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Re: .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla

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Post by sdsd »

loktarogar wrote: post #91
yieldcrv wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

in my world that was true 10 years ago, except it wasnt a cop out: nobody needed .coms but nobody knew it yet because of prevailing wisdom over here .xyz is the new .io and nobody cares about the tld that much at all if you’re relying on users to type in your domain name, or SEO, or some form of legitimacy with an equally as antiquated crowd, you’ve already failed and need to scrap the idea

I only seem to see .xyz in the crypto space (and alphabet inc). Generally it's a crypto scam pushed at me in a twitter/x ad. What are some other players on the .xyz tld?

i've seen lots of devs using it for their personal blogs, i guess because it's cheap. personally, im excited to buy an .lol tonight!

Re: .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla

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Post by [deleted] »

Etheryte wrote: post #97
yieldcrv wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

in my world that was true 10 years ago, except it wasnt a cop out: nobody needed .coms but nobody knew it yet because of prevailing wisdom over here .xyz is the new .io and nobody cares about the tld that much at all if you’re relying on users to type in your domain name, or SEO, or some form of legitimacy with an equally as antiquated crowd, you’ve already failed and need to scrap the idea

Singular data point, but I don't think I've ever seen a company that I would take seriously use .xyz.

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Re: .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla

#103

Post by mroche »

vavooom wrote: post #88

I am personally a fan of using the .dev TLD. Any alternatives/ issues with it I should be aware of?

I have a .com and .dev myself. I used to have a .io as well, but I made the decision to avoid ccTLDs.

The only issues I've seen from .dev is:

- It's owned by Google (opinions differ). Google owns a lot more TLDs than I thought...[0].

- Like .app, it requires TLS for web hosting (good for production, annoying for local work).

- Not all services that host DNS support it. For example, Cloudflare's registrar[1] didn't support .dev until August '23.

I don't believe the deprecation of Google Domains has any impact on the Google Registry side of things, but I could be wrong. I transferred my domain out of GD once my preferred registrar supported it.

[0] https://www.registry.google/

TLDs: meme, ing, app, day, new, soy, dev, dad, foo, mov, nexus, how, esq, rsvp, page, phd, prof, zip, boo, and みんな

[1] https://community.cloudflare.com/t/request-cloudflare-regist...

Re: .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla

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Post by broodbucket »

jedberg wrote: post #96

A really big looming question is what will happen to all the .tv domains, which provide 95% of Tuvalu's GDP (similar to how .ai is for Anguilla). The island is getting warn away by rougher seas and the ocean level is rising thanks to climate change. What happens when the island no longer exists? Does the country still exist? Should the .tv domain still exist? When Yugoslavia broke up they shut down its TLD, but this…

.su still exists.

According to this article I found, Tuvaluans are trying to maintain their statehood and maritime rights once they no longer have land. It's uncharted territory for the UN but it strikes me as pretty likely (plus it's a bad look to not throw a bone to a country that the rest of the world played a part in destroying).

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/11/tuvalu-seeks-t...

My prediction is the TLD stays and revenues go to the entity that is the Tuvaluan government (probably based in Australia at that point)

Re: .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla

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Post by reactordev »

jedberg wrote: post #96

A really big looming question is what will happen to all the .tv domains, which provide 95% of Tuvalu's GDP (similar to how .ai is for Anguilla). The island is getting warn away by rougher seas and the ocean level is rising thanks to climate change. What happens when the island no longer exists? Does the country still exist? Should the .tv domain still exist? When Yugoslavia broke up they shut down its TLD, but this…

I’m sure since it would no longer be a country TLD, you could easily say it’s a media TLD. Crisis averted. However, registrar responsibilities would be elsewhere. Google perhaps. Or maybe someone else. I’m sure that .tv is so ubiquitous that it falls under several categories.

Re: .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla

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Post by jedberg »

reactordev wrote: post #105
jedberg wrote: post #96

A really big looming question is what will happen to all the .tv domains, which provide 95% of Tuvalu's GDP (similar to how .ai is for Anguilla). The island is getting warn away by rougher seas and the ocean level is rising thanks to climate change. What happens when the island no longer exists? Does the country still exist? Should the .tv domain still exist? When Yugoslavia broke up they shut down its TLD, but this…

I’m sure since it would no longer be a country TLD, you could easily say it’s a media TLD. Crisis averted. However, registrar responsibilities would be elsewhere. Google perhaps. Or maybe someone else. I’m sure that .tv is so ubiquitous that it falls under several categories.

That would be a possible solution but they would have to agree to change the rules for TLDs or make an exception, because right now the rules are very clear that only countries can have two letter TLDs.

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Post by kyleyeats »

jedberg wrote: post #96

A really big looming question is what will happen to all the .tv domains, which provide 95% of Tuvalu's GDP (similar to how .ai is for Anguilla). The island is getting warn away by rougher seas and the ocean level is rising thanks to climate change. What happens when the island no longer exists? Does the country still exist? Should the .tv domain still exist? When Yugoslavia broke up they shut down its TLD, but this…

This is a myth. They did a study last decade that showed Tuvalu is actually gaining landmass.

[0] https://phys.org/news/2018-02-pacific-nation-bigger.html

Re: .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla

#108

Post by reactordev »

actionfromafar wrote: post #95
dharmab wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ISO created the country codes in 1974, prior to the invention of DNS.

Haha, this is both informative and deadpan. Thanks. :)

This is what tech debt looks like when it’s middle aged and has kids of its own.

Re: .ai website registrations are a windfall for tiny Anguilla

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Post by truculent »

whycome wrote: post #18

Tuvalu (.tv), Libya (.ly), Anguilla (.ai). Matt of wordpress got ma.tt (Trinidad & Tobago). Some countries (eg, Canada) require some kind of residency. What other TLDs are special?

.gg is a bit more niche but I see it occasionally for gaming related sites (Guernsey)
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