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Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except that, as discussed above, "youtube" by itself is not a valid host name. It would have to be "mysite.youtube" Still easier than you having "mysite.bobsvideo.fail" I agree, but frankly most people don't even find sites via the domain name. They'll google "Bobs Video" and see what comes up.

why wouldn't "youtube" be valid hostname?

Same reason that "com" and "net" aren't. Root nodes aren't, from my understanding, valid names for machines.

Edit: Seems I'm wrong. See discussion downthread:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4105707

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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post #3

Google wants: .ads, .and, .android, .app, .are, .baby, .blog, .boo, .book, .buy, .cal, .car (no .cdr?), .channel, .chrome, .cloud, .corp (great way to snoop on poorly configured intranets), .cpa, .dad, .day, .dclk, .dds (New: Google Dentist!), .dev, .diy, .docs, .dog, .dot, .drive, .earth, .eat, .esq, .est, .family, .film, .fly, .foo, .free, .fun, .fyi, .game, .gbiz, .gle, .gmail, .gmbh (really?), .goo, .goog, .googl…

Biggest hitter: Daniel Schindler from donuts.com Filed under several applicants names. Got 307 TLD request

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

#134
How can they lump .goog and .aaa with the likes of .app and .mail. .goog and .aaa are not "generic" in any sense. I think they should at least re-categorize and call the .goog and .apples brandedTLDs

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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post #3

Google wants: .ads, .and, .android, .app, .are, .baby, .blog, .boo, .book, .buy, .cal, .car (no .cdr?), .channel, .chrome, .cloud, .corp (great way to snoop on poorly configured intranets), .cpa, .dad, .day, .dclk, .dds (New: Google Dentist!), .dev, .diy, .docs, .dog, .dot, .drive, .earth, .eat, .esq, .est, .family, .film, .fly, .foo, .free, .fun, .fyi, .game, .gbiz, .gle, .gmail, .gmbh (really?), .goo, .goog, .googl…

Nothing for twitter.

Nothing for facebook.

Nothing for ebay.

Nothing for nbc.

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

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Google wants: .ads, .and, .android, .app, .are, .baby, .blog, .boo, .book, .buy, .cal, .car (no .cdr?), .channel, .chrome, .cloud, .corp (great way to snoop on poorly configured intranets), .cpa, .dad, .day, .dclk, .dds (New: Google Dentist!), .dev, .diy, .docs, .dog, .dot, .drive, .earth, .eat, .esq, .est, .family, .film, .fly, .foo, .free, .fun, .fyi, .game, .gbiz, .gle, .gmail, .gmbh (really?), .goo, .goog, .googl…

There was a $108,000 "evaluation fee" per gtld, so that's over 11 million USD in fees.

It's actually $185,000

http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faq...

"The evaluation fee is US$185,000. Applicants will be required to pay a US$5,000 deposit fee per requested application slot when registering. The deposit will be credited against the evaluation fee. Other fees may apply depending on the specific application path. "

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

#138

Top 20 most wanted TLDs: $ cut -d, -f1

It is a real shame there isn't an association of independant app developers that applied for the .app TLD. I am dubious about Amazon or Google owning it, as they may restrict it only to apps that are in their respective stores.

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

#139

A great way to squeeze the last dollars out of domains, now that all are squatted. The application fees were $5k registration + $185k or $47k evaluation, so they collected something between $100 million and $366 million dollars, annual fees excluded. I can see two possible outcomes: 1. all conflicts are resolved by agreements/bidding, process goes smoothly. But usage nevers picks up, and in a years'time it's all mone…

"now that all are squatted."

I find lots of fine domain names for TLDs that aren't .com

Re: New gTLD Applied-For Strings

#140
post #3

Google wants: .ads, .and, .android, .app, .are, .baby, .blog, .boo, .book, .buy, .cal, .car (no .cdr?), .channel, .chrome, .cloud, .corp (great way to snoop on poorly configured intranets), .cpa, .dad, .day, .dclk, .dds (New: Google Dentist!), .dev, .diy, .docs, .dog, .dot, .drive, .earth, .eat, .esq, .est, .family, .film, .fly, .foo, .free, .fun, .fyi, .game, .gbiz, .gle, .gmail, .gmbh (really?), .goo, .goog, .googl…

FWIW, in google's list, what the heck is ".srl" supposed to be? (maybe the italian/spanish/romanian equivalent of .llc) EDIT: I meant, is google really asking for "a domain for limited liability company acronym in some romance languages" or is there something that makes more sense?

That's what .gmbh is, in German, so that sounds about right.
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