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They should offer a premium feature that enables you to map your own domain name. I would replace my homepage (http://antoniocangiano.com http://antoniocangiano
by acangiano 16y ago
They should offer a premium feature that enables you to map your own domain name. I would replace my homepage (http://antoniocangiano.com http://antoniocangiano.com) with something like this if the feature was available. (Of course, I could iframe it, redirect, etc... but it's not the same.)
- vyrotek 16y agoYeah I like this idea too. I've been managing my resume site with wordpress and I'm sick of it. I would gladly point my domain to a site that let me create a decent resume/experience page with the analytic features that about.me has. Of course this would require the site to create subdomains for users and not directories.
- BrandonM 16y agoWhy not create a DNS webhop?
- jessriedel 16y agoWhy is a redirect not the same? Is it just the split second of time it takes? (I obviously don't know anything about this stuff.)
- acangiano 16y agoOne reason is search engines. With a 301 redirect for example, you are telling them that your content has permanently moved from example.com to about.me/example. Your efforts to promote your page and acquire backlinks will only aid about.me not your own domain. If about.me were to shut down or you were to decide to build your own homepage, you'd be starting from zero SEO-wise. Furthermore, people may bookmark about.me/example (it's where they landed after all) or link directly to it bypassing your domain name. There are also other considerations, mostly related to the user expectations and experience.
- riobard 16y agoI thought one of their selling points is the ultra cool domain name? about.me/username??
- crux 16y agoFlavors.me offers pretty much the exact same feature set, with the ability to set your own domain. For instance (plug), zdsmith.com maps to flavors.me/zdsmith.