Re: Search Engine Domains

From: Janet Attard <attard_at_businessknowhow.com>
Date: Fri 05 Jan 2001 12:59:48 -0500

PAUL VIARENGO <viarengo_at_earthlink.net> WROTE:
> Dot com being the obvious choice of first level
> domains, if a pure Web based company has a site that
> is an information portal, and a desired domain name is
> not available in .com , however it is available in
> .net, should the company take the .net with the ideal
> name OR settle for a less desirable .com name?
>
> Do search engines pull up all domains i.e.: .com,
> .net, .org, .tv etc. including the new ones coming on
> line soon?

Search engines seem to pull up all variations of a
term, but that shouldn't be your only concern. Before
you use a .Net or other variant of a .com domain, you
need to check the for trademarks on the base part of
the name. If you don't, you may find that after you
start to use the domain and attract traffic to it, you
get sued to stop using the name.

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