Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

New ICANN TLDs Are Live

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the entering-a-new-era dept.

BenBenBen writes "According to this story on the BBC, several of the new ICANN top level domains now have sites available. Examples are visa.info and afilias.info. " I'm still waiting to get my 'dot' TLD. The article doesn't say much new except it tells us a few biz and info sites that you can use if you just wanna see a new TLD working. I gotta say, it's pretty surreal.

2 of 174 comments (clear)

  1. Don't buy .sex domains! It's not a real TLD! by chrysalis · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some registrars are offering ".sex" domain. However : .SEX ISN'T A TLD AND IT PROBABLY NEVER WILL.
    When you buy a .sex domain, the registrar send you a little pluging for Internet Explorer. That plugin adds lookups for .sex site on the registrar's name server. So it works. It works for you, it works for whoever installs the plugin.
    But it won't work for all the rest of the world. You'll be charged $75 for a domain that nobody will see.
    Take care, there are a lot of registrar registering ".sex" domains, saying that "they soon will be available as real TLDs". But that's untrue. Nobody knows whether it will even happen. But your credit card will be billed.

    --
    {{.sig}}
  2. TLD contacts... by tcc · · Score: 4, Informative


    There's always http://www.icann.org/tlds/

    If you want to voice your concerns about a specific issue with the new domains. Direct contacts, that's evil, I wonder if they will read all their mail.

    --
    --- Metamoderating abusive downgraders since my 300th post.