2007-06-15 02:45:13 · 12 answers · asked by zen2bop 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
The dot com designation on a web site indicates a for profit company thus .com = the (com) in company. The dot org is for non-profit organizations thus the .org for the (org) in organization. There are also special subscripts for websites from foriegn countries like .uk for United Kingdom, .jal for Japan, and .mx for Mexico. There are also special post scripts like https: means the site is a secure site as opposed to http: which is not secure.
2007-06-15 02:56:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Also, dot org (as well as dot edu, dot net, and dot gov) are more reliable with information because they are not trying to sell anything if you will.
Dot Com is mostly composed of commercial business.
Usually, if you are looking for true information and doing reports and such, you would use a dot org, edu, gov, or net.
That's as much as I know.
:)
2007-06-15 02:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dot com means its a commercial website: for profit. Dot org means its a no profit, like a charitable organization. Dot gov is government.
2007-06-15 02:48:38 · answer #3 · answered by abdiver12 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are several extensions. Originally the com extension was for companies and org was for organizations and edu was for schools and gov was for governments. While edu and gov is still for schools and government respectively, the org extension is now used for corporations as well. Often a company, called xyz may want a web site www.xyz.com and find it is taken - then they look for www.xyz.org and find it available so they use it.
2007-06-15 02:51:16 · answer #4 · answered by GTB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, .com is usually put after a company domain name. For example, if you put www.google.com, google is a company, so they will have a .com, for company. However, an organization such as the World Wildlife Fedaration will have .org, for organization. It just makes searching for results easier. Like, if you want to find a good, educational site for horse lovers, you could go to www.google.com, and in the search text, look for horses. But with that anything could come up. So try this:
For educational info on horses type in this- horses+.edu
Doing this will give you only educational resources on horses. To buy a horse, try horses+.com
And for finding horse organizations, try horses+.org
****THIS WORKS FOR ANY SUBJECT****
I hope this helps!
2007-06-15 02:53:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
com is a commercial type, org is an organization
2007-06-15 02:52:17 · answer #6 · answered by lissie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dot com is commercial websites and dot org is organisations.... not profit company or associations...
2007-06-15 02:52:01 · answer #7 · answered by kapil4u2005 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
.com was originally used to signify a COMmercial website, .org was used to signify an ORGinization. .gov for GOVernment, and .edu for EDUcation.
2007-06-15 03:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nowadays nothing.
"originally intended for use by organizations that did not meet the requirements for other gTLDs. Now anyone can register a .org domain. .org was the domain commonly recommended for use by individuals, although .name and .info are now alternatives." form wikipedia
2007-06-15 02:49:47 · answer #9 · answered by thetexaspsycho2003 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
.COM is MEANT to be a Company,
.ORG an "Organisation" for example a charity.
But basically today most Co's try to buy all teh extensions that can to their domain.
2007-06-15 02:48:23 · answer #10 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋