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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: keano on June 13, 2012, 12:42:58 PM

Title: New gTLDs
Post by: keano on June 13, 2012, 12:42:58 PM
So ICANN have released the list of applications for new gTLDs - all 1,930 of them.

See the list here http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en

Looks like Google have really gone to town with the applications...
Title: Re: New gTLDs
Post by: Adam C on June 13, 2012, 01:17:54 PM
very interesting indeed.  Thanks for the heads up
Title: Re: New gTLDs
Post by: Chunkford on June 13, 2012, 01:21:51 PM
They sure have.

Reading through that list, I can't help feeling that all those new extensions are going to confuse the average joe no end.
Have to wait and see I suppose.
Title: Re: New gTLDs
Post by: keano on June 13, 2012, 01:29:19 PM
From a practical perspective I remember when one of the first new batches of tlds was released and there were some intrinsic technical problems associated.

For example, when .museum got the go ahead it broke the validation on numerous forms online due to the length of characters in the tld.

There seem to be some fairly long tld strings in those applications. Not too convinced by many of them to be honest.
Title: Re: New gTLDs
Post by: Chunkford on June 13, 2012, 01:35:53 PM
Looking through that list I suppose one place to keep an eye on is http://donuts.co
They seem to be trying to monetising on them and it will be interesting to see what they do.
Title: Re: New gTLDs
Post by: keano on June 13, 2012, 01:43:24 PM
Quote from: Chunkford on June 13, 2012, 01:35:53 PM
Looking through that list I suppose one place to keep an eye on is http://donuts.co
They seem to be trying to monetising on them and it will be interesting to see what they do.

Definately agree with that. Looking at the management team for them there are some folks that really know what they are doing, notably Paul Stahura and Mason Cole.
Title: Re: New gTLDs
Post by: grnidone on June 14, 2012, 05:21:45 PM
Interesting.  Both Safeway and Walmart want the .grocery domain...wonder whose legal team will win that one.  *snicker*