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Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by GabrielMMMM on Thursday October 16, 2025 @12:45AM (#45601543)
What if, instead of shorter versions, the tool focused on SEO optimization, for example, you enter a business name or idea, and it generates a highly SEO optimized domain name suggestion?
Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by echoangle on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:29AM (#45602411)
Does the actual domain itself affect search engine placement? Are shorter domains better, or what makes a domain good for SEO?
Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by mkoryak on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:00AM (#45601909)
Nothing shorter than dogself.com ?!
Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by merelysounds on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:02AM (#45601919)
IMHO it’s better to just use .com .

By now .com is so popular that anything different is harder to memorize or even seen as untrustworthy (both by users and sometimes by platforms too).

Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by aanesn on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:32AM (#45602086)
agree for sure, i just think it's sometimes cool to have different tlds for like small projects and mby links
Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by rammer on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:07AM (#45601945)
Not goood, says buy to domains that obviously aren't available.

Perhaps in the rush to send people to the affiliate site.

Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by aanesn on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:21AM (#45602035)
yea sorry about that it's just dns lookups for now, i'll try to switch to the dynadot api for availability mby just give me a sec
Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by Bratmon on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:36AM (#45602109)
> it's just dns lookups for now

It's not even doing that- It wanted me to "Buy Now" google.com

Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by techsystems on Thursday October 16, 2025 @06:33AM (#45603729)
So just reword it to 'check'
Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by Bratmon on Thursday October 16, 2025 @02:37AM (#45602117)
Warning in advance: This website adds a browser history entry for each keystroke, so if you plan on using your history for something, best to steer clear.
Re:Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your do... by slig on Thursday October 16, 2025 @09:23AM (#45605048)
Nice! It's called "Domain hack" [1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_hack