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Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by reaperducer »

sudhirj wrote: post #26
benologist wrote: post #15

On a recent thread Google personnel mentioned that ICANN forces all domain providers to backup their data so that any domain provider going bankrupt won't affect domains. However there was no mention of what procedures Google Domains themselves have put in place to protect their customers in case their customers get irreversibly banned somewhere within Google's vast empire. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=191787…

The domains customers aren't tied to Google user accounts. You buy them from the regular registrars like Gandi.net or (heaven forbid) Godaddy, and use them from your dashboards there. You don't have to use a gmail address anywhere.

I think that's what he meant by, "you should definitely be getting your .dev through a different domain provider."

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by ravenstine »

CydeWeys wrote: post #51
ravenstine wrote: post #37

Do TLDs even matter? I'm working on building a professional blog, and although a .dev TLD seems appropriate, using a cheaper one like .co or .be, or even .io seems functionally identical and a lot less costly. Paying hundreds or thousands for .dev seems like paying for pure vanity. Is it going to help people reach your site? I kinda doubt it. Will Google use it to index your site differently? Maybe, but I dunno. I ho…

.io domains cost a lot more than .dev domains.

On a per-year basis, yes. However, this is the subtotal at the checkout on namecheap when I typed in ravenstine.dev:

C$14,572.71

:(

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by jerluc »

strictnein wrote: post #46

> ...it requires HTTPS to connect to all .dev websites. This protects people who visit your site against ad malware and tracking injection by internet service providers The latter is true (it protects against injection), but I'm not sure how the former is. How would it protect against ad malware?

My assumption from that sentence is that both "ad malware" and "ad tracking" are injected by some ISPs somewhere between the client and the server. By forcing HTTPS, you'd prevent some amount of this by ensuring the data in transit from client-to-server-to-client is encrypted (and thus mostly tamper-proof) using the .dev domain's public cert.

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by timdavila »

ravenstine wrote: post #37

Do TLDs even matter? I'm working on building a professional blog, and although a .dev TLD seems appropriate, using a cheaper one like .co or .be, or even .io seems functionally identical and a lot less costly. Paying hundreds or thousands for .dev seems like paying for pure vanity. Is it going to help people reach your site? I kinda doubt it. Will Google use it to index your site differently? Maybe, but I dunno. I ho…

TLDs matter, in that you want .com if you can get it. Otherwise, personally I would use something more well known, but most of the differences are vanity, unless you're using a country specific TLD such as .co.uk or .us

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by CydeWeys »

icebraining wrote: post #28
ryanmarsh wrote: post #19

I'd really like to see which .dev domains are getting registered at the higher prices. Is there any way to see a feed of this data?

In theory, you can get that here: https://dnpedia.com/tlds/daily.php (write "dev" in the TLD column) Doesn't seem to have those listed in the top article, though, not sure why. Maybe it'll update later. EDIT: The official source seems to be https://czds.icann.org/

CZDS is a once-daily export. So the earliest you'd see information about domains registered today would be tomorrow.

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by icebraining »

ravenstine wrote: post #62
CydeWeys wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

.io domains cost a lot more than .dev domains.

On a per-year basis, yes. However, this is the subtotal at the checkout on namecheap when I typed in ravenstine.dev: C$14,572.71 :(

Check again on the 29th.

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by dragonwriter »

Twisol wrote: post #18
denom wrote: post #12

I sort of get the appeal of a '.dev' TLD, but I wish that google donated the whole thing to those who were using it informally for local development. That would have been a good gift to all the devs out there.

The `.test` and `.localhost` TLDs are already reserved for such purposes: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2606

localhost is reserved for a very different purpose, though .local is a reserved pseudo-TLD for a purpose encompassing much of what was suggest by GP for .dev.

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by morpheuskafka »

marksomnian wrote: post #13

There is one thing that annoys me about generic TLDs like .dev, .website, .cloud, .network etc. For example, Salesforce have https://crm.dev - are they the only CRM in the world? Hell no, but they're the biggest, so they can be the only one in the .dev space. Same with workers.dev.

First come, first served. Just like real estate. It's not a trademark or anything.

Re: First .dev Domains Go Live

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Post by CydeWeys »

ravenstine wrote: post #62
CydeWeys wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

.io domains cost a lot more than .dev domains.

On a per-year basis, yes. However, this is the subtotal at the checkout on namecheap when I typed in ravenstine.dev: C$14,572.71 :(

Yeah, because we're currently in the early access program, which is a Dutch auction. Once the auction ends on the 28th, domains will be available starting from the base registration price.
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