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  1. #1
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    .nu or .ws for generic domain?

    Hi all,

    Just wondering on your opinion of what's best (or your favourite).

    I personally couldn't decide (that's the point of this thread I guess). I currently own one .nu and one .ws

    I think ".nu" sounds cool, yet ".ws" looks like it stands for WebSite (maybe more professional).

    Opinions welcome

    Thanks,
    Shockuk.

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    .nu is more professional in my opinion

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    I don't like both, but .nu sounds better then .ws in my opinion...
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    .ws,

    I do not know what .nu is

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    They're both crap, imho... but I voted anyway

  6. #6
    .nu was a big hit here in Sweden. It means "now".

    But my feeling is that now the local .se is considered more professional than .nu altough it's quite popular.

  7. #7
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    i still prefet .com well i voted anyway

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    I agree with those who dislike both, but these days it seems every .com is taken

    In my opinion, I'd rather own e.g. playgames.nu more than randomwordarcade.com - I think it grabs a lot more search engine traffic too.

  9. #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by shockuk
    I agree with those who dislike both, but these days it seems every .com is taken

    In my opinion, I'd rather own e.g. playgames.nu more than randomwordarcade.com - I think it grabs a lot more search engine traffic too.

    ya true, nwadays when register .com its alwasy some long names or with "-".

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    They both are useless
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    You won't get any type in traffic with almost any tld domain other than .com. If you develop a great site and do good seo and get backlinks you'll make it into the search engines which'll give you traffic, with almost any tld, even the crap ones

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    Quote Originally Posted by stu2
    You won't get any type in traffic with almost any tld domain other than .com.
    That is not entirely true at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shockuk
    I agree with those who dislike both, but these days it seems every .com is taken

    In my opinion, I'd rather own e.g. playgames.nu more than randomwordarcade.com - I think it grabs a lot more search engine traffic too.
    I'd rather own RandomArcade.com

    It depends on your target audience. If it's in the US, .ws is naturally better.

    However, I only have one non-.com/.net name [.bz] And that was only because it was a short one-word domain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard H
    That is not entirely true at all.
    Oops... I put the almost in the wrong place

    You won't get almost any type in traffic with any tld domain other than .com.

    Is that better?

    And I would add... the big country level tlds to the .com
    Last edited by stub; 02-19-2006 at 02:00 AM.

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    I like .ws which is why we decided to become a .ws registrar.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stu2
    Oops... I put the almost in the wrong place

    You won't get almost any type in traffic with any tld domain other than .com.

    Is that better?

    And I would add... the big country level tlds to the .com
    This is probably true, but the only domains that get any type-in traffic that's worth something are "sex.com" and "shop.com" style one-word domains.

    I highly doubt randomnamedwebsite.com will get ANY type-in traffic (or anything worthwhile anyway). I feel that the search-engine bonus you get from a domain name matching what your site is (e.g. webhost.EXT) would far outweigh any possible type-ins you'll get to a random .com...

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    Out of the two options I'd choose [.nu], although if [.com] isn't available then why not try for [.cc]?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shockuk
    This is probably true, but the only domains that get any type-in traffic that's worth something are "sex.com" and "shop.com" style one-word domains.

    I highly doubt randomnamedwebsite.com will get ANY type-in traffic (or anything worthwhile anyway). I feel that the search-engine bonus you get from a domain name matching what your site is (e.g. webhost.EXT) would far outweigh any possible type-ins you'll get to a random .com...
    Nobody types in sex.tk

  19. #19
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    I prefer the .ws ccTLD
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  20. #20
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    Not to ruffle any single persons feathers but both of these names are worthless in my view. To someone who knows mainly .com and .net I cannot even comprehend what these two extensions denote

  21. #21
    Quote Originally Posted by technanny
    Not to ruffle any single persons feathers but both of these names are worthless in my view.
    I've owned a dozen .nu domains when .nu was first introduced. It is an overpriced domain that does nothing for you. I had various generics but after about 4 years, I let them expire and walked. All my .nu's were replaced with .coms/.nets.

  22. #22
    I own names in both TLDs, but if I have to choose, I prefer .WS, so I voted for that one.

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