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I don't consider this a surprise at all. I see these new ads for things like ".digital" and ".media" and the only thing I can think of is using them for vanity,

by joshmn 11y ago

I don't consider this a surprise at all. I see these new ads for things like ".digital" and ".media" and the only thing I can think of is using them for vanity, such as xyzcompany.media and then using that internally. It's a shame that ICANN is polluting the internet like this.

onion2k 11y ago
To know that abc.media is a media company while abc.auto is a car company would be good for the user. It makes them less likely to click the wrong link. Really, more TLDs should just provide a finer grain of information to the previous '.com is a company and .org is an organisation'. There's no 'pollution' if you're only refining an idea. It's not like .com is going away. Plus, what's actually wrong with vanity as far as what domain points a website? What is the benefit in having fewer TLDs?
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- joelrunyon 11y ago
  > What is the benefit in having fewer TLDs? User confusion for one.
- babuskov 11y ago
  Click a link? Where? 99% of the people just Google for stuff and rarely even look at the domain names anymore. They would click a link in Google search results and Google would already filter if it's a car or media company you are looking for. The only use case where domain name is actually used is when you need to tell someone to go to some website or give them your e-mail over the phone. Especially if it's your website. New TLDs are still fresh and people get confused. If it doesn't end with .com, they want to add .com themselves. You need to spend time and energy explaining - which would take a lot longer than just having an extra word in proper .com domain. I guess people will get used to new TLDs in time. But that time is yet to come.
  - crusso 11y ago
    New TLDs are still fresh and people get confused I wouldn't worry about that too much. The general public concept of the Internet is really not all that old (15-20 years). People will adjust remarkably quickly.
- perlpimp 11y ago
  host/domain name is way to overabused, people should be using info resouce to find the site they are looking for. This way chrome stepped in the right direction moving people away from domains. There can be other software/internet constructs to navigate to right result, domain names are just vanity plates. It helps it if it easier to type the domain up but only for maybe top 10 sites that you use. Those sites are already there and are well known. for the rest autocomplete, bookmarks and history are used. what i have been noticing my redirect to search on unknown domain names has been failing more and more, cause is that there are too many domains other so if I type "domain names dog", browser can't send me to google anymore to find if there are domain names .dog, I just get host not found error. Granted this is not how most users use firefox host tab. However it is clear case where corporate greed breaks organically grown infrastructure, in our office we use 8.8.8.8 and thats how I know about it.
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  - icebraining 11y ago
    what i have been noticing my redirect to search on unknown domain names has been failing more and more, cause is that there are too many domains other so if I type "domain names dog", browser can't send me to google anymore to find if there are domain names .dog, I just get host not found error. Domains can't have spaces, so if you type as such, you'll still get a search in any browser (that has search-in-URL-bar enabled, of course). What kind of realistic search query without spaces and ending in ".dog" do you see yourself doing?
    - DonHopkins 11y ago
      The DOG file type is primarily associated with 'Dogz' by Ubisoft Entertainment. Holds the graphics and functions of the pet. http://filext.com/file-extension/DOG http://filext.com/file-extension/DOG
bachback 11y ago
".com" forever? There is no reason we can have better naming systems. Consider ".io". It's often used by startups and signals quite a lot about a domain.
- cobweb 11y ago
  Yes but no but. Originally tlds had meaning but slowly became watered down for general purpose use.
  - bachback 11y ago
    What is a "domain"? Its a name attached to some organization and an entry in a database. The problem is you have middle-men controlling that database, which means its structure can't change.
- coldpie 11y ago
  It means "input/output" to me, and I'm often confused when I end up at a clothing store. Or ".co" which makes me think I'm being phished.

by joshmn 11y ago

onion2k 11y ago

To know that abc.media is a media company while abc.auto is a car company would be good for the user. It makes them less likely to click the wrong link. Really, more TLDs should just provide a finer grain of information to the previous '.com is a company and .org is an organisation'. There's no 'pollution' if you're only refining an idea. It's not like .com is going away. Plus, what's actually wrong with vanity as far as what domain points a website? What is the benefit in having fewer TLDs?

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joelrunyon 11y ago
> What is the benefit in having fewer TLDs? User confusion for one.
babuskov 11y ago
Click a link? Where? 99% of the people just Google for stuff and rarely even look at the domain names anymore. They would click a link in Google search results and Google would already filter if it's a car or media company you are looking for. The only use case where domain name is actually used is when you need to tell someone to go to some website or give them your e-mail over the phone. Especially if it's your website. New TLDs are still fresh and people get confused. If it doesn't end with .com, they want to add .com themselves. You need to spend time and energy explaining - which would take a lot longer than just having an extra word in proper .com domain. I guess people will get used to new TLDs in time. But that time is yet to come.
- crusso 11y ago
  New TLDs are still fresh and people get confused I wouldn't worry about that too much. The general public concept of the Internet is really not all that old (15-20 years). People will adjust remarkably quickly.
perlpimp 11y ago
host/domain name is way to overabused, people should be using info resouce to find the site they are looking for. This way chrome stepped in the right direction moving people away from domains. There can be other software/internet constructs to navigate to right result, domain names are just vanity plates. It helps it if it easier to type the domain up but only for maybe top 10 sites that you use. Those sites are already there and are well known. for the rest autocomplete, bookmarks and history are used. what i have been noticing my redirect to search on unknown domain names has been failing more and more, cause is that there are too many domains other so if I type "domain names dog", browser can't send me to google anymore to find if there are domain names .dog, I just get host not found error. Granted this is not how most users use firefox host tab. However it is clear case where corporate greed breaks organically grown infrastructure, in our office we use 8.8.8.8 and thats how I know about it.
- deleted 11y ago
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- icebraining 11y ago
  what i have been noticing my redirect to search on unknown domain names has been failing more and more, cause is that there are too many domains other so if I type "domain names dog", browser can't send me to google anymore to find if there are domain names .dog, I just get host not found error. Domains can't have spaces, so if you type as such, you'll still get a search in any browser (that has search-in-URL-bar enabled, of course). What kind of realistic search query without spaces and ending in ".dog" do you see yourself doing?
  - DonHopkins 11y ago
    The DOG file type is primarily associated with 'Dogz' by Ubisoft Entertainment. Holds the graphics and functions of the pet. http://filext.com/file-extension/DOG http://filext.com/file-extension/DOG

bachback 11y ago

".com" forever? There is no reason we can have better naming systems. Consider ".io". It's often used by startups and signals quite a lot about a domain.

cobweb 11y ago
Yes but no but. Originally tlds had meaning but slowly became watered down for general purpose use.
- bachback 11y ago
  What is a "domain"? Its a name attached to some organization and an entry in a database. The problem is you have middle-men controlling that database, which means its structure can't change.
coldpie 11y ago
It means "input/output" to me, and I'm often confused when I end up at a clothing store. Or ".co" which makes me think I'm being phished.