.com vs .net

[j1979]

i guess Hexus is .net because when Saracen registered the domain .com was taken. (just a guess)

but i want to register a domain that is not UK specific.. so .co.uk would have less value

it is going to offer free language mp3's... but i have a choice of

goodname.com

idealname.net

or

ideal-name.com

ideal-name.net


what are peoples opinions ?

[TAKTAK]

David actually has the .co.uk and .com domains (aswell as others) for HEXUS registered under his name and HEXUS LTD (same for H3XU5), no idea why they are not set up as redirects though...

I say both and just set one up as a redirect...


Not sure where you're thinking Saracen comes into the domain name game though?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

David actually has the .co.uk and .com domains (aswell as others) for HEXUS registered under his name and HEXUS LTD (same for H3XU5), no idea why they are not set up as redirects though...

I say both and just set one up as a redirect...


Not sure where you're thinking Saracen comes into the domain name game though?

Don't argue with Queeg 500!!

[j1979]

I say both and just set one up as a redirect...

but .com's and nets are quite expensive at £10 a year

Not sure where you're thinking Saracen comes into the domain name game though?

i thought he was the founder.. but i don't really know the community like you do! im not quite a hexus addict

[j1979]

Don't argue with Queeg 500!!

not many people spot that... your only the second

i am not sure if people think its my mugshot !?!

[TAKTAK]

not many people spot that... your only the second

i am not sure if people think its my mugshot !?!

There's a few people with Mr Flibble too

[j1979]

There's a few people with Mr Flibble too

lol... but no one mistakes mrFlibble for a real person! unless rimmer is there too!

anyhow back on topic.

If you could only choose the idealname.net or goodname.com

which would you go for?

[TAKTAK]

If it is aimed at the general masses then .com as that is what everyone seems to think makes it a good website

So in that instance i would go for goodname.com or ideal-name.com

Sorry about the thread derailment (i blame the moose )

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Sorry about the thread derailment (i blame the moose )

Rimmer: "They've been naughty boys, haven't they, Mr. Flibble?"

Mr. Flibble: "Yes!"

Rimmer: "What happens to naughty boys who've been naughty, Mr. Flibble?"

Mr. Fibble: "Uncle Arnie fries them alive with his hex vision."


Rimmer: They've been very bad, Mr. Flibble. What we going to do with them?
Rimmer: [Mr.Flibble whispers something in Rimmers ear and he looks at the crew, shocked] We couldn't possibly do that. Who'd clean up the mess?

[Blastuk]

In my personal experience of forgetting web addresses, if you have name.net but I forgot what the address was, I might try name.com; fail and give up.

If you have name.com, I'd probably manage to find the site again.

(true story, had this happen the other day with a website I forgot the address to)

This of course doesn't apply if they're already familiar with your site and visit frequently.

[santa claus]

.com I'd say. It's synonymous with the internet/web as blastuk says.

[j1979]

even if the .com is in this format;

goodsite-name.com

vs

goodsitename.net

you would still choose .com even with a hyphen ?

[Saracen]

......

Not sure where you're thinking Saracen comes into the domain name game though?

Nor me.

I first joined HEXUS as a simple member, though David and I were both Mods on another site. But, if memory serves, David started HEXUS before I even joined that other site, never mind joining here.

For anyone that doesn't know, and cares .... I don't have anything to do with the business side of HEXUS, or the publishing side, just the forums. Oh, I talk with David and PD from time to time, and I sometimes give an opinion (whether they ask or not) and I hope they find it useful, but that's about it as far as the business side goes. I pop down to the office from time to time, and know quite a few of the people there though most of them I only actually physically met fairly recently.

I did do a lot of the setup of the forums after the last rebuild (several years ago), but that's only because I'm familiar with vBulletin from running other sites, and David and the others were up to their ears in other stuff at the time. And, pretty much all I did was reinstitute, with a few tweaks, more or less what was already here.

I have no involvement on the business side, and have never had anything at all to do with domain name registration. I don't even know where they're registered. All I do is forum admin as one of the team, and sometimes a bit of setting up if it requires a more detailed familiarity with the way vb works, and even that, Steve usually does. If it's creating forums, changing usergroup permissions or setting up new usergroups, it might be me, or Steve. If it's coding tweaks, it certainly won't be me, as I don't have server access, just admin panel access.

But as for domain names, nuffink to do with me.

I would also guess (and it is a guess, having never asked or been told), though, that you're right j1979, the .com was probably taken. Or maybe, as this is a net service, .net was felt to be more appropriate.

[b0redom]

Well strictly speaking, back in the beginning, .net was for network infrastructure, whereas .com was for companies. So if you were running a web site for, say, Hoover, it would be hoover.com. If you were running a portal such as say Google, you'd have Google.net.

[Mr Flibbles]

As the airmen in Allo Allo would say....HELLO!

I would go for .com personally.

[Saracen]

Maybe what we need is a .pub for publications. It'd bring new meaning to "popping down the pub".