Michael Arrington Deadpools New TLDs

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

TechCrunch founder says .eco and other domains dead on arrival.

TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, who himself has a background in the domaining world, is deadpooling .eco, a proposed new top level domain.

I just don’t think the world needs another top level domain, and certainly not one that is designed for “individuals to express their support for environmental causes, for companies to promote their environmental initiatives, and for environmental organizations to maintain their websites.”

People like .COM domains, or alternatively country level domains. These other ones are little more than traps to force brands to protect their trademarks during expensive pre-sale periods. The company behind the domain gets the most of the money, and ICANN, the quasi-governmental, quasi-mafia organization that oversees this mess gets their cut as well. The more domain names that get registered, the more money ICANN makes, which lets them hire more staff to stick their noses into more things. Meanwhile, they’re making a mess of the Internet.

Arrington hasn’t always seen eye-to-eye with domainers since exiting the industry (and Pool), but I think he’s in agreement with most of the industry on this one.

Further Reading:

  1. Did Michael Arrington Register UnpaidBlogger.com 2 Days Before Wearing His Infamous Shirt?
  2. From Domain Industry to TechCrunch, Now Arrington Cashes Out to AOL
  3. Arrington: Apologies Shouldn’t be Conditional

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  1. wannadevelop.com
    March 5th, 2009 | 2:30 pm

    I deadpooled it the second the announcement was made. Actually no, I first had a laugh and then deadpooled it :)

    Ridiculous is all I gotta say.

    ICANN and the consultants will make some money getting it launched but from there on its just a waste of everybody’s time and resources.

    The industry cannot be taken seriously when there is this types of BS going on every other week.

    It’s too bad.

    Mike

  2. Andrew Allemann
    March 5th, 2009 | 2:33 pm

    Here’s a better idea. Buy eco.com and offer subdomain.eco.com addresses. Everyone’s going to end up typing name.eco.com anyway.

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