Oh wow, that's very cool. Did he do this as a SEO hack or just as an easy-to-remember shortcut for his book?
His illinois.edu page is the second hit for me for "algorithms wtf" in DuckDuckGo and the first hit in Google. There is a non-zero probability that I would find his book by searching for that.
Edit: Sorry if this came across as disrespectful. I don't think that a SEO hack in this case is bad. If you put your care and attention into writing and revising a 472-page textbook, you want people to find it. There's nothing wrong with that.
I don't think Jeff cares about SEO. He was out probably looking for a simple domain and I'm sure algorithms.com, algorithms.org etc. were already taken.
If I had to pick between say algorithms.me and algorithms.wtf, I'd definitely go with the second one, especially because students like me will remember it for life.
nequo|3 years ago
His illinois.edu page is the second hit for me for "algorithms wtf" in DuckDuckGo and the first hit in Google. There is a non-zero probability that I would find his book by searching for that.
Edit: Sorry if this came across as disrespectful. I don't think that a SEO hack in this case is bad. If you put your care and attention into writing and revising a 472-page textbook, you want people to find it. There's nothing wrong with that.
quantumduck|3 years ago
If I had to pick between say algorithms.me and algorithms.wtf, I'd definitely go with the second one, especially because students like me will remember it for life.
jrumbut|3 years ago
"Oh you're looking for an algorithms textbook, have you tried..."