Jesus Presleys Life Spam » domain http://jesuspresley.net Music, the web and some eye candy. News on viral media, open source gadgets and artsy fartsy visuals Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:57:21 +0000 de hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Custom TLDs: The domain name Big Bang http://jesuspresley.net/custom-tlds-the-domain-name-big-bang/ http://jesuspresley.net/custom-tlds-the-domain-name-big-bang/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:14:38 +0000 Jesus Presley http://www.jesuspresley.net/blog/?p=293 ICANN Web regulators voted on June 26th to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .bag to .coke, in one of the biggest shake-ups in Internet history.

Customized TLDs

This will radically change the way users navigate the Internet and also has major implications for businesses and consumers worldwide:

  • Companies worldwide will be forced into registring a wavelot of new domains to secure their grounds. It’s not affordable for anyone – costs of $100,000 to $500,000 to land one of these babies may be enough to avoid Cybersquatting of TLDs. Nevertheless I have some concerns about sharky entrepreneurs might trick people into rapidly registered domains like apple.laptop, google.query or crumpler.bags
  • People today are afraid of not being able to remember domain names in the future. But, actually, I guess this will not be a permanent problem. When the system establishes, it will be as common to enter a domain name like tate.london or becks.beer.
  • Finally, additional characters will be allowed in the TLDs also. How will I be able to enter a TLD like viktualienmarkt.münchen, if I do not use a german keyboard? Even worse, how to enter TLDs or domain names in chinese writings?

Still, I appreciate the approach. All concerns will be channelled or diluted by the common marketing rules in the next years, as always. Do not fear the Zeitgeist.

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