Boycott Icann's New Domain Name Extension Release, Thread

[unholygod]

The end of domaining ?

Biggest Expansion to Internet in Forty Years Approved for Implementation

26 June 2008

Paris, France: The Board of ICANN today approved a recommendation that could see a whole range of new names introduced to the Internet's addressing system.

"The Board today accepted a recommendation from its global stakeholders that it is possible to implement many new names to the Internet, paving the way for an expansion of domain name choice and opportunity" said Dr Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN.

A final version of the implementation plan must be approved by the ICANN Board before the new process is launched. It is intended that the final version will be published in early 2009.

"The potential here is huge. It represents a whole new way for people to express themselves on the Net," said Dr Twomey. "It's a massive increase in the 'real estate' of the Internet."

Presently, users have a limited range of 21 top level domains to choose from — names that we are all familiar with like .com, .org, .info.

This proposal allows applicants for new names to self-select their domain name so that choices are most appropriate for their customers or potentially the most marketable. It is expected that applicants will apply for targeted community strings such as (the existing) .travel for the travel industry and .cat for the Catalan community (as well as generic strings like .brandname or .yournamehere). There are already interested consortiums wanting to establish city-based top level domain, like .nyc (for New York City), .berlin and .paris.

"One of the most exciting prospect before us is that the expanding system is also being planned to support extensions in the languages of the world," said Peter Dengate Thrush, ICANN's Chairman. "This is going to be very important for the future of the Internet in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Russia." The present system only supports 37 Roman characters.

Upon approval of the implementation plan, it is planned that applications for new names will be available in the second quarter of 2009.

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[squid]

I honestly can never see this happening, it just seems so, idiotic. ICANN of all people should understand the domaining business and what this could do to it

 

[Web Master]

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[owntype]

I think ICANN has overlooked the potential problems that .??? may cause.

 

[Phronesis]

I think to assume that the net will stay the way it is now ad infinitum is naive. I posited this question about 2 years ago about the future of the web. Maybe it'll happen - maybe not, just don't keep all your eggs in one basket. jmho

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

I think to assume that the net will stay the way it is now ad infinitum is naive. I posited this question about 2 years ago about the future of the web. Maybe it'll happen - maybe not, just don't keep all your eggs in one basket. jmho

Completely agree. I'm not claiming to know for sure what will happen, but it most certainly cannot stay the way it is forever.

 

[cyberhawks]

the bottom line here is that this news is simple proof that the domain world is changing whether any individual likes it or not..and those who best adapt to this change will most reap the rewards.and certainly it does seem to be a different dynamic then other domain extensions being unveiled in its scope and its cost...in many ways domaining is about branding your url and certainly this news will offer companies/orgs/etc more potential in branding so certainly in some ways it will likely succeed...

 

[Name Trader]

One thing is certain. The internet is in a constant state of change. Do I think the explosion of tld's will affect .com's? Possibly. Will it be positive or negative effect? Don't know. If I were to look into my crystal ball for a prediction, I don't see any time in the forseeable future when .com will be surpassed as the premier tld.

 

[syedahmed]

Well! IMHO, Web is going to become a BIG mess. ICANN has already introduced so many extensions and registrars are making big bucks and fellow domainers are loosing money and business big time. There should've been just coms, nets and orgs. Nothing else makes sense to me. Though, I own a few other extensions besides coms, nets and orgs but I don't think I'll be able to sell those yet.
Lets hope for the best.

 

[theparamount]

No.

 

[theparamount]

ICANN is a business.. I support whatever they do that increases internet traffic and awareness.

 

[jacal1]

No.

:bingo:

 

[weblord]

i think for a domainer .com is always king if not then who else will support us anyways?

 

[Ronald Regging]

If I really believed this thing was going to take off the way they're hyping it, I'd be buying up blocks of IP addresses. The Internet is going to get really crowded and they might become valuable (at least til they implement IPv6, which could take awhile to get everyone switched over to).

 

[MaguirePhD]

My uneducated take on matters...

Two things rather quickly.

In 10 years we will be doing vertical travel, so forget all the taxi domains unless you have VerticalTaxi.com.

1. Propulsion car guided by GPS angles up at 45 degrees against the rotation of the earth and re-enters at 45 degrees after 65 minutes. End result New York to LA and you come down in a 5 foot square numbered section of a parking lot at LAX.

2. The Internet wil expand but the use will become more parochial. As China and the sub-continent dominate the Internet, botique private Internets will sprout up specific to certain countries engendering a jingoistic approach.
Businesses may want to have access around the world, but the majority of people can see no reason to be connected world wide.

Conduct an empiical experiment...and not with people from this forum, as they are all Internet saavy and wired or connected, if you will. Do this with regular people on the street.

Ask them them 3 questions:

1. Is it important that YOUR Intenet is linked to other coutries all over the world?
2. Why is it imporant to be linked to these countries? Now, here is where the answers will slow down. They said " yes " because they heard this is good but they really don't now why.
3. Lastly, what coutries are they in contact with on a regular basis?

Probably a silly take on the matter to most of you? Well, I am a businessman whose experience predates the Internet by a substantial period. Do I use it? Absolutley.

Do I need access to foreign nations? No, I do not.
Do I use it for access here in the U.S. Absolutely,

But f it went away, I would be back to doing business only in NJ. like I did before the Internet.

They point that I am making is that unless you are are an International business, very few of us have a real need to be linked to other coutries.

The Internet has given people a lot of electronic pen pals but little more than that.

Ask yourself, " if the Internet went away tomorrow, how woud my business life, NOT social lfe be effected? "
They answer to 98% of us would be: " Very, marginally. "

And in a week we would be back at our fax machines, going to the post office or calling FedEx for a pick up.

Doc

 

[VisionEdger]

get real! .com is THE internet standard period. It will ALWAYS be and ALWAYS WILL BE the #1.

All this tld bs is atypical media hype just like y2k, global warming Al Gore bs, ad infinitum!

 

[zambian0]

I think super high premium domain names will devalue, NO DOUBT.
It's called serious competition Sex.com as opposed to Free.sex. This is how so called regulators(ICANN) try to justify their existence by allowing this ludicricy, strange considering they are a non-profit organization.

Across the board values will remain constant for good keyword domains and you will find the LLL, NNN and other hypes and trends will erode over time, once these new extensions are saturated into the marketplace and search engines adjust accordingly.

Just my opinion, but seems logical .

 

[dezinerite]

We've seen a lot of tlds come and go...I personally think that the more tlds there are out there, the more the value of the .com will increase.

Many people out there still don't know that there are more tlds than just .com and .net. So I doubt .something will ever be better than .com.

It was bound to happen...but I think ICANN's just looking for a bit of publicity.

 

[Dean]

There is no real worry IMO. The only real problem might come with geo domains since there will probably be city extensions soon and with adult domains there may be a drop due to the new release of .xxx or maybe .sex but I dont think both because they are to similar and ICANN will probably not allow it. Only other useful extensions I see is .web, which would probably lower .net values in the long term but wont affect .com, and .blog which would probably affect .coms with the word blog in them.

 

[GoPC]

i think for a domainer .com is always king if not then who else will support us anyways?

This is the most crucial point of the entire discussion...

We're not talking about DOMAINERS.

We're talking about END USERS.

If not for they, we have no purpose except to shuffle domains at wholesale prices back and forth, betting and hanging our entire portfolios and financial future on perpetually incestuous transactions.

End Users are the focus of these changes and how the end users will use these new extensions. And one thing I know about Marketing, is that if an end user is going to pay what amounts to Premium .com prices for their own extension...

1 - There is no use for a .com with massive competition.

2 - They will spend the Millions it takes to drive the new extension of their choice into the public they intend on reaching.

The only hook left for "domainers" to hang their hat on is the hope that the hapless surfing public may type in the .com TYPO instead and glean a few measly pennies from an already dying PPC market, banking on the hope that the internet going public are still as stupid and naive as they have been during the rise of the PPC market space.

But, my friends... they are NOT. They KNOW a PPC page when they see it and they HATE them. Search Engine are bigger and more used than ever and with the likes of MSN Live, they are so integrated into the system now, that you almost cannot direct navigate to a hopeful result.

Hence the playing field for the new ext. is stacked against Cyber Squatters and Domainers because with the new extension...

If you have a Million Dollar Domain sitting there that some big Company just HAS to have to survive....

They can just by their own EXT for a FRACTION of the cost.

Why deal with you?

The thing about real estate that sustains its price and growth is the LACK of it.

ICANN just created an INFINITE amount of real estate.

And that, my friends, pretty much KILLS the value.

Just my .02 cents worth...

GoPC

 

[elimam]

I think super high premium domain names will devalue, NO DOUBT.

I agree! and they should. If someone is asking a $1,000,000 for a domain, it makes a lot of sense to pay $100,000 and get that domain as an extension.
only these "big boys" will be affected and I feel no mercy for them.

for most domainers that are trading domains at reasonable prices, this new hype will not affect them.