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The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by glenstein »

Retric wrote: post #27
glenstein wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would invert the question. What's wrong with more options? The thing that really strikes me every time the new TLD subject comes up, is that there's always a percentage of people who want to forbid creation of certain TLDs for unpredictable, idiosyncratic reasons.

Automatic spam filters and search engines are going to down rank them heavily. It's hard to automatically evaluate domain names such as xkcd but anything under .ecom is probably trash.

That's supposed to be a reason for forbidding it?

Anybody could have any number of reasons for wanting a particular domain. Maybe someone will make the next del.icio.us? Maybe a TLD you don't like completes a word or phrase that makes a good brand, or is part of the next big viral trend that goes on to shape our culture in ways we wouldn't have anticipated.

Maybe people are just okay with being penalized by search engines because that's counterbalanced by other objectives. etc.

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by nathanstitt »

thaumaturgy wrote: post #12
computer wrote: post #4

With uncommon domain extensions I always fear that they might jack up the rates at some point in the future, going from $20/year to $250/year or even more. Still, my personal site and email is on a fairly obscure country TLD, and I hope they will never do something like that, being a country and all. With these new TLDs for which companies paid large amounts of money, who knows what might happen? Does anyone know if…

> With uncommon domain extensions I always fear that they might jack up the rates at some point in the future, going from $20/year to $250/year or even more. I sincerely wish that this would happen with all domain registrations. Maybe not $250/yr, but $100/yr would be OK. It wouldn't bother anybody that owns a few domains for business or even personal use. It would slow down spamming techniques that rely on registeri…

Well, in fact domains used to cost $100 per year. This was back when Network Solutions was the sole registrar. Some of my older domains date back to then.

It really didn't stop speculation at all, in fact Robert Grant (well known domain speculator) made most of his money back in the days when domains were priced at $100.

However, I do believe that the current cheap domains have made the "register expired page-ranked domains" SEO scheme work, and it probably wouldn't be going on if it wasn't for cheap domains.

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by eropple »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #24
mden wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But then a lot of people wouldn't be able to afford owning a domain, which to me seems more evil than domain squatting. Artificially raising the prices hardly seems like a fair solution.

I'm not advocating this, but you could always have cheap registration for a .poverty domain, or some such.

I'll bet you just don't understand why the tech crowd is becoming vilified in San Francisco, too.

Re: The new TLDs are here, do you really need Yourname.BLARGH?

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Post by computer »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #21
ThePhysicist wrote: post #16

One TLD that stands out from the rest is .HIV: -It's the first TLD ever bought by a non-profit initiative: http://www.dothiv.org (based in Berlin, Germany) -Their goal is to create the "red ribbon" of the digital age -Revenues generated through the sale of these domains will be used to raise funds in support of projects that fight HIV -Companies that buy .hiv addresses can pledge to donate a given amount of money to…

Does this mean DDoSing a .hiv address will send a ton of cash to dothiv.org?

It's a pledge, so likely voluntary, not automatic.
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