Domain snobbery – does it happen? I’m not just talking “I have a domain, so I’m better than x who has their site on a free server”. Which, incidentally, is a big pile of pants, since site design talent certainly isn’t related to the ability to afford and maintain a domain and server space! (See my own sites for reference *snort*). Granted a fair few people who have domains, have them because they’re very much into web design, and want their own space and name and all that, so domain-ed sites are often good stuff. But that’s not what I wanted to ramble about. I was thinking more “My domain’s better than your domain.” See, I have a few domains, and I wuv them all lots an lots. They’re all .co.uk’s though….. some of them are because I specifically wanted a .co.uk, and some cos, well, I pay a nice reasonable price for ’em. Also, I’m from the UK, so why not? Recently, though, (and not in relation to this site, mind you) it seems there’s a real preference to .com and .net’s. Perhaps I’m only just noticing something that’s been around a while. So, apart from being shorter, why would a .com or .net or .org or whatever, be better than a .co.uk or .org.uk? Personally, I quite like the way a .co.uk (or any other country-specific domain) locates a site / webmaster on the otherwise vague international web. (However, having said that, I’ve found a .nu that I might well register for a little project. *g*)
So, thoughts…… is there a better kind of domain? (Is anyone reading this thing? Helloooooo?……)
