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Post by sroussey » Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 3:36 AM UTC

mikecb wrote: post #15

namecast wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, that was literally my first thought on reading the title and seeing the URL. I imagine this is a trial balloon of some sort; I wonder if http://mail.google is going to be next?

https://domains.google is a thing.

Post by QuercusMax » Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 3:47 AM UTC

kennymeyers wrote: post #5

If anyone from Google is reading this, love the idea. I subscribed via the ancient RSS, but would love full articles in the RSS feed (not sure why it's just snippets).

Post by rocky1138 » Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 4:03 AM UTC

Mao_Zedang wrote: post #24

I really loath gTLD, I understand because of domain squatting we need to increase the supply but this is just gross. A fairer system would have domains registration costs vary by length (shorter is more expensive)

Post by Mao_Zedang » Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 4:40 AM UTC

rocky1138 wrote: post #25

Mao_Zedang wrote: post #24

I really loath gTLD, I understand because of domain squatting we need to increase the supply but this is just gross. A fairer system would have domains registration costs vary by length (shorter is more expensive)

This appears unsubstantiated. Why, exactly, do you hate gTLD?

Post by ocdtrekkie » Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 5:22 AM UTC

scrollaway wrote: post #12

FuckOffNeemo wrote: post #10

The TLD surprised me, I didn't know you could request one. The article I found that covers off on purchasing (leasing?) a TLD ironically used Google as an example. The article is from 2011. "The process itself may be relatively straightforward. ICANN will make applications available (get the May 2011 draft of the Applicant Guidebook) from January 12, 2012 through April 12, 2012, giving companies time to develop a mar…

I'm slightly disappointed they haven't set up http://google.blog yet. https://get.blog/