Title: Which one looks best? Post by: bitcoinauction on February 20, 2012, 02:28:50 PM I would like to hear your opinion on the design of my website:
http://www.bitcoinauction.us/ (http://www.bitcoinauction.us/index.html) I am not sure which styling option I should use for the Prize and the Highest bid To change the style click on the copyright message at the bottom of the site Title: Re: Which one looks best? Post by: BinaryMage on February 20, 2012, 06:18:13 PM I would like to hear your opinion on the design of my website: http://www.bitcoinauction.us/ (http://www.bitcoinauction.us/index.html) I am not sure which styling option I should use for the Prize and the Highest bid To change the style click on the copyright message at the bottom of the site Well, I must admit, using a .us domain entirely mystifies me. Nor do I understand why anyone would participate in this type of auction. If you want my vote, I prefer "฿ + buttonlike", but I wouldn't use green, it doesn't fit with your color scheme. Title: Re: Which one looks best? Post by: bitcoinauction on February 20, 2012, 06:36:55 PM What's wrong with a .us domain?
Title: Re: Which one looks best? Post by: BinaryMage on February 20, 2012, 06:47:58 PM What's wrong with a .us domain? Well, three things. 1. The US has definite control of .us domains. When Congress wants to censor the internet, giving them control over your domain is questionable. 2. Why would you want to show any sort of national allegiance? 3. .us domains are supposed to represent companies in the US. Your domain was registered in Germany. Quote Domain Name: BITCOINAUCTION.US Domain ID: D34735394-US Sponsoring Registrar: 1API GMBH Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 1387 Registrar URL (registration services): www.1api.de Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Registrant ID: BAC8600136-WUTS Registrant Name: Bitcoin Auction Registrant Address1: Street Registrant City: Munich Registrant State/Province: Bavaria Registrant Postal Code: 80000 Registrant Country: Germany Registrant Country Code: DE Registrant Phone Number: +49.2194402363 Registrant Email: bitcoinauction.us@googlemail.com Registrant Application Purpose: P3 Registrant Nexus Category: C31/DE Administrative Contact ID: BAC8600136-WUTS Administrative Contact Name: Bitcoin Auction Administrative Contact Address1: Street Administrative Contact City: Munich Administrative Contact State/Province: Bavaria Administrative Contact Postal Code: 80000 Administrative Contact Country: Germany Administrative Contact Country Code: DE Administrative Contact Phone Number: +49.2194402363 Administrative Contact Email: bitcoinauction.us@googlemail.com Administrative Application Purpose: P3 Administrative Nexus Category: C31/DE Billing Contact ID: BAC8600136-WUTS Billing Contact Name: Bitcoin Auction Billing Contact Address1: Street Billing Contact City: Munich Billing Contact State/Province: Bavaria Billing Contact Postal Code: 80000 Billing Contact Country: Germany Billing Contact Country Code: DE Billing Contact Phone Number: +49.2194402363 Billing Contact Email: bitcoinauction.us@googlemail.com Billing Application Purpose: P3 Billing Nexus Category: C31/DE Technical Contact ID: BAC8600136-WUTS Technical Contact Name: Bitcoin Auction Technical Contact Address1: Street Technical Contact City: Munich Technical Contact State/Province: Bavaria Technical Contact Postal Code: 80000 Technical Contact Country: Germany Technical Contact Country Code: DE Technical Contact Phone Number: +49.2194402363 Technical Contact Email: bitcoinauction.us@googlemail.com Technical Application Purpose: P3 Technical Nexus Category: C31/DE Name Server: NS1.XTA.NET Name Server: NS2.XTA.NET Created by Registrar: 1API GMBH Last Updated by Registrar: 1API GMBH Domain Registration Date: Tue Dec 20 21:05:09 GMT 2011 Domain Expiration Date: Wed Dec 19 23:59:59 GMT 2012 Domain Last Updated Date: Tue Dec 20 21:23:10 GMT 2011 Title: Re: Which one looks best? Post by: bitcoinauction on February 20, 2012, 07:05:27 PM the problem is that .com .net and .org are taken
and a website with an .us is way better than for example .to etc by the way don't you think they will take down .org .com and .net, too if they like to do so Title: Re: Which one looks best? Post by: BinaryMage on February 20, 2012, 07:10:10 PM the problem is that .com .net and .org are taken and a website with an .us is way better than for example .to etc by the way don't you think they will take down .org .com and .net, too if they like to do so Do they have the capability to take down any domain? Yes. Do they have clear legal jurisdiction to do so? No, at least in my opinion. .com, .net, and .org are not under clear legal control. .us is. That's the difference. More my problem with it is the misrepresentation, though. If you do not like the other non-nationally affiliated options (.co & .biz are perfectly acceptable) at least choose a nationally affiliated one that does not misrepresent your location. .de or .eu are both available. |