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Why was this even originally selected by tech companies? Trendiness? Because they saw the .io standing for input/output?

• robotmay 14y ago
  It's somewhat relevant (due to the input/output interpretation), not excessively expensive, and there are loads of great short domains available. I've got a few myself, my favourite being iso.io; which is for an in-progress photography site.
• thegrossman 14y ago
  We chose it for forecast.io because of the input/output connotation. It is a concise way to imply "data service". .io also allows us to use a short descriptive domain name. If we went with a .com, we'd be stuck with either something like forecastweatherapp.com, or a made up nonsense domain -- in which case we'd be basing the name of our app on the specific domain we were able to acquire.
  • coin 14y ago
    But I/O is the communications between devices. forecast.io is mostly about using vast amounts of weather data and then processing it to forecast weather. What does that have to do with I/O? I'd take your company more seriously if you had a .com name. Your current name makes me envision a junky spam site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input/output http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input/output
    • glitchdout 14y ago
      The current name makes me envision an edgy, cool site.
• eli 14y ago
  Yes, but also and especially due to the lack of short, memorable .com names available.