Forum² Admin AWS Posted October 4 Forum² Admin Posted October 4 A few years ago there was a proposal to Icann to create .forum top level domains. It took forever and now they are available. I have a 3 of them: https://computerhelp.forum https://freepchelp.forum https://offtopic.forum I was sceptical at first and bought those 3 because I lost the domains the sites were on when I was ill. They were cheap, $4.95 each so I thought why not. Those domains have been online now for almost 6 months. I will say this Google loves the .forum domains. Those sites get almost double the traffic that old sites on .com domains got. If those visitors would only convert to active users. I can dream. What you think about the .forum doamins and all the other lesser known top level domains? Oh, I also have a .online and .tech site, but, that's for another thread. 1 Quote IPB Webmaster - For Invision Community Enthusiasts - SEO Help Forum
Forum² Staff Shawn Posted October 4 Forum² Staff Posted October 4 I have a few .blog ones. But I don't have .forum ones yet. I'm so Grumpy Old Man Old School about domain names. I am one of those, .com or nothing, but I realize I need not to be that! My biggest concern was whether they were going to be widely used for spam and people would just block the whole domain. Quote My forums: Another Admin Forum | vBAdmins Forum | Off Topic Forum | The Hiking Forum
Forum² Admin AWS Posted October 4 Author Forum² Admin Posted October 4 I have a few .blog ones. But I don't have .forum ones yet. I'm so Grumpy Old Man Old School about domain names. I am one of those, .com or nothing, but I realize I need not to be that! My biggest concern was whether they were going to be widely used for spam and people would just block the whole domain. .info has a bad rep for being spammers paridise. Most SE won't even list them. They have cleaned up there act. They used to be free so spammers took full advantage. I think they now cost money. damage was done. The other new top level domains learned their lesson from watching what happened to .info domains. Most of them are very cheap, but, very cheap is still too much for spammers and scammers. 1 Quote IPB Webmaster - For Invision Community Enthusiasts - SEO Help Forum
Forum² Staff Shawn Posted October 4 Forum² Staff Posted October 4 True. I need to get me a .forum one and mess around with it. I registered CommunityManager.blog and plan to make a community tips blog with it. It's nice getting those easier domains with all these new TLDs. Sometimes, trying to think of a .com and then getting one that's available can be a migraine of an activity. Quote My forums: Another Admin Forum | vBAdmins Forum | Off Topic Forum | The Hiking Forum
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