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Why hasn't sh.itjust.works changed to a better domain? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/main@sh.itjust.works
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The current domain is basically invisible to search engines. sh.itjust.works is too long, the .works TLD isn't SEO-friendly, and the "sh." subdomain doesn't add value. Why not use something shorter like itjustworks.com or itjustworks.org instead?

Is this deliberate? Would appreciate if an admin could explain the reason.

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[–] 36 points 2 months ago

Because then our shit would no longer work.

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    [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    Shhh, it just works

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    [–] 21 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

    You think a lemmy server is going to get on google's front page because the TLD changed to .org?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    What made you think I use Google Search as an engine? My point is that the domain name is long. It doesn't matter whether it's .org or something else. shorter domain name would be better, in my opinion.

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    • [–] 32 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Better domain? This is the best domain.

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    • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I like the domain and I really don't care for it to be SEOed!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Also even if there is a decent overlap, appearing as 55th biggest in MAU among all softwares on FediDB, not being the immediate result in most searches should be good. I'd expect people to choose if not the first, then at least one of the first instances they find, so other instances appearing in searches helps spreading out, and thus not making a specific one disproportionally big.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Tell that to the gajillion of Mastodon servers whose TLD is .social. Including mastodon.social which is home to over 20% of all monthly active Fediverse users.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    It's for teh lulz.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    wat.

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    SEO-friendly

    add value

    looks at you with a degree of side-eye somewhere between "bombastic" and "criminal offensive"...

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    [–] -1 points 2 months ago*

    I don't think the domain is the issue so much as the servers it's run off of. Love the instance, but god damn the number of times it just straight up fails to load. It's almost comical because of the name.

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