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New TLDs - Is There Any Real Benefit?

Posted by Cliff on from the an-ICANN-of-worms dept.

pigdawg writes "What is the purpose? What is the real benefit of new top level domains like .travel, .biz and .xxx? I don't believe these new TLDs will free up more names in .com or .org. Do they really think that orbitz.com will exchange their domain name to become orbitz.travel? Is the mostfrequenttypo.com porn site going to go legit and register under some new .xxx name? Again and again I keep coming to the same conclusion: given that many people/companies register their name in every TLD, it's all about generating more revenue for the registrars. What are your opinions on this subject?"

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  1. More revenue , more options by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Definantly part of the idea was to up revenue , but they also did it to give people more options as to the domain name .
    I dont really see all the scum sites (not that all porn is scum , only the typo sites etc) moving off to the .xxx , but it gives the big names ,well the more honest the chance .

    I dont think there is anything wrong with them trying to drum up revenu ,but it would be nice if they could use that revenue to sort out many of the problems within the organisations

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  2. BINGO! by jimpop · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's all about generating more revenue for the registrars.

    BINGO! It's almost always about generating more revenue, just follow the money. Don't forget that ICANN gets a percentage of every new domain that is registered. This is their effort to raise more funds by FORCING companies to register more domains to protect their web identity (something public companies are legally obligated to do by contract with stockholders)