Canon to begin acquisition of the ".canon" Top-Level Domain name

Re:Canon to begin acquisition of the ".canon" Top-Level Doma... by JacobAldridge on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @10:40PM (#1197560)

Or is the end (eventually) for the squatting game? When there are hundreds or thousands of alternatives for xyz.com, won't that seriously diminish the worth of any one in particular?

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Re:Canon to begin acquisition of the ".canon" Top-Level Doma... by blogimus on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @11:40PM (#1197680)

Doesn't matter. Most will be found by Google search.

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Re:Canon to begin acquisition of the ".canon" Top-Level Doma... by rayval on Wednesday March 17, 2010 @12:43AM (#1197805)

it is not a domain squatter's dream come true, it is the DNS bureaucracy cabal's dream come true.

It has little value for users/consumers (i.e., won't remember if they want canon.com or canon.canon). It has little value for businesses, because it means more time and money monitoring for domain squatting and trademark infringement. It provides yet another playing field for scammers and other predators.

The only benefit is to the upper levels in the DNS hiearchy, gives them more revenue to perpetuate themselves and to come up with more user-hostile ideas.

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Re:Canon to begin acquisition of the ".canon" Top-Level Doma... by blogimus on Wednesday March 17, 2010 @01:41AM (#1197899)

I agree, and as I said, it really doesn't matter. The vast majority of people are going to get what they need through Google, and to a lessor extent, the other search engines.

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Re:Canon to begin acquisition of the ".canon" Top-Level Doma... by codexon on Wednesday March 17, 2010 @01:42AM (#1197902)

It has little value for users/consumers (i.e., won't remember if they want canon.com or canon.canon).

Actually if you buy an arbitrary top level domain, there will be no more .com.

Instead it will be .google, .apple or .hackernews

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