# Top level domain extensions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-level-domain-extensions/173510 "2003-05-06T21:24:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-level-domain-extensions/173510/1 "2003-05-06T21:24:33Z")
What do you think of alternative domain extensions? There was a time when the Internet was just budding (1999?) when usage of a .cc or .biz or some other such extension typically implied a dubious website. Has that time passed? Can people use a .cc extension (especially for a business website) without being though of as just a hack. There are, after all, only so many pertinent .com names available. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-level-domain-extensions/173510/2 "2003-05-06T21:32:46Z")
I like the one that was .tv for tv shows but as you said, the net isn’t as hot as it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-level-domain-extensions/173510/3 "2003-05-06T21:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*…the net isn’t as hot as it used to be. \*\* Cite? From everything I’ve heard or read, the number of intenet users continues to grow rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-level-domain-extensions/173510/4 "2003-05-07T15:03:22Z")
Q.E.D., I was kind of refering to the dot com fall…it was pretty hot back around '99 then it just kinda fell. ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-level-domain-extensions/173510/5 "2003-05-07T16:02:50Z")
Would you view a company, books.cc or books.biz for example, any differently than if it was [books.com](http://books.com)? ---
**Author:** ![Servo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Servo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Servo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-level-domain-extensions/173510/6 "2003-05-07T16:36:43Z")
I would. I’d be a _little_ more wary of a commercial site using a country code TLD [with the exception of .uk] instead of .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, etc. What gets me more though are companies that have @aol.com or @yahoo.com e-mail addresses. Especially if they have a website with using their own domain. If you can’t get yourself together online I’d be suspicious of how you run other parts of your business? ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-level-domain-extensions/173510/7 "2003-05-07T18:39:16Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=128291&highlight=amalgamated) is what people had to say on the subject last year.