.com in pics of logotypes ?

[zoran]

There is no section for Web stuff, so i guess i'll have to ask here.
I cannot understand what help it is, so that there are many website logos that contain the .com (like for example www.plants.com).
Note that Im referring to logotypes, pictures, that cannot be used by Google for gaining popularity or visibility (or what ever that is called).

 

[hg.wells]

It doesn’t relate to google rankings. If you look at the bottom of the site, plants.com is their full company name.

 

[zoran]

Ok its their full company name, but way make a name like that, why relate it with the website, what might it serve?

 

[hg.wells]

You probably can’t register plants as a company name, and it’s also catchy.

 

[organicCPU]

I agree with @hg.wells.

Another reason for a company name, that is equal to a domain name would be, if the solely or at least the main sales channel will be the internet.

In those cases, a brand that includes the domain, won´t need an extra mentioning of a web page address. That makes marketing the website and the brand much more simple, thus cost efficient. It also serves the purpose of much easier brand recognition in the sense that the point of purchase gets communicated more frequently to the customers and therefore should be memorable faster.

This makes sense for almost every online shop or commercially oriented online platform.

 

[Gudi]

Ok its their full company name, but way make a name like that, why relate it with the website, what might it serve?

To bring people to the website, obviously.

 

[zoran]

One issue that the .com creates when it’s added in the logo name, is that the website logo becomes less contemporary and isn’t very stylish. Is there a logo with .com that doesn’t work negatively in its design?

 

[MacGizmo]

One issue that the .com creates when it’s added in the logo name, is that the website logo becomes less contemporary and isn’t very stylish. Is there a logo with .com that doesn’t work negatively in its design?

That's your opinion, and it's not shared by... well, the vast majority of the non-graphic designer world.

 

[ovbacon]

I think that having ".com" or any other web extension in the company/store/etc name is not a good idea because there are more and more other tld that are becoming more popular and many people are not actually typing out whole web addresses or even typing at all (hey siri). But if you have a very generic name like plants or books or pets, paper etc etc it can be good so that people can find you specifically and don't end up at someone with the same name but a different tld (like org, tv, us etc).

I would also say that in general having .com in a logo makes it a little more clunky or awkward looking but that of course really depends on the quality of the design(er).

 

[zoran]

I would also say that in general having .com in a logo makes it a little more clunky or awkward looking but that of course really depends on the quality of the design(er).

I agree but to be honest, based from what I have seen so far, it seems that there are not many good designers that have done such logos. 🙁

 

[ovbacon]

I agree but to be honest, based from what I have seen so far, it seems that there are not many good designers that have done such logos. 🙁

To be honest I think for many small to midsize businesses, in the USA, the design of logo and/or website and company color scheme etc etc is still very underestimated and I still hear to many times that someone is having their kid/grandkid make their site "because kids these days are so smart" and do not take having good design and web accessibility seriously.