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Which one is a better TLD for portfolio & blog?

Anshuman Bhardwaj on January 17, 2022

I'm planning to register a domain name for my personal website. I am also planning to use the same for my blog and newsletter email. Which one of ...
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Jason Boxman

I just had this question, and I came across this: growthbadger.com/top-level-domains/

But the audience for developer portfolios is probably more tech savvy and TLDs other than .com are probably okay, perhaps even helpful.

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Thomas Bnt

.dev is pretty cool!

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Anshuman Bhardwaj

Thanks I got theanshuman.dev

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Ben Halpern

Yeah, I think .dev has the best ring to it.

Just to speak to my gut feeling on the bunch: The word "tech" is often used very broadly and is sort of an amorphous term. A tech blog could be an Apple product review site.

.one is interesting but seems a little... Off-putting.

.me is the second best IMO โ€” clever TLD for personal sites.

But yeah, if this is going to be a software blog, .dev is the way to go. ๐Ÿ‘

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Thomas Bnt

yep that's good in the optics for a technology blog. Like for example (totally random) this site, which displays posts around dev.

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Anshuman Bhardwaj

thanks @ben, so glad to see your response. I finally got theanshuman.dev and hosted my tech blog at blog.theanshuman.dev

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mainrs

Everything works out I guess. I got a .net address. .one has a lot of potential for words. like some.one or similar.

If itโ€™s personal only Iโ€™d go for me. If you want to also use it as a portfolio, maybe .dev is better.

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Anshuman Bhardwaj

thanks @mainrs, I got theanshuman.dev

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Bernd Wechner

I'm a .info kinda guy ;-)

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Anshuman Bhardwaj

thanks @thumbone, yeah the .info sounds good. For now I got theanshuman.dev

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Noah Falk

Either .dev or .me, depending on availability and price!

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Anshuman Bhardwaj

thanks @noahflk, I got theanshuman.dev