If .com had never existed, would domain names still hold the same power today?

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Imagine a web without .com, no google.com, no amazon.com, no facebook.com.

Would domains still shape how people remember brands? Or would the internet have evolved into nothing more than a network of search results and social profiles?

Which TLD do you think could have taken its place or risen the fastest, and would that have changed domain investing?

 

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.net or .org

 

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.net or .org

I think that if .com had never existed, the global web might have been more organized around sector-specific domains, with .net holding strong in business and technology, and .org commanding trust in social sectors