Last week was our 1 year anniversary, meaning this week is the 1 year mark since our epic GoDaddy road show. This time last year, we personally folded and packed thousands of .xyz shirts and drove across to Arizona in our trusty RV. Do you remember this scene?
One thing that we didn’t have back then, were the hundreds of thousands of live .xyz websites we could’ve browsed through while we were on the road. It was especially rare to find .xyz sites that had an equally amazing mobile version of their website.
Have you ever noticed how a website looks different on your laptop compared to your tablet or cell phone? Your phone isn’t just automatically shrinking the original website, but actually, savvy web developers and designers magically code it so you can experience the same site in its best form – no matter what device you’re accessing it from. This is what they call “responsive web design” in the industry.
It’s pretty awesome to compare the different versions. Check out these .xyz websites and see how the full desktop browser version compares to its mobile counterpart.
It’s all about the details. Check out StudioNora.xyz and the attention they put into adjusting the newsletter form from your desktop browser to your phone.
Pretty cool, huh? With so many internet users on the go, it’s important to keep in mind how your website looks for the wide range of devices we use now-a-days. Do you have any web design advice you’d like to share? Drop us a line @XYZ on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
Until next time, #GenXYZ. Ciao!
Happy birthday, #GenXYZ!
1 year ago to the dot, the new domain for every website, everywhere, became globally available. Remember this?
It seems like just yesterday that we reset the internet and crashed several servers along the way. In true .xyz record-breaking fashion, we also recently crushed through another milestone.
Did you know that CentralNic – our trusty partner who handles the technical magic of .xyz – generates reports on how many times .xyz domains are accessed each month (also known as DNS queries)?
Well, with hundreds of thousands of active .xyz sites, a lot of people are accessing .xyz domains. And just how many? So many that we broke CentralNic’s reporting, which only counted up to 32-bit integers. That means, .xyz domains were accessed more than 2.1 BILLION times in January, causing a snafu in CentralNic’s reporting!
If this sounds familiar to anyone, that’s because the same thing happened to YouTube’s counter with the Gangnam Style music video. YouTube didn’t see Gangnam Style coming, the same way that the internet wasn’t prepared for .xyz’s rapid growth.
So how did .xyz grow so fast? In a special post on our 1 year anniversary, read CEO and Founder Daniel Negari’s blog on “From 0 to 1 Million: The Ins and Outs of Building the Largest New Domain.” You won’t regret it.
Happy Friday, #GenXYZ. Hope you’re having a great morning so far! Over here at the XYZ HQ, we’re walking around with an extra pep in our step because XYZ’s head honcho, CEO Daniel Negari, was featured on the front page of Yahoo Small Business!
In “His Business Is on Top of New Top-Level Domains,” Daniel sat down with YSB to give everyone an insider look into the world of new domain extensions and how .xyz has grown to become the world’s largest new domain.
Be sure to check out the article to get answers to questions like “how did a 29-year-old come to be the operator of Internet domains?” or “why register a business website with .xyz instead of .com?”
analytics.xyz, graphics.xyz, bargains.xyz, oh my! All with $69 starting bids and no reserve prices – what bargains, don’tcha think?
With our trusty partner, NameJet, we will be auctioning off 500+ premium .xyz domains that are becoming available for the very first time! (Our personal favorite just might be newbie.xyz.) The bidding starts at just $69 and each domain name auction will last for 72 hours.
So how can you get involved with this .xyz domain auction action?
Head on over to NameJet.xyz now and sign up for a free NameJet account so you can bid. Then you can shop around for any domains that catch your eye. Place your bid on the domain name you want, make sure you don’t get outbid, and the .xyz is yours!
The list has some snazzy names that just might be the perfect domain for your next personal project, business idea, a keyword-domain for your startup, or your place to express your hobbies.
Go on…take a gander. You won’t be disappointed.
Get-in on the bidding action and
On this fine Wednesday, we have a special update for you, #GenXYZ! As you know, without each and every one of you building eye-catching sites, representing your unique self with a .xyz email address, or even taking advantage of .xyz as a URL shortener, the #GenXYZ community would not be as large, innovative, or diverse as what it’s become today.
To celebrate your amazing creations, we revamped the #GenXYZ page on our website to show a glimpse of what’s out there and what this growing community is all about. A little XYZ show-and-tell window, if you will :)
So hop on over to gen.xyz/genxyz and browse through some of our favorite .xyz sites. With so many to highlight, it’s hard to believe that .xyz domains weren’t even globally available this time last year!
What do you think, #GenXYZ? Think YOUR .xyz website should be featured on gen.xyz/genxyz? Let us know by following and tweeting us @xyz. We’re excited to hear from you!
