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I somewhat doubt that most of these new domains will catch on. We already have .jobs, .aero, .travel and .mobi which I have yet to run into while browsing the w

by signed0 14y ago

I somewhat doubt that most of these new domains will catch on. We already have .jobs, .aero, .travel and .mobi which I have yet to run into while browsing the web. Plus people have already gotten used to recognizing a domain name simply by having a string of characters followed by .com or one of the other popular TLDs. Trying to keep them from prefixing the domain with www has been a losing battle. I could see .app taking off though.

jpalomaki 14y ago
I can imagine this could change in the future. Just a matter of educating the people and if companies of this scale decide to do it, they certainly have the resources. Incentive for corporates could be branding marketing. As we know, .com is crowded. Could be easier to push http://aging.beauty http://aging.beauty into peoples minds than some clever .com variation. Currently users solve the problem by using Google or Facebook, but that is not in the interest of businesses. They probably would like to see the customers coming directly to then, instead of going through search engine (where user is bombarded with messages from competitors)
- seanp2k2 14y ago
  All of these just sound spammy, but I'm more concerned with what happens when REAL companies start using "aging.beauty" as right now the "weird" TLDs are a big red flag to warn me that it's probably just some SEO junk and not what I'm really after. Teeth whitening solutions, anyone?
- seanp2k2 14y ago
  >" Just a matter of educating the people and if companies of this scale decide to do it, they certainly have the resources." As others have pointed out, we've had things like "travel", "biz", "pro", "me", "mobi", etc for some time now. Not many legit sites operate under these, so I don't really think that these new ones have a big chance. Consumers are already confused about what "www" really is and there is a lot of bad / not-quite-correct / flat-wrong info about what "www" is if you ask even folks who self-identify as "tech savvy". I sense a lot of consumer confusion coming up, a lot of malware / marketeers using these things, snakeoil SEO firms insisting on them, brands buying up tons because they're scared, and generally a bad time for domains.
  - jimktrains2 14y ago
    me is actually the ccTLD for Montenegro.
OGinparadise 14y ago
Google has the clout to make it happen by favoring the domains they want to control on search. Others not so much.
- netrus 14y ago
  This would get them into big troubles, at least in the EU.
  - OGinparadise 14y ago
    Doubt it, Google will add another section like they do for News, Images, Products etc.
hdra 14y ago
I don't know what to expect if all those new TLDs start to catch on. Even today, with all these startups using TLDs such as .io, .ly, .it, etc, I have trouble remembering their exact domains.

by signed0 14y ago

jpalomaki 14y ago

I can imagine this could change in the future. Just a matter of educating the people and if companies of this scale decide to do it, they certainly have the resources. Incentive for corporates could be branding marketing. As we know, .com is crowded. Could be easier to push http://aging.beauty http://aging.beauty into peoples minds than some clever .com variation. Currently users solve the problem by using Google or Facebook, but that is not in the interest of businesses. They probably would like to see the customers coming directly to then, instead of going through search engine (where user is bombarded with messages from competitors)

seanp2k2 14y ago
All of these just sound spammy, but I'm more concerned with what happens when REAL companies start using "aging.beauty" as right now the "weird" TLDs are a big red flag to warn me that it's probably just some SEO junk and not what I'm really after. Teeth whitening solutions, anyone?
seanp2k2 14y ago
>" Just a matter of educating the people and if companies of this scale decide to do it, they certainly have the resources." As others have pointed out, we've had things like "travel", "biz", "pro", "me", "mobi", etc for some time now. Not many legit sites operate under these, so I don't really think that these new ones have a big chance. Consumers are already confused about what "www" really is and there is a lot of bad / not-quite-correct / flat-wrong info about what "www" is if you ask even folks who self-identify as "tech savvy". I sense a lot of consumer confusion coming up, a lot of malware / marketeers using these things, snakeoil SEO firms insisting on them, brands buying up tons because they're scared, and generally a bad time for domains.
- jimktrains2 14y ago
  me is actually the ccTLD for Montenegro.

OGinparadise 14y ago

Google has the clout to make it happen by favoring the domains they want to control on search. Others not so much.

netrus 14y ago
This would get them into big troubles, at least in the EU.
- OGinparadise 14y ago
  Doubt it, Google will add another section like they do for News, Images, Products etc.

hdra 14y ago

I don't know what to expect if all those new TLDs start to catch on. Even today, with all these startups using TLDs such as .io, .ly, .it, etc, I have trouble remembering their exact domains.