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by alberth 247 days ago
Unsolicited suggestion: since some people are asking "what is this".

Maybe buy a new domain name like below (and direct to your existing from this new url).

  EasyLearnSQL.com
  TrySQLonline.com
  LearnOnlineSQL.com
All of these domain names are available for sale under $10.

And the more descriptive name might allow you to not have to change the UI.

(Very cool project by the way and congrats on 11 years)
2 comments
dewey 247 days ago
In my opinion that's not good advice. Over the past 11 years this domain already built up some domain reputation and incoming links. Changing the domain for no good reason won't help with people understanding the use case of the site.

The domain doesn't really matter so much as you can see with "replit.com", "chatgpt.com" or "stripe.com" which don't explain anything either.

If you want to invest time I'd suggest:

- Clean up design (Remove multiple disclaimers, side bar etc.)

- Add h1/h2 that instantly explains what this is about

- Have a list of simple examples that can be executed, not just "select * from demo"

- If you want to increase traffic, take a look at "site:sqliteonline.com" on Google. There's currently only 14 pages indexed, so lots of low hanging fruits to optimize. Could also be extended by having pages dedicated to examples or a topic that people can land on if they search for things like "left join sqlite" etc.

- Change site title from "SQL Online AiDE - Next gen SQL Editor | SQL Compiler" to something explaining what this is about.

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chii 247 days ago
i read the parent post's advice as duplicating, rather than changing - e.g., you keep the existing domain, but also the exact same app is available from those other domains.

But you're not wrong - i dont think the domain has a big effect, and personally i'd rather save $10.

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dewey 247 days ago
That’s duplicate content and Google doesn’t like that. You can set the canonical url etc. but in the end the URLs will not make the difference between a user understanding the interface or not.
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n4bz0r 247 days ago
You simply use 301 redirects on the secondary domain(s).

You can also use secondary domains for landing pages. But that's probably out of pet projects' scope.

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plaidphantom 246 days ago
Alternate opinion: these URLs read as "spammy" to me and I would be less likely to click on them.

It would be apropos to at least have an "about" dialog somewhere, or maybe one of those "quick tour" popups.

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