again, if someone doesn't know the exact domain URL, then they're not going to just start picking TLD's out of thin air. There are already dozens of viable TLD's; soon hundreds. > as for people typing in domains that don't have .com in them, you simply > need to put that information on your business card...etc... > > i've been typing in .net .org .ca etc. for years. no big deal for me. That wasn't my point. It's not about typing in a known address. It's the idea that one TLD vs. another makes your web site easier to find or makes the URL more memorable. Users won't say "This is television oriented business, maybe since I didn't find their site at vortex.com, I might find it at vortex.tv". Then, "Well, that didn't work, maybe it's at vortex.cc or maybe vortex.ws or maybe...". Like you say, it's printed on a business card or mentioned in an ad. Jim
