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Well sure you can also run a random string generator and get a short .com TLD, but that's not the point.
Today I realized how xkcd prob got it's name
From my perspective as a user, maybe someone who would visit your domain, I’m indifferent to the specific TLD used. You might be able to compose a clever word that grabs my attention, which I’ve seen a lot from .ly domains. However, from an email marketing perspective, TLDs are not interchangeable. Some TLDs (think .xyz) see a lot of abuse, tanking the reputation and deliverability for good actors using them too. So…
As a personal user of .xyz I couldn't agree more. People often get a chuckle at my web/email address when I give it out. Sometimes I have to repeat it because (especially non technical) people aren't expecting it to end in .xyz but often it works to my advantage. The repetition and uniqueness makes it memorable. Also .xyz is generic enough to be used for business and for personal sites. It's also not a ccTLD so I don…
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They are artificially necessary in some cases. I have a personal .com and a gTLD based domain. THis is mostly to retain control of mailflow (I use workspace but can always move it, and have in the past) The number of services/online forms that wont accept a .email domain is still very high. I would imagine at a business level this would be equally difficult, even if its just for B2B type transactions/relationships.
Same. I have a .family domain which is great, but about 1/3rd of the registration flows claim it’s an “invalid email address”. I have an older .org to fall back on, but it would be nice to use one domain for everything.
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Well sure you can also run a random string generator and get a short .com TLD, but that's not the point.
No 3 letter.com domain is available to register (all combinations are registered, can only be bought). 4 letter mixed numbers letters are sure available. I am not sure of 4 letters only is available. 5 letters only sure is available.
.com domain availability has dried up and alternate TLDs dropped the price of squatted .coms. .io was too popular for a while and now everyone seems to be going with a .ai even if their product is far from actual AI. For my startup, I went with .dev. Don’t know if that was a good idea, but I was able to readily get a simple three-letter TLD there.
I don't know much about the marketing potential for .dev vs others, but I think .dev is one of the safest TLDs in terms of registry management and longevity. It makes sense for Google to keep their TLDs priced reasonably to keep the web accessible and there are some big anchor domains on .dev; web.dev, pages,dev, etc..
I wonder what the updated figures would be.
From my perspective as a user, maybe someone who would visit your domain, I’m indifferent to the specific TLD used. You might be able to compose a clever word that grabs my attention, which I’ve seen a lot from .ly domains. However, from an email marketing perspective, TLDs are not interchangeable. Some TLDs (think .xyz) see a lot of abuse, tanking the reputation and deliverability for good actors using them too. So…
As a personal user of .xyz I couldn't agree more. People often get a chuckle at my web/email address when I give it out. Sometimes I have to repeat it because (especially non technical) people aren't expecting it to end in .xyz but often it works to my advantage. The repetition and uniqueness makes it memorable. Also .xyz is generic enough to be used for business and for personal sites. It's also not a ccTLD so I don…
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Today I realized how xkcd prob got it's name
Possibly, although the official explanation is that it's "just a word with no phonetic pronunciation". There's a "What does XKCD stand for?" section on the About page. https://xkcd.com/about/
Source: talk by Randall, might be this one but I'm not sure: https://youtu.be/zJOS0sV2a24.
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Reminds me of nissan.com, which is now nearly worthless because Nissan Motors doesn't care anymore.
I thought that was what Nissan (the domain owner,not the motor company) wanted, that motor company leaves him alone, & don't bother him while he uses his lastname domain.