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Old 09-07-2010, 01:01 PM THREAD STARTER               #1 (permalink)
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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.
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this one generates super short URLs as well: 0.gy and is not affiliated with Godaddy (sample: 0.gy/1u)

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Do we really need another url-shortener?

So far the only newsworthy stand-alone .co developments have BOTH been url-shorteners. Twitter and now gd.
Is .CO going to become known as the url-shortener tld?
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CO is being branded as a shorter version of .COM which, after all, is what domains are about: shortness
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Not good news for webmasters !
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I found out the hard way that subdomain letters are case sensitive, so be sure to get the lower case (preferable) and upper case, if you can. For example, I got vote, Vote, and VOTE and ha, Ha, and HA. I can see why GoDaddy has done that (more URLs), but it could be confusing and not too useful.

I did get a few uppercase one-letter subdomains, but missed out on the lower case.

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URL shortening to NoDaddy.com works

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Originally Posted by Ms Domainer View Post
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I found out the hard way that subdomain letters are case sensitive, so be sure to get the lower case (preferable) and upper case, if you can. For example, I got vote, Vote, and VOTE and ha, Ha, and HA. I can see why GoDaddy has done that (more URLs), but it could be confusing and not too useful.
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I did get a few uppercase one-letter subdomains, but missed out on the lower case.

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-> What are you talking about ?
An case sensitive letters ERROR of x dot co ?
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An case sensitive letters ERROR of x dot co ?
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No error.
Compare x.co/K (DISCLAIMER: This is mine)

and x.co/k
They go to different sites

I think GoDaddy did this on purpose.

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I'd so much like to see t.co and x.co used for something a little more creative than url-shorteners.
Why are url shorteners even so popular?
I understand their use on twitter (where you have a limited number of characters allowed) and maybe on mobile phones (where typing long urls with the normal keypad could be quite annoying) but where else are they useful? I hate not knowing where the link is actually going to.
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These 2 points are the ones that seem most relevant here:
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1) GD doesn't lack the means to make it popular
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Do we really need another url-shortener?
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@RUPERT: maybe url-shorteners aren't necessary outside of services like Twitter, but never underrate the power of short link customization you can redirect people anywhere you wish. Imagine you have a website about loans with a 20+ char url and you setup a free and permanent x.co/loans (BTW it's already taken and unfortunately it isn't mine)
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Originally Posted by RUPERT View Post
Do we really need another url-shortener?

So far the only newsworthy stand-alone .co developments have BOTH been url-shorteners. Twitter and now gd.
Is .CO going to become known as the url-shortener tld?
Exactly.
Some extensions seem to be used for hacks mostly, others for URL shorteners mainly

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Compare x.co/K (DISCLAIMER: This is mine)

and x.co/k
They go to different sites

I think GoDaddy did this on purpose.
The part of the URL after the domain name CAN be case-sensitive, because if reflects the file & directory structure on the server. On a Unix server it will be case-sensitive, not on a windows machine
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lol, so I guess Url Shortener are a small time competition for domainers as well..

Why, well you can still own superlongandcrappynonsensedomainwith-3-misplaced-hyphens.biz but can shorten it into something short and pretty like x.co/crap which could eliminate the need of a good looking domain ..

Btw can you completely mask your landing url to x.co/crap?
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CO is being branded as a shorter version of .COM which, after all, is what domains are about: shortness
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.
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... 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
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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.

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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).
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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.

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Really? GoDaddy shortener? One more same ol' same ol' I guess.
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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.
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