Should You Get a .GURU Domain Name?

I wrote a new post on my blog and decided to share some of that info here on WA.
7 new top-level domains (gTLDs) became available for registration this week:

1. .bike
2. .clothing
3. .holdings
4. .guru
5. .plumbing
6. .singles
7. .ventures

Hundreds of other new gTLDs will be made available throughout this year. 60 new domain extensions are available on pre-order, including: .education, .company, .tips, .sexy and many others.

These domains might sound great but should you care?

I can't tell you what to do but I will tell you what I will do and why.

What Gets Ranked?

If you have been a WA member for at least a few weeks you have probably realized that .com is the best domain name you can get. Maybe .org or .net if the .com is not available. This is suggested mostly for 2 reasons:

• .com domain names rank better
• .com domains are more trusted

This is why you almost never see .info and .biz domain names. Even less often you'd spot a .tv, .mobi or .eu. These domain extensions have failed time and time again.

Now domain name wholsalers came up with a bunch of new gTLDs, hoping that you would register all of them and make the reseller rich. This is not a conspiracy theory, this is simple business.

Will I buy such domain?

I might a few of these for branding purposes. Will I build them into full sites? Nooooo... These domain names look cool but I am predicting they will follow the path of .EU, .TV and so on.

Will you be registering the YourName.SEXY? (or any other of the new domains)