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I'm sure instead of going to google.com you go to http://74.125.225.68/ http://74.125.225.68/ because domain names are meaningless.

pizza 14y ago
I think he's trying to say that a domain name means little in comparison to one's site.
icebraining 14y ago
I go to whatever address Firefox has configured for "Google Search". Couldn't care less if it's google.com or 2a00:1450:4003:800::1008 But in any case, my point is that any domain is fine, not that domains as a whole are useless.
- andreyf 14y ago
  This is weird: a Google search for that "2a00:..." string [1] results in a link to what looks like this page, but hosted on 13l.blork.ly. What's up with that? 1. https://www.google.com/search?q=2a00%3A1450%3A4003%3A800%3A%3A1008 https://www.google.com/search?q=2a00%3A1450%3A4003%3A800%3A%...
  - icebraining 14y ago
    Probably someone used the "Blork.ly" service to share a link to this story, I don't know. I just did a dig -t AAAA google.com to find out their IPv6.
adventureful 14y ago
Products matter, not domains. Google didn't become worth $200 billion because of their stupid name.
- pcwalton 14y ago
  That's just one example. There have been plenty of startups, particularly in the consumer internet space, in which the names were generally accepted to be critical to the startups' successes. Mint vs. Wesabe is the most obvious example.
vibrunazo 14y ago
If http://74.125.225.68/ http://74.125.225.68/ ranks before a .book domain when you type whatever in your browser edit box. Then that's where most people will be going to. Doesn't mean domains are meaningless, but they mean very little, and the better google gets, the less they'll mean in the future.
positr0n 14y ago
He means un savy users will literally type "google" into the URL bar (not understanding that typing a string there will google it) and click on the first result to get to google. Then they perform the query they originally intended

pizza 14y ago

I think he's trying to say that a domain name means little in comparison to one's site.

icebraining 14y ago

I go to whatever address Firefox has configured for "Google Search". Couldn't care less if it's google.com or 2a00:1450:4003:800::1008 But in any case, my point is that any domain is fine, not that domains as a whole are useless.

andreyf 14y ago
This is weird: a Google search for that "2a00:..." string [1] results in a link to what looks like this page, but hosted on 13l.blork.ly. What's up with that? 1. https://www.google.com/search?q=2a00%3A1450%3A4003%3A800%3A%3A1008 https://www.google.com/search?q=2a00%3A1450%3A4003%3A800%3A%...
- icebraining 14y ago
  Probably someone used the "Blork.ly" service to share a link to this story, I don't know. I just did a dig -t AAAA google.com to find out their IPv6.

adventureful 14y ago

Products matter, not domains. Google didn't become worth $200 billion because of their stupid name.

pcwalton 14y ago
That's just one example. There have been plenty of startups, particularly in the consumer internet space, in which the names were generally accepted to be critical to the startups' successes. Mint vs. Wesabe is the most obvious example.

vibrunazo 14y ago

If http://74.125.225.68/ http://74.125.225.68/ ranks before a .book domain when you type whatever in your browser edit box. Then that's where most people will be going to. Doesn't mean domains are meaningless, but they mean very little, and the better google gets, the less they'll mean in the future.

positr0n 14y ago

He means un savy users will literally type "google" into the URL bar (not understanding that typing a string there will google it) and click on the first result to get to google. Then they perform the query they originally intended