On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 02:10:18AM +0200, Martin Baehr wrote:
by the user, because a hostname that matches the right keyword is way more likely to not only contain the right stuff but be a site dedicated
Try pike.(com|net|org|info|biz) - is it right keyword, then?
Is it really difficult to bind keywork "pike" in your browser to the list of releveant sites? Is it difficult to remember that in folder named "Pike" you have a list of sites related to Pike?
It is a bit too much to guess which name might have a site dedicated to pike modules, and it will take a lot of time to guess (pmods? pike-modules? modules-for-pike? damn... 10 mins later: what it can be?), while keyword search on Google or similar engine will take just a few secs, regardless of the host name (and same time for bookmark).
The name of the host (and it's length) doesn't matter. The content does.
People tend to forget host names, email addresses, phone numbers, etc, only because it is easy to recall them from well-know location - bookmarks, address book or [mobile] phone memory. That's why host name doesn't matter.
Among other things, there may be _several_ sites with Pike modules... Imagine pike-mods1, pike-mods2, etc... I see no particular reason why I should visit only one while looking for modules...
And I see no reason to remember name for the site which is visited often enough (one click only - you have a "quick dial" or "hot key" in browsers too, bind it to Alt-P if you are too lazy to type in or to remember, place it on your desktop, whatever - it still will be _much_ quicker than typing in full name - one click/keypress is less than five/ten anyway).
NB: No offense... Just my opinion :)
Regards, /Al