What do you think of .so domain TLD
Hadi Farnoud
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I'm trying to find an available domain with our product name. most are taken but .so is available
how do you feel about .so domains? it's a developer related product (IAM)
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Yannick Veys@yannick_veys
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I would be careful Hadi.
.so is the TLD from Somalia and that's a sanctioned country.
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No bad feelings about .so; We got the .io for Infracost, and it's been working well for Dev tools :) The issue is sometimes people forget the domain, so they have to search for the product name, and then they find it
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will be hard for SEO as it will be targeting more people who are in Somalia, it won't be treated as a generic TLD. There's a list of ccTLD's (I.e. .co, .gg, .io) that are treated as generic and i don't know if .so is on that list.
i know this because i was doing some research when I was buying a .ng domain to use as a short link, which SEO didn't really matter for my situation.
wish i had the link to article where i read it at, cant find it with a quick glance of history. but heres an updated list https://www.seroundtable.com/goo...
The days when domain endings (particularly .com) were important is over. Today, it is simply vanity (eg .ai)
Most potential users will find you through search or by clicking on a link in an email or a social media post
So, go for .so!!!