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Serious question; what is the deal with the something-ly.com names? It just seems really odd and me-too-ish to my ear.
by marktangotango 11y ago
Serious question; what is the deal with the something-ly.com names? It just seems really odd and me-too-ish to my ear.
- timdorr 11y agoBecause of the .ly TLD. Many companies employed a play on words to have a single-word domain for any word ending in -ly. Bit.ly is probably the most well-known. The problem is that .ly is managed by Libya, and they tend to have restrictive laws and government practices that many people take issue with. So, many companies just got the -ly.com versions of their domains and made the switch.
- beambot 11y agoTo expand upon your comment.... those startups used something.ly domains when they were small and just starting out -- i.e. before they could afford to buy something-ly.com. Once they had traction and raised money, they purchased the proper domain. It's the same reason TheFacebook later dropped "The".
- xirdstl 11y agoAgreed. After the first few, they just sound too 'cutesy' to me.
- groby_b 11y agoCute-ly. Clearly you mean cutely.
- Eiriksmal 11y agoMr. Graham thinks it's not cool to have .ly anymore. It's an interesting means to date a tech company's founding in the Post-Web 2.0 era. https://twitter.com/paulg/status/601821633385398273 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/601821633385398273