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I'm using a naked domain. The biggest reason why I'm using it is because my domain name as minimalistic as it can get (six characters long, seven if you count t
by r3bl 11y ago
I'm using a naked domain. The biggest reason why I'm using it is because my domain name as minimalistic as it can get (six characters long, seven if you count the dot) and I sure as hell love saying to people to just type in my alias and add .me at the end.
Although I did not know about these issues, I have to say that the source really didn't give me strong enough arguments to convince me to go through the hassle of making the switch.
With that being said, I opened up a couple of links from the source and I will look through them and see if they'll change my mind.
- akcreek 11y ago301 redirect the naked domain to the www and you can keep telling people the same thing - they will be redirected to the www version seamlessly.
- clessg 11y agoYou can do that, but the redirect will affect initial load times. Might be worth it, might not be.
- mbrock 11y agoYeah, I use a naked domain too because I got a short and nice one, and I like it this way. All this stuff about cookies is a non-argument for me—I don't set any cookies and don't want to. My DNS host does happen to support ALIAS records, and I find the non-technical argument that the www prefix "serves as a gentle reminder that there are other services than the Web on the Internet" kind of silly. I don't host any other services except ssh, and that's just at the naked domain, too. This whole thing is a non-problem for me and all my users...
- lowmagnet 11y agoI used to host at lowmag.net (my old username, still used in places like hn for laziness puposes) I now use the bare version of my name plus .com.