Quote:
Originally Posted by FredOnline
I've had a google for this Reddit discussion but can't find it - have you got a link?
This is worth a look:
https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
From this EMD thread:
.xyz = 8% bad
.one = 1.8% bad
Tsunami likes:
.art = 3.6% bad
.blog = 2.3% bad
.site = 8% bad
To compare with:
.com = 5.2% bad
.net = 11.9% bad
How do the above statistics really relate to real life?
I get very little spam, but cannot recall it ever coming from a .xyz or .one domain.
You pays your money, you takes your choice. |
Of all new extentions, the only one I'm really tempted to get is .art.
That said, .online, .site, .blog, .photo, .global, .world are not bad either, but still I'd be more tempted to try to get a more traditional TLD such as .com, .net or .info, even if this means having to slightly alter the desired domain due to it already been taken.
The question really is how much these extentions have become familiar since I first posted in this thread. I still stand by my earlier posts, but I still see no really big usage of most of those new extentions either. So when your domain extention confuses people more than anything else, then it's better to think of another domain that is still available with .com, .net, .info or your own ccTLD.