Currently it just gives an error page saying it doesn't exist. Obviously it resolves to a web server, so better to just serve the Software Recommendations site directly. Even the error page can be improved to provide a link to the correct site instead of incorrectly stating that it doesn't exist.
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3The site url for software recommendations is softwarerecs.stackexchange.com. What you are seeing is a default "this subdomain doesn't exist" page/redirect; you'd see exactly the same page for e.g., inappropriatecontent.stackexchange.com or user-chloe.stackexchange.com– Jeff ZeitlinCommented Aug 6, 2018 at 17:15
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3@JeffZeitlin Do you think the site should be harder to navigate and use, or easier?– ChloeCommented Aug 6, 2018 at 17:34
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1How often do users navigate by typing an entire URL into their location bar, rather than clicking on the link in the Stack Exchange menu (optionally using the search feature) or a bookmark or typing part of the URL with the rest being auto-completed? Is it really worth the effort to implement a list of possible suggestions or synonyms?– Sebastian SimonCommented Aug 6, 2018 at 17:50
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Somewhat related: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304959/…– rene ModCommented Aug 6, 2018 at 17:54
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I should note that the only reason I have not made my first comment into an Answer, and have not encouraged Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog to do the same with his comment to jkdev's answer is because I believe that those statements need to come from a member of the StackExchange team directly in order to be official. Until they have spoken, it's all just surmise and guesses, no matter how accurate.– Jeff ZeitlinCommented Aug 6, 2018 at 18:26
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1Possible duplicate of Should Stack Exchanges sites with top-level domains have *.stackexchange.com redirects?– MalachiCommented Aug 6, 2018 at 18:52
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Similar solution: Redirect the URL.
softwarerecommendations.stackexchange.com --> softwarerecs.stackexchange.com
We're already doing this with Software Engineering:
programmers.stackexchange.com --> softwareengineering.stackexchange.com
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6That redirection is due to the site originally being called Programmers. Commented Aug 6, 2018 at 17:54
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8Do note that all current redirects in the system exist due to special circumstances. In this case, the Software Engineering site was previously called Programmers. There are some other cases, such as Psychology being previously called "Cognitive Sciences" and thus having the redirect
cogsci.stackexchange.com, and Ask Ubuntu previously being called Ubuntu Stack Exchange and thus having the redirectubuntu.stackexchange.com. The SE team has generally refused to have redirects except under these special circumstances. Commented Aug 6, 2018 at 17:56 -
This is my favorite answer but not sure I should be the one to select it because I do not have the access to implement it and selecting an answer will mark it closed and the owners will ignore it.– ChloeCommented Aug 7, 2018 at 4:08
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1@Chloe: Accepting an answer does not keep SE staff from looking at or implementing the request. It may make it a bit less likely, but I'm dubious. Mostly, though, if it doesn't have a [status-*] tag on it, it's eligible. Commented Aug 7, 2018 at 6:54