While this certainly doesn’t signal the end of the .com domain, it’s a sign that quality .com domains are running out.
You may recall that earlier this year, the .co made its grand entrance as the first real competition to the .com domain. The .com domain name has been a staple for nearly 26 years and with over 90 million websites under its umbrella, it was only a matter of time before another extension would gain steam.
Today Go Daddy, the largest domain registration website in the world, made a pretty dramatic change on its main page that seems to indicate that a shift into the .co era might finally have arrived.
Instead of featuring .com as the default option on its search box, Go Daddy has shifted gears and now employs .co as the default domain choice. Considering Go Daddy is the place where almost fifty percent of domain registrations takes place, this is an enormous victory for .co and those who own .co domains.
It also figures to be a pretty big win for Go Daddy as .co domains typically cost around 3 times as much as .com’s. And while .co may not become as prominent as .com any time soon, sites such as Overstock.com are already making the switch.
No word on whether or not this a permanent policy or a temporary one but we’ve reached out to Go Daddy for comment and will update as soon as they respond.
Godaddy to promote .co domains.
How will we say it? dot-koh or dot-see-oh? I vote for dot-see-oh, kind of rolls of the tongue.
Agree. =)
Dot-Koh will sound like .com if there’s noise in the background…
That’s how I’ve been saying it, although I could see dot-koh giving it a run for its money.
I think .co is far too similar to .com and will just cause confusion, I’d presume they meant .com if I saw the address written down.
I also think GoDaddy are only pushing it to almost trick people into buying it, who are used to checking for .com addresses, being surprised its available then registering!
I’d go for dot-koh and I quite like it actually (1 character less)
I do indeed think it is a way of GoDaddy to sell a lot more domains.
Going to register some dot kohs right now.
They’re doing it because there are a hundred times more domains available for .co so it will be a hundred times easier to sell them.
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Looks like they switched back to .com. Could it be that this was just a nice way of getting some PR….