Creating your website needs a lot of considerations. One is securing your domain and Domain Name Extensions. How important really is having an Domain Name Extensions of your domain and what are the things that you need to consider?

Technically, different Domain Name Extensions have their corresponding meanings and usage:

• .com – is for commercial companies. This is the most popular extension domain • .net – is the second most popular and is used by webmasters • .info – this is for companies or websites that offer huge volume of information. An example is a university website. • .biz – is also used by commercial websites or companies.

All websites owners are aiming to get .com as their domain extension; however, it’s difficult to get the domain name that you want because usually it’s already in use. “.com” is the most popular extension of domains mainly because online visitors have the notion that sites using it are the most reliable. It’s also the main result when you search for websites online.

Domain extensions do not affect how the search engine sees your website. What it considers and evaluate are the contents of your site. Though search engine will be the one judging the value of your web page, your readers are responsible for increasing your traffic as well as your page rank. This means that choosing your domain extension should be based on how they think.

One concrete example is the popularity of .com and the bad reputation of .info. The first one is used by reliable and big websites, while the second is used by spammers. Needless to say, using .info will bring slimmer chances of visits to your web page compared to .com.

If you’re looking for another reliable domain name extension, you can use .net. It’s the second choice for webmasters who no longer have chances of getting their names in the .com community. It’s the second extension that has more clicks compared to the other choices.

Moreover, if the domain extension that you want it so no longer available, you can’t just back out and discontinue your intention of making your own website. There are three options that you can consider to address this issue.

Get another name

Though it’s really important to include the complete name of your business in your domain, you can change it to a similar one if your heart is really aching for a .com extension. This way, you will have your .com domain extension and still have the name of your company in your website.

Use other Domain Name Extensions

Though it’s tougher to promote a website with a less popular domain extension, it’s your second option. You can’t just stay in one corner and give up because you don’t have a choice. The internet provides a lot of options that you can use. Get a less popular extension and work on your contents to gain recognition in the search engines.

Be on the waiting list

If you have enough time to wait, you can be on the waiting list. Web hosting sites are even offering promotions for domain extensions that will be available soon.

Having your own website is really exciting. Don’t stress yourself too much on your domain extension. You can work on your contents first, and then it will give you good and similar results.