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You would have to be a fool not see the bigger picture, did you know that over 1,000 new domain extensions are hitting the space. Not country code domains but gTLDs Generic Top Level Domains. Basically because so many domain names are already registered under the current naming system, ICANN is increasing the number of domain extensions available to enable people to choose better, more relevant, and more targeted domain names.
Google intends to index domains differently for a better user experience, the free ride is over with SEO, you now need to spend money for marketing and branding. This is where big money is going to be spent online, branding some of these new domain extensions. In which means the .com is no longer relevant. It wont be overnight, but in a couple of years a lot of these new extensions will take off.
Google themselves are in the domain biz, they are coming out with .google, .docs, .lol, and .youtube, they want people to promote their youtube channels with a .youtube extension. Smart idea to make money, plus I am sure they will out rank other extensions...since they want more out of their own search engine.
As far as .xxx, I do agree it is expensive but if you lived in Japan and needed to get a .jp domain, they go for almost $100 also. Plus again looking at the bigger picture here, if relevant and targeted for an adult website, a search engine may favor an adult website extension like .xxx, and If you own a .xxx domain you get a chance to have the same domain with the new adult extensions .porn, .adult, and .sex. I have around 10 but most likely keep 5, maybe the price will drop in the future.
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