ccTLDs and the potential of dot-US
Today I read few articles and comments about IDNs, ccTLDs, and dot-US ccTLD.
I have no doubt that IDNs will be important in some countries (not all though) but it appears IDNs still have a long way to go. Perhaps IDNs will catch on much faster when ICANN implements everything for the IDN domain names. But I [...]
If ICANN = ICAN’T, then do we “really” need ICANN?
Here is how it goes:
Top-level domains: if you or I can, do we need Icann?
THERE WAS a time when the internet didn’t just have a father or a godfather: for a brief period, it had a fully fledged god. The god died and a private company, Icann, took his place. Now it’s time we asked [...]
ICANN to auction new gTLDs
Just came across this nice news article:
ICANN has just published a paper from its contractor PowerAuctions LLC, regarding the use of auctions to award new Top Level Domains (TLD) strings in case of contention.
I can understand what ICANN wants to avoid. In the past, it has been criticized for using the “beauty contest” model with the [...]
The Billion-Dollar Domain Babies by E-Commerce-Times: Am I MISSING something?
There have been a lot of discussion on domain forums and blogs regarding ICANN’s plan to open up the Internet domain system and let people create any kind of TLD they can think of. Some people said its a good idea to allow all kind of extensions, while majority said its only going to confuse the web [...]
dot-US domain Extension - A sleeping Giant?
There’s always a great deal of discussion going on about various TLDs such as .com/.net/.org/.info/.mobi/.de/.ca etc. We all know that dot-com the undisputed King is ruling the domain Kingdom ever since internet came in to existence. Along with dot-com, we saw the early adoption of .net and .org TLDs.
Then came other ccTLDs and some of them [...]
Major companies launching dot-Mobi sites or Is it just a fluke?
Ever since its launch, .mobi domain extension has seen people arguing about its merits with an almost insane passion. Dot-Mobi registrants and website owners always argued that it has a special place for mobile web among the jungle of domain TLDs out there, while others argued that mobi is not even needed when devices are getting [...]
dot.Me - Will .Me be a HIT or a MISS?
These days there’s a lot of talk about a new repurposed domain extension called dot-Me.
Many new domainers (some old) are buying up .me domains with great enthusiasm. Some of these buyers are not even aware that .me is a ccTLD (county code TLD) assigned to Montenegro. Now it is being repackaged as .me, just like .tv or [...]
