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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. Re:need? by Tetsujin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't care if a name is recognizable. I use google when I don't remember exactly where something is at. But the point is, people who create sites do care if their name is recognizable. They have to. Nobody wants to create a popular site, and then have somebody else squat the exact same URL (except with a different TLD) and populate it with a bunch of porn links or ads.

    Put another way, what value are we getting out of more TLDs? More sites can share the same name? Is that really something we want?
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