X.co - The Shortest Url Shortening service ever by GoDaddy

the_poet · Sep 7, 2010

X.co

GoDaddy has just launched its very own Url Shortening service which IMHO is going to be a huge success because:

1) GD doesn't lack the means to make it popular

2) It really generates VERY short urls

3) It isn't going to compete with T.co because Twitter will use it only for internal url shortening purposes.

DomainMagnate · Sep 9, 2010

Eric said:
... and I won't touch it with a 10 foot pole, with it being affiliated w/GoDaddy.

Ditto

But gotta admit it's a cool thing to do by GoDaddy, with all their clientbase they can easily make it huge and the most popular url shortenner soon

Ms Domainer · Sep 9, 2010

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I see no down side to having a few generic x.co URLs attached to domains. If you sell a domain, its x.co URL goes with it, which COULD be a selling point, given the popularity and wide use of GD. In other words, one could take a longtail domain and create a short URL.

Whether you love, hate, or feel indifferent about GoDaddy, this is a FREE service.

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the_poet · Sep 9, 2010

HeyNow said:
What users of the .co ccTLD must remember is that it is controlled by the government of Columbia, not ICANN. Would I want to brand my company's identity in a ccTLD controlled by the government of Columbia? Probably not.

There have been companies branded in TLDs other than those controlled by ICANN (.me, .tv and .fm are just three examples).

BTW it's Colombia, not Columbia.

Ms Domainer said:
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I see no down side to having a few generic x.co URLs attached to domains. If you sell a domain, its x.co URL goes with it, which COULD be a selling point, given the popularity and wide use of GD. In other words, one could take a longtail domain and create a short URL.

Whether you love, hate, or feel indifferent about GoDaddy, this is a FREE service.

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I totally agree with you.

veli20 · Sep 9, 2010

Really? GoDaddy shortener? One more same ol' same ol' I guess.
Thanks for the info

Kate · Sep 9, 2010

Personally I think this should be treated as yet another fad/novelty.
Even google have goo.gl, which is not widely known.

Also godaddy is in the business of selling domain, I think they are doing that pretty well.
Today Bob is pimping up .co, but not long ago he would swear by .me.
Shortly he will move on to the next TLD whatever it is, he clearly won't be the one left holding the bag. He's selling domains, he's not investing in them.

Mattias · Sep 9, 2010

What about no_url_shorteners? The "shortcut" of no_url_shorteners

Archangel · Sep 9, 2010

It seems like the only real selling point of L.2-letter-extensions is to make short-URL services.

Kate · Sep 9, 2010

To sum up:

e.co => not bought by an end user but investors who are now hoping to resell at a profit: good luck
o.co => redirect
t.co => internal URL shortener
x.co => URL shortener

What an impressive range of compelling, stand-alone websites

the_poet · Sep 10, 2010

sdsinc said:
To sum up:

e.co => not bought by an end user but investors who are now hoping to resell at a profit: good luck

o.co => redirect

t.co => internal URL shortener

x.co => URL shortener

What an impressive range of compelling, stand-alone websites

What's important is that ".co" becomes popular and Twitter and GoDaddy have certainly the power to make it so

Kate · Sep 10, 2010

Have a hard look at the facts. These one-letter domains mean little when they are only used as vanity or redirects.
Plus, bookmarks exist for a reason

If you search for twitter or overstock in google, the authoritative sites are the 'long' .com, not the short .co

Ask Twitter if they have any intention of officially rebranding themselves as T.CO :gl:

the_poet · Sep 10, 2010

What I mean is everyday Twitter is used by millions and millions of people around the world. With T.co being Twitter's default url-shortener, people will get used to the extension because they will be constantly seeing that domain in the tweet-stream. Just like no_url_shorteners, which became so popular worldwide when Twitter used as its default url-shortening service.

Kate · Sep 10, 2010

Just because there is a fairly popular URL trimmer named no_url_shorteners, doesn't mean that .ly (Qaddafi's TLD)is investment-grade.

the_poet · Sep 10, 2010

I was sure you would reply with that post. I think there's no need to point out that .ly and .co are totally different worlds

Not to mention that millions of users are already used to .co as their country's second level TLD (.co.uk, .co.in, .co.za, etc.)

Ms Domainer · Sep 10, 2010

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From a user standpoint, there is no risk with using x.co shorteners.

No investment, no hassle.

I just don't see a downside to using this tool, even if I were 99% sure it wouldn't work.

I do believe that as x.co becomes widely known (and GoDaddy has the money to invest in this project to make it so), users will start searching via x.co/ [+keyword].

Meanwhile, for my important (albeit longer) domains, I'll be ready with my short and/or highly-searched keywords.

If it doesn't happen, I have lost nothing but a bit of time.

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Kate · Sep 10, 2010

the_poet said:
Not to mention that millions of users are already used to .co as their country's second level TLD (.co.uk, .co.in, .co.za, etc.)

Does that mean .co.uk, .co.in, .co.za, etc. are freely interchangeable with .co ?

the_poet · Sep 11, 2010

sdsinc said:
Does that mean .co.uk, .co.in, .co.za, etc. are freely interchangeable with .co ?

That means that .co is nothing new to millions of people worldwide. They've been typing it in the address bar everyday for at least a decade.

Kate · Sep 11, 2010

I think you underestimate how deeply ingrained ccTLDs are in some areas.
What's after the .co (the country identifier) in the 3rd level extensions is in fact the important bit.

Do the British really want to share the same extension as South Africa or India. I doubt.

lachlandv · Sep 29, 2010

Godaddy is up for sale so all the haters out there should give it another hot of it gets sold

labrocca · Sep 29, 2010

It's not a competitor if it doesn't give payouts like ad fly.

Ettore · Sep 29, 2010

Well, I think there are too much url shortener. I mean if Twitter is launching its t.co why should people need any other services?

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