Comments on: Friday Q&A: Are .com domains still necessary to succeed? https://www.groovehq.com/blog/friday-qa-august-18-2017 Sat, 16 Feb 2019 11:38:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 By: Tom Von Oxford https://www.groovehq.com/blog/friday-qa-august-18-2017#comment-465 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:10:06 +0000 http://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=571#comment-465 The domain name is totally irrelevant any more. Most websites are now accessed by clicking on a link. What lies underneath of that link is what actually directs traffic.

For instance, I own “http://InvestingForRetirement.info” but when I display it in an advertisement, I show http://InvestingForRetirement.com“; so it looks like I am a dot.com domain – if that happens to matter to the clicker – which it probably doesn’t.

]]> By: Andrew M. Warner https://www.groovehq.com/blog/friday-qa-august-18-2017#comment-466 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:34:22 +0000 http://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=571#comment-466 There’s so many great .coms that are taken sometimes you have no choice but to get a .co or something else.

I still think that .com is the best choice if you can get it. And like you said, get something else for now until you can afford the .com.

]]> By: Peter from TradeProofer.com https://www.groovehq.com/blog/friday-qa-august-18-2017#comment-468 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:41:50 +0000 http://www.groovehq.com/blog/?p=571#comment-468 I’d also add that the domain name itself is less important than people think, not really a success factor. Just take Apple, Google or Amazon, these brands’ values are in the billion-dollar range for sure. Just alter them to Pear, Triiple or Mississip and you will see how lame they all must have sounded at the beginning. I picked our domain name within 2 days, asking 3 people and never had to regret my choice.

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