Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL • Hacker News Board

Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by dpapathanasiou » Sat, Nov 09, 2013, 7:21 PM UTC

Hellenion wrote: post #90

dsr_ wrote: post #73

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Me in 1993: Yeah, but seriously, nobody is going to start charging for domain names. Writing a hundred bytes in your named.conf? What would you charge, ten cents? Doesn't make sense. And everybody swaps secondary service with everybody else, and your upstream includes it at no extra charge.

Where can I read more about this seemingly magical era? I'm so young that it sounds like a faerietale.

In 1994, someone at Wired magazine (which was only in its 2nd year of existence) registered mcdonalds.com to see what would happen: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/mcdonalds_pr.html

Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by Ensorceled » Sat, Nov 09, 2013, 10:30 PM UTC

mrb wrote: post #63

Ensorceled wrote: post #38

Why I won't get a Custom URL: > Many people have the same name. Add a few extra letters or numbers to this URL to get one that is unique for you. Why would I want yet another "MyName " identifier? How does that help friends and family remember or identify me? What purpose does it serve? I'm yet another person with a nickname that identifies me all over and has for years, I too own the domain. But Google+ keeps insist…

"I have no idea why they cling to this." Not saying that I agree or disagree with Google, but they have explained their reasoning here: "It's recommended that you go by your first and last name because it will help you connect with people you know and help them find you." - https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1228271?hl=en

Considering that my comment was a direct refutation of this premise, I'm not sure why you posted this.

Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by sigkill » Sun, Nov 10, 2013, 12:02 PM UTC

mxuribe wrote: post #155

I firmly believe that using uncontrolled urls - such as facebook, g+, etc. - on business cards, print material, or even as your established "online home" is unwise. I think its better to maintain/publish urls originating from a domain name that YOU control...And then create links (with underlying associated metadata "rel=me" style links) or setup redirects...Such as: YourDomain.com/gplus or YourDomain.com/linkedin...…

I agree with this. Something like ./social or /card and have that page list all your fb, g+, linkedin twitter links.

Bonus, you get a permanent email address that NO ONE can take away from you, for life.

Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by liyanage » Mon, Nov 11, 2013, 4:56 AM UTC

liyanage wrote: post #83

simoneau wrote: post #53

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Even though I prefer +simoneau, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=simoneau , I had come around to living with +MatthewSimoneau (if only to keep someone else from getting it). When it required me to add some trailing garbage after my name though, I also canceled the process.

Same here, I don't understand why I'm forced to append junk, and I'm pretty sure my first/last name alone aren't taken. I canceled at that point.

Interesting, a day later I got an e-mail that let me claim my full name without suffix.

Re: Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL

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Post by headchange » Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 5:25 PM UTC

klipt wrote: post #142

ajslater wrote: post #135

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1993. I considered registering cocacola.com, sex.com, shell.com, etc. etc. Spent the money on consumables instead. There are few moments I remember as clearly as making that decision.

Now that people mostly use search engines instead of typing whatever.com, I imagine domain squatters don't get as much traffic. As I see it, the purpose of search engines is to route around squatters and find real content, no matter where it's hosted.

Unless its a sex related domain. I'm sure fuck.com, sex.com and anything similar will receive free traffic as long as domain names exist.