I am working with a local Christian private Jr/High school to help them with their web presence. They currently have a rather 'bulky' .org domain name. I think that .org is the most appropriate TLD for them to use, but they want to explore other options.

Any opinions on what TLD a California Christian Private Jr/High school should use?

Would the school be eligible for a .edu domain? Not being in the USA I am not familiar with the rules. The .edu registry can be found at:

http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=720&bhcp=1

If you don't qualify for .edu I think .org is fine - if the existing domain is too bulky you could perhaps try to find something shorter?

I am pretty sure they don't qualify for .edu since they are not a "post secondary" school which to me means college/university. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Oh and I should mention that I definatly plan to find a 'less bulky' name, but before I put on the thinking cap I wanted to determing the best TLD to use...hence this thread! :D

maybe .info if .org doesn't work for you :)

Originally posted by Huminie
Any opinions on what TLD a California Christian Private Jr/High school should use?
.com


For business entities?
.com

Personal websites?
.com

School projects?
.com

Churches?
.com

Government websites for citizen or consumer awareness?
.com

Well then...how do you explain the domain name in your signature? LOL

That is actually my rule for the most part. I have one .net myself, and stick to .com the rest of the time. I am just double checking that there isn't some newer TLD for schools I wasn't aware of. Doesn't look like there is.

Thanks!

My opinion is to get both a .org and .com extension for the same name.

It is my experience, be that what it may, that most folks think of Church or Church-affiliated websites as being .org addresses though there is no hard and fast rule. Domains being as cheap as they are I would find a name that you could give both TLD extensions to and just park the secondary name at the primary one.

A .org would be best in my opinion.

Originally posted by Huminie
Well then...how do you explain the domain name in your signature? LOL
LOL! You caught me red handed. That is one of the few .net domains that I have (and for some special reason which I am not supposed to mention here). I don't even register the .net version for my more important .com's. The line of thinking is that: if you don't have .com, using a .net only sends traffic to the .com guy; if you already have the .com, you don't need the .net.

.org would be best. But why don't you just register every
TLD which is still available? :)

Originally posted by DevilDog
My opinion is to get both a .org and .com extension for the same name.

It is my experience, be that what it may, that most folks think of Church or Church-affiliated websites as being .org addresses though there is no hard and fast rule. Domains being as cheap as they are I would find a name that you could give both TLD extensions to and just park the secondary name at the primary one.

Originally posted by dodo1
.org would be best. But why don't you just register every
TLD which is still available? :)

I agree with the 2 posts above, especially the second if it can be
helped (well, maybe .biz isn't necessary :) )

But as you know, .com has the strongest pull. Think factcheck.com. :D