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Careful with the .io domain, though I've never heard of them shutting down a startup over content, their rules do state: No .IO domain may be used, directl

by bryanh 14y ago

Careful with the .io domain, though I've never heard of them shutting down a startup over content, their rules do state: No .IO domain may be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that is sexual or pornographic or that is against the statutory laws of any Nation. The "laws of any Nation" could be a rather onerous clause one hopes never gets called upon. It has happened for .ly domains...

roryokane 14y ago
Link to those rules: http://www.nic.io/rules.html http://www.nic.io/rules.html
sunsetandlabrea 14y ago
I own the putio.com domain and they approached me when they first launched to buy it, presumably to redirect to put.io but maybe because of these rules.
- digitalengineer 14y ago
  So either they didn't want to pay what you asked or you've got your own plans for putio.com?
  - sunsetandlabrea 14y ago
    I haven't got any plans for it as a website, I use the domain for email. Putio is how my son used to pronounce computer when he was small. I asked what they were offering, it was a token amount and I preferred to keep it.
    - digitalengineer 14y ago
      Good for you ;-) Nice story about your son. I do suspect you might get some mail from put.io if you have a catch-all emailaccount activated.
- username3 14y ago
  Your first comment in 1695 days.
  - sunsetandlabrea 14y ago
    I like to pace myself.
highace 14y ago
Startups needs to think twice when they decide to use a .io domain. .io domains aren't top level domains like .com, .org, or .net. They're ccTLDs - country specific domains - like .co.uk, .us, or .com.au. Io is the local domain for the Indian Ocean states. Unlike the TLDs, and a handful of the early ccTLDs, Google doesn't treat .io as a global domain - it treats them as domains specific to the Indian Ocean. This means you're immediately at a disadvantage at being found by your target market via a google search (unless they're specifically searching for your brand). So while you're more likely to get a common-word .io domain, and they have the obvious relation with technology, if your start up is going to be relying on search engine traffic or might be dealing in a slightly grey area, you should probably just save yourself the bother and go for getX.com or Xapp.com, where X is your website name.
- prezjordan 14y ago
  ge.tXapphq.com
- TallboyOne 14y ago
  I don't have the source (tried to find but buried), but Matt Cutts has stated because so many tech companies use .io as input/output webapp connotation, that behind the scenes, google treats it as a gTLD even though technically it's a ccTLD. I know because I did a ton of research for http://pineapple.io http://pineapple.io as well as talking to a lot of other people who were ranking their .io domain. Likewise, there is a movement to get it officially branded as a gTLD just like .me, etc. I would say choosing a .io domain is just fine.
  - stordoff 14y ago
    It is from a few years ago, but there is this: > The question came up about whether it matters which TLD (top level domain) you’re using. For example, do .com domains carry more weight than a .net, .us, .info, etc. He said that TLD doesn’t matter–that’s the way Larry and Sergey originally designed the Google algorithm. The algorithm doesn’t care where the page is located, it’s all about pagerank (LINKS) of the particular page. At the end of answering this question he did admit that they might have started to look at particularly cheap (and spammy) TLDs differently than other TLDs–or they might start considering TLD in their algorithm if they’re not already doing so. https://www.seo.com/blog/conferences/matt-cutts-does-domain-roundtable/ https://www.seo.com/blog/conferences/matt-cutts-does-domain-...

by bryanh 14y ago

roryokane 14y ago

Link to those rules: http://www.nic.io/rules.html http://www.nic.io/rules.html

sunsetandlabrea 14y ago

I own the putio.com domain and they approached me when they first launched to buy it, presumably to redirect to put.io but maybe because of these rules.

digitalengineer 14y ago
So either they didn't want to pay what you asked or you've got your own plans for putio.com?
- sunsetandlabrea 14y ago
  I haven't got any plans for it as a website, I use the domain for email. Putio is how my son used to pronounce computer when he was small. I asked what they were offering, it was a token amount and I preferred to keep it.
  - digitalengineer 14y ago
    Good for you ;-) Nice story about your son. I do suspect you might get some mail from put.io if you have a catch-all emailaccount activated.
username3 14y ago
Your first comment in 1695 days.
- sunsetandlabrea 14y ago
  I like to pace myself.

highace 14y ago

Startups needs to think twice when they decide to use a .io domain. .io domains aren't top level domains like .com, .org, or .net. They're ccTLDs - country specific domains - like .co.uk, .us, or .com.au. Io is the local domain for the Indian Ocean states. Unlike the TLDs, and a handful of the early ccTLDs, Google doesn't treat .io as a global domain - it treats them as domains specific to the Indian Ocean. This means you're immediately at a disadvantage at being found by your target market via a google search (unless they're specifically searching for your brand). So while you're more likely to get a common-word .io domain, and they have the obvious relation with technology, if your start up is going to be relying on search engine traffic or might be dealing in a slightly grey area, you should probably just save yourself the bother and go for getX.com or Xapp.com, where X is your website name.

prezjordan 14y ago
ge.tXapphq.com
TallboyOne 14y ago
I don't have the source (tried to find but buried), but Matt Cutts has stated because so many tech companies use .io as input/output webapp connotation, that behind the scenes, google treats it as a gTLD even though technically it's a ccTLD. I know because I did a ton of research for http://pineapple.io http://pineapple.io as well as talking to a lot of other people who were ranking their .io domain. Likewise, there is a movement to get it officially branded as a gTLD just like .me, etc. I would say choosing a .io domain is just fine.
- stordoff 14y ago
  It is from a few years ago, but there is this: > The question came up about whether it matters which TLD (top level domain) you’re using. For example, do .com domains carry more weight than a .net, .us, .info, etc. He said that TLD doesn’t matter–that’s the way Larry and Sergey originally designed the Google algorithm. The algorithm doesn’t care where the page is located, it’s all about pagerank (LINKS) of the particular page. At the end of answering this question he did admit that they might have started to look at particularly cheap (and spammy) TLDs differently than other TLDs–or they might start considering TLD in their algorithm if they’re not already doing so. https://www.seo.com/blog/conferences/matt-cutts-does-domain-roundtable/ https://www.seo.com/blog/conferences/matt-cutts-does-domain-...