In 2000, two years after its designation by the U.S. government as the authority for overseeing Internet naming policies, ICANN approved seven new names, but only ".info" and ".biz" were truly for general use.ICANN solicited additional applications in 2004 and has approved six regional or industry-specific names, such as ".travel" and ".asia," while rejecting ".#*$!" for the adult entertainment industry.
Also added were .jobs, .mobi, .cat, and .tel.
"This is all about choice," ICANN Chief Executive Paul Twomey said in a statement. "We want the diversity of the world's people, geography and business to be able to be represented in the domain name system."
[edited by: Marcia at 5:54 am (utc) on May 12, 2007]
Does it happen at a certain time and we all just sit there hitting F5 until we can type in the domain we are hoping for? Like buying concert tickets waiting for the on sale moment?
And I own several .travel domains too! DOH! Much like other companies, a client of mine simply didn't want anyone else grabbing their names.
Should have been. That and .scraper
Every time a new TLD is created, thousands of corporations have to do defensive registrations of hundreds of domain names.
This can only lead to more regulation by outside sources which will be bad for everyone.
BTW, did they ever close that domain "tasting" loophole?
Or is that nonsense still going on?
Ha Ha, Yes it was, it just Obfuscated, AKA .info and .biz
BTW, did they ever close that domain "tasting" loophole?
Or is that nonsense still going on?
There were just under 1,400,000 new. .com registrations yesterday :)
Much like other companies, a client of mine simply didn't want anyone else grabbing their names.
Every time a new TLD is created, thousands of corporations have to do defensive registrations of hundreds of domain names.
Corporate sector specific TLDs are extortion rackets. How could they be anything else?
If you start up a transatlantic cruise company and call it Titanic Travel, either titanictravel.com is taken, in which case you might opt for titanic.travel and lose most of your first time customers to titanictravel.com anyway.
Or else titanictravel.com is free, in which case you start renting it... and then why would you ever also rent titanic.travel? To stop someone else renting it, presumably. In which case the .travel TLD registrar has generated an expense for you which didn't exist before. Money out of nothing.
Why not also introduce TLDs for all the most popular and lucrative sectors on the internet - they would be sure to make money (just not for the domain renters).
.888
.#*$!
.pharma
.dating
.ringtones
888,#*$!,pharma,dating and ringtones were still there..
sad
just checked it and it now says:
Status: SUSPENDED(QUARANTINE)
Registered: Fri Apr 7 2006
Available: Sat Jun 9 2007
.es, .ca, .jp, .tw, co.uk, .cn etc.
Anyone have a clue how this gets rolled out. I forgot how it worked last time.
I was using an excellent reseller at the time that changed (for the worse) when it changed ownership and used them back then for my own, and referred clients direct to them (not affiliate) for domain names. They'd give personal attention when there was a problem getting Network Solutions to release a name for transfer.
You could pre-order through them in advance of actual release, when it was announced; that specific I distinctly remember.
I have no problem with new TLD being introduced to increase availability - however, it should be regulated introduction and not a free for all.
Many TLD already exist that are free for all - and any further introduced extensions should be reserved for appropriate uses to maintain integrity.
I do agree, the reason new TLDs are mainly operated from a business standpoint and aimed at increasing profits for the registrars and creating unncessary expenses for legitimate business owners who operate online and want to protect their brand identity.
.biz should never have been made publicly available for everyone to register... it should have been reserved for registered businesses and companies to add some integrity to the extension.
"Notice that .mfa wasn't one of them"
As well you may remember when the tld .bz was officially introduced back in early 2006 and google quickley snaped google.bz which was registered and a owner actually had the website google.bz.
The .tel domain is reserved for businesses and individuals to publish their contact data and is sponsored by Telnic Ltd.
Isn't that what the Contact Us page is for? Am I expected to register an entire new domain just to put my contact info up? And will the data be presented in a standard way to make it easier for spammers?
"This is all about choice," ICANN Chief Executive Paul Twomey said in a statement. "We want the diversity of the world's people, geography and business to be able to be represented in the domain name system."
The domain name system as it stands is a straight mapping of the hierarchical architecture of the internet and only makes sense to computer people. The average user doesn't care about hierarchies (think about how many users put all their documents on the Desktop). We don't need more random TLDs, we need a more user friendly system.
But with redundancy and many many exitant domain tlds comes security. The new the extension the more insecure it is or harder to secure as it where.
I am sure that the relecs like a.root-servers.net can't handle all the serving requirements of all the domain names out their thats why the need for redundancy exist.
[Edited to add]
Missed this thread, good point about type-in traffic as well:
Domain Parking Traffic Coverts at x2 the Rate of Content Network [webmasterworld.com]
[edited by: Marcia at 10:05 pm (utc) on May 18, 2007]
and she was like "oh they are the same, I thought people that get domains that aren't .com are getting them because they are cheap"... I couldn't help but laugh but it's the way that the public views domain names. People respect .coms
[edited by: Webwork at 10:32 pm (utc) on May 21, 2007]
[edit reason] Charter [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]
It occurs to me that the more TLDs there are, the more parked domains there will be. How much revenue is derived from that end of things, and by whom, and how much will be possible when multiplied several-fold?
Marcia - I'd just finished reading this article and then I read your post. Interesting info concerning the "whom" part of your question.
CNN: The Man Who Owns the Internet [money.cnn.com]
I would like to registrar a .travel domain, as I have a site promoting tourism in a particular country. Can someone suggest what the process behind getting a UIN and also should I be expected to pay for this registration and at what cost.
All help on this matter is gratefully appreciated.
With thanks,
-Gs
It may be worth considering .info - There are some very nice .info travel/tourism sites
peru.info
spain.info
southafrica.info
etc.
I have already registered the .info .biz .net and some others. It was just a case of grabbing it while it was still available :)
-Gs
They'll probably be available for pre-ordering something something like 30 days before actual release for use, and there might be a requirement of a certain number of years to register for. From what little I got, it might possibly not be available to the general public at large, possibly those who already have established accounts.
It was a quick discussion, and very "iffy" and sketchy, but it looks like pre-reserving will be similar to what it was for .info and .biz
Added:
Please, don't anyone take kissand.tel - I want it for myself. ;)
[edited by: Marcia at 11:28 pm (utc) on May 25, 2007]
