Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

The .ing top-level domain

blog.google

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

261–270 of 333 posts

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#261

Post by moehm »

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #224

Google has 46 tld that I found, many of them unavailable for public registration. .ads, .android, .app, .boo, .cal, .channel, .chrome, .dad, .day, .dclk, .dev, .docs, .drive, .eat, .esq, .fly, .foo, .gbiz, .gle, .gmail, .goog, .google, .guge, .hangout, .here, .how, .ing, .map, .meet, .meme, .mov, .new, .nexus, .page, .phd, .play, .prod, .prof, .rsvp, .search, .soy, .谷歌, .みんな, .グーグル, .youtube, .zip,

I'm not sure this list is correct, as e.g. according to ICANN Wiki[0] .map is still proposed, not yet delegated.

[0] https://icannwiki.org/.map

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#262

Post by bagels »

riffic wrote: post #218
zokier wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The mistake was to let Postel mismanage DNS pretty much alone without any significant oversight or defined policies, that set the groundwork for dns to be free for all wild west of which the current situation is just natural consequence

laying the blaming on a dead guy, classy.

I have no idea if that person should take blame, but is your opinion that the actions of the dead, no matter the circumstances, are beyond criticism?

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#263

Post by sva_ »

Oof. I've been waiting for this TLD since it was first announced, checking it at irregular intervals, because my last name ends on 'ing'. Just hoping that nobody registers it before me (only 4 letters), because clearly I can't pay those premiums.

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#265

Post by yieldcrv »

themagician wrote: post #217
nusl wrote: post #199

I’m quite appalled. Pre-order now! Wonderful new TLD! Buy! But, it will cost an extra $1m if you want to do it now. Later than that, pay less but wait longer, and risk losing it. So, pay up or get lost. Can’t afford $1m for a domain? Sorry, bozo, maybe you can have the scraps when the bullies are done eating. This whole business is massive trash. The days of owning your own domain with any kind of nice name are fadin…

Does it even matter anymore? Domains have been replaced with apps and search anyway. Outside of maybe the top 100 domains, how many people are actually typing out a domain?

exactly, they aren’t

they click ads and direct links in their group chats and timelines

it’s been like that for a loooong time, entrepreneurs are just clinging to SEO concepts from a decade ago in a void of alternate frameworks that would apply generically

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#266

Post by dimensi0nal »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #104
DerekBickerton wrote: post #60

I've reached generic TLD fatigue. There's a new one each week. I regularly buy domains with OVH since they have a wide array of TLDs at a good price[0]. Over the years I let many of them expire because either 1) I let my dreams die, or 2) I couldn't afford to renew it. Mostly it's because I let my dreams die, not financial shortcomings though. [0] https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/domains/tld/

That's a very succint way of putting it. Exotic TLDs are completely unecessary to deliver content. The more that exist, the harder it is to remember them, which is counter to the entire point of DNS.

poop dot bike

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#267

Post by sva_ »

When I do $ whois search.ing, it says "Domain not found.". But if I enter it on get.ing, it says "search.ing is already taken."

Kinda strange, maybe Google doesn't want to use it themselves because it could be seen as monopolistic, but also doesn't want to sell it?

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#268

Post by janalsncm »

andersrs wrote: post #128
ralmidani wrote: post #73

I checked for cod.ing and they said it was available. I got my hopes up and went to Godaddy. It costs over $38,000. I guess in some ways that’s good because the purchaser would more likely be someone who wants to launch a legit business or project rather than a squatter. But as others have pointed out, this whole thing is a blatant money grab.

Conspiracy theory here: if you go to a big player like GoDaddy they'll sell their queries and some party will see the domain you want and squat it unless you register right away. Just use the whois command in your terminal.

Unlike most conspiracy “theories” which are unfalsifiable, this should be pretty easy to prove or disprove. Just search for some random plausibly appealing domains and check to see if they’re registered 24-72 hours later.

It’s not a particularly difficult or clever test to run, so I’m definitely not the first person to come up with it. It’s the kind of thing that’s big news if true but a non-story if false. The fact that no one has found it to be true suggests to me that it’s not happening.

Re: The .ing top-level domain

#270

Post by kelseyfrog »

aatd86 wrote: post #208
nusl wrote: post #199

I’m quite appalled. Pre-order now! Wonderful new TLD! Buy! But, it will cost an extra $1m if you want to do it now. Later than that, pay less but wait longer, and risk losing it. So, pay up or get lost. Can’t afford $1m for a domain? Sorry, bozo, maybe you can have the scraps when the bullies are done eating. This whole business is massive trash. The days of owning your own domain with any kind of nice name are fadin…

I see eat.ing, own.ing, fad.ing and be.ing, th.ing, dy.ing, anyth.ing Plop!

poop.ing*
Post reply on HN