Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by schwuk » Thu, May 12, 2016, 4:33 PM UTC

Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites
en.blog.wordpress.com

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by dmix » Thu, May 12, 2016, 5:20 PM UTC

Finally a useful one among a plethora of questionable TLDs (ninja, rocks, guru, etc).

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by macspoofing » Thu, May 12, 2016, 5:25 PM UTC

dmix wrote: post #2

Finally a useful one among a plethora of questionable TLDs (ninja, rocks, guru, etc).

I'd say it's worse because I personally dislike tying a TLD to the function and purpose of the website. Having said that, in this case, it may not be a problem because this TLD is controlled by a blog-hosting company.

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by mapleoin » Thu, May 12, 2016, 5:27 PM UTC

I can't tell if these will be just for Wordpress blogs or will be allowed to be bought by anyone and used for anything.

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by anu_gupta » Thu, May 12, 2016, 5:29 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #4

I can't tell if these will be just for Wordpress blogs or will be allowed to be bought by anyone and used for anything.

> We’ll be offering them to all websites — you won’t need to have a WordPress or WordPress.com site to purchase one.

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by coldpie » Thu, May 12, 2016, 5:41 PM UTC

dmix wrote: post #2

Finally a useful one among a plethora of questionable TLDs (ninja, rocks, guru, etc).

Well put. I'm not attached to my current domain and might actually pick one of these up, depending on pricing.

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by nikolay » Thu, May 12, 2016, 6:00 PM UTC

What's wrong with blog.domain.com or domain.com/blog? Why have a gazillion different domains - this is fragmenting identity especially if you can't secure the same name. The new extensions are a legalized extortion!

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by hobs » Thu, May 12, 2016, 6:03 PM UTC

I have said it before and I will say it again, the new gTLDs are just a money grab by ICANN. Not only that, but they are basically SEO black holes, no thanks!

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by _lce0 » Thu, May 12, 2016, 6:23 PM UTC

anu_gupta wrote: post #5

mapleoin wrote: post #4

I can't tell if these will be just for Wordpress blogs or will be allowed to be bought by anyone and used for anything.

> We’ll be offering them to all websites — you won’t need to have a WordPress or WordPress.com site to purchase one.

The only want money.

That this TLD is called ".blog" is a nice marketing stunt from them --a very clever one!

Re: Coming Soon: New .Blog Domains for Websites

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Post by corobo » Thu, May 12, 2016, 6:29 PM UTC

_lce0 wrote: post #9

anu_gupta wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We’ll be offering them to all websites — you won’t need to have a WordPress or WordPress.com site to purchase one.

The only want money. That this TLD is called ".blog" is a nice marketing stunt from them --a very clever one!

I'd imagine they would want money. Registering a gTLD isn't cheap (yet)