We are out of 4 letter .com domains

Re:We are out of 4 letter .com domains by chrisblackwell on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @09:36AM (#6840458)

Are .com(s) really worth their value anymore? With so much success with companies using alternative domain extensions, I see the value of a .com dropping sharply in the near future.

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Re:We are out of 4 letter .com domains by yogo on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @09:41AM (#6840491)

I think so. It's still the main domain and probably the only tld that should exist (outside of .org and .gov) to avoid confusion. Even before the most recent additions of tlds .com maintained its dominance with .co, .name, .info, .biz, etc. Personally I would trust an entity with a .com for a given domain name (even over .net). .menu, .uno? Wtf... ridiculous.

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Re:We are out of 4 letter .com domains by colinbartlett on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @10:05AM (#6840639)

I think .com is still worth it for YourCompany.com. But in the case of these short domains like PQIU.com, I think not. Those seem to be more useful for URL shorteners or static asset hosts. In which case, a human being will barely need to remember the domain and any 2-letter TLD will work fine.

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Re:We are out of 4 letter .com domains by josu on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @09:41AM (#6840489)

Onve a company is big enough, this is, regular people start using it, a .com address is a must.

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