Posts Tagged ‘l2s’

.de domains released, url shortener needs your help

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Today, the Denic released 1, 2, and 3 letter .de domains to the public.
This is an amazing step forward for the domain community, as it will allow more custome name spaces on the web.
However, in the middle of this, my url shortener still needs a name.
I was thinking about getting a 1 or 2 letter .de domain.
I need your help, however, to think of a name, and also make sure it isn’t already taken.
Unfortunately, this may not be as easy as you think.
I was trying out random domain combinations, and it seems almost all of the domains were taken.
It leads me to believe that someone used a program to get as many 1, 2, and 3 letter .de domains as possible, to be sold later.
Anyway, any help is deeply appreciated.
-Michael.

url shortener idea, please comment

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

I just had the idea strike me that I could set up a url shortener.
This would help bring traffic to this site, and would give me another identity on the web.
I was thinking of the domain l2s.be, which is as short as bit.ly, and would stand for long 2 short.
I would like to hear my reader’s perspective on this matter, however.
Would it be worth my time to set up a url shortener? Would there be people who would use it? All questions that need answering.
Feel free to ask me any questions you have about this idea, and I will do my best to answer them.
Also, if you have any questions that also need to be answered, feel free to post them as well in the comments.
-Michael.