been pondering all day long for a name and keep falling back to my old one, but, ofcourse i endup looking for a better domain name
so the question is:
.cc thumbs up
.cc thumbs down?
personally, not so hot for it as it reminds me of credit cards...
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Alicia Sautereau
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Nina Stepford
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09-21-2008 21:09
if you want an international audience to easily remember your url i reckon nothing beats a .com or possibly .net
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Alicia Sautereau
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09-21-2008 21:12
if you want an international audience to easily remember your url i reckon nothing beats a .com or possibly .net .cc .to .sl .tv etc dont do the job imo. tried and knocked my head against a wall for a domain name but ran out of ideas for a name along with a domain to revert back to my old name but with a .cc to have an 100% match  just .cc, i dunno... |
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Valentino Tendaze
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09-22-2008 00:20
if you want an international audience to easily remember your url... Unless I'm missing something (haven't finished my first coffee yet)? _____________________
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09-22-2008 00:35
"Credit Card?"
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Baloo Uriza
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09-22-2008 00:59
Leave the country code TLDs to their respective countries.
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Aeslyn Dae
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09-22-2008 01:15
"Credit Card?" "Creative Commons?" Or "Carbon Copy". -- Aes |
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Cherry Czervik
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09-22-2008 03:26
cc?
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Kit Namanari
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09-22-2008 04:07
First impression of a .cc site: hacker site, malware, view with extreme caution.
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Mjolnir Uriza
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09-22-2008 04:21
Leave the country code TLDs to their respective countries. if everbody in the keeling islands registered 2 domains there are still pleanty left over affter those 1000 have been used |
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Georg Stonewall
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09-22-2008 04:35
been pondering all day long for a name and keep falling back to my old one, but, ofcourse i endup looking for a better domain name so the question is: .cc thumbs up .cc thumbs down? personally, not so hot for it as it reminds me of credit cards... You are in select company there. www.dict.cc the best English German Dictionary I know _____________________
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Briana Dawson
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09-22-2008 04:53
I am in the UK, and .cc doesn't say much to me except that's how we measure car engine size (cubic centimetres). Unless I'm missing something (haven't finished my first coffee yet)? I think you may have misread her post. _____________________
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Jesse Barnett
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09-22-2008 05:04
Guess this answers it best:
"Question: What is a .cc (dot cc) domain? Answer: The .cc domain suffix is the top-level domain (TLD) for the Cocos Islands. However, it is commonly used as an alternative to the ".com" suffix for commercial Web sites. The .cc suffix is convenient because it is short and easy to say. However, not all Web hosting companies support .cc domains and they are not offered by many domain name registrars. Therefore, it is usually better to use an alternate domain name with a .com, .net, or .org suffix instead of selecting a .cc domain name." _____________________
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Alicia Sautereau
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09-22-2008 07:16
lol
thanks for the replies  found another solution with a fast hoster locally so ending up using .nl and a dedicated server  /goes to order it |
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Nina Stepford
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09-22-2008 09:44
your hosting and your domain should ideally be two separate things.
and unless your website is intended for a dutch audience, nl isnt any better than cc. _____________________
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Iyoba Tarantal
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09-22-2008 09:51
I have one .st domain and a whole handful of .us domains and one .org domain. .Us domains are cheap and I think they are great for nonbusiness websites. The .st was cheap but distinctive. I ended up with a very short url for a web site with a very long name.
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Baloo Uriza
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09-22-2008 13:13
your hosting and your domain should ideally be two separate things. and unless your website is intended for a dutch audience, nl isnt any better than cc. That's not true. I can at least find .nl on a map... I'm less inclined to trust country domains I can't readily locate on a map (.cc, .cx, and the now obsolete .su) or know factually don't have reliable internet service as a nation (Tvalo (.tv) and Iraq (.iq) come to mind). |
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Marianne McCann
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09-22-2008 13:21
Leave the country code TLDs to their respective countries. The Cocos Islands! I hafta agree, though. .com is the *best* way to go. I'd not feel comfy with a .cc site. _____________________
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Alicia Sautereau
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09-22-2008 18:07
your hosting and your domain should ideally be two separate things. and unless your website is intended for a dutch audience, nl isnt any better than cc. true, but the domain name matches the name, only remembering the extension is less of a problem if you use a different domain name then the name you use in here or some weird combination of letters.com or just keyless.nl my hoster is located a couple km from home and .nl only available in nl, so unlike with hostmonster fuckups (understatement!!!) i can go to their office this time |
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09-22-2008 18:20
been pondering all day long for a name and keep falling back to my old one, but, ofcourse i endup looking for a better domain name so the question is: .cc thumbs up .cc thumbs down? personally, not so hot for it as it reminds me of credit cards... can you change the spelling of your name to get a .com or .net domain? i don't think i've ever been to a .cc domain... and if i was looking for something that i 'sort of' remembered, it would never occur to me to try that one. _____________________
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Alicia Sautereau
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09-22-2008 18:24
can you change the spelling of your name to get a .com or .net domain? i don't think i've ever been to a .cc domain... and if i was looking for something that i 'sort of' remembered, it would never occur to me to try that one. nope sat yesterday all day infront of the pc trying letter combinations that make sense yet keep it abit general, gave up and tried finding a new name the other half of the day with a relative simple domain name, gave up found the .cc name available, just not really my favorite so after posting this thread i went banging my head against another wall (ruined quite a few) and found that the .nl domain was still free and went hunting for a host in the area... haven`t had an headache in a long time, but still feel the 1 from yesterday lol |
