[Hidden-tech] .com/.co/.org/.biz/.net/.info/.tv/.mobi etc.

[Cheryl Handsaker]

Also, it's hard for me to tell if attitudes are changing but it used to be that a commercial, for-profit company using a .org domain was perceived negatively. As appropriate .com names are becoming scarce, businesses seem to be adopting .org for the search engine value. I'm not sure if this is normalizing the practice (i.e. people no longer expect .org to be a non-profit) or if it is increasing the negative perception (since the organizations that should have these domains available can't register them). 

I personally still hold a negative connotation of a for-profit business using .org but that is may be more a function of my "technology age" than a widespread attitude. I would be interested in hearing what other's perceptions are of this practice. 
 
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>> Would love to hear what you all think. Other than .com, what do you
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>> its a little crazy. Some are obviously geared toward a particular arena
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>Well .net is *supposed* to be for network providers (eg ISPs), although
>I don't think it is is enforced. And I believe .org is supposed to be
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>I think .co is generally only used with a non-USA country TLD (eg
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>rate .com and .biz as more or less interchangable -- that is about
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