Comments on: Digital Urban Survey: Moving to a .Com or .Org?

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:26:18 +0000

I would suggest going with the .org option.

If you decide to move to a new host you can create fairly sophisticated redirects with a .htaccess file so your retweet links won't break.

By: ehanson

ehanson — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:49:29 +0000

I don’t mind if you decide to move as long as you keep creating good content I’ll keep coming back.

By: John Reiser

John Reiser — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:08:41 +0000

When I worked in State Government (in NJ, US) a few years ago, this website was unfortunately blocked because in the eyes of IT, all blogs were not work related. Even though I worked as a physical planner/GIS person that used the news posted here for work use. Having a dedicated domain might help many of the users that are blocked behind organizational firewalls. And if you’re going to pick a domain, go with the .org.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:01:43 +0000

I think you are fine here. I also had to look to see what the URL actually was.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:01:02 +0000

.org is best. I’d promote that one. However, if it only costs you 10 bucks for the other to keep, link from there too and then dump it when ready.

By: Erik-janvO

Erik-janvO — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:48:45 +0000

agreed, it's about the content: not the name.

i suggest you stay here unless you're facing certain limits on blogspot which can be taken away by moving to a .org domain.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:09:12 +0000

While i think the .org is better than the hyphenated second choice.. I don't believe there is a pressing need to move..

to be honest when i read this i had to actually spend a few seconds to look up and figure out what the domain name actually was

I think the old adage - don't just a book by its cover - fits well here, keep posting interesting stuff and people will follow and support, regardless of the route they take to get here..