Domains in the .ly zone

Question

Search Engine Optimization

Hello %username%!

I have a question about buying a domain in the .ly zone
. this pleasure is worth 100 killed raccoons a year, I decided to approach this issue with all caution, despite the fact that it would help to significantly reduce the length of the address for the future project startup .

Questions arise ...

Usability, since not all people are IT people, the episode “How I Met Your Mother” reminded me of this, where Robin (sort of) blew about the .org domain zone. Again, almost everyone knows the wiki, but do not underestimate the incompetence of a typical user. What do you think, what is the approximate percentage of people (not only the Russian audience) that this can bring into reboot?

Search engines. I googled ".ly search engines" and other queries, but didn't find anything useful. All those services in this domain zone that I know about, they are not designed to attract people with the help of search engines. For me, this is a very significant issue, since the project is largely designed for international search traffic.

+ Well, the political situation in the country, is there any chance that they will be canceled?

Thank you for your attention (smile).

Answer 1

bit.ly laughs at your doubts)
It wouldn't bring me into reboot, for example. It is more difficult with users, it is difficult for many other than RU and COM / ORG / NET to perceive if you need to type it on the keyboard. Clicking on a link doesn't matter.
No one will cancel anything in any case, remember SU.