I have .com
.us
.info
etc. Most everyone ASSUMES it's a .com and rarely type in .us or .info etc.
Go .com

as to hyphen the post above about advertising on the radio is dead on. A hyphenated address does not work for radio.

As to godaddy.com The Best of the best! So many free services once you buy a domain. They have many sales also. I got my .info for $1.95...my .us. for $4.95...but these days I stick with .com mainly because it's what people think of most...I just mention LionPoint Studio and they fill in the .com

As to search engines, it doesn't matter a hill of beans what the address is.
What does matter is what you title your page and how you back load the key words.
I have numerous sites all #1 in google searches and a new one will be at the top of the list within two weeks.

Have fun!

Doug

OK for example their are 2 different serch results in google

Most people in Australia when searching for an Aussie company use the following link
http://www.google.com.au/

as you can see you can do a world search or an Aussie one.

The two web sites that I am running 1 is me my own personalised web site and the other is a web site which I can't give you the name right now I'll simply say that it is a joint venture with several other magicians of Sydney who are putting their recources togeather in Marketing ventures. Teaming up to reduce costs and to become the leaders when it comes to magicians of sydney- it's complicated to explain without giving the name

.com.au is a must if your business is selling to Australians the new web site is an educational tool for the corporate events industry.

thanks people
Dave

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it sound like David or his idea was wrong. I just was asking for clarification, so I could understand his point of view.

And you are absolutely right, Malini, although I live in Canada, I certainly have a North American mindset, and sometimes forget that.

- Donald <--- confused in Canada

P.S. Thanks David for the post and clarification. I appreciate your patience with me.

I got no problems with you Donald

You are trying to help so keep doing it.

All points of view are something to think about so tell me what ever you think.

cheers,

Dave

My domain name is a .com since it is MUCH cheaper.

.au will of course get me more hits as many people search specifically for .au and I plan to get one as soon I can afford it.