New TLD

[Matthew.]

I was thinking randomly earlier about something completely unrelated, and suddenly this idea came into my head...

What do you think would be the best new TLD? I like the idea of a ".now" domain personally, i can see a lot of good domains coming out of that as it works with most keywords and is nice and short (as well as rememberable).

What do you you think?

Matt

 

[faisj]

The Nepalese might get a bit upset by that one...

LoL and again I learned about another ccLTD

 

[RickM]

.ent for entertainment
.music for music
.tele for television ( i know we have .tv but that wasnt created for television)
.news
.blog (this would be a great hit!)
.play (gaming)

ok....some of them are pointless and too specific but so what..sue me :D

 

[Matthew.]

.ent for entertainment
.music for music
.tele for television ( i know we have .tv but that wasnt created for television)
.news
.blog (this would be a great hit!)
.play (gaming)

ok....some of them are pointless and too specific but so what..sue me :D

I like .blog, yeah i could actually see the working well.

Matt

 

[Archangel]

We don't need another ext but we'll surely see 16 new ones by 2008, I'm guessing (hyperbole). .web would be good and .blog is a good one to consider. But I still don't think we'll need any new ones. How many ext's are there now? Over 200?

.now would get outdated later so as a website at news.now would have to migrate to news.later or news.yesterday later on. lol

.scam

So every damn scam, phish, scheme, and spoof could have their own space to play

"No, really, you can trust your credit card info at GoDaddy.scam... I haven't the slightest clue where our bad rep comes from."

 

[mkylut]

.free :D

 

[AdoptableDomains]

To be honest, I have no Idea why anyone hasnt thought of ".web", I mean there .tv, .mobi, Even .aero.. Why no .web?

It has been proposed, but was never accepted by ICANN. (info, biz, name were selected from the following list of applications in 2000, a few more on the second round of sTLD's a couple years later)
http://www.icann.org/tlds/app-index.htm

THE APPLICATIONS

Here are the non-confidential portions of the applications that we posted:

* .ads, etc. Application by Name.Space, Incorporated
* .africa, etc. Application by Rathbawn Computers Limited
* .air, etc. Application by Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques
* .biz, etc. Application by Abacus America, Inc.
* .biz, etc. Application by Affinity Internet, Inc.
* .biz, etc. Application by iDomains, Inc.
* .biz Application by JVTeam, LLC
* .biz, etc. Application by KDD Internet Solutions Co., Ltd.
* .cash, etc. Application by Diebold Incorporated
* .co-op, etc. Application by Cooperative League of the USA
* .dir Application by Novell, Inc.
* .dot, etc. Application by Neustar, Inc.
* .dubai, etc. Application by Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority
* .event Application by Internet Events International, Inc.
* .fin Application by Association Monegasque des Banques
* .find, etc. Application by Monsoon Assets Limited (BVA) dba dotYP, Inc.
* .firm, etc. Application by Eastern Communications Company Limited
* .geo Application by SRI International
* .health Application by the World Health Organization
* .i Application by Sarnoff Corporation
* .info, etc. Application by Afilias, LLC
* .kids Application by Blueberry Hill Communications, Inc.
* .kids Application by DotKids, Inc.
* .kids, etc. Application by ICM Registry, Inc.
* .kids Application by .KIDS Domains, Inc.
* .law Application by dotlaw, Inc.
* .mall, etc. Application by Commercial Connect, LLC
* .mas, etc. Application by Nokia Corporation
* .mus, etc. Application by Museum Domain Management Association
* .name, etc. Application by The Global Name Registry, Limited
* .nom Application by CORE Internet Council of Registrars
* .nom Application by the dotNOM Consortium
* .one Application by Group One Registry, Inc.
* .per Application by JVTeam, LLC
* .pid Application by DADA Spa
* .post Application by the Universal Postal Union
* .pro Application by the dotPRO Consortium
* .pro Application by RegistryPro, Ltd.
* .tel Application by Pulver, Peek, and Marschel
* .tel Application by Number.tel LLC
* .tel Application by Telnic Limited
* .travel Application by International Air Transport Association
* .union Application by International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
* .web Application by Image Online Design dba Web Registry

A couple alternate roots also ran a .web for a while.

I agree we don't need any more now, but .fun might be fun!

 

[AzN]

.asia and it's finally coming this summer :D