Whilst I agree with the majority of it, what if there was a company in the UK called Joe Blogs Plumming, and there was also a company in Australia called Joe Blogs Plumming, who would own the rights to http://joeblogs/ ?
I think this is a pretty good idea for major international organisations, but then how do you define a major international organisation? Just because a company is present in USA, UK, Europe and Australia doesn't mean that it should have a gTLDless domain as you're missing out Canada, Russia, Asia, Africa and South America, which make up more of the world than USA, UK, Europe and Australia.
I think that as long as Google's alive, companies should be able to register what they need. If their webmasters are worth their salt, they'll make the company the top listing in whatever search terms they need.
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Whilst I agree with the majority of it, what if there was a company in the UK called Joe Blogs Plumming, and there was also a company in Australia called Joe Blogs Plumming, who would own the rights to http://joeblogs/ ?
I think this is a pretty good idea for major international organisations, but then how do you define a major international organisation? Just because a company is present in USA, UK, Europe and Australia doesn't mean that it should have a gTLDless domain as you're missing out Canada, Russia, Asia, Africa and South America, which make up more of the world than USA, UK, Europe and Australia.
I think that as long as Google's alive, companies should be able to register what they need. If their webmasters are worth their salt, they'll make the company the top listing in whatever search terms they need.