Domain Names Extensions
Domains may be registered without restriction in extensions like .com, .net, .biz, and .org, some restrictions may apply in some of the other extensions available, which are defined by the intended use of the website and the country where is based. Search engines do not categorized websites depending in their extensions.
Some of the most common extensions and its purpose are:
 .com Generic extension commonly reserved to business web sites.
.net Generic extension commonly reserved to web services.
.org Reserved to non profit organizations.
.name Reserved exclusively for individuals.
.biz Reserved to the business web sites.
.us Exclusively for residents of the United States and its territories.
Although some country specific extension can only be assign depending on where the registration is done, there are some web hosting providers that are now offering to register foreigh extension like .co.uk or .co.cn. no matter where you are running business.
If you can't find an appropriate domain name available in the .com extension, consider adopting extensions like .net, .biz, .us or .name, is more likely to find a wider selection available in these extensions. You can also backorder domains so in case that any of the ones you want expires, or is cancelled by the registrant and becomes available, the web hosting provider can try to grab it for you, but besides this has a cost, it could take time and there is always the possibility that the owner never releases the domain name. |
