example.com

Don’t know why I find this cute, but I’m in the middle of tinkering with and trying to manage my domain name settings for documenteering.com and a few other URLs and in various guides explaining the basics, I keep seeing example.com, being used as an example.

Wondering who actually owned that URL and imagining they’d be making a killing on lots of errant visitors, I found this…

Mac Safari browser screen shot showing the page at example.com which just says Example Domain

This domain is for use in illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in literature without prior coordination or asking for permission.

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Maybe it’s more kind than cute.

A lovely user experience for people like me that wonder, and a great service for anyone needing to use example domain names without linking somewhere commercial or risky.