The Next New big TLD

[onlinelife]

“The Next New big TLD”
It’s been discussion in many threads
Domain Shake-Up
shake up internet
Shake-up for internet proposed
Group considers relaxing Internet naming rules
and
so
on...

It’s Time to talk about what’s the next new big Tld (Top level Domain)?
.sex, .shop, .tel, .web, or .other?

 

[onlinelife]

What do you mean? Do you mean buy any related Google names like abcgoogle.com blah blah....dont you afraid of trademark issue?
Or do you mean that when google launches .google then we can own abcgoogle.com without any trademark issue?
Please advice!!!

He might mean buy google shares. Google wont sell anything.google to public

 

[newsiness]

He might mean buy google shares. Google wont sell anything.google to public

Thanks for the note...

 

[Nile Patel]

I think .me would be very hot in next days.

 

[akcampbell]

.me has personal vanity value but it lacks commercial brandability. If you add big ticket keywords like Casino, Debt, Sex, Travel, it sounds weak.

It works brilliantly with certain keywords like About, Find, Help but you can't build an extension on a couple of great keyword extension fits. This will be the problem that most new gTLD's will face when the market opens up in 2009.

I would strongly advise domainers against regging a .Pro because it's a rip off at $99, there is a very thin aftermarket so the chances of selling anything outside the top 1,000 keywords is virtually nil, you will get no traffic undeveloped, and hardly anybody has heard of it.

However, the word Pro has commercial appeal, e.g. Namepros, Sedo Pro etc and it fits just about every generic keyword you can think of, and trademark registries are littered with the word Pro. The chances of any alternative extension making real headway is slim but if you are going to have a flutter with a 10-20 year time frame in mind you've got to go for something commercial like .pro rather than a vanity home page extension like .me.

 

[Hurley4540]

I am anxiously waiting for .tel and .web.

Both brand able and useful.

 

[coast]

:hi:

The highly brandable .TEL and WEB extensions will garner significant financial interest ... especially from the attention and capital coming over from the failed "dot Mobey" extension! :imho:

Landrush begins Feb. 3rd, 2009 for the highly brandable .TEL :talk:

Find out more here ...
Link: http://www.telnic.org

-Jeff

.Tel is for reaching people on their phones, not for making websites. What is with your unhealthy attachment to bashing .mobi anyway? Check out that signature.

 

[Hurley4540]

Coast is right, a sample of .tel:

ben.tel

 

[Jeff]

.Tel is for reaching people on their phones, not for making websites.

Why are those closest with the fading "dot Mobey" seemingly so defensive when it comes to even mention of the highly brandable .TEL extension?!? :red:

Here is my exact quote (in addressing - IMHO - "The Next New Big TLD" topic):

The highly brandable .TEL and WEB extensions will garner significant financial interest ... especially from the attention and capital coming over from the failed "dot Mobey" extension! :imho:

Landrush begins Feb. 3rd, 2009 for the highly brandable .TEL :talk:

Find out more here ...
Link: http://www.telnic.org

Thanks for understanding.
-Jeff

 

[VisionEdger]

Judging from the way they take over everything else....I think it will be .google

News.google
Weather.google
games.google
etc....

They have the money to do it and make it work.

If I was google thats waht I'd be up to. starting my own tld! brilliant jk!

 

[coast]

Thanks for understanding.
-Jeff

Oh, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. Moving on to the next topic....

 

[onlinelife]

theherald.co.uk

What, so there's a shortage of words that could be put before .com, .org, .net, etc.? Nonsense. The namespace can be expanded infinitely in either direction with ease.

The problem is not the names, it is the numbers. We are reaching the limit of numbers in the IPv4 address range. Using IPv6 will fix the problem, but there seems to be little take up so far.

And when we reach the limit of numbers in the IPv6 in next decade?