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New ICANN TLDs May Cause Internet Land Rush

Posted by timothy on from the follow-the-monetization dept.

wiryd writes "A new ICANN proposal would allow applications for almost any TLD. From the article: 'Tourists might find information about the Liberty Bell, for example, at a site ending in .philly. A rapper might apply for a Web address ending in .hiphop. "Whatever is open to the imagination can be applied for," says Paul Levins, ICANN's vice president of corporate affairs. "It could translate into one of the largest marketing and branding opportunities in history."'"

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  1. Re:Alternative viewpoint: by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The age of the domain name is over in my opinion. People find information by going through search engines, I would guess a very small population still types www.whatiwant.com when surfing. They would have learned their lesson a long time ago that that's not a smart idea.

    Just get a domain name that's slightly relevant to your topic or service, and you're fine. Google magic will do the rest.

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  2. Should have been done differently from the start by darpo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I really wish that instead of arbitrary TLDs, that from the beginning, domain names would have been a free form string. Say, 64 characters, barring special characters like spaces and so forth. It's not like people use the existing TLDs consistently. Cool things about such an approach: really creative, fun names would crop up. No more domain squatting nonsense; you'd have much more freedom in naming your site.

  3. Re:One I'm SURE no one's thought up... by sexconker · · Score: 4, Interesting

    .xxx and .sex were rejected and "banned" ages ago.

    I suspect this will take either of the two extremes:

    Rubber-stamp everything and try to rake in money.
    Keep that asshole shut tight and reject most applications.

    Is ICANN a bunch of moron? Are they corrupt? Do they like money? Are sensationalist news articles fed to the media in order to get people to "BUY NOW!!! EVERYONE'S BUYING NOW!!! HURRY BEFORE THEY'RE GONE!!!"?

    ICANN can go suck a top level dick.

  4. Re:One I'm SURE no one's thought up... by whiledo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You forgot the third option. They'll likely bypass the normal pricing for their new gTLD crap and have a special auction for the .xxx and .sex ones. The easiest way to predict their next move is to think "What would I do if I could make up arbitrary rules regarding domains, charge whatever I like for it, and no one out there is likely to step in and stop me?"

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