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I don't care much either way, except that I see some cases where using a 'www' hostname can be advantageous. In television and commercials, it's a useful marker
by danieldk 16y ago
I don't care much either way, except that I see some cases where using a 'www' hostname can be advantageous. In television and commercials, it's a useful marker that what being listed refers to a website. To the layman who is not familiar with all TLDs, 'example.nu' may be bogus, while 'www.example.nu' is immediately recognizable as referring to a website.
My take: 'www' helps in disambiguation, and sure is nicer than having to prefix all names with 'http:// http://.
- srgseg 16y agoMost TV and radio ads just refer to something.com I'd say www is only helpful when using an uncommon domain suffix such as .ly
- rm445 16y agoIt's horrendous, but nowadays many advertisers are directing people to their site with addresses in the form: facebook.com/productname
- adambyrtek 16y agoWhy is it horrendous? The string is concise, unambiguous, and works when you put it in the location bar. Including the scheme makes sense only when there is a risk of ambiguity, and even Tim Berners-Lee admits that exposing such a technical detail to users wasn't the best design decision.
- ludwigvan 16y agoI believe he said horrendous since there is a certain trend that Facebook will, in some sense, be a closed internet. There may come a time when not being a Facebook user means that you cannot see some significant portion of the Web.
- rahoulb 16y agoWell for facebook.com/productname that means a commercial decision - is it worth excluding a (probably) significant portion of the internet from viewing our product's site.
- dualogy 16y agoWhy exclusion? FB Pages are public by default, no login required. Some individuals' comments may be invisible due to their privacy settings, but technically non-members are not excluded per se.
- rahoulb 16y agoJust in response to the parent poster stating that Facebook could become a closed internet, requiring an FB login to access content.
- carussell 16y agoConcise? The superfluous inclusion of "facebook" and the slash negates your claim here.
- RyanMcGreal 16y agoOr try AOL keyword "productname"!
- jrockway 16y agoI think this is great. I don't even have to be near a computer to know I have no interest in the product.