.CO TLD was opened for general registrations just after the day when the most popular TLD .COM turned 25 years old. Within few minutes of its opening more than 1,00,000 domains were grabbed and currently more than 3,25,000 domains have already been registered..WoW! what a great start for .CO.
Many people are still thinking that should they go for a .CO domain or not? Will it benefit in long term? or Will it benefit in any way?
Well..to answer these dilemmas..
Firstly, .CO is one of the most similar word that could be to .COM. Be it in terms of spelling, speaking or familiarity.
– Spelling in terms that there is a difference of letter ‘M’ only,
– Speaking is almost similar and
– People are familiar with .COM, so they are with domain extensions like .CO.uk, .CO.in and free domain providers like .CO.cc, .CO.nr etc. So, it is quite evident that .CO is already familiar to people.
Secondly, good and quality domains aren’t available or hard to find on .COM. So, .CO is a good alternative.
Thirdly, .CO can be associated with many meanings like COmpany, COrporation, COmmerce, COuntry, COmmunity, COlleges, COntest, COntent, COmmodities etc. and the list doesn’t ends here.
Next, because it can be associated with many meanings and its similarity with .COM, there are many people who will definitely use it for their Websites and as a result popularity of .CO will increase.
Next, some big brands are now using .CO
Next, the smallest domains are on .CO like O.CO and T.CO
Next, Google announced that the .CO TLD will have all the same geo-targeting options available to the other generic TLDs, such as .com, .net, .biz and .org
Next, because of above reasons its gonna be great for Domainers too..
and at the end you have to type one less Keystroke for .CO.
So, have fun with .CO and its gonna be great time with it.