Well, this is disappointing. As others have stated , clearly there usually are other areas (easier targets like too much javascript or tracker code crap) to optimize performance than here. But what i find disappointing is that i was under the belief that things like a TLD were merely cosmetic and didn't have an impact on underlying performance. Domain names were supposed to be sticky labels on more important underlying infrastructure. I always thought that choosing a .COM, .NET, .WHATEVER didn't matter for delivering digital assets across the internets to one's customers/users...well, if bunnycdn is onto something, color me surprised, and slightly saddened.
I've owned my own {$last_name}.CC domain name, and have used it as the basis for my personal/family email for over a decade, and am quite aware of how it has gotten treated at least on the spam front. Admittedly, I've had very, very minor issues compared to many others who have used other seemingly "non-traditional" TLDs/ccTLDs. (I attribute the low issues to having used G Suite for many years. Spam fighting: One of the few good things i like about google.) While the .CC tld was originally based on a country code, it was marketed (and i guessed managed) for many years now as a generic TLD. My friend gave me the idea to use it after he set his domain name up for his then-nascent (ahem) computer consultancy ...And, since the .COM, and the .NET versions[0] of my $last_name at the time were not available for me, i went with a nice short and sweet .CC domain. Back then i also felt a mild sense of edginess for using something different than "boring old" .COM, or .NET. But i never figured there would be DNS/nme resolution performance issues...Its just a name resolve process going from some arbitrary text name to ip addresses, etc...why should there be an issue, right?
Beyond the admittedly minor spam issues that I've had with using a "non-traditional" TLD, the biggest headache by far is having to educate people that the world has more than just .COM and .NET domain names. Having to emphasize (both verbally spell out, and through bold text or caps while written) that my email address ends in .CC and NOT .COM is quite annoying. After so many years, it still has not lessened much...At least not in the U.S. - where i live and work. However, strangely/unexpectedly, outside the U.S. this issue is vastly less of a thing. During the last 2 years I've traveled to many parts of the world for my dayjob, and wow, my {$last_name}.CC domain name is pretty much not an issue outside of the U.S. So this whole time it's my own Americans who lack the literacy in this regard. From my experience, in the minds of typical, layperson Americans there exists only .COM, .NET, .ORG, maybe sometimes .UK...But everything else might as well be .SPAM or .FAKE ;-)
So, after the spam, after all the years of annoyance of emphasizing the spelling of the TLD, and now there could be possible performance issues!?! Man, this whole domain name thing sucks (to say nothing even of the sleazy business/marketing side of the racket). I mean, weren't domain names supposed to make things easier than having to remember arbitrary IP numbers/addresses? I think we need a new method or system.
[0] By the way, the .ORG version for my domain name was available years ago, but I wasn't a non-profit, so felt i didn't want to grab it; happily allowing any true, legitimate non-profit to scoop it up. My mental jury is still out on whether that was a wise decision that i made or not. Because of recent news of the .ORG registry, maybe I'll make a separate post on this topic.
> 0] By the way, the .ORG version for my domain name was available years ago, but I wasn't a non-profit, so felt i didn't want to grab it; happily allowing any true, legitimate non-profit to scoop it up. My mental jury is still out on whether that was a wise decision that i made or not. Because of recent news of the .ORG registry, maybe I'll make a separate post on this topic.
Not that it matters, but in my mind, .COM stood for commercial businesses, .NET stood for networks/isps, and .ORG stood for the rest. Do you have any real relation to the Cocos islands? That's less acceptable to me than putting yourself in .ORG.
I share your perception of what .COM, .NET, and .ORG stood for. And, to answer your question, i have no relation to the Cocos islands...further, if I were somehow negatively impacting the inhabitants of said region, i would have never obtained the domain name. (I'm not that kind of person.) Besides, the domain name was for my personal/family email only, that's it - not any commercial entity or network service, etc. - there was no .FAMILY (or similar tld) back then.
Nevertheless, to clarify why i had obtained a domain name using that tld...While yes, .CC was originally (and for a very short period) intended for the Cocos islands, it quickly shifted focus (by those same owners of the NIC/registry that controlled the TLD) and was promoted for international registration; in fact the marketing i saw pushed it as the next .COM for computer hobbyists, etc. And, I wasn't the only one who bought that line; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cc#Usage
Sorry, I'm aware everyone was/is doing it, and it's encouraged and acceptable. I see that's not clear from my message; I didn't mean to imply you made a bad choice.
I just would have ignored the intent of .org or .net before a country tld.
I appreciate that clarification; all good, no worries. And, yes, having learned from my .CC experience all these years now, going forward I will ignore the intents of .org, .net, etc. before looking at ccTLD. Cheers!
I've owned my own {$last_name}.CC domain name, and have used it as the basis for my personal/family email for over a decade, and am quite aware of how it has gotten treated at least on the spam front. Admittedly, I've had very, very minor issues compared to many others who have used other seemingly "non-traditional" TLDs/ccTLDs. (I attribute the low issues to having used G Suite for many years. Spam fighting: One of the few good things i like about google.) While the .CC tld was originally based on a country code, it was marketed (and i guessed managed) for many years now as a generic TLD. My friend gave me the idea to use it after he set his domain name up for his then-nascent (ahem) computer consultancy ...And, since the .COM, and the .NET versions[0] of my $last_name at the time were not available for me, i went with a nice short and sweet .CC domain. Back then i also felt a mild sense of edginess for using something different than "boring old" .COM, or .NET. But i never figured there would be DNS/nme resolution performance issues...Its just a name resolve process going from some arbitrary text name to ip addresses, etc...why should there be an issue, right?
Beyond the admittedly minor spam issues that I've had with using a "non-traditional" TLD, the biggest headache by far is having to educate people that the world has more than just .COM and .NET domain names. Having to emphasize (both verbally spell out, and through bold text or caps while written) that my email address ends in .CC and NOT .COM is quite annoying. After so many years, it still has not lessened much...At least not in the U.S. - where i live and work. However, strangely/unexpectedly, outside the U.S. this issue is vastly less of a thing. During the last 2 years I've traveled to many parts of the world for my dayjob, and wow, my {$last_name}.CC domain name is pretty much not an issue outside of the U.S. So this whole time it's my own Americans who lack the literacy in this regard. From my experience, in the minds of typical, layperson Americans there exists only .COM, .NET, .ORG, maybe sometimes .UK...But everything else might as well be .SPAM or .FAKE ;-)
So, after the spam, after all the years of annoyance of emphasizing the spelling of the TLD, and now there could be possible performance issues!?! Man, this whole domain name thing sucks (to say nothing even of the sleazy business/marketing side of the racket). I mean, weren't domain names supposed to make things easier than having to remember arbitrary IP numbers/addresses? I think we need a new method or system.
[0] By the way, the .ORG version for my domain name was available years ago, but I wasn't a non-profit, so felt i didn't want to grab it; happily allowing any true, legitimate non-profit to scoop it up. My mental jury is still out on whether that was a wise decision that i made or not. Because of recent news of the .ORG registry, maybe I'll make a separate post on this topic.