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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. Who can tell? by Funkcikle · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Is there really a need for more top level domains? Find out more and take part in our poll at www.istherereallyaneedformoretoplevel.domains!"

  2. In other news. . . by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, the western half of the globe now opens ".westernhemisphere" TLD.

    or . . .

    In other news, insensitive clods still refer to new TLD as "dot-orientals".

    Stupid.

  3. Re:need? by aadvancedGIR · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  4. 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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  5. meh... by cosmocain · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...first they cut off the xxx-tld and now - now they open up one for special interests? i demand .midget

  6. Re:quick by UbuntuDupe · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're thinking too small:

    euthan.asia

    anast.asia

    fant.asia

    d-.asia/vu

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  7. Re:need? by Tetsujin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    why does there have to be a need? will too many make the net too heavy or something? The thing that gets me about all these new TLDs is that .com is still by far the most recognized, and so people continue to use it whether it's appropriate or not... But at the same time they scoop up the equivalent name in other TLDs as well to avoid confusion. For instance, a site I go to has a front page on .com - a store site on .biz, and a forum on .net...

    Having more TLDs gives people a bigger namespace to play in, but the problem is people don't generally want a bigger name space for domain names. They want their domain name to be unique, for recognition and to avoid confusion...
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  8. 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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  9. 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...

  10. Re:quick by paranode · · Score: 4, Funny

    stopitorillt.asia