Ask HN: Are del.icio.us style domain names not accepted at all?

Posted by noctis on Friday February 25, 2022 @01:12AM
from the ask-hn dept.

With enough money, companies buy company.com.

Without, they usually go with getcompany.com, usecompany.com, companyhq.com, companyapp.com etc. but nobody seems to bother using c.ompany.com or co.mpany.com.

Without considering other TLDs (.co, .app, etc.) and domain hacks (del.icio.us itself counts as one, but here it's to make a point), what do you think is the reason of this?

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Re:Ask HN: Are del.icio.us style domain names not accepted a... by wellokpetejr on Friday February 25, 2022 @02:11AM (#30464471)

It was cool when companies initially did that. Now? Does the average person even type in urls? They probably click on a link. Who cares what the URL is then.

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Re:Ask HN: Are del.icio.us style domain names not accepted a... by noctis on Saturday February 26, 2022 @05:27AM (#30476536)

True. Domain names faded away as a visual identity, replaced by logos, even though some are just stylized text.

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