Well, I know many of the new bloggers still stick to blogspot.com or sub-domains given by blogger hosting companies. You have to keep in mind though, getting your own domain name adds value to your blog. Specially when you are allowing advertising on your blog, advertisers think that you are serious enough to have your own domain name and hosting your blog on it. Not necessary that you always would have that extra bucks to spend on domain names, or even if you have – you might not want to spend on each and every blog. Even many established bloggers do have their own low profile blogs that they would probably never bring on domain name but keep them on blogspot only.
But as having your domain name becomes a no-expenses activity, courtesy www.co.cc; you should grab your free domain names as soon as possible. There are few things to keep in mind though -
- Not all the domain names are free here. The premium domain names are available for a cost. And that cost is exorbitant.
- Your domain names if not accessed for long time, they may stop providing you free service, so better have some traffic coming in.
- Avoid breaking their rules to get your free domain name punished, and eventually yourself.
So I think looking at the rules, it’s advisable to host clean, nice blogs or application or websites at these domains, have some traffic coming in to these domains of yours and enjoy the free domain for lifetime.
I think it’s no harm to book domain names that you always wanted to have but not available in other top level domains like .com or .net.
It’s important to note, however, that these are not top level domains. They are still subdomains, just disguised a little bit. I don’t think this would be a good substitute for purchasing a real domain.