discuss Domain Names Are Fading From User View

[Lox]

The internet has changed and evolved ever since it's ancestors first came to life in the late 1960's. Some technology fades away and is forgotten; other aspects continue but are overlaid, like geological sediments, so that they are now longer visible but are still present under the surface.

The Domain Name System — both the technology of DNS and the deployed naming hierarchy we all use — are among those aspects of the internet that, although they feel solid and immutable, are slowly changing underneath our feet.

Act I: In Which DNS Fades to Translucent Grey

Internet Domain Names had a good twenty-year run from the early days of the World Wide Web (1995) through 2015.

Some people made a lot of money through domain name speculation. Others made money by wallpapering Google Ad Sense advertisements over vacuous websites. And a busload of attorneys made a good living chasing down shysters trying to make a buck off of the trademarks of others.

And through its perceived control of domain name policy, ICANN grew into a ever-bloating, money absorbing bureaucracy worthy of Jonathan Swift.

But things are changing. The days of domain names as the center of internet policy and internet governance are ending. Domain name speculation will slowly become a quaint shadow of its former self.

What is driving these changes?

It is not that the Domain Name System (DNS) is becoming less important as a technical way of mapping structured names into various forms of records, most often records containing IP addresses.

Nor is the Domain Name System used less then heretofore.

Nor are the knights of intellectual property becoming any less enthusiastic about challenging every domain name that they feel does not pay adequate homage to the trademarks they are protecting.

And national governments continue to believe that domain names are the holy grail of levers they can use to impose their views of right and proper behavior onto the internet.

All of that remains. And it will remain.

What is happening to DNS is more subtle: Domain names are slowly becoming invisible.

Read more: Circleid

 

[platey]

I can remember seeing trucks back in the day with telex numbers on them etc but when was the last time you saw a telex number?

Technology moved on

It did then

And will do faster than it did then and more frequently

If technology moves away from domain names which it could easily do it may mean that long term domain investors could quite easily be left sitting on huge domain name portfolios of names that were expensive to buy but could become worthless almost overnight - website usernames may become the new domain names

Domain names are ideal for businesses to do business with their customers but it won't be long before secure payment facilities and secure direct messaging facilities exist on social media websites or profile usernames become websites which would mean domain names are no longer required

Its only a matter of time

 

[mwzd]

Search was going to kill domains, but it didn't.

Apps were going to kill domains, but they didn't.

Now Siri and Alexa are going to kill domains...

 

[MapleDots]

So your phone number and street address are going away too right?

I agree that domain names are fading from view but as long as a business has a business card they will need a street address, phone number and internet address. Those things won't change but they will become less relevant. In the future you won't need a business address because you will just say the business name and the car will navigate there. Does not mean that the business will not put a house number up though.

 

[Constantin S]

Yes, the internet will burn in hell, drop all your domains now!
Haha what idiot would actually belive that, writer has clearly no idea what his talking about.

 

[Lox]

Extra 5 cents: Websites and Domain Names to Become Insignificant within 20 Years or Less

Source: strategicrevenue

 

[platey]

Lol just like stocks and shares etc you have to look at what you invest in etc

Years ago when corner shops were every where before the huge high St chains etc many corner shops event to the wall as high street shops had everything cheaper then came the out of town supermarket superstores that took market share from the high St and then came the Internet which took market share from the high St and the out of town supermarket superstore and then came amazon and ebay etc and then came socialmedia

It won't be long before the high St is full of empty shops

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Even on np a username can sell a product eg a domain name to another username via its in-house auction listings without either buyer or seller needing to leave np but for escrow etc

People either need to attract traffic and subsequently customers to their website etc or create an fb username and sell to the nearly 2 billion members that already exist on fb

 

[DomainVP]

Using your hands is sooooo 2016...

The new "finegers" is the "nose". In 2017, and moving forward, everyone is using their nose to type. Who needs a domain when you will just have to blow hard out of your left nostril to access p0rnhub.

People have been posting nonsense like this for years.

 

[Internet.Domains]

Naming a website with a domain is like naming a baby with a name.......Necessary and timeless.

 

[promo]

Sooo much insight!

To bad its not based on knowledge or experience. Then it wouldent read like total bull crap.

 

[MapleDots]

Using your hands is sooooo 2016...

The new "finegers" is the "nose". In 2017, and moving forward, everyone is using their nose to type. Who needs a domain when you will just have to blow hard out of your left nostril to access p0rnhub.

People have been posting nonsense like this for years.

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa OMG its hypnotizing

 

[dordomai]

Search was going to kill domains, but it didn't.

Apps were going to kill domains, but they didn't.

Now Siri and Alexa are going to kill domains...

why does everyone want to kill domains?

 

[maxtorz]

100,000+ new businesses start in the US alone each and every year. Will they not need a domain name 1-20 years from now?
How about China?? We just got a glimpse of the BOOMING Chinese market just the last couple years...
Still not seeing the big picture and reading fake news? LOL

 

[dordomai]

an article of a website under a domain says domains and websites will be useless.

I bet the author owns a website and a domain name.

 

[maxtorz]

why does everyone want to kill domains?

Most can't afford OR refuse to pay for a good domain name, so they came up with GTLDs, and all this other ----.
The price for the extension that matters is going UP and UP every quarter, so HOW COULD DOMAINS be fading? FAKE NEWS!

 

[platey]

Obviously domains are here and websites need them etc and obviously I own a few etc

But either businesses spend a lot of time and resources trying to get traffic and customers to their website or use socialmedia profiles instead on one of the world's most used websites

Domain investing is trying to buy the best domains at the best prices and to do that you need to think way ahead of what domains tech ventures or those with deep pockets will want etc

I only guess pie in the sky waffle based on the speed of tech

Bored tech billionaires are buying and or creating some of the best products that are almost out of this world

If a person had said in the 80s that groceries would be delivered by drone or flying cars or driverless cars would be a reality we'd have told them yeah whatever etc

Smart phones won't be around for long

If cars are going to fly? They'll be no use for roads etc

I just try to guess where tech is going and at some point tech will have an effect on domain names etc

Many domain name investors of note already use socialmedia frequently as socialmedia posts are self optimising and rank in Google etc

 

[maxtorz]

Social media is the path of least resistance...so of course everyone is tweeting rather than posting on their blog every other 20 minutes right? It makes sense.
The demand for quality domains is going thru the roof, and supply is getting lower!
"THEkeywords.com" domains use to be worthless 5-7years ago....today?? Every single DAY on Namebio there's a "Thekeyword" sale posted. Just an example.
Today, 5 years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now domains will still be around.
Numbers don't lie! )

 

[domainventure]

Well, he certainly had to write this on a website, which again used a domain name?

Would have been better off, writing it on a piece of paper and putting it in a bottle and throwing it out into the sea. His prediction is just about as accurate as the accuracy of the bottle reaching a guy who actually reads it. lol

Beam me up Scotty!

 

[domainventure]

Or should we say his flux capacitor broke and he is stuck in 2017 when he should be in 2499? lol

 

[platey]

Why do the domain investors of note post on socialmedia instead of their blogs or developed websites or develop even more domains?

Because business is where the people are and there are nearly 2 billion on the same website but I still reckon fb won't always be one of the biggest websites

I still reckon that some bod will create a super huge website that will dwarf fb in size and users but not sure what it will be

It could even be Deliveroo which ironically is founded on a Co. uk it being founded in the uk