web address

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A web address is a more friendly and understandable way to refer to a domain name and what is preferred both in the Web sign-in user experience, and in New York Times articles about domain names.

Articles

• 2000-01-03 NYT: Talk About a Pricey Web Address
• 2001-11-01 NYT: BASICS; Web Addresses Sprout New Suffixes, Needed or Not
• 2014-09-25 NYT: The Rush Is On for Web Addresses That End With Panache

Alternatives

DNS handle or Domain handle is using a domain name as a user identifier, and is how user identifiers work in IndieAuth and ATProto.

• "domain handle" has been recently popularized by Bluesky
  • 2025-02-06 Gravatar blog: How to Set Up a Custom Domain Handle on Bluesky

See Also

• identity
• domain name