New domains

[Big Dave]

Had a look at the new domain extensions and what is coming? Will be interesting I reckon. Some people can't get their head around the 'old different' ones .co and .biz eg.
There are heaps like .bike and .blog and hundreds of others on the way. Might be useful for some. Might just confuse others.

I've got
davidcohen.photography (http://davidcohen.photography)

to go with the cross dressing site
davidcohen.tv (http://davidcohen.tv)

[Akzle]

if everything was changed to .akz the world would become a better place.

[Gremlin]

Just a sample:

.bike
.camera
.clothing
.construction
.contractors
.directory
.equipment
.estate
.gallery
.graphics
.guru
.holdings
.kitchen
.land
.lighting
.photography
.plumbing
.singles
.technology
.today
.ventures

Bit of a nightmare for those protecting anything, last I saw, a .kiwi was bloody expensive (could be pre-registration or something). It does have some interesting chances, like cool.photography... but otherwise just makes my head hurt.

[Big Dave]

The ones that are available now are about $30 - depending on the seller.

'Pre-registrations' are up to $2k or more.

[Akzle]

The ones that are available now are about $30 - depending on the seller.

'Pre-registrations' are up to $2k or more.

well, thankfully, that money will go toward making the world better.

...Or lining already rich jew's pockets.

Money well spent!

[Tazz]

It's a bit overkill in my mind having all those options and it's going to cause all sorts of confusion, but meh, we'll get used to it.

I bought a .kiwi address. Was 300 bucks :mad: but I think that is for 5 years, or maybe 3, can't remember.
There is one more I'm after as well but some yank company has first dibs.

Kiwi is one of the most memorable words in the English language (apparently) otherwise I wouldn't bother and I don't think I will grab any of the other new ones.

[TheDemonLord]

obligatory "lol at the .xxx domains" comment

[pzkpfw]

... Bit of a nightmare for those protecting anything, ...

That's what I figured. Does a company now have to buy (theirname).(all domains combinations) to make sure nobody squats on them or "steals" their I.P.?

And if not, then that implies the first part of the domain name is unique enough, so why have all the new stuff?

Already bad enough. I've been reading "scienceforums.net" lately, but there also was a "scienceforums.org" and something else. Next there'll be a "scienceforums.kiwi" and I'll never know where the hell I'm going.

I do think some ideas were good. Like "xxx" for pron. But unless they can make all pron use that (so people (e.g. parents) can easily block if they want to) there's no point. And the internet is still anarchy.



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For that matter, when I registered my own companies domain, I found that there was a ".com" with my name. (There wasn't one a few years previously when I'd first looked). Bugger. So I registered the ".co.nz" version for myself anyway. I am the problem.
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[SMOKEU]

well, thankfully, that money will go toward making the world better.

...Or lining already rich jew's pockets.

Money well spent!

It won't surprise me if there's a .jew TLD.

[paturoa]

Is there a .motorcycle domain?

[Tazz]

.motorcycles

http://www.godaddy.com/tlds/gtld.aspx

[HenryDorsetCase]

Had a look at the new domain extensions and what is coming? Will be interesting I reckon. Some people can't get their head around the 'old different' ones .co and .biz eg.
There are heaps like .bike and .blog and hundreds of others on the way. Might be useful for some. Might just confuse others.

I've got
davidcohen.photography (http://davidcohen.photography)

to go with the cross dressing site
davidcohen.tv (http://davidcohen.tv)

no davidcohen.xxx??

[HenryDorsetCase]

It won't surprise me if there's a .jew TLD.

what part about david COHEN don't you get?

[Big Dave]

no davidcohen.xxx??

It would remind me too much of how Queenslanders spell their rather unpalatable beer.

[Big Dave]

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For that matter, when I registered my own companies domain, I found that there was a ".com" with my name. (There wasn't one a few years previously when I'd first looked). Bugger. So I registered the ".co.nz" version for myself anyway. I am the problem.
)


I've got .co and .com.au pointing at my bike site now.
Gave .co.nz to the other DC over there.

[rustyrobot]

It seems an awful lot to spend when most people will be directed to your site by a (Google) search anyway. How often do you search for something by guessing the URL?

Still I always thought vanity plates were a shocking waste of money but plenty of folks here have those too.

Akzle your Jew schtick is wearing a bit thin. You're almost 30 man - surely it's time to move on.

[Gremlin]

That's what I figured. Does a company now have to buy (theirname).(all domains combinations) to make sure nobody squats on them or "steals" their I.P.?
For the bigger multinational companies, it's a real problem, for our clients (who aren't massive multinationals :laugh:), we advise them of the situation, it's a line call, and mostly, we're securing .com and the local (for nz we get .co.nz, if there is an Australian arm then .com.au and so on).

You end up pointing them to one website anyway.

[Big Dave]

what part about david COHEN don't you get?

FWIW I'm not Jewish. Old man's side is all COE.
Apparently a lot of Cohens fled to Britain over the ages and hooked up with the local pretend friend.

[Big Dave]

It seems an awful lot to spend when most people will be directed to your site by a (Google) search anyway.

Part of it for me is sussing how it works for my clients. And being able to point the URLs to all the right places - like Gremlin says.
I've probably got $300 worth of domain names at any one time - mostly for ongoing projects. Some (OK most) don't work out and I let them expire, some are ongoing.
And part of it is the inner geek just likes to have them.

[yevjenko]

mostly, we're securing .com and the local (for nz we get .co.nz, if there is an Australian arm then .com.au and so on).

You end up pointing them to one website anyway.

Exactly what we did. Although someone else had our domain name when we expanded into the US. Cost us US$20k to get it... ouch. Claimed advertising revenue to bump the price up. We discounted that, but thinking about it now I should have asked for commission based on my firm driving visitors to his site ;)

There are .us.com's now that do qualify as a TLD which just means more securing (oh and a .au.com... how dumb is that? confusion in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 go!).

Not to get assle on to a rant again, but it's just a blatant money grab by the registers to get as much cash as possible. If they had done this when the internet was taking off it would have worked, but I think they have missed the boat doing it now

[Gremlin]

This old chestnut comes back, with .nz now in pre-registration.

Explaining the concept to clients, reviewing currently held domains and securing more.

Only annoyance so far is that conflicted domains can't be dealt with until 30 September when we hold all the conflicts as well :lol: