RE: UKNM: .co.uk vs .com

[Wallace, Darren]

But doesn't using a domain name that is up to 67 characters long only

increase the risk of people incorrectly typing in addresses?


Cheers,


D.

 

> Up to 1 month ago I would have agreed with the comments in 

> your letter.

> However there has been a very significant change to the 

> registering of Top

> level domains , which seems to have gone largely unnoticed. A 

> short while

> ago the characters allowed in URL`s was increased from 26 to 

> 67 (to include

> .com ). This presents some wonderful new opportunities in this field.

> Finding a short, trendy, catchy name is almost impossible, but with 67

> permitted characters the possibilities are endless.

> Previously, the percieved wisdom was, short name ,then 

> prominant mission

> statement including as many keywords as possible, to ensure 

> good search

> engine placement. Now you can use keywords in your URL and I 

> strongly advise

> you to do so.

> Let`s see what cybersquatters make of this.

> 

>    Keith Whittaker

>    Startingpost.com 


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