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Not sure yet how I feel about the .io bandwagon that seems to be going around; I think I mainly don't like taking a TLD that is specifically designated for a co

• jeremymcanally 14y ago
  We own a lot of TLD's for GitHub, but we just settled on this one for no real reason other than it sounded nice (i.e., not because it's hip). We also considered http://github.me http://github.me and a few others, but thought this one worked well and was short without sounding like we were trying to make a mid-90's Personal Home Page Product™.
  • yahelc 14y ago
    FWIW, I have git.to if you're interested in taking it.
    • jlogsdon 14y ago
      Awesome, GitHub can make their own URL shortening service and replace all links in every README/Issue/Pull Request with short urls!
      • xPaw 14y ago
        They already have http://git.io http://git.io
    • prawn 14y ago
      URL shortener for rednecks?
  • pytrin 14y ago
    You guys should file to have a 'hub' TLD added, then you'd have the ultimate domain - git.hub
    • kyrias 14y ago
      That doesn't look aesthetically pleasing to me..
    • Ives 14y ago
      Then you might as well buy the .github TLD and give everyone their own yourpagename.github url.
  • treitnauer 14y ago
    Interesting that .me is already considered as being old-fashioned. It only launched a few years ago... :) Now if we could only get Google to see .io as a "generic" TLD: https://iwantmyname.com/blog/2012/08/dear-google-please-add-io-to-the-list-of-generic-domains-in-webmaster-tools.html https://iwantmyname.com/blog/2012/08/dear-google-please-add-...
    • CamperBob2 14y ago
      Agreed, this seems like a weird shortcoming on their part. Not clear how best to get the message to Google, though.
      • treitnauer 14y ago
        Google heard the message but apparently their data suggests otherwise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QCozweHGTk0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Q... – which is really hard to believe in regards to .io domains.
        • CamperBob2 14y ago
          Yeah, that's goofy. Nothing that Matt Cutts is saying in that video makes any sense at all with respect to .io.
    • tosh 14y ago
      Interesting, I wasn't aware of this.
  • k3n 14y ago
    I have to admit, .io is probably one of the best geeky TLD's out there, so I can't fault you really. It just seems kind of trendy is all. > without sounding like we were trying to make a mid-90's Personal Home Page Product™ That's not a dig on PHP is it? :)
    • tracker1 14y ago
      I like that the pricing keeps out a lot of the squatting riff-raff you see in com/net/org/info etc... I like .info too, but it's been abused. It's also easier to find a relatively short/applicable tld.
    • shurcooL 14y ago
      It's strange that I've never heard of .io until github.io. What else am I missing out on? :(
      • evolve2k 14y ago
        http://crashlog.io http://crashlog.io a real time exception handler for one.
      • k3n 14y ago
        For the past year or 2 I've been seeing more and more of them. However, I don't have any bookmarked, at least not yet. I found a pretty good time-waster[3] where I may end up with some. I found one here on HN[2] too....might be more. Also found a relevant question on a StackExchange[3] site. 1. http://domaintyper.com/top-websites/most-popular-websites-with-io-domain/ http://domaintyper.com/top-websites/most-popular-websites-wi... 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920233 3. http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/18209/whats-with-startsup-using-io-domain http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/18209/whats-with-sta...
        • shurcooL 14y ago
          Thanks!
• itafroma 14y ago
  There's very little reason for .io to be used as designated: .io is the TLD for the British Indian Ocean Territory which has been depopulated since the 60s and 70s. It now consists of a nature preserve and a joint British-American naval base. Now, there is an issue with the Chagossians being forcibly removed from the islands, but should they ever resettle and gain sovereignty, it seems unlikely they'll continue to call themselves the British Indian Ocean Territory, necessitating a TLD change anyway (a la .su, .tp, and .an).
• MatthewPhillips 14y ago
  Hardly anyone uses .info but I much prefer it vs. going to any country tld.
  • slig 14y ago
    I think that no one uses because it sounds spammy. Maybe because spammers rushed to buy a lot of .info domains and stuff with trash content.
• joallard 14y ago
  May I interest you in the .src project instead then? ;o) http://dot-src.info http://dot-src.info
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• ternaryoperator 14y ago
  I can't comment about github.io, but to address your larger concern, this is in part due to the vast amount of cybersquatting. It's now very difficult to get meaningful domain names in the top TLDs, so companies and projects are being pushed to other TLDs. It's easier for techs to move to non-mainstream TLDs than for consumer-oriented companies, b/c we're comfortable with using them, whereas the average consumer will be confused or hesitant to click. The trend will eventually be that, except for established historical domains (.co.uk, and a few dozen more), most TLDs won't signinfy anything. That's already happened with .ly, and is happening now with .io and .co.
  • bsimpson 14y ago
    Isn't the Columbian government intentionally doing this to .co?