Anthony

dotWORLDS won't stop releasing these press releases about their fake domain name extensions! Now they are bragging about adding .gay and .lesbian ones...

http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/3/emw114114.htm
Anyone else ready to "come aboard"? How long do we have to wait for ICANN to crack down on these?

Matt

LOL

Matthew.Wheeler is available

Here's some more i did for a laugh

Screw.Icann - Available
Microsoft.Sucks - Taken
bill.gates - available
NAme.Pros - available


Could be interesting. hehe

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JNav

damn fake extensions. hmm i wonder who has Microsoft.Sucks

Wesley

I can't wait to see what ICANN does about this *grins evilly*

dnslife

very interesting...

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Anthony

Yeah, and the thing with this new (fake) domain service is that it seems someone can create names that overlap with the (fake) domains at new.net...

clemzonguy

I think this idea is gay lol (pun intended)

Sooner or later I am sure they will make plugin domains illegal because this could really get out of hand or abused and undermines the current system. But you have to admit it could be a good idea to get some traffic like new.net for PPC revenue. Until a user formats his computer all type-ins will go to wherever they want them to go.

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g0ldy

heheheh wouldnt this be a invasion of privacy?

Anthony

"plugin domains" is a good name for these fake domains. Maybe I'll switch over to calling them that.

security

ICANN might not get involved simply because it would be a sign that these TLDs are real and give validity to the whole project. I hope ICANN has better things to do with their time, although I see how they could be quite upset.

I would be embarassed to put this stuff out, but they seem to be going full force... *shrug*

plugin domains...nice term you coined Anthony! I second the motion.

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Raf

Thanks for the news, I never knew about this until now. Keep us updated if anything else comes up.

Anthony

Sure thing, Raf. These plugin domains are a pet peeve of mine...

crspyjohn

This thing is really dumb lol. I gonna look for a crspyjohn.crspyjohn lol do they really work?

Anthony

No, they are like new.net domains where you need some sort of sneaky plugin to access them.

DASHWORLDS

Dear NAMEPROS forum

We would like to address some of the points made by your members regarding our domains, as we try to do with all those who provide us with (almost) constructive criticism.

Our vision is based on the fact that we feel the current domain name situation to be a bit of a mess. Internet users are unable to find relevant, interesting domain names, and TLD extensions are limited, to say the least. We have found a way around this problem. Our solution provides Internet users with the ability to provide specific content bound to relevant domain names, providing a much greater degree of cohesion between the two. Why should you have to type in http:///www.geocities.com/ILikeHamRadio/index.htm when you could use www.hamradio.usa to access this same content, or to be even more relevant and useful on a regional or local basis, use www.hamradio.maine (not real links, only examples).

This means that we can offer a variety of content through highly descriptive domains. To access this content, users can download a free plug-in. Users download free plug-ins every day, for Flash, Macromedia, Wild Tangent and other content on the web, enhancing their browsing experience. Taking this a step further, to access AOL's enhanced content, not only do you have to download their free software (a rather time-consuming task in itself, apart from the modification made to your computer), but you have to pay to see it. There is no charge for content on dotWORLDS domains.

This type of domain can also be used for community-building, for creating relationships (an important facet of business marketing) and a number of other ends. It can be used by professionals, individuals and organizations. It can be fun, serious or anywhere in between. We must take issue with your comments and that it does not make sense. It does make sense. It may not work in exactly the same way as other .com or .net sites do, but it does indeed work. If anyone believes that creativity is "senseless" in an attempt to provide the Internet public with greater choice and flexibility, we must disagree in the strongest terms. The Internet itself is a piece of creative genius! A tiny change in attitude among end-users and domain owners may be required, but this is nothing unheard of. We are simply uniting domain names with enhanced content and relevancy, using our plug-in as a bridge between these concepts. Have you never downloaded Acrobat Reader software in order to be able to read something of interest to you written in .pdf format? Why not a dotWORLDS plug-in, when there is interesting content on a dotWORLDS domain? We understand that not everyone may be prepared yet to take this step, but many are, and have already done so. Some have also lambasted us for our "anarchic" stand, but we do not work against ICANN or any other Internet governance organization, we simply use the tools at our disposal to try and make the Internet a more interesting place. We do, in fact, support Internet governance and in this regard, dotWORLDS works specifically within the guidelines set by the FTC. The fact is that those who have labelled us as anarchic are probably just concerned about the Internet changing in certain ways.

Our own members are creating exclusive areas on their .com websites that are only accessible using our plug-in. Some are duplicating their websites under .com and .usa domains etc. This clearly shows that there is inherent value here, and there is an opportunity here too. Nevertheless, we accept that our products and services must move forward and must develop. We are a young company that intends to be around for a very long time, and step by step we are growing and improving.

So, there is no catch and certainly no "spyware" in the plugin, just a different way of doing things. There is though a lot of sense. If this type of venture were easy to implement, it would have been implemented a long time ago. It wasn't. It is difficult, and requires hard work to break through the limitations. Right now, dotWORLDS is working on the launch of what we believe to be the first truly spam free email system for its domains - and you won't need a plugin to use it.
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We remain open to comments to people like yourself, who have Internet experience and who have constructive criticism to offer us.

Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to post on your forum

Kind Regards

dotWORLDS

Anthony

The only difference being that those plugins are for enhancements to websites that actually exist under ICANN and the accepted Internet naming system, whereas your plugin allows access to (fake) domain names that are unaccessible to most Internet users.
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Maybe you should mention that somewhere on your site.

DASHWORLDS

Hi

Thanks for your comments

We will be responding to your/ Raf's/Richard's posting regarding dotWORLDS elsewhere on this board (ie new.net thread on domain name discussion) but would like to say here that, with all due respect, a domain name is defined simply as a unique name that identifies an Internet site. Our domains conform to exactly that. They are certainly real

Thanks and regards

dotWORLDS

Anthony

Please see this thread where this discussion is continued:
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.p...threadid=24268