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.Asia Internet Domain Launched

Posted by Zonk on from the always-room-at-the-top dept.

eldavojohn writes "Expect to see sites ending in .asia pop up soon, as ICANN has allowed DotAsia to recently open bidding on the new domain. A DotAsia representative is quoted as saying, 'Our research has found that Asia is one of the most searched-for terms and by having a .asia website, your ranking on Google or Yahoo will become much higher.' Is there really a need for more top level domains?"

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  1. In a word... by AltGrendel · · Score: 1, Informative

    Is there really a need for more top level domains?

    No!

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  2. Re:How about by JanneM · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just pushing for people / companies to actually register in the appropriate TLD's for their country? As it is, there's nothing to prevent you from purchasing a .com domain from a registrar in China, for a website to host in China. Like having US websites register in the .us domain?

    If it's a commercial website it's fine in .com no matter where it's located.
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  3. Re:need? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not really a need, but a *.asia will look just fine in my host file.

    I thought the host file didn't accept wildcards...

  4. Re:Great, next we need. by KayakFun · · Score: 2, Informative
    Actually, .eu already exists.

    Maybe the people who live between .ca and .mx can start using .us instead of poluting .com with non-commercial or non-USA websites (if you care about using the most meaningful TLD)

  5. Re:need? by RalphSleigh · · Score: 3, Informative

    That would be .su

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  6. Re:quick by l-ascorbic · · Score: 2, Informative

    grep 'asia$' /usr/share/dict/words