Major shakeup to domain names will affect millions

[Hayes]

The new suffix structure will apply to .com, .org and .net domains; decisions regarding other suffixes will not be made until the 2015 conference in Bern. The new domains, when they come into force, will consist of the existing top level domain, followed by a regional, national and continental suffix.

Existing .com domains will be reassigned based on the address of the registrant. So for example, WebdesignerDepot’s new domain name (indicating ‘British Columbia’, ‘Canada’, ‘North America’) will be: webdesignerdepot.com.bc.ca.nam

There are two further suffixes which also included in ICANN’s specification, although they are likely to remain silent for now: .ear will be used to represent Earth, and .sol will be used to represent the Solar system—these suffixes are being added for future-proofing and aren’t expected to be in practical use for the foreseeable future. This means that our full domain will actually be:

webdesignerdepot.com.bc.ca.nam.ear.sol

Read on:
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2014/04/major-shakeup-to-domain-names-will-affect-millions/

 

[Whogister]

Sweet!
Can't wait for this awesome change.

 

[Name Trader]

This must be an April Fools joke

 

[alien51]

I was expecting someone would post an April Fools about some UDRP panel decision that would have rattled everyone. LOL

 

[Ms Domainer]

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Can't wait to add yet more dots to my domains!

Yeah, baby!



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[jmcc]

It is getting scary when it is difficult to tell an April Fool's Day joke from ICANN policy.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Hayes]

It is getting scary when it is difficult to tell an April Fool's Day joke from ICANN policy.

Regards...jmcc

No kidding. I definitely took the post seriously all the way up to the .sol for solar system part. And even then I wasn't fully convinced this was an April Fools post.

My belief was also tied to the fact I'm painfully aware of the ridiculous group of new TLDs added by ICANN in reality:

.limo, .shoes, .sexy, .singles, .bike, .equipment, .diamonds: to name just a few.

 

[Outlast]

It is getting scary when it is difficult to tell an April Fool's Day joke from ICANN policy.

Regards...jmcc

Lol

 

[CoolRev]

It is getting scary when it is difficult to tell an April Fool's Day joke from ICANN policy.

Regards...jmcc

I think I just cranked up hard. Real Hard. :P