Show HN: Shorter – search for shorter versions of your domain

[Bratmon]

Warning in advance: This website adds a browser history entry for each keystroke, so if you plan on using your history for something, best to steer clear.

[merelysounds]

IMHO it’s better to just use .com .

By now .com is so popular that anything different is harder to memorize or even seen as untrustworthy (both by users and sometimes by platforms too).

[aanesn]

agree for sure, i just think it's sometimes cool to have different tlds for like small projects and mby links

[rammer]

Not goood, says buy to domains that obviously aren't available.

Perhaps in the rush to send people to the affiliate site.

[aanesn]

yea sorry about that it's just dns lookups for now, i'll try to switch to the dynadot api for availability mby just give me a sec

[slig]

Nice! It's called "Domain hack" [1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_hack

[GabrielMMMM]

What if, instead of shorter versions, the tool focused on SEO optimization, for example, you enter a business name or idea, and it generates a highly SEO optimized domain name suggestion?

[echoangle]

Does the actual domain itself affect search engine placement? Are shorter domains better, or what makes a domain good for SEO?

[mkoryak]

Nothing shorter than dogself.com ?!