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Registered where? California? New York? The Netherlands? That's the problem with creating .lawyer, .plumber, etc. as TLDs rather than a subdomains of an approp
by kijin 13y ago
Registered where? California? New York? The Netherlands?
That's the problem with creating .lawyer, .plumber, etc. as TLDs rather than a subdomains of an appropriate ccTLD. There's not enough local oversight to make them actually valuable. If I were in need of a California lawyer, someone who owns a .lawyer.ca.us (administered by the state) would look much more trustworthy than someone who owns a generic .lawyer domain (could be a scammer in Nigeria).
Ditto for things like .paris and .london. There's no reason they can't be administered as paris.fr and london.uk respectively, and I'm disappointed that the national registries of these countries failed to offer enough incentives for people to prefer such subdomains. Besides, I can easily imagine residents of Paris, Kentucky (paris.ky.gov) and London, Ontario (london.ca) getting pissed with those big cities who think they can get away with exceptions like that.
- NoPiece 13y agoWhatever rich law firm buys california.lawyer will probably do well in your google search.