My problem with .co domains (1.Viewing)

I have tried purchasing .co domains and go.co says they are the official .co site so I will use that domain as an example for my post.


I have been domaining for a long time and have visited a lot of .com websites to see who owns the .com of a .ca

The biggest problem I have with .co domains is they keep taking me to the .com website.

For me when I type go.co my browser finishes it off to the .com and I have to go back and backspace the m from com but even that is not enough because it puts the m back in unless I hit the space bar after I type .co

Of course it is doing that because at one time I visited the .com but a lot of clients will visit the .com equivalent of websites they visit so if I was relying on the .co domain I would forever be worried that I was leaking traffic to the .com.

Dot ca does not have this issue and that gives it a leg up over .co for me.

.co in my opinion is a great “typo” domain. A lot of internet users don’t realize that they forgot the M for .com and end up in .co. It happens quite frequently for people who type fast and do not enter the M.

From a business point of view, I personally would avoid .co at all cost. It can be very easily confused with a .com.

[notify]MapleDots[/notify]is right. .ca has an advantage because it’s much harder to make a typo with .ca’s. .co is a great squatter extension looking to capitalize on the .com. .ca is a great extension to capitalize on being a damn proud Canadian!

Would you use .ca over a .co for a worldwide business site? If those were your only two choices?

Quite a few start-ups use .co and nowadays with apps and links I think the type in aspect isn't as important. Plus if people type it in and get the .com, usually they are aware and just correct it.

I think the .co looks good and marketing it as a worldwide option, rather than just a country code, makes sense to me. Not a tier one extension but it has it's place for use imo.