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Why hasn't sh.itjust.works changed to a better domain? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by interesting@sh.itjust.works 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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[–] dbtng@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

wat.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago

Because then our shit would no longer work.

[–] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Better domain? This is the best domain.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 6 points 3 days ago

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] interesting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] CryptoKitten@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 3 points 3 days 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.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Shhh, it just works

[–] uen3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

SEO-friendly

add value

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

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

It's for teh lulz.

[–] JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days 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.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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.