Dave Warren wrote:
You should only use .net if you use it for its intended purpose -- the infrastructure nodes of a network. As for .info, again, use it only if you're providing information -- running a business off .info is a disservice to its intended clientele. And as for .biz, it's a total failure.Right now, if <yourname>.com is taken, you can grab <yourname>.net or .biz or .info or whatever else fits your needs, and from a marketing point of view it is nearly as effective.
An ISP should only use .net for its routers and infrastructure nodes. If it provides access to users, those should be on .com, or if they don't care about anyone actually finding them, .biz.Now, .com/.net/.org/.biz/.info are not entirely interchangable, but in many cases a domain legitimately falls into more then one. An ISP, for example, is a good fit under .COM/.NET and .BIZ, but not really as much under .ORG or .INFO (Although nothing stops you)
And not reserving .org for non-profits is one of the great travesties of recent history.
