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Name: Steven Bradley
Location: Boulder, Colorado
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I don't think .net or .org TLDs are a bad investment. .com is generally the better extension, but that doesn't mean other extensions can't be used.
You just have to be aware that most people will assume .com if they don't know the extension so you have to do a little more work to get them to remember .net or .org.
It's also ok to use country specific extensions like .co.uk if your site is at all country specific.
Beyond .net, .org, and country specific I'd say other extensions aren't worth the money.
With the hyphens and numbers it's again a matter of getting people to remember them. I'd avoid the hyphen if you can, though the fact that we're discussing this on webmaster-talk.com is an indication they can be used. Numbers might throw someone off if you're using a lot of them, but I think something like 18to21 isn't too hard to remember.
Just keep in mind that the more you deviate from domain.com the more opportunity there is for someone to get confused. That doesn't mean you can't be successful with a domain outside the domain.com format, but the further you get away from it the more work you'll likely have to do to get the domain to stick in people's minds.
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