{"id":12,"date":"2015-08-29T04:49:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T04:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2025-09-27T14:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:26:15","slug":"youre-going-to-need-to-know-this-to-understand-new-domain-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metapix.us\/metablog\/youre-going-to-need-to-know-this-to-understand-new-domain-structures\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU&#8217;RE GOING TO NEED TO KNOW THIS TO UNDERSTAND NEW DOMAIN NAME STRUCTURES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #8a5823;\">(2025 Doing some housekeeping to remove any outdated info. This is mostly now just funny old info.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Available domain extensions are no longer just .com, .net, .us, .org, etc. Some recently made available include: .movie, .coupons, .soccer, .catering, .fyi, .ski, .men, .miami \u2014 more each day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As an internet user, don\u2019t be confused if you see a website address written with a full\u2013word after the dot. That familiar three\u2013letter extension or two\u2013letter country code extension will prevail, but websites are no longer limited to just these.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a business owner, you have some choices to make. This is the time to review all available domains and extensions and be aware of what will soon become available so you can grab your perfect extension.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For example, a catering client of ours purchased a .catering domain to use on print marketing. It will forward to their main website.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some reasons to consider specific extensions are to:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 help with print marketing \u2014 easier to remember, more specific website addresses,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 prevent your competition or other businesses from owning it (yes, they are doing it to you),<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 show you are current with the times, and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 own your business\u2019 perfect domain in case search engines change their algorithms in the future.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to find out what domains extensions are soon becoming available, do a search engine search for &#8220;new domain watcher&#8221; and to find out what extensions are already available, do a search engine search for &#8220;domain availability&#8221;. There are many tools out there to help.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:johnp@metapix.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>know if you\u2019d like us to work on a domain plan for you. We\u2019d review all your currently registered domains and give recommendations on what to keep and what to let lapse. We\u2019d make sure that the correct redirection was put on your domains so you are not hurting your SEO. And we\u2019d work on a plan for getting a new domain extension(s) which will best suit your business and goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(2025 Doing some housekeeping to remove any outdated info. This is mostly now just funny old info.) 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