What do you think??

I think there will be another "land rush" to get the good names. But people have been conditioned to think .com, sometimes .net or .org. It would take a lot of marketing to get people to think other extensions.

BTW, didn't notice in the article when the new suffixes will be available. Any idea?

Say ...... what do you guys think of...

microsoft.monopoly
microsoft.sucks
regis.the-millionare

? :)

Anyone know any funny domain name suggestions?

Innocent as the next msg poster ,
S.abr.ina

tiger.woods !

umm...?

With the .sex sufffix it's going to be fun!

I don't know, I think that as internet use becomes more widespread and more people become power users, more people will recognize different domain suffixes. It might be a little early for this now, but in a couple of years it won't be a problem I don't think. Even my mom, a very casual internet user, knows what .ca means.

yeah, I agree. I wasn't to keen on .to or .cc but I like .name / .info / .biz. They are pretty good

Ravi

ya... I'm going to get some .info domains!

here's a question for you, how long will extensions get? extensions used to be restricted to 3 characters (anyone remember DOS.. or earlier?)

I think only as long as they need to be. like it would never be .business (waaay to long) I think they will max out on 4 or 5 at the most, but try and stick to 3.

okay I just read that the .biz domain extensions will cost about $2000 to register and $150 to maintain (not sure if thats yearly).....whoa. They say its to deter anyone from registering it. They only want serious businesses. Apparently some other registrar will be charging the same

Ravi

another question to ponder...
will domain extensions alway be in english characters?

.info should be .nfo...

..just my opinion..

I'm just stunned that .web didn't get approved. I'd hate to be one of the people who paid $35 to WebTLD to pre-register a domain...

yeah, I agree Mike, thats what I was thinking.

.web doesn't seem that bad. But I guess maybe they are heading away from more general domain extensions and more towards specialised domain extensions.

Ravi

i think .web didn't make it due to a dispute between those that did the pre-registering and the corp that has taken over network solutions.

I like the .nfo idea instead of .info .

Quote: Originally posted by Parker Trasborg
I like the .nfo idea instead of .info .

I don't... why make it more confusing than it already is? That's like taking Kool.com over Cool.com... why would you want that? People can't just hear the domain name and go to the site because it has a different spelling than it sounds. Just my opinion.

True, true.

Because it is consistent with the Three-Letter-Extension idea, and also it holds true to the three letter DOS extension idea. .NFO files are included in many DOS applications, and consistency keeps people from getting confused. And it's not pronounced "INFO" it's pronounced "N-FO" so the problem with recognition is moot. You don't hear people say "Dot Communication" [I think that's what .com stands for] they say "Dot Com."

Mike has a point too. So I'm sticking with my thoughts and still think they should of made it .nfo

Close mike, it stands for Commercial I believe. And what you said is also why I agree it should be .nfo

Ravi

Hmm..

.commercial
.network
.organization

So why not

.information
That would be better I think.

Commercial? Ouch. I was close! Only a few letters off! Anyways.. I am now declaring myself.. ".NFO Lobbist" Numero UNO! AHAHAHAH!

Quote: Originally posted by Mike Fisher
Because it is consistent with the Three-Letter-Extension idea, and also it holds true to the three letter DOS extension idea. .NFO files are included in many DOS applications, and consistency keeps people from getting confused. And it's not pronounced "INFO" it's pronounced "N-FO" so the problem with recognition is moot. You don't hear people say "Dot Communication" [I think that's what .com stands for] they say "Dot Com."

Personally, I think having a more clear and as less confusing as possible domain name extension is more important than being consistent with the three-digit extension pattern. And aren't "N-Fo" and "Info" pronounced the same? This is not a case of abbreviating the extention as you said in your dot-com example, it's a case of using slang to shorten a word. Again, IMHO.

In-fo, N-FO. No I sound.

Then what would we shorten .name to? .nam? .nme? Four letter TLD extensions are fine in my opinion. They open up possabilities as well...

.Name is.. well, in my opinion, stupid. So, I'll leave it at that.

How about .anitidisastablishmentaintairanism
heh, longest real word in the english language, don't know if i spelled it right.

http://www.superklafragilisticexpialidoshious.antidisestablishmentarism

Yay!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

good one fisher

Guess i spelt it wrong : )

Probably

I probably did, too. No biggie, though, it's not like I care.