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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 considere

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!

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!