Potential new domain/site name - opinions needed

[Steve]

Hello sexy Resident Evil fans,

I won't beat about the bush: I bought a domain name (those scary .com, .net, .org things that haunt your favourite browser's address bar) recently because, for whatever reason, I like wasting my money on those things. I would have loved residentevil.com, residentevil.net, or residentevil.org, but some very rude people -- read: Capcom and/or domain squatters -- have already snapped them up, so I went and purchased residentevil.us because it was, like, £6.

So, yes, if you were to visit residentevil.us right now -- or happened to have during the past week -- you will have been redirected back here. My idea, however, is to reverse the current set-up and have residentevil.us as the standard URL of the site, and have all residentevilnews.com links redirect here.

FYI: You would not need to register again, none of your account info would be lost, and nothing would be different outside of a different domain name haunting your address bar. You wouldn't even have to remember the new URL, visiting the old one would simply redirect you to the .us equivalent.

That's my sales pitch, I suppose. Opinions?

 

[Springhosen]

Well seeing as how nothing would change but the domain name, and you did already spend money on it and, let's face it: this is your site after all...I say go for it. You certainly drive a hard bargain, Steve.

 

[A_Wesker123]

What Magnolia Grandiflora said

I've no strong views either way, so whatever you (Steve) or the majority of the forum-goers would like.

 

[Steve]

I'm liking the responses so far, ladies and gents. Keep that feedback coming, folks!

 

[Meg]

Does .us stand for "ultra sexy?" Because if so then yes.

 

[La Femme Fatale]

Either way works, it doesn't really matter pour moi. But... I must say, residentevil.xxx would have been a great investment.

 

[Romero]

so I went and purchased residentevil.us because it was, like, £6.

Wow, you got the domain that cheap?!

I'm not sure which one of the two domains I prefer. residentevil.us is shorter, easier to type and remember, but the downside is that it is a US domain. Why would anyone outside of the US want a US domain? It's like someone in California registering their site under the .co.uk domain.

Can you change domain and still have the good ranking in search engines? I understand that anyone following a link to residentevilnews.com will be redirected to the new site (if they have not disabled redirecting in their browser), but will not the new website start to compete with the old one, giving both sites a lower search rank?

I personally would not want to have a .us domain because I would not want to be under American jurisdiction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_IP_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOPA#Arguments_against
This is only two, there are several other related laws or proposed laws. You could risk that in the future, someone make a complaint resulting in your site being blacklisted. With a global domain, you could still be blacklisted but only in the US.

I see both advantages and disadvantages with changing domain. I guess I would prefer the current domain just because I don't trust the American authorities, but I trust you are in a better position than me to judge all the advantages and disadvantages.

 

[tremor]

Does .us stand for "ultra sexy?" Because if so then yes.

*points to Meg*

What she said xD home of the sexiest bunch of RE fans to walk the Earth.

 

[Meg]

Don't make the change! Sites that end in .com, .net, and .org sites are protected from SOPA. .us is not protected.

 

[L]

Meg, your one post brought me back. SOPA is a horrid bill. I have to agree with you. You understand the internet. However, I voted yes before I saw your vote. Steve, my vote is gonna be with residentevilnews.com.