If you are producing an internet video series or show aka Internet TV, I think.tv helps communicate that message much more effectively than a dot com address.
If you have a blog that sometimes includes video, dot com is more suitable IMO. Aloha, Rox On 10/17/07, Jackson West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm in a class on documentary research and writing, and I was trying to > whittle down my final choice for a focus from a couple of ideas, and as > anyone on the Internet knows, you can't start a project until you've > purchased an appropriate domain name. A quick search told me my first > choice .com was taken, but .org and .tv weren't. I went with .org because > it implies non-profit, while .tv implies ongoing 'channel' or 'collection' > of video. Since a feature doc is my goal, .org made more sense even though > it sort of forces the profit versus non-profit question. If I was doing a > video blog or some such, I would have gone with .tv. > > But yeah, like Schlomo, I seem to collect domains for good ideas that I > don't follow through on. But if Carson Daly can squat domains, so can we! > > On 10/17/07, schlomo rabinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I own schlomo.tv for only one reason: schlomo.com is taken. Of course, I > > don't do anything with schlomo.tv because I'm happy with my blogspot > > account, so it just sits around being a waste of money on a yearly basis. > > > > Since I can't own schlomo.com, godaddy was nice enough to inform me that > I > > can purchase theschlomo.com... which I did after having a couple shots of > > whiskey. That one, just like schlomo.tv, languishes on the vine, smelling > > worse each day I don't use it. > > > > So, I guess what I'm trying to say is: if you can't get the .com you > want, > > get the .tv It won't change your life, but it will slightly change your > > pocketbook. > > > > On 10/17/07, John Oeffinger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<joeffinger%40oeffingers.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > I've mainly lurk on this group but have benefited from your comments > > > and suggestions which I appreciate. > > > > > > Quick question, are most of you still using .com domains or are you > > > migrating to .tv domains. > > > > > > If you are not migrating to the .tv domains, is it because of the > > > domain name cost? Thanks for your insight...John > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Schlomo Rabinowitz > > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com > > http://hatfactory.net > > AIM:schlomochat > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -- Roxanne Darling "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian 808-384-5554 http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling http://www.beachwalks.tv http://www.barefeetshop.com http://www.barefeetstudios.com
