.com .net

[***boat]

Just checking to see how many people knew that ***boat.com was up as opposed to the .net that has been confusing people for a while now

[gigamurph]

Funny thing though. It still says that the data is bein' transferred from ***boat.net while the homepage says ***boat.com. I'm so confused! But ya'all knew that already; didn't ya? :p

[***boat]

It is the same IP address for both. Might be the cause. Doesn't do that for me though.

[BigBoyToys]

Just out of curiosity, why would you change from ***boat.net to ***boat.com? There's really no benefit to it that I know of. Once your presence on the www is established, you're there. Why all the changing?

[Havasu Doug]

I've watched this issue closely so that the links from my site work accordingly. As soon as the ".com" started working, I switched the links to reflect that. As far as my own personal bookmark in my browser though, I'm still using ".net". Even though ".com" was working for me, I never remained logged in.

[RiverKitty]

BigBoyToys:
Just out of curiosity, why would you change from ***boat.net to ***boat.com? There's really no benefit to it that I know of. Once your presence on the www is established, you're there. Why all the changing? A ".com" is typically associated with a business or company, while a ".net" is typically associated with a network or infrastructure.
Standard US Domain Extensions
.com - To be used for commercial and personal sites.
.net - Recommended for companies involved in Internet infrastructure.
.org - Recommended for not-for-profit organizations.
.biz - Restricted to commercial or bona fide business purposes.
.gov - US Federal Government
.edu - Education/College/University
.mil - US Dept. of Defense
There are literally thousands of domain extensions including one for each country.
For Example, Just To Name A *Few*:
.AC - Ascension Island
.AD - Andorra
.AE - United Arab Emirates
.AG - Antigua and Barbuda
.AI - Anguilla
.AL - Albania
.AM - Armenia
.AN - Antilles
.AP - Asia Pacific
.AQ - Antarctica
.AR - Argentina
.AS - American Samoa
.AT - Austria
.AU - Australia
.AZ - Azerbaijan
.BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina
.BB - Barbados
.BE - Belgium
.BF - Burkina Faso
.....and the list goes on!
Not sure if this helped, but hopefully you get the idea. :)

[JetBoatRich]

Thanks RiverKitty, keeping us educated :p
The new site seems to looking good, if you can keep it on line eek!
[ March 08, 2003, 06:59 AM: Message edited by: JetBoatRich ]

[Mandelon]

Can we get some .RK !!!!

[RiverKitty]

JetBoatRich:
Thanks RiverKitty, keeping us educated :p
The new site seems to looking good, if you can keep it on line eek! Thanks!
"Kitty's Korner"....Lesson Of The Day! :D
"Downtime" is to be expected when a company *rearranges* a website or messes with domains.
This also creates "job security". *wink*
I'm sure once ***boat.com gets all the "wrinkles" ironed out, it'll be smooth sailing from there! (Keeping my fingers crossed!) :D

[RiverKitty]

Mandelon:
Can we get some .RK !!!! LOL! Actually Madelon, that domain extension is not taken by anyone....yet!
I'll have to give THAT some thought!!! ;o)
Thanks for the idea! :D

[bigq]

just curious ***boat. When you first registered, was ***boat.com taken at the time or did you just choose .net at that time?

[Mandelon]

Yes, it was. He said some Russian guy had registered it.

[JetBoatRich]

River Kitty looking at the positive side wink

[RiverKitty]

JetBoatRich:
River Kitty looking at the positive side wink "The glass is always half full!!!" :D
(Of Jack Daniel's of course!!!) j/k :p

[JetBoatRich]

That is the way I look at it, half full.

[***boat]

BigBoyToys:
Just out of curiosity, why would you change from ***boat.net to ***boat.com? There's really no benefit to it that I know of. Once your presence on the www is established, you're there. Why all the changing? There is a huge benefiter to .com over .net. About two years ago someone told me to check something out on the ***boat site. I typed in www.***boat.com (http://www.***boat.com) and came to a page that immediately tried to install something on my computer. I used to get a bunch of phone calls about this. Even when I told people to go to ***boat.net they would type in .com and wonder why it did not work.
***boat.net has not gone away, you can still type it in and get to the site. We were losing a portion of traffic by not owning the .com.

[gigamurph]

Uh; golly-gee-terwillikers; I'm still confused. I can't find the link for orderin' my "Pocket Fisherman". This is the Propiel website; isn't it? I like pocket fishin'! :p

[Mandelon]

Gig, is that like pocket pool???

[BigBoyToys]

RiverKitty:
BigBoyToys:
Just out of curiosity, why would you change from ***boat.net to ***boat.com? There's really no benefit to it that I know of. Once your presence on the www is established, you're there. Why all the changing? A ".com" is typically associated with a business or company, while a ".net" is typically associated with a network or infrastructure.
Standard US Domain Extensions
.com - To be used for commercial and personal sites.
.net - Recommended for companies involved in Internet infrastructure.
.org - Recommended for not-for-profit organizations.
.biz - Restricted to commercial or bona fide business purposes.
.gov - US Federal Government
.edu - Education/College/University
.mil - US Dept. of Defense
There are literally thousands of domain extensions including one for each country.
For Example, Just To Name A *Few*:
.AC - Ascension Island
.AD - Andorra
.AE - United Arab Emirates
.AG - Antigua and Barbuda
.AI - Anguilla
.AL - Albania
.AM - Armenia
.AN - Antilles
.AP - Asia Pacific
.AQ - Antarctica
.AR - Argentina
.AS - American Samoa
.AT - Austria
.AU - Australia
.AZ - Azerbaijan
.BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina
.BB - Barbados
.BE - Belgium
.BF - Burkina Faso
.....and the list goes on!
Not sure if this helped, but hopefully you get the idea. :) ROFLMAO....Yeah, I kinda knew all that since I sorta have a LITTLE knowledge in the field :D :D Beings how I am a "Last Tier" network troubleshooter/network security specialist :rolleyes: But that don't answer my question still....
[ March 09, 2003, 05:46 PM: Message edited by: BigBoyToys ]

[BigBoyToys]

***boat:
BigBoyToys:
Just out of curiosity, why would you change from ***boat.net to ***boat.com? There's really no benefit to it that I know of. Once your presence on the www is established, you're there. Why all the changing? There is a huge benefiter to .com over .net. About two years ago someone told me to check something out on the ***boat site. I typed in www.***boat.com (http://www.***boat.com) and came to a page that immediately tried to install something on my computer. I used to get a bunch of phone calls about this. Even when I told people to go to ***boat.net they would type in .com and wonder why it did not work.
***boat.net has not gone away, you can still type it in and get to the site. We were losing a portion of traffic by not owning the .com. So what's the big deal? All ya had to do was to get the .com domain and use redirection.....
I can understand the .com being mor popular, especially to less educated users, but why the big fuss about it? Just get it and redirect it. Simple as that.

[BigBoyToys]

Ok, here ya go RK since I see you are also in the business...
BigBoyToys, MCSE,MCDBA,CCNA,CCNP,CCDA,DCSE,Network+,A+,Linux+, etc (and many more)

[RiverKitty]

BigBoyToys:
Yeah, I kinda knew all that since I sorta have a LITTLE knowledge in the field, but that don't answer my question still.... Well, I think what the Mr. ***boat, WebDesigner Guy was trying to point out is that the public, in general, (not geeks like us) are mostly familiar with .com's ...not .net's, etc.
So, when they would run home after hearing about Hot Boat "the company", and even *after* being told the URL was www.***boat.net, (http://www.***boat.net,) they would automatically type in www.***boat.com. (http://www.***boat.com.) and obvioulsy end up at the Russian dudes irritating website.
I guess its Hot Boat's way of "covering all their bases".
Since Hot Boat is considered a "Company", .com would seem more appropriate.
Hot Boat probably would have used .com to begin with if that Russian dude wouldn't have "cyber-squatted" on it.
Hell, for all I know, I could be wrong, but that's just the impression I got.

[RiverKitty]

BigBoyToys:
Ok, here ya go RK since I see you are also in the business...
BigBoyToys, MCSE,MCDBA,CCNA,CCNP,CCDA,DCSE,Network+,A+,Linux+, etc (and many more) Excellent! Good to know! Now, I'll know who to call when my network blows up! ;o)
:p

[572Daytona]

BigBoyToys:
Ok, here ya go RK since I see you are also in the business...
BigBoyToys, MCSE,MCDBA,CCNA,CCNP,CCDA,DCSE,Network+,A+,Linux+, etc (and many more) Ok mister A+ hardware tech....see if you can identify this hardware on my desk. Other than the high tech dental floss that is :D
http://www.havasubarney.com/iB_html/uploads/post-18-70131-Dscn9028e.jpg
I think getting the ***boat.com domain is a good thing as that is the first thing everyone would try if they didn't know where you site was.

[gigamurph]

Mandelon:
Gig, is that like pocket pool??? I knew when I posted that that I was wide open for somebody! I don't know if many, if any remember the Propiel Pocket Fisherman. They were actually pretty cool! A small, foldable intergrated rod and reel that Ron Propiel marketed back in the 70's. Then again, as I think about it mandelon; I do spend more time "fishin'" for the tools than I do shootin' "pocket pool" as I get older; and older; and older.... Did I say that outloud?
:p

[Eric455]

572Daytona:
BigBoyToys:
Ok, here ya go RK since I see you are also in the business...
BigBoyToys, MCSE,MCDBA,CCNA,CCNP,CCDA,DCSE,Network+,A+,Linux+, etc (and many more) Ok mister A+ hardware tech....see if you can identify this hardware on my desk. Other than the high tech dental floss that is :D
http://www.havasubarney.com/iB_html/uploads/post-18-70131-Dscn9028e.jpg
I think getting the ***boat.com domain is a good thing as that is the first thing everyone would try if they didn't know where you site was. well you got a pager that no one ever uses. cell phone, speedstream DSL from a phone company. a router, and that green colored devise looks like to be a credit card machine. ya know the ones they use to program cards. (dont ask how i would know that). and the other stuff look like to me that you have your phone line taped for recording purposes. "i may be wrong though" microsoft keboard, mouse, and game control unit. it looks like to me you also have a pencil sharpener all the way in the back. ohh almost forgot a 1 dollar bill.
let me know which ones i got right
:D eric :rolleyes:

[572Daytona]

Eric455:
well you got a pager that no one ever uses. cell phone, speedstream DSL from a phone company. a router, and that green colored devise looks like to be a credit card machine. ya know the ones they use to program cards. (dont ask how i would know that). and the other stuff look like to me that you have your phone line taped for recording purposes. "i may be wrong though" microsoft keboard, mouse, and game control unit. it looks like to me you also have a pencil sharpener all the way in the back. ohh almost forgot a 1 dollar bill.
let me know which ones i got right
:D eric :rolleyes: You got the pager, cell phone, dollar bill, MS mouse, KB and joystick, speedstream DSL and router correct. Good job.
The green thing is not a credit card machine(how do you know about those anyway?), no pencil sharpener and no phone tapping equipment. Every piece of electronics there (other than the cell and pager) is hooked up to my computer in someway.

[Bense468]

well you need to clean it up.