Comments on: PopSci Author Points Out the Obvious About New TLDs http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/26/popsci-author-points-out-the-obvious-about-new-tlds/ Domain Name Industry News and Views Sat, 26 May 2012 20:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ace Ferdinand http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/26/popsci-author-points-out-the-obvious-about-new-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-370425 Ace Ferdinand Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:02:41 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5405#comment-370425 There are over 78,594,621 .com names registered currently. What if you are starting a business and want to be part of the largest market on the planet with your .com website....you might get a good name like 45xyzcleaningproducts.com available or flights-to-europe-cheap.com! The new TLDs (a lot of them do not make too much sense but there are some good ones like .jobs or .travel) are part of the Internet's evolution towards a more organized information source. The Internet's structure will become similar to a bookstore or a library where you look for information by categories or verticals such as .jobs for HR, .travel for travel, and .gov for government related information. In regards to big corporations having to manage a microsite redirecting to a specific section of their main website, I really don't think it's a big deal...if you brand it the right way, it makes sense! wanna find out about a sales position in a certain company, go to companyname.jobs wanna travel to Colombia this summer, go to Colombia.travel wanna find the CIA's official website, go to CIA.gov (visit www.cia.com and you'll understand where I'm getting at). It is obvious that when people are used to something, they are reluctant to try new things, we are humans after all....but eventually we will have to start moving towards a different direction than a .com saturated Internet... There are over 78,594,621 .com names registered currently. What if you are starting a business and want to be part of the largest market on the planet with your .com website….you might get a good name like 45xyzcleaningproducts.com available or flights-to-europe-cheap.com!
The new TLDs (a lot of them do not make too much sense but there are some good ones like .jobs or .travel) are part of the Internet’s evolution towards a more organized information source. The Internet’s structure will become similar to a bookstore or a library where you look for information by categories or verticals such as .jobs for HR, .travel for travel, and .gov for government related information.
In regards to big corporations having to manage a microsite redirecting to a specific section of their main website, I really don’t think it’s a big deal…if you brand it the right way, it makes sense!
wanna find out about a sales position in a certain company, go to companyname.jobs
wanna travel to Colombia this summer, go to Colombia.travel
wanna find the CIA’s official website, go to CIA.gov (visit http://www.cia.com and you’ll understand where I’m getting at).
It is obvious that when people are used to something, they are reluctant to try new things, we are humans after all….but eventually we will have to start moving towards a different direction than a .com saturated Internet…

]]> By: Doemainer http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/26/popsci-author-points-out-the-obvious-about-new-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-370416 Doemainer Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:43:38 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5405#comment-370416 We are very .com focused (as a society, as domain investors, as marketers, etc.) It is natural. That is the way the Internet started. Yes, it is thriving, but can we really limit our information source of today and of the future to only .com??? Maybe the new tlds aren't at the tremendous registration numbers of .com (in the 78-80 millions range), but you have to understand that they are competing against consumer knowledge, the history of the Internet, and thus the big elephant in the room, .com. It is no secret that the Internet is cluttered. Ask yourselves or any end consumer about a Google search with 8 million results in 0.2 seconds. We need an organizational structure of the Internet and one way of doing this is by new tlds. I do agree with Andrew that not all will be super-successful. New tlds need to have a big enough audience that has the desire to become a part of that community. I think no one would have imagined the success of .cat. Thanks Domainer http://www.thedomainscene.com We are very .com focused (as a society, as domain investors, as marketers, etc.) It is natural. That is the way the Internet started. Yes, it is thriving, but can we really limit our information source of today and of the future to only .com??? Maybe the new tlds aren’t at the tremendous registration numbers of .com (in the 78-80 millions range), but you have to understand that they are competing against consumer knowledge, the history of the Internet, and thus the big elephant in the room, .com.
It is no secret that the Internet is cluttered. Ask yourselves or any end consumer about a Google search with 8 million results in 0.2 seconds. We need an organizational structure of the Internet and one way of doing this is by new tlds. I do agree with Andrew that not all will be super-successful. New tlds need to have a big enough audience that has the desire to become a part of that community. I think no one would have imagined the success of .cat.
Thanks
Domainer
http://www.thedomainscene.com

]]> By: Thomas Lowenhaupt http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/26/popsci-author-points-out-the-obvious-about-new-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-370137 Thomas Lowenhaupt Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:08:02 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5405#comment-370137 Andrew, NYC.COM is a good service and I suspect it will continue to provide some valuable info to the public. Some years down the the road, as the public get acquainted with the concept of city TLDs, I imagine NYC.COM's usage will slip a bit. But I suspect they'll be all over the .nyc TLD by that point. Best, Tom Andrew,

NYC.COM is a good service and I suspect it will continue to provide some valuable info to the public. Some years down the the road, as the public get acquainted with the concept of city TLDs, I imagine NYC.COM’s usage will slip a bit. But I suspect they’ll be all over the .nyc TLD by that point.

Best,

Tom

]]> By: Andrew Allemann http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/26/popsci-author-points-out-the-obvious-about-new-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-370117 Andrew Allemann Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:40:53 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5405#comment-370117 Thomas, As part of your cost structure you should acquire nyc.com. Many people will see something.nyc and end up typing in something.nyc.com. Also, how much have you budgeted and will will you start working with application developers such as Microsoft and email providers to ensure they'll enable .nyc to work with their applications? Thomas,

As part of your cost structure you should acquire nyc.com. Many people will see something.nyc and end up typing in something.nyc.com.

Also, how much have you budgeted and will will you start working with application developers such as Microsoft and email providers to ensure they’ll enable .nyc to work with their applications?

]]> By: Thomas Lowenhaupt http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/26/popsci-author-points-out-the-obvious-about-new-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-370103 Thomas Lowenhaupt Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:24:49 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5405#comment-370103 Having spent 14 years as a minor league government official here in New York City, I'm aware that local civic communication is, to put it mildly, the pits. The community district over which our board held sway had 200,000 residents and not a single TV or radio station, nor a daily newspaper to facilitate local communication. (Weekly papers serve sections of the district.) So when it came to identifying opportunities or local problems and organize to effect their resolution, we were, and remain, networking-impaired. The Net might have provided more of a solution, but it essentially escaped unplanned and untamed from a lab with era-changing globalization powers and conquered the world. It helps but could have been so much more. When asked why we created Connecting.nyc Inc., (the not-for-profit established to acquire and develop the .nyc TLD), I sometimes say it's because our small businesses need good domain names - short, descriptive, and memorable - that provide identity and say "made in" or "from" New York City. Other times I explain that they will provide the opportunity to organize our resources so the world might more readily find them. But the highest hope for .nyc is that it provides the opportunity to rethink the Net, not the whole TCP/IP Net, only the DNS part, and it just might enable residents to better find one another. Tom Lowenhaupt P.S. See our website, and link over to our wiki for a lot more on this. Having spent 14 years as a minor league government official here in New York City, I’m aware that local civic communication is, to put it mildly, the pits.

The community district over which our board held sway had 200,000 residents and not a single TV or radio station, nor a daily newspaper to facilitate local communication. (Weekly papers serve sections of the district.)

So when it came to identifying opportunities or local problems and organize to effect their resolution, we were, and remain, networking-impaired.

The Net might have provided more of a solution, but it essentially escaped unplanned and untamed from a lab with era-changing globalization powers and conquered the world. It helps but could have been so much more.

When asked why we created Connecting.nyc Inc., (the not-for-profit established to acquire and develop the .nyc TLD), I sometimes say it’s because our small businesses need good domain names – short, descriptive, and memorable – that provide identity and say “made in” or “from” New York City.

Other times I explain that they will provide the opportunity to organize our resources so the world might more readily find them.

But the highest hope for .nyc is that it provides the opportunity to rethink the Net, not the whole TCP/IP Net, only the DNS part, and it just might enable residents to better find one another.

Tom Lowenhaupt

P.S. See our website, and link over to our wiki for a lot more on this.

]]> By: Foomoo http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/26/popsci-author-points-out-the-obvious-about-new-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-369995 Foomoo Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:22:24 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5405#comment-369995 Well believe it or not the Internet is about more than just the web, and telecommunications are an essential part of our economy, culture, and future. Ugh. Well believe it or not the Internet is about more than just the web, and telecommunications are an essential part of our economy, culture, and future.

Ugh.

]]> By: Steve M http://domainnamewire.com/2009/03/26/popsci-author-points-out-the-obvious-about-new-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-369966 Steve M Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:37:39 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=5405#comment-369966 "If someone has a truly novel approach to domain names, I’d like to see it." ... er, um ... how about a "telephone-like" use; where all you (can) have is a page of contact information. Hey; I know! How 'bout calling it ".tel"? Wouldn't that be just wonderful for ... blah, blah, blah ... Ugh. “If someone has a truly novel approach to domain names, I’d like to see it.”

… er, um … how about a “telephone-like” use; where all you (can) have is a page of contact information.

Hey; I know! How ’bout calling it “.tel”?

Wouldn’t that be just wonderful for … blah, blah, blah …

Ugh.

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