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What's the attraction of the .io domain? Seeing it crop up in many places and I'm not sure what the significance is.

• sim0n 13y ago
  People treat it as though the io stands for input/output (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input/output http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input/output).
  • coin 13y ago
    I have yet to see an input/output related .io site
    • corford 13y ago
      redis.io ?
      • LyndsySimon 13y ago
        sockets.io? aspen.io? Just off the top of my head.
• adanto6840 13y ago
  I've just assumed that it tends to imply 'technology' via the long-existing term "I/O" [input/output]. Even the businesses that that use it and are less tech-heavy in business model tend to be web- and/or mobile-first type companies from what I've seen...
• tomchuk 13y ago
  In addition to the "techiness" of io, a lot of the draw has been availability. They've been going at $50/yr for a while, which has kept the squatters away. Last time I looked, there were a plethora of three-letter English words available. I jumped in in 2009, and basically had my pick of 2-letter domains.
  • Gertig 13y ago
    There are less than 40 three letter word domains names available now. http://andio.herokuapp.com http://andio.herokuapp.com
    • kilian 13y ago
      Selling the remaining list is quite a smart idea. it obviously has value even though it would be relatively simple to figure out the remaining free domains on your own.
      • Gertig 13y ago
        True, the task is not very difficult if you have a list of words to check against. If you're time to create your own list takes more than $19 of your time then its probably of some value to just buy mine :)
    • tomchuk 13y ago
      $20 for the results of bash one-liner? (by my count there are far more than 40 left) for i in `egrep '^[a-z]{3}$' /usr/share/dict/words` do whois $i.io | grep -q '\- Available' && echo $i.io done Heck, there's still a few two-letter .io domains left for i in {a..z}{a..z}.io do whois $i | grep -q '\- Available' && echo $i done iz.io jy.io kf.io kq.io lq.io qf.io qg.io qj.io qo.io qs.io qy.io uj.io yd.io yl.io yz.io But, yeah, I agree, .io choices are getting a little thinner than they used to be.
      • Gertig 13y ago
        Yes, $20 for you is too much, but there are lots of people who have no idea how to do a bash one-liner (me being one of them actually). I worked on this project a while back and posted the list for free for over a year, not sure why it's a sin to charge money for it now.