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Analysis: next generation companies in China still prefer .com

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Kassey Lee reviews top level domain usage by top new internet companies in China.

Several years ago some domain experts predicted that the next generation companies would prefer new extensions because of better names at lower prices than .com. Is this trend happening now? I want to know, so do people investing in the Chinese domain market.

Long established magazine CI Week has recently published the “2017 Top 300 New Internet Companies” (2017新互联网公司TOP300) list, which provides an excellent source to study this trend.

I have selected the top 30 companies from the list for a detailed analysis. For each of the companies, I used Baidu search to find the domain name for its corporate site. The result is shown in the table below. Click here to continue reading…

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Google reminds everyone how .mobi domains are stupid

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.Mobi domains used to have a point. Now they don’t.

Last week Google posted a quick guide to moving from a subdomain for a mobile site to just using the same domain and a responsive site. The post doesn’t mention .mobi, but the same concept applies: In 2017, there’s no reason to have a separate website for mobile browsers.

.Mobi made a lot of sense when it was launched in 2006. It seemed quite prescient the following year when Apple launched the original iPhone.

But maintaining separate websites for mobile and larger browsers doesn’t make much sense anymore. Now, everyone should create a responsive website that adjusts based on the size of the browser.

Maintaining two different sites is bad for SEO and costs more money.

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Domain name humor in Catastrophe

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Having fun with fake top level domain names.

In this scene in Catastrophe, Sharon and Rob make up fake top level domain names.

If you want a good laugh, you should definitely check out the Amazon Original Series Catastrophe. There’s even some domain name humor in the season finale of season two.

Sharon and Rob are fighting, and Rob points out that they need to make arrangements for the kids:

Sharon: You can e-mail me.
Rob: OK. Is your e-mail address still Impatient[explicit]@Mean.jerk?
Sharon: Yeah. Yeah, it is. Is yours still FatIdiot@BadBreath.[explicit]?

Rob then walks to the car, where his drug-and-alcohol addicted friend Fergal is waiting for him. Fergal turns to Rob.

Fergal: Dot [explicit]. That’s awesome. Is that an actual domain name? Because if it is, I will buy that.

My guess is the part I’ve blanked out here (a derogatory term commonly used in Britain) would not pass ICANN’s rules for a top level domain. But you never know what will happen in round 2!

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Blockchain and Hurricane Harvey were popular in domains last month

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Lots of blockchain related domains were registered in .com in August.

Verisign has published the list of “trending keywords” in new .com registrations last month. Keywords on the list doesn’t come as a huge surprise.

Words related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies dominated the charts: crypto, bit, block and chain. Houston and Harvey were also on the list thanks to Hurricane Harvey. You can bet that keywords related to Hurricane Irma will be on the list for September.

As a reminder, this list includes words that had the biggest increase in registrations from one month to the next. They do not represent the most popular keywords in new .com registrations.

Here’s the list:

1. Crypto
2. Bit
3. Mortgage
4. Block
5. Chain
6. Loan
7. Houston
8. Harvey
9. Equity
10. Attorney

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Some .AI domain name functions limited due to Hurricane Irma

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Hurricane knocked out power in Anguilla.

Some domain name transactions for .AI domain names, which have become popular for artificial intelligence companies, are not working due to Hurricane Irma.

The hurricane hit the island nation of Anguilla, which is actually what .AI stands for. Thanks to the distributed nature of domain servers, .ai domains are still resolving. But transactions that involve interfacing with the registry (e.g new registrations and transfers) are currently not functioning.

Whois.ai, the registry’s official website, is also offline.

I reached out to Vincent Cate who manages the .AI domain in Anguilla and received what I believe is an autoresponder. It states:

Hurricane Irma took out the power grid on the island. My office is in a 32 unit building and the landlord will turn on the generator 8 am Monday. He wants to conserve fuel till he can secure more fuel and so may only run weekdays from 8 am to 5 pm Anguilla time for awhile.

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