Domain names - suffixes and what do they mean?

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Updated 9 years ago

Hi friends,

Suggestions for newbies when thinking of your domain names for your website

I had some good advice so it prompted me to search for domain names' suffixes and what do they mean. If you are thinking of building a new website and blog, suffixes - dot com and dot net are highly recommended. First you have to search for your name and then register if it is available. Do it as soon as you can. I usually find that most of what I want is gone! The other advise would be to decide on your niche, search for your keywords and see if you can create that into your domain name.

Here is the list:

.com stands for “commercial” and is the most widely used extension. Most businesses prefer a .com domain name because it is a highly recognized symbol for having a business presence on the Internet.
.net stands for “network,” and at one time this suffix was used mostly by Internet service providers, Web hosting companies, and other businesses that are directly involved in the infrastructure of the Internet. Today, there are no restrictions on who can use a .net suffix, and many companies pick them as a second choice to — or in addition to — a .com suffix.
.org stands for “organization” and is primarily used by nonprofit groups or trade associations. Here, too, the suffix is actually open for anyone to use, and many companies pick .org as a widely recognized alternative to .com and .net.
.biz is used primarily for small-business websites.