Comments on: ICM Registry Hopes to Offer .XXX Domains This Year

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:13:31 +0000

Is .xxx Domain service available or not now? I need it.. Do have any updated Information?

By: Domain Name Wire » News » ICANN Delays .XXX (Again) - The Domain Industry's News Source

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:03:00 +0000

[...] ICANN board originally authorized entering into a contract with ICM registry to launch .xxx in the last sTLD round. After getting pressure from a number of groups including [...]

By: Andrew Allemann

Andrew Allemann — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:38:08 +0000

I don’t think type-ins to IDNs will explode when this goes live. I think they’ll grow over time, but not in the short run. After all, right now people have to type-in .com/net/org etc in the roman alphabet to get to these and other domains. Just because they can type in the full thing in their language/script doesn’t mean they’ll suddenly start visiting the sites in droves. If it gets type-ins now, it will continue to get them. If it doesn’t get type-ins now, then it’s a long time before they get type-ins. Like anything, people will have to become educated about the availability of these new TLDs.

That said, there’s a lot more to it than type-in. Consider search engines. Before IDNs you couldn’t have ‘exact match’ for some of these terms. Now you do. Perhaps in the future search engines will take into consideration if the TLD is in the language and script of the searcher.

As far as timing is concerned, the introduction of IDN gTLDs will be along with other gTLDs, unless the general gTLD process is completely shelved. So we’re talking about two years before you see any of these .com-equivalent-IDNs on the web.

By: Domain Name Wire » News » .XXX Registry to ICANN: “We Must Protect Our Rights” - The Domain Industry's News Source

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:21:46 +0000

[...] off an independent review victory over ICANN, .XXX top level domain name applicant ICM Registry is asking ICANN to get the show on the [...]