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These are entirely different things: .com is managed for the benefit of all commercial entities (and Verisign). Google's intended use of .blog would only be to
by jessedhillon 14y ago
These are entirely different things: .com is managed for the benefit of all commercial entities (and Verisign). Google's intended use of .blog would only be to assign domains to Blogger properties.
- sp332 14y agoDo you think so? I think they would make far more money by selling subdomains.
- duskwuff 14y agoFrom Google's application for the .blog TLD (application #527): > The purpose of the proposed gTLD, .blog, is to provide a dedicated Internet space where Google can continue to innovate on its Blogger offerings. The mission of the proposed gTLD is to provide a dedicated domain space in which users can publish blogs. All registered domains in the .blog gTLD will automatically be delegated to Google DNS servers, which will in turn provide authoritative DNS responses pointing to the Google Blogger service. So, yes -- it's just for Blogger.
- jessedhillon 14y agoIn addition to being uninformed about the basic facts here, I think you are overestimating the market for $7 - $50/yr blog hosting and underestimating the brand value of an exclusive Blogger TLD.
- sp332 14y agoI didn't mean hosting, I just mean selling the subdomain. Like Verisign sells *.com subdomains.
- maxerickson 14y agoHow much does Google care about $18 million? (That's assuming they sell millions of domains at a decent price per. They currently make that revenue in a few hours.)
- wmf 14y agoYeah, that's what worries me. The strategic value of controlling some TLDs will be higher than the value of renting them out.