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5 Jan 2014, 02:10 AM | #1 |
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New TLDs
Seems Namecheap is going to release many new TLDs soon
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5 Jan 2014, 03:54 AM | #3 |
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I wonder if the FM team is interested in expanding their already humongous list of domains by purchasing some appropriate ones. "fast.mail" comes to mind.
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5 Jan 2014, 10:52 AM | #5 |
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A wide range of domain resellers are allowing "preorders" of these new proposed top level domains (such as .mail). But the .mail domain may be quite a bit different. Spamhaus suggested that it be used in conjunction with existing domains. It now appears that a subsidiary of Google may end up purchasing .mail, and they might allow others to participate in a manner related to that Spamhaus suggestion. Or at least that's how it appears to me.
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6 Jan 2014, 11:11 PM | #7 |
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I think it's useful to read about the history of top-level domains. There are various arguments for and against the proposed new generic top-level domains. But I think most of these arguments are related to economic considerations (such as Google and Amazon purchasing certain top-level domains for only their use, freezing out smaller companies), not to any reasons to limit the number of such domains. There are names for each country, so the top-level domain list is already very lengthy. Bill |
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If the above scenario is not absurd (and I'm pretty sure it is), then how about if N equals one googolplex? I'm pretty sure that would be absurd, and I'd like to assume you'd agree! I could be wrong! (Actually, this conversation is becoming absurd... but your comment seems to imply the mathematically-stated position above... just sayin'.) Getting back to reality, do you think that any text string that anyone wants to see become a TLD should immediately be created as such? That would be a way (that is operationally feasible) to test the question of whether TLD proliferation, at some point or in some scenario, could wind up becoming absurd. Of course, that's not current Internet policy, but we do see that things change over time, and so it could happen, if enough people agreed to it. I would not. Last edited by hans2010 : 9 Jan 2014 at 02:51 AM. |
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I'm glad you agree. You can read more about why TLD proliferation is becoming absurd in this article by Esther Dyson (founding chairperson of ICANN).
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I do do find some of the things that Esther Dyson says to be pretty silly, for example: Quote:
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