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Dot-com era brought to an end
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The .com era was brought to an end yesterday as internet regulators allowed thousands of new domain names.
In one of the biggest change to the web in its 25-year history, businesses were given the all-clear to apply for suffixes far more wide-ranging than the .org, .com or .info currently in use.
[quote] The new names could cover locations such as .london, industries such as '.bank' or entertainment such as .gamble.
It could also pave the way for an online red light district where all adult sites carry the suffix .xxx.
But critics warned it would make the net a more complex and expensive place for small businesses and home users, while offering easy pickings for fraudsters and cybersquatters.
Yesterday's move to open up the Internet was agreed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
It will replace the current system by which all addresses fall under 260 geographical or generic names.
The new names will start to appear from next year.
'This is a historic resolution,' said ICANN's Peter Dengate.
'It's going to make a big difference to how the Internet looks and works.'
But there are a lot of details to be worked out, not least the cost of buying a domain.
Fees for top level names could be as high as
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I don't know if I should be happy or annoyed. Yays, more domains can become available if I can't get one I want, but boo because I could become an easy target for fraudsters.
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Hmm.. interesting. Tis a shame that they'll get be able to have their own suffix. I mean it's easier if everyone had a .com address seeing as it's a lot more rememberable.
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[quote]Fees for top level names could be as high as
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Plus, it will be so expensive, i mean up to 50k? wow.
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Now when I come to think of it, it is bad. More sites with odd suffixes, $50,000 domains, 'tis going to be annoying now
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Yeah, I know. Just imagine...www.ragezone.ragezonerulesalltheway => too complicated to remember.
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damn thats seriously retarded.
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I can see ahella lot of new domains wanted to being registererd at work -,-
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I want to meet the idiot who thought up of this idea :jason2:
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Batz.rules
I can see it happening...
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Originally Posted by
Fulzo
I want to meet the idiot who thought up of this idea :jason2:
the idiot(s) who will become even more massively rich? :P
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wait so your saying the new domains ystem it like you have for instance donkjam. (whatever i want)???
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You got the basic wind of it, but it won't be .whateveryouwant, unless you want to pay
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what about the ppl that already buyed a .com for 2 years or more? will they get a refund?
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Well...restrictions on where you will be able to go / can't will be placed easier this way...
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Originally Posted by
Kimberly
what about the ppl that already buyed a .com for 2 years or more? will they get a refund?
No, their site gets a different extension added, or deleted.
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Originally Posted by
wounded
Well...restrictions on where you will be able to go / can't will be placed easier this way...
From my knowledge, there will be no restrictions.
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[quote=-Hammad-;3607146]You got the basic wind of it, but it won't be .whateveryouwant, unless you want to pay
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Http://www.laz.low
may have to steal it :P also im sure you will be able to get .com
also hotchicks.porn
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Originally Posted by
Kimberly
what about the ppl that already buyed a .com for 2 years or more? will they get a refund?
hm yea what happens about that!
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This si stupid. They willl loose alot of money.
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Just makin things complicated if you ask me.
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"Yes, we will make the internet much bigger and make domains much easier to obtain by making more complex URLs be created so people don't know what site they need to visit! Is it a .com site or a .xxxsexipr0nz site?"
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Originally Posted by
Laz-low
"Yes, we will make the internet much bigger and make domains much easier to obtain by making more complex URLs be created so people don't know what site they need to visit! Is it a .com site or a .xxxsexipr0nz site?"
lol, wierd if u ask me,.. "make internet bigger" lol and all those who believe the internet is shutting down in 2012
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Hell, this only sounds expensive and annoying to me.
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and all those who believe the internet is shutting down in 2012
I don't belive in that 2012 doomsday, but that stuff around virgin media and all isn't complete bullshit.
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Originally Posted by
donkjam
lol, wierd if u ask me,.. "make internet bigger" lol and all those who believe the internet is shutting down in 2012
Where do you get your information from?..."Internet AS WE KNOW IT will come to an end"...get your facts straight.
This whole .w/eyouwant thing is a dumb idea to show off which sites spend a lot of money ...and which don't...another split in the social status...except on the inteNET this time!
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I read about that in the Metro news paper while i was on the train :/
/Fate
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[quote=-Hammad-;3607146]You got the basic wind of it, but it won't be .whateveryouwant, unless you want to pay
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Originally Posted by
Gladstone
No they won't, stop making things up. God why does everyone on here love to twist everything to make it sound far worse than it actually is.
nobody is forcing you to stay
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This would come in handy for all parents who are trying to block porn websites for their kids. They can just block the whole .xxx suffix and voilla, no porn.
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Originally Posted by
Alfons
This would come in handy for all parents who are trying to block porn websites for their kids. They can just block the whole .xxx suffix and voilla, no porn.
But then there's .porn or whatever suffix that suggests it's a porn site that they need to filter...
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mhmh, alfons it wont be that easy, i mean unless the site is completely "18+" they'll make some loophole.
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Doubt that much will change, why pay more for a .whatever when you can get a .com for cheaper and be more recognised.
Seriously who actually types in whatever.com in this day and age? It's all down to google to what site I find anyway. If a company wants to spend an extra few grand on a domain that will most likely make them 0% more findable rather than put it all into google ads, so be it.
I do see this as something ISP might limit with their whole new payment structure. No doubt that will either work one way to make everyone stick with .com, or make alternative domains cheaper.
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This is so STUPID , they should just keep the basic .org, .com, .net, .co.uk ect.
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Originally Posted by
Alfons
This would come in handy for all parents who are trying to block porn websites for their kids. They can just block the whole .xxx suffix and voilla, no porn.
But unless made compulsary I dont think no porn site will have a suffix that will indiicate that they are a porn site. Then half of their customers from countries where porn aint allowed will be gone for good.
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Can you please give us the source of where you got all this from? It'd explain a whole lot.
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Imagine how much more visitors we'll get with a ragezone.xxx domain =p
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More domains, less security and higher prices, it's hard to decide, if it's good or bad.
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Originally Posted by
Boko
Imagine how much more visitors we'll get with a ragezone.xxx domain =p
Lol xD
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Originally Posted by
Neo~N
This si stupid. They willl loose alot of money.
How will they? If big businesses are prepared to pay a loa of money for custom extensions, they'll make over 1k in a day.
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Originally Posted by
Laz-low
"Yes, we will make the internet much bigger and make domains much easier to obtain by making more complex URLs be created so people don't know what site they need to visit! Is it a .com site or a .xxxsexipr0nz site?"
ROFL. Yeah, it will complicate things.
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Originally Posted by
Gladstone
No they won't, stop making things up. God why does everyone on here love to twist everything to make it sound far worse than it actually is.
READ it. I don't twist shit alright?
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Originally Posted by
Batz
Can you please give us the source of where you got all this from? It'd explain a whole lot.
I'd be happy to:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article....&in_page_id=34
