I Got a Custom Domain

I learned a few things, so I’ll briefly summarize them.

I acquired the domain leftland.cc. From now on, the address will be https://leftland.cc.

I obtained it using Cloudflare Registrar. The reason I chose to get the domain through Cloudflare was due to the following article, which became the deciding factor.

The cc domain looked cute and was relatively inexpensive to renew (USD $8.00 per year), so I chose it. Spending around 10 dollars a year hurts my wallet a little, but compared to the hassle of registering articles on all sorts of different sites, I decided to take the convenience of consolidating information in one place.

That said, it’s funny because the Ruby technical article I posted on dev.to unexpectedly got a good number of views. Some people even reacted to it on Twitter.

On dev.to, when posting an article, you can set a Canonical URL.

This is convenient. It might be good to post on leftland.cc first, wait a little while, and then post on dev.to.

After acquiring my own domain, I no longer hit the limit on Google Search Console, but there was one problem: I couldn’t register the sitemap.xml.

To be more precise, in the case of Astro, a file called sitemap-index.xml is generated, but no matter how many times I tried, I couldn’t register it. URL inspection shows no problems, but only sitemap registration fails.

At first, I thought the issue was with Astro or Cloudflare’s settings. However, XML validation had no problems, and Cloudflare wasn’t blocking Googlebot’s access either.

After doing some research, I found that it might take around half a year to register a sitemap, and while it’s pending, errors may still be displayed.

This was exactly the same situation I was in, and it was helpful. I’ve decided to just wait patiently. I do wish they would make the UI specification a bit clearer.

By the way, I also heard that recently Bing registers sitemaps faster and article credibility there has been increasing.

Speaking of “cc,” I think of CC Lemon or Code Geass, but which one did you think of first? Oh, you thought of carbon copy? Maybe I’m just an otaku…

Incidentally, the cc domain is a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory. There are no special restrictions, so they are used all over the world.

The Cocos Islands are located in the Indian Ocean, near Indonesia, and west of Australia. Although small in area, they are apparently a beautiful place with stunning beaches and abundant nature.