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Is it still advisable to register domain names that are variants on the one you always use? If you normally have a .com, should you register the .org, .info, .net, etc. to theoretically keep others from doing whatever nefarious thing they would do with a domain similar to yours?
I had all the similar sites registered to one of my domains, and I'm wondering lately if it was just a waste of money, and whether I need to bother renewing. I have a hard time picturing someone out there squatting on the domain trying to skim away my traffic.
What do you guys think?
I had all the similar sites registered to one of my domains, and I'm wondering lately if it was just a waste of money, and whether I need to bother renewing. I have a hard time picturing someone out there squatting on the domain trying to skim away my traffic.
What do you guys think?
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Mar 24, 2012 09:23PM
I think with .org and .info you have to have a certain type of website (like only governments get to use .gov). But I'd think holding the .net domains would be a good idea, you don't want some cheesy cable psychic picking up psycop.net :)
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I think you're supposed to be a non-profit to grab an .org, but there's no one stopping you from doing it if you feel like spending the money. I'm not sure about .info. That seems like a really obscure domain type now, but five years from now, maybe it won't.
