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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.
What's the attraction of the .io domain? Seeing it crop up in many places and I'm not sure what the significance is.
I jumped in in 2009, and basically had my pick of 2-letter domains.
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Based on their reluctance to put Google Code out of its misery, its sometimes hard to believe they might be aware. :)
It's a good thing they don't "put Google Code out of it's misery". There are millions of sites using jQuery hosted on Google Code.
I hope prices stay "high"; maybe $55+/yr is enough to keep the domain squatters in check to some extent.
My .io has been hosted on GAE since the start. I wish GAE would support naked domains. http://www.macch.io/
nic.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…
nic.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…
I'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.
What's the attraction of the .io domain? Seeing it crop up in many places and I'm not sure what the significance is.
In addition to the "techiness" of io, a lot of the draw has been availability. They've been going at $50/yr for a while, which has kept the squatters away. Last time I looked, there were a plethora of three-letter English words available. I jumped in in 2009, and basically had my pick of 2-letter domains.
nic.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…