Friday, September 26, 2003

Vanity domain names

I wanted to own a domain even before I knew what I would do with it. Ownership can be like that. I registered bobcongdon.com a few years ago after discovering that all of the common top level domains for my surname had already been taken. I decided that I would own my full name in the .com domain. Fortunately my name is not particularly common so no one else had already grabbed it. I don't like the fact that domain registration is basically a "land grab" and there's little to prevent someone else from registering thousands of domain names in speculation that someone might want them in the future.

I've registered a few other domains for other purposes. Domains definitely can come in handy for web site and email redirection. The latter has been especially useful for giving out stable email addresses and setting up group email aliases.
posted by Bob at 9/26/2003 08:35:00 AM  | | digg | del.icio.us | reddit