Ask HN: is using a .me extension bad for SEO?

I recently started forwarding my old MyFullName.me domain to my company's MyCompany.com domain and have noticed my traffic tripling during the day.

Patrick McKenzie has a very informative post on SEO. It's worth the read: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/01/24/startup-seo/

.com is better. People tends to auto-assume .com when remembering "CoolName". If CoolName.me is "cooler" that CoolName.com - then register both and redirect .com -> .me Otherwise if someone else owns CoolName.com and you grabbed CoolName.me - you're always at disadvantage. There are plenty of great .com domains to be found with a bit of creativity.

It matters, but not enough for you to worry about at this stage. Do whatever, it really doesn't matter unless you get some traction on your blog, until then you're just over-thinking it.