Hmm.. might be a good time to put my translation.io domain to good use.
Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
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Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
#112nic.io must be tickled pink. Queue the land grab! In other words, I'm not sure this is a good thing or sets a good precedent. I understand the rationale as they're just reacting to what the industry is doing (I'm looking at you GH) but I imagine we'll see more of this in the future. I say all this as a (legitimate) .io domain holder. Somewhere there is a bailiwick just waiting for the crafting community to jump all o…
> Queue the land grab! The use of the word 'cue' in this context is really dead, isn't it?
I assume we're doing the land grab once we've sorted out all the other important things we've got to do first :)
Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
#113I'm curious how the average consumer (non-tech audience) views a .io domain. I'm planning to build a consumer facing site and use .io as it's an easy way to get a decently good domain, but I don't want to scare people off with the domain.
To me, .io brings to mind just another junky spam site.
Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
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#115I'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?
I own .IO domain and I was able to set it as gccTLD in Google Webmasters Tool for at least last 6 months (but not when I registered it more than 2 years ago).
Not to mention my .io domain ranks quite well for my keywords across all national google front-ends for quite some time.
Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
It requires something about the way we conduct ourselves to change, at least. I remember reading about how Japanese advertizers would use Google queries in ads instead of URLs - and we in the West did little to improve on that with QR codes - so it's possible that there's a place for .io somewhere. I just think it'd be a really bad idea to use them interchangeably with .com domains. I guess the same can be said of .c…
> I remember reading about how Japanese advertizers would use Google queries in ads instead of URLs That's happened in the UK as well, though (in my experience) more often with video adverts (e.g. movie trailers) than print advertising. It began with stuff like "AOL Keyword: harry potter" (was it "keyword"? can't remember, was definitely AOL), and mostly died after that, but have seen it with Google a few times. And…
I see "Internet Search: 'model xyz'" in a lot of car ads. Easier to remember than a URL and shows off how good your SEO is ;)
Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
#117260 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.
There's also http://two.vg, they don't list .io domains though.
Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's lame - $20 for this list? What's the likelihood one can actually register one of the 3 letter domains for a typical reg fee and not some huge cost?
Here is one list of short .io names: https://iwantmyname.com/blog/2012/05/100-shockingly-short-io... and here is another: are.io bow.io cot.io cry.io dew.io dip.io dye.io ear.io egg.io fee.io fry.io had.io hem.io hid.io hut.io jug.io lid.io lie.io lip.io men.io mop.io mow.io oar.io ore.io pit.io rag.io ray.io rib.io rid.io rot.io sod.io toe.io tow.io tug.io was.io won.io yaw.io I did not bother to verify availability…
Just a note: That list may be out of date. I see my domain (fry.io) on there, and I registered that a good few months ago :p
Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
#119This has inspired me to buy another .by domain, just on the offchance...
Re: Google now treats .io as a gccTLD
#120I 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.
I'm not sure typical non-technical users have any idea what the TLDs mean, or pay any attention to them at all.
Many users just type website names into google or their location bar, not paying any attention to the URL at all. Or, actually type the _hostname_ into a google search box, not realizing what a hostname/URL _is for_.