The Perils of an .xyz Domain

# · 🔥 491 · 💬 275 · 2 years ago · www.spotvirtual.com · ghempton · 📷
Xyz domains to use for shortened links in emails sent on behalf of our customers. Xyz domains, simply including occasional links with URLs ending in. We quickly course-corrected and switched over to.net and.com domains and the situation improved. One surprising side effect of having a.xyz domain is that the mere inclusion of. Xyz domain felt unprofessional and that they would prefer to use an app with a different URL. This was surprising feedback, as we did not believe that, beyond the initial discoverability of our product, the domain itself would create this type of impact. Xyz domain blacklisted, disallowing all of their user base from accessing websites with that extension. Even if your application is strictly obeying the best edicate possible, simply being associated with a.xyz domain is enough to become entirely inaccessible to a subset of traffic.
The Perils of an .xyz Domain



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