Advantages and Disadvantages of Dot TK Domain

Since you are reading this, the chances are that you are well aware of Dot TK FREE domain name service. Well I'm a current Dot TK domain user and I thought I should share my experience with you. Dot TK has its own advantages and disadvantages and they are as follows.

Advantages

1. It's free - Its completely free for an year and then you have to pay to extend the time. That's very helpful.
2. It's very easy to setup
3. Easy to remember - Dot TK domain is way better than having a Blogspot, Wordpress or whatever sub-domain. This is a full functioning domain just like a .com
4. No issue with Google - I've heard that there is a rumor that free domain names don't get indexed by Google. Well according to my experience that's totally bullshit. It doesn't matter what kind of name your site has, it gets indexed if you have back links and rich content. My blog got indexed by both when it had a Blogspot address and a Dot TK address. I even made it to the 1st search result.
5. Blogger links will be redirected - If your blog is on blogger, don't worry you won't lose your traffic much. Because all links will be automatically redirected to your new domain name.
   Since you changed the domain name, some of your posts shown in Google search results may disappear from there. But that happens with all domain name changes. It's not Dot TK's fault.

Disadvantages

1. Can't Stumble - The biggest disadvantage is that you can't StumbleUpon your content. They are currently not allowing any site with Dot TK domain because they say most Dot TK domains are spam. This is a huge disadvantage in my opinion. Because once your stuff starts to stumble, the traffic goes sky high. But it works fine with others such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg etc.
2. Domain goes down - I don't know if this has happened to anyone else but one time they have suspended my domain for no reason (after about 2 weeks i got it). Then I replied their suspension email saying that it must have been a mistake. And then I got it back. But then after about a month (yesterday) it was down and no email notification.

So far these are the important points I got. There is no big deal. It's just like other domain names. The only difference is that it is free and it is easier to get a good name for a site.(All goddamn dot com addresses are either taken or domain parked. I hate domain parkers) In overall I'd say it's great.

EDIT: I think dot tk is a great domain if you use it for a hobby site or something. But if you are doing it for money, don't take it. The disadvantages are too effective :( sad i know. Im back to my blogspot address. May be CO.CC or CO.NR is better. I dont like the domain name so I didn't try it.

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