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I was actually thinking about this just the other day. I think that they have a pretty interesting product, but I just can't take them seriously. Hell, even Qua

• Samuel_Michon 14y ago
  Quack.io is available (duckduck.io is too)
  • bruceboughton 14y ago
    .io is not a serious TLD - it is for tech products, not the general public You have to have a .com if you want to compete with Google.
    • quarterto 14y ago
      it is for tech products, not the general public It is for the British Indian Ocean Territory. Any other use is a domain hack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io
      • bruceboughton 14y ago
        You are, of course, correct.
    • rys 14y ago
      With the prevalence of other TLDs, I wonder if that's really true these days. Gut instinct says you're probably right, but what makes one TLD more serious than another? Just its de facto position in public perception, or maybe its age? Interesting notion, especially since .com is incredibly crowded.
      • shiftpgdn 14y ago
        Non-technical users don't understand GTLDs. Ask an audience of 100 nontechnical people to record themselves visiting color.io or any other .io domain. I would be willing to wager at a minimum 50% will type color.io.com.