I have a question. What do you all think of the .ws extension for
domains? Do you know of a business that has one? Do you think it will
confuse customers? They appear to be nice because they are easy to
remember and unlike the .com's everything I can think of is available.
There are some great names available for a business idea I have that
are not available as .com. I just dont know if I should go with the .ws
or find a less brandable / rememberable .com. What are your thoughts?

Oh here is an example of a .ws distributor website.
http://www.ClaimYour.ws

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<justsurfing@XXXXXXXXXX> said:

> ...
> What do you all think of the .ws extension for
> domains?

for web marketing there are no known issues, however, I get the impression
that the world of traditional marketing is not quite ready (for anything
but .com)


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In article <1127824038.887699.129790@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
justsurfing@XXXXXXXXXX says...
> I have a question. What do you all think of the .ws extension for
> domains? Do you know of a business that has one? Do you think it will
> confuse customers? They appear to be nice because they are easy to
> remember and unlike the .com's everything I can think of is available.
> There are some great names available for a business idea I have that
> are not available as .com. I just dont know if I should go with the .ws
> or find a less brandable / rememberable .com. What are your thoughts?
>
> Oh here is an example of a .ws distributor website.
> http://www.ClaimYour.ws
>
>
I wouldn't do it.  When people type in an address, they will typically
go with .com, .net or .org, not .ws.

justsurfing@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:

> I have a question.

So you have said over in alt.html and other places.

Do not multipost.

saz wrote:

> When people type in an address, they will typically
> go with .com, .net or .org, not .ws.

Not all of live in the U S of A. Over here we often add a .au

Comes with the territory.

I guess those people who live in Western Somoa would add a .ws :-)

Cheers
Richard.

rf wrote:

> saz wrote:
> 
>
> Not all of live in the U S of A. Over here we often add a .au
>
> Comes with the territory.
>
> I guess those people who live in Western Somoa would add a .ws :-)

Just like we usually go for .nl, even before .com a lot of times.
My kids already figured out that there are a lot of "punt-en-el"s in
the world, they haven't yet heard of "punt-com".

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wrote

> I have a question. What do you all think of the .ws extension for
> domains? Do you know of a business that has one? Do you think it will
> confuse customers? They appear to be nice because they are easy to
> remember and unlike the .com's everything I can think of is available.
> There are some great names available for a business idea I have that
> are not available as .com. I just dont know if I should go with the
.ws
> or find a less brandable / rememberable .com. What are your thoughts?
>
> Oh here is an example of a .ws distributor website.
> http://www.ClaimYour.ws

I think there is great potential for confusing customers.  However, if
all your visitors come from links, then it doesn't matter what your name
is.

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Charles Sweeney
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