Switch from httpstatus.es to httpstatuses.com

[shrink]

At present the domain httpstatus.es is the primary domain of the site, and httpstatuses.com is a 301 redirect to httpstatus.es. The httpstatus.es domain is cute, but according to this Google don't consider .es to be generic, meaning there are some search engine disadvantages to running an international site on .es. Search engines are the majority source of traffic for the website.

Switching the domains around (httpstatus.es/200 -> httpstatuses.com/200) shouldn't have any negative consequences, and would just be a matter of adjusting the web server configuration and buying a new SSL certificate.

• Purchase SSL certificate for httpstatuses.com
• Set up httpstatus.es as a 301 redirect to httpstatuses.com
• Change httpstatus.es to httpstatuses.com in templates etc.
• Rename GitHub project to httpstatuses.com (or just httpstatuses -- the repository can be a useful place to reference status codes too, it's not essential to visit the website?)

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To verify site works correctly upon switch, the following must be true:

• https://httpstatuses.com/200 displays the 200 status code page
• httpstatuses.com/200 redirects to https://httpstatuses.com/200
• www.httpstatuses.com/200 redirects to https://httpstatuses.com/200
• https://www.httpstatuses.com/200 redirects to https://httpstatuses.com/200
• httpstatus.es/200 redirects to https://httpstatuses.com/200
• www.httpstatus.es/200 redirects to https://httpstatuses.com/200
• https://httpstatus.es/200 redirects to https://httpstatuses.com/200
• https://www.httpstatus.es/200 redirects to https://httpstatuses.com/200

[clone1018]

+1

[LukeHandle]

It's a sad day, but if it helps SEO, then I guess...