Yes, people are using fresh top level domain names

Not a lot, but you can’t ignore that some people are choosing .com alternatives.

It’s no secret that usage of fresh top level domain names has been far below industry expectations. But that doesn’t mean people aren’t using them and using them in greater numbers.

I’m at the Podcast Movement conference in Anaheim promoting my PodcastGuests.com service. Yesterday I exchanged business cards with regarding 50 people.

Most of these people use .com addresses. As an audio conference, I wasn’t surprised to also see some .fm domain names. But there were also fresh top level domains. I came across both a .online and .life domain name yesterday.

I’ve noticed that a number of subscribers to my PodcastGuests.com service use fresh domain names. Yes, it’s still dominated by .com, but some users are finding fresh domain name choices to be a good alternative to a lower-quality domain in older TLDs like .com.

Slowly, but surely, true adoption of fresh TLDs is occurring.