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Do you guys still think the name is very relevant? Every day I use more google search to go places rather than typing the url directly.
by huherto 17y ago
Do you guys still think the name is very relevant? Every day I use more google search to go places rather than typing the url directly.
- dschobel 17y agoI think you need to own your company name. The dropbox guys claimed to have done just fine when all they owned was getdropbox.com but I'd be curious to know if there's been any change in traffic from people going straight to their new domain vs referrals from google, et al. "Dropbox" is becoming enough of a name-brand that I'd be surprised if they didn't see a significant spike in traffic.
- redstripe 17y agoI chose a pretty easy to remember domain name for my game site - two words that describe what it does and are easy to spell. Yet most of the visitors I get (80% who are frequent repeat visitors) actually come from google by typing the domain name into the search. So no, I think domain names are pretty much worthless. Google is the URL bar. Scary.
- klipt 17y agoScary? I think it just shows how good the internet is at routing around inefficiencies. The idea of a domain name "shortage" was artificial and hardly benefited anyone but the registrars. To pick an arbitrary example: "gcc.com" belongs to a cement company and "gcc.org" to a church, yet apart from typing them in directly a minute ago I've never seen those sites, since Google/Yahoo/Bing all direct you somewhere useful like http://gcc.gnu.org/ http://gcc.gnu.org/ instead. Thank goodness!