Google now treats .io as a gccTLD • Hacker News Board

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by guiambros » Mon, May 06, 2013, 10:27 PM UTC

Xcelerate wrote: post #81

Xcelerate wrote: post #67

260 days ago I posted a webapp I made on HN, listing all of the available remaining .io domains in order of most common words -- with 2, 3, 4, and 5 letter columns. It was completely free, but it got one upvote I think? The site is currently down, but if there's interest I can put it back online.

Alright, I just submitted it to HN (page 2 of the homepage now). All I ask is if you think it's useful, upvote it :)

Here's the discussion, to save others a few clicks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5663793

Thanks for doing it (and putting it back online). Really useful if you're looking for a quick .io inspiration.

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by lubos » Mon, May 06, 2013, 10:31 PM UTC

I'm surprised nobody has pointed out that this is not an official announcement from Google. It is merely an updated KB page.

Google is treating .io as gccTLD for at least 6 months.

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by colbyh » Mon, May 06, 2013, 10:53 PM UTC

colbyh wrote: post #100

Xcelerate wrote: post #67

260 days ago I posted a webapp I made on HN, listing all of the available remaining .io domains in order of most common words -- with 2, 3, 4, and 5 letter columns. It was completely free, but it got one upvote I think? The site is currently down, but if there's interest I can put it back online.

I just generated a list of all the 3 letter scrabble-legal .io domains available (4 letter domains are going as we speak). Any interest?

http://pastebin.com/37WFgSKv and http://pastebin.com/mjzvwiBF if anyone feels like browsing.

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by eli » Mon, May 06, 2013, 11:01 PM UTC

highace wrote: post #41

I don't know how to feel about this. I've commented many times before, warning others about the .io domain and the consequences they'll face with ranking on Google. Now that won't be a problem. But let's face it, .io will never be as 'accepted' as .com by Billy Customer, and now squatters have a reason to go buying them all up, so good luck grabbing one for a techie startup or niche.

Like it or not, Google is merely reflecting the obvious reality that most .io domains are not specific to the tiny island territory.

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by RKearney » Mon, May 06, 2013, 11:45 PM UTC

bobwaycott wrote: post #86

Currently available as-of-this-moment 3-letter .io domain names: http://pastie.org/7809651

I just bought a 2 letter .io.

At the time of this comment, there are only 2 left.

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by eli » Mon, May 06, 2013, 11:56 PM UTC

lubos wrote: post #102

I'm surprised nobody has pointed out that this is not an official announcement from Google. It is merely an updated KB page. Google is treating .io as gccTLD for at least 6 months.

Where did you get "6 months" from?

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by programminggeek » Tue, May 07, 2013, 12:18 AM UTC

I think it would be better if google would let webmasters just tell them if you want them to treat your domain as gccTLD or not. I had some cool ideas for .mx, but if they want to treat it as Mexico-only, then what's the point of buying one?

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by jeremymcanally » Tue, May 07, 2013, 12:35 AM UTC

Excellent. I'm prepping to launch http://rss.io and worried that the .io domain would kind of kill its discoverability in search results. Really happy to see this, as I'm sure many others are, too, who are using .io domains the same way.

Maybe people will want to take tele.io and newsies.io off my hands now (half kidding but seriously, email if you're interested :)).

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by Gertig » Tue, May 07, 2013, 1:00 AM UTC

jeremymcanally wrote: post #108

Excellent. I'm prepping to launch http://rss.io and worried that the .io domain would kind of kill its discoverability in search results. Really happy to see this, as I'm sure many others are, too, who are using .io domains the same way. Maybe people will want to take tele.io and newsies.io off my hands now (half kidding but seriously, email if you're interested :)).

Great domain name and I love the header on the site. Love that you are willing to put this out there with placeholder text still in place. Why not right!

Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD

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Post by xur17 » Tue, May 07, 2013, 1:05 AM UTC

smallegan wrote: post #92

Mark this day next year to check for good expired .io domain names :-)

+~3 months for the grace period to expire.