.confusion: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs

Re:.confusion: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs by ardit33 on Friday June 27, 2008 @02:09AM (#229510)

I actually like this, as the .com has been running out of any good names in a long time. And getting any decent name, requires paying lots of money, to the domain squatters. Even 2-5k is too much for a small startup, or for a small personal project.

Also, they seem that they are closing the "domain tasting" party. Basically you can only return back for a full refund few domains, then you can't get a refund back.

So, those "domain tasters" that horde thousands of domains a day, and keep the legitimate users to find a good one, will have to find a new job.

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Re:.confusion: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs by jcl on Friday June 27, 2008 @09:42AM (#229727)

So... How much happier were you when .info, .biz, or .name opened up? Why would the new TLDs be any more desirable? And, if they are, what stops squatters from snatching them up as they have done with the current set of domains?

As far as I can see, any change in the availability of "good names" is temporary. The long-term effects of new TLDs are (1) more money for ICANN, (2) more confusion on the part of the users as to whether a given piece of text is a domain name, and (3) more phishing sites.

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