.info, .biz, or .us

Nick · 02-22-2006, 01:13 AM

I am thinking about starting a travel site. What is the best extension for this?

.info
.biz
.us

??

etech-peter · 02-22-2006, 05:43 AM

I would say .info

WorldwideTrading · 02-22-2006, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by etech-peter

I would say .info

Would that not depend on what type of website, info is good for information sites but less good for commercial websites. I believe you should use the correct extension for your target market.

Travel on the internet is a hard one to crack, people will be searching for where they want to go and not necessarily where they are. You will have to find a nieche if you want to get anywhere.

**John Scott** · 02-24-2006, 01:04 AM

None of the above.

.com

etech-peter · 02-24-2006, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by cgreen

Would that not depend on what type of website, info is good for information sites but less good for commercial websites. I believe you should use the correct extension for your target market.

Travel on the internet is a hard one to crack, people will be searching for where they want to go and not necessarily where they are. You will have to find a nieche if you want to get anywhere.

Well he has already mentioned that his site is a travel site. I agree .info is good for information sites, but he will need to provide some info about say for eg. the most popular tourist destinations, maps, area, fares, hotels, local people, currencies, package deals etc on his site. Out of the three he has mentioned, .info sounds the best.

sednax · 03-03-2006, 05:11 AM

well if you have info about travel, travel sites, news, etc.. i would choose .info

if you are going to sell vacations and tourist stuff, i would choose .info or .biz, not .us.

if possible, use .com or .net

those are the best imo

caffeine_kitty · 03-09-2006, 06:54 AM

same advice here. .com is way much better than anything else.

Ferre · 03-09-2006, 05:54 PM

Extention doesn't really matter, I rank #5 for "Amsterdam information" with a page from my (non commercial) .net site. SEO is of more importance than your domain extention.

Rezo · 03-13-2006, 08:53 AM

I would suggest to buy multiple domains .com, .info, .org

webprofessor · 03-13-2006, 09:12 AM

IMO,
For a developed site the extension only matters if you expect people to type in your domain name from memory. Otherwise the ways people will navigate to your domain will most likely be search, bookmarks, links, etc..

Since you are not likely to get a name with type in potential ( which would have to be a dotCom in that case ), go for an all the extensions you need to convey your message and protect your brand.

So in this case dotBiz sounds off topic, dotInfo is most descriptive and dotUs is well, the dotUs is easy to say.

All that being said if I was forced to pick one I would choose dotIinfo that is descriptive and short and I would recommend you consider a dotCom instead, even if you have to spend a few hundred.

**ToddW** · 03-13-2006, 09:33 PM

For SEO only it doesn't matter... for type-in and if you want people to remember for long term or even short term then .COM only.

webprofessor · 03-14-2006, 08:02 AM

one other thing though is that you will lose traffic to the dotCom after your brand is established. People assume dotCom

**John Scott** · 03-16-2006, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by webprofessor

one other thing though is that you will lose traffic to the dotCom after your brand is established. People assume dotCom

Yep. I used to have a lot of .net's and that always bothered me. And people meaning to link to my website but instead linking to the .com version, which I didn't own.

sagbee · 03-17-2006, 07:15 AM

Yeah it doesn't matter. what u choose for extension. rather .com is much valuable.

BUt if u have only these options then .biz is too good like http://www.etravelguide. biz/

webprofessor · 03-17-2006, 07:52 AM

Personally I hate dotBiz. Its slang that no one uses but immature kids, so to me its unprofessional and I'd never have it attached to a primary name.

The aftermarket in dotBiz is quite weak as well.

etech-peter · 03-18-2006, 05:02 AM

.biz is the least preferred extension among the three I guess. If you go for .us it would give an impression that your travel site has all information about travel in U.S only. As I mentioned earlier .info would be the best of the three extensions for your travel site.

-MGS- · 03-19-2006, 02:06 PM

Hello,

For me I would use a .info as it seems correct for your idea.

Manish Pandey · 03-19-2006, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rezo

I would suggest to buy multiple domains .com, .info, .org

Well I would suggest never do that... why would you waste your money... Dont ever do that... Money comes from hard work...

Just buy only one domain name whatever extension you feel like... believe it or not it really doesn't matter a bit... the only thing that matters is the impression...

.com website owners tend to get a good impression than .info sites... this is because .info sites are not in trend... and in branding yourself...
Your Name CEO SomeTravelWebsite.com .... thats all... nothing much weight for SEO... A .com has the same weight as .info

Take care

Manish

webprofessor · 03-20-2006, 05:24 AM

Manish, buying all the entensions is about brand protection not making more money. And spending 32 dollars on a domain ( to buy cotCom, cotOrg,, dotNet, and dotINfo ) really isn't much money.

etech-peter · 03-23-2006, 04:00 AM

Webprofessor, if you buy a name with a .com, I don't think there will be a need to buy other extensions like .net, .org and .info unless ofcourse the name is Trademarked. Manish is right, for a small business website there is no need to buy other extensions and waste money. Also with a .com name there is less or no chance of losing type-in traffic so there is no need to redirect the others extensions to the .com one.