A domain hack (also known as domain name hacks) is a way many people and companies are choosing to stake their place on the internet these days. This began due to a shortage of traditional named domain names that were easy to remember.
As time passed people began to realize that extremely brand able domain names could be created by using the extension as part of the word. Famous sites such as blo.gs, del.icio.us, retou.ch, bit.ly and goo.gl created the path for more creative domain hacks to come.
Popular domain name extensions that are used for domain hacks are .al, .as, .it, .me, .im, .us, .ly. In actuality any type of domain extensions can be used to create a new awesome domain name. I myself am now using the .im to domain hack my own name “Hara Kim” to create HaraK.im.
One thing some people concern themselves with is that users will get confused if they use a domain hack and will not be able to find the site. However with some research I found that most natural traffic comes through search engines and that more and more people are becoming internet savvy therefore they use tools such as bookmarks which allow them to visit your site instantly without remember the original domain name.
Overall I feel you won’t lose much traffic if at all and believe that domain hacks are becoming more and more popular and useful for the internet as a whole. If you want to search for some of your own domain hacks I recommend using http://xona.com/domainhacks/ it is completely free as well.
Nice informative post makes me want to get one too for fun haha
You should domain names are so cheap now a days anyone can afford one
Seems like more and more domain hacks show up each day.