Daniel writes:
http://company.com/ generally is generally no more intuitive than http://company.com/company/. This is a rehash of the "predictable domain name" and "predictable mailbox name" discussion. It only makes a difference for very well known company names. Promoting this practise will give a wrong image of prestige to a "short URL".
I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with this. For those companies who are using or wish to use the WWW for marketing purposes, it is a question of following what is *already* established practice and being on an equal footing with other companies. (I'm not pleading special interest - We are in the process of moving from a virtual host on an "WWW Hotel" to a new dedicated server of our own - no address space is thus freed up.) Andrew J Cowie Royal Insurance plc (http://www.royal-group.com/) Extra X400 information begins: Originator Name: COWIEA Org Units: LIVERPOOL Organisation: NHP Domain: GB/IBMX400/ROYINT Node.Userid: IBMX400.116780 Message Id: 0002C9A6.MAI Sent by Name: COWIEA Org Units: LIVERPOOL Organisation: NHP Domain: GB/IBMX400/ROYINT Node.Userid: IBMX400.116780 Free Fmt Name: COWIE, Andrew / NHP Subject: RE: PRO/CONS OF VIRTUAL HOSTING SERVICES Recipients Name: INET INET Domain: GB/IBMX400/IBMMAIL Node.Userid: IBMMAIL.INET Free Fmt Name: INET, INET Reply request: No