In a move to convince the masses that it actually does something useful, the ICANN has recently added some new top-level domains, the most prominent of these (in terms of press coverage) being the .xxx domain.
As far as I can tell, all that adding TLDs does is harm businesses and confuse consumers. Think about it: sure, "microsoft.xxx" is now open, but either (a) Microsoft is going to have to expend time and money to register the domain or (b) someone else will get the domain and it just confuses people who are looking for Microsoft. (OK, this is far less likely with the .xxx, but keep in mind that there are at least 6 other TLDs that have been approved.) Basically what it comes down to is that people remember websites by the main domain name, not the TLD. Adding new TLDs does not increase the namespace, it just makes it more confusing. It's already confusing enough between .com, .net, and .org. I can't count the number of times I've gone to gentoo.net looking for gentoo.org. At best, the new TLDs are a needless expenditure. At worst, they cost companies money in lost sales. So, the ICANN can suck it. Q.E.D.
2 comments:
Umm, you can't register microsoft.xxx because of the UDRP. Well you might be able to register it, but not for long.
EXACTLY! You can't get anything that's already on .com, so why bother with .xxx? If you get somedomain.xxx that isn't already registered on .com, why not just skip .xxx and get the .com? There is no actual namespace being added, it's just fluff.
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