I know, I know. I have several websites with Info in the title, InDepthInfo, ReadinessInfo, and BreadInfo to name just a few. But I created all of these before the .info tld became available. Although they rank pretty well, today I would think twice before using “info” even in the title. Unfortunately, .info has taken on very negative connotations.

Let me ask you, “Do you ever see .info sites in the search results?” Truthfully, I can’t think of any off the top of my noggin. There is a reason for this. They can be purchased cheaply for the first year, at one third of the price of a dot com. Most of the sites are hacked together and sold cheaply on Flippa or Sedo.

I sometimes buy websites, and though I have purchased .nets and .orgs, I have never bought a .info. I have been tempted once or twice but caution hit the stop button and I never have made any bids.

What made me think of this is that there were a bunch of domains and sites packaged together for sale for cheap, some actually pretty good names, except they had the .info tld. There was hardly any action on the auction. I did not bother to investigate further.

Truthfully, when I am looking at a website to buy. If it is not a .com I think twice. Then I might buy a .net or .org if a lot of work has gone into the content and the outreach. But a .info? Well, I might think three times if someone actually put some good work into one.