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ICANN Approves Two More Top-Level Domains
Cpyder writes "ICANN has decided to go forward with the implementation of two new top level domains, namely .mobi (for mobile use, sponsored by Nokia and T-Mobile) and .jobs (for job sites).
The ICANN Board meetings regarding the approval are available. It is not yet known when these domains will be available for registration, as this decision merely starts the technical and business negotiations for terms under which these domains will be registered. Normally the domains should become active somewhere next year.
Several other new TLDs are still up for discussion. These include .asia, .mail, .tel and .xxx.
Last October, ICANN approved .travel and .post. More on these new TLDs at PCWorld and Google News."
steve.jobs I say no more!
Martin
".mobi," in reference to the Mobius Strip, representing the eternal stream of pop-up ads that will assault the cell users that try to access those sites.
"www.blow.jobs"
.mob is reserved for organized crime circuits.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Call me, Ishmael, using our new cell phone service, on the web at www.dick.mobi.
And in keeping with the "terribly useless overly specific domains that nobody needs", the next domains ICANN'T will be announcing are: /. readership's homepage
.linkfarm
For Googlewhacking
.lefty
For left-handed people's web pages
.cheese
For cheese-related sites
.bob for people named Bob .troll For 99% of the
www.eFax.com are spammers
Never! The .but extension will never die!
http://mediagoblin.org/
It will be explained soon here.
I think all TLD's should follow this example and adopt an "i" at the end, it just makes the most sense if you think about it.
For example, i could register the following domains:
i-want-an.orgi
you-are-a-filthy.comi
lets-get.bizi
Perhaps an entire .goatse domain? Let me be the first to propose this to ICANN. Just think of the commercial possibilities! Goatse-branded hemmerhoidal creams, goatse cheese, goatse cola...the list goes on and on.
blow.jobs should be fun though.
.mob is reserved for organized crime circuits.
What, they wanted more than just ".gov"? Greedy bastards!
Oh, you must have meant the corporate organized crime folks, unhappy with the progressive dilution of ".com".
Okay, gotcha, I see the idea now.
Next I will go visit http://whack.jobs and see if my picture has made it to the contributor-of-the-month spot!
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
whack.jobs
nut.jobs
outsourcing.jobs
rim.jobs
www.eFax.com are spammers
steve.jobs
How long until somebody registers blow.jobs? And do you think that Steve.jobs will have rights to his name?
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia (There is no great genius without a mixture of madness) - Aristotle