Are .community domains ideal for forums?

[Bawse]

What do think about the .community extension? Have you used .community for any of your forums?

I have one forum with the .community extension. I have no regrets as I love my domain name, and .community domains are TLD's so it's good for SEO.

 

[Mike30]

I had an experience that I would like to tell. It's related to extensions....

A couple of years ago, I was working on a project but I couldn't get the .com. So I went and I got the .org
So, I did find myself, the creator of the project typing the .com version instead the .org. From that moment
I realized, that, if I am dealing with the project everyday and I got confused when typing, I can't imagine those
who are not related or new to that website.

Since then, I only buy .com domains.

 

[Bawse]

I had an experience that I would like to tell. It's related to extensions....

A couple of years ago, I was working on a project but I couldn't get the .com. So I went and I got the .org
So, I did find myself, the creator of the project typing the .com version instead the .org. From that moment
I realized, that, if I am dealing with the project everyday and I got confused when typing, I can't imagine those
who are not related or new to that website.

Since then, I only buy .com domains.

I don't think I'll have that issue with my site as it's a one word domain with the . community extension, but I can see your point. I usually don't buy domains if the .com isn't available.

 

[AWS]

TLD's aren't as important as they once were. Google pretty much made it that way. No matter what the TLD is the search engines will find it.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I used to be hardcore .com only but now I can get domains I really want with .blog and others so I'm getting used to using them all!

 

[Bawse]

TLD's aren't as important as they once were. Google pretty much made it that way. No matter what the TLD is the search engines will find it.

That is true I suppose. However if you choose a .ca or .us domain for example, you'll be limited to search engine traffic from those countries. I'll always prefer TLDs because the algorithm is always changing.

 

[Jason]

There used to be a cool site named alien.community. I thought the forum was very unique and was the domain and it was the first time I have encountered that extension.

Anyway, I don't think communities should be forced or encouraged to use .forum or .community, but it can be a cool addition.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Anyway, I don't think communities should be forced or encouraged to use .forum or .community, but it can be a cool addition.

I agree that they shouldn't be forced to but they might eventually be unofficially forced because .coms seem to be getting low in terms of availability!