Comments on: Experts Predict 100-1500 New TLDs by 2011-2012

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:10:15 +0000

[...] Domainer Mardi Gras, I asked my panel when they thought new TLDs would actually be available. More specifically, when will be I be able [...]

By: Michael Ward

Michael Ward — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:17:08 +0000

Andrew — Back in Tampa and catching up on several items. Great job on moderating the new TLD session at Domainer Mardi Gras. The feedback has been tremendous. Based on several blog postings as a follow up to this panel, both on your site and others, IMO it accomplished my objectives.

Finally, we had a meaningful discussion, outside of the ICANN process, on new TLDs. Kudos to the experts on the panel for agreeing to come together and participate in the session. They certainly didn’t have to and easily could have declined the invitation. But they sat on the panel, discussed, debated and brought more awareness to the topic of new TLDs.

Thank you Jeff Eckhaus, Mike Rodenbaugh, Michael Berkens. Ken Hansen, John Berryhill and Andrew Allemann for making it happen.

Mission accomplished.

Michael

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:57:28 +0000

Let us sue ICANN

By: Jade

Jade — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:01:28 +0000

Experts?….LOL….I was there at DMG and heard them.

It sounded more like opportunists willing to do anything at the expense of the public.

.com is still a wasteland…..who in their right mind thinks another extension is going to explode in registrations, developement, and ultimately growth?

These guys are gluttonous money-grubbers only thinking about their retirement yachts.

By: Icann Watcher

Icann Watcher — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:50:09 +0000

That would be a great motto for Icann.

ICANN -
The greedy not-for-profit organization.

LOL

By: Bryan Buecking

Bryan Buecking — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:11:55 +0000

I would be interested in hearing how a certain member from the panel came up with 1500 new gTLDs by 2012? Based on popular latin TLDs strings I can account for roughly 100-150, that would leave 1400 to IDNs, city names, and corporation TLDs. Maybe if each of the Global 1000 companies applied for gTLDs we could see this number.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:05:54 +0000

ICANN is getting greedy – it will come back to haunt them.